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Chicago
Professor receives Nobel Prize
Noble Prizes are hardly a novelty for University of Chicago economists. When Ronald Coase won the prize yesterday, he became the 14th person in economics to be associated with the school.
"It means a lot to us because we pride ourselves on scholarship and taking scholarly matters seriously," said Merton Miller, professor and last year's Nobel laureate in economics. "This is what we specialize in, serious scholarship, and I assure you it's not going to be the last
A total of 62 Nobel Prizes have been awarded to scholars associated with the university in a variety of fields, more than any other American college.
Coase, 80, was thought to be staying at his home on the French Riviera and could not be reached for comment. He is a professor emeritus at the law school.
Palm Beach, Fla.
Smith lawyers question woman
Attorneys for William Kennedy Smith yesterday questioned the woman who has charged Smith with raping her at his family's estate last March.
Smith's attorneys set aside up to three days for their only chance to question the 38-year-old.
Smith, 31-year-old nephew of Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy, D-Mass., has denied the woman's allegations.
The woman's *deposition* will remain sealed in accordance with Circuit Judge Mary Lupo's gag order. The judge probably will rule the contents be made public after a jury is seated.
Jury selection will begin Oct. 30. Opening statements are set for Dec. 2.
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Republic declares independence
The central republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina joined Croatia and Slovenia in declaring its sovereignty yesterday, a move that further splintered Yugoslavia and threatened more bloodshed.
the decision by the republic, a mixture of ethnic Muslims, Serbs and Croats, was intended to serve notice to Croatia and Serbia that they cannot settle their dispute by carving up Bosnia-Hercegovina — an idea that has been floated by some officials in the two republics.
The Associated Press
Number of foreign students on U.S. campuses on the rise
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The number of foreign students attending U.S. campuses rose by 5.3 percent to a record 407,500 in the last academic year, including a 42-percent jump in Eastern European students, according to estimates released yesterday.
according to evidence China remained the leading nation of origin, and Asians accounted for 56 percent of foreign student rolls among U.S. college and universities, the Institute of International Education reported in its annual foreign student census.
Students from Eastern European nations and the Soviet Union, although still few in number, had the largest percentage increase: 4,800 compared with 3,490 in 1989-90.
"It is encouraging that the number of students from countries making the transition to democratic pluralism and market-oriented economies is rising," said Richard Krasno, president and chief executive officer of the institute.
But students from Latin American, African and Arab nations declined in number. The numbers from Jordan and Nigeria each were down by more than 17 percent, and Saudi Arabia and Lebanon fell by more than 10%.
difficult, said Mariantii Zikopoulos, editor of OPEN DOORS, the institution publication that produces the survey. The effect of the Persian Gulf war, if there is any, won't show up until next year's survey, she said.
The decline in Arab students was due to the long-term slum in oil prices making study abroad more
The findings were based on a survey in Fall 1990 of 2,879 U.S. post-secondary schools. The study, conducted with grant support from the U.S. Information Department, included only foreign students on temporary visas.
U. S. colleges and universities enrolled some 14.9 million students in 1990, according to the latest federal estimates.
**Among the Influences.**
■ The top five places of origin for foreign students were all Asian: China, 39,600; Japan, 36,600; Taiwan, 33,500; India, 28,900; and Korea, 23,400.
Among other findings:
■ Miami-Dade Community College enrolled the most foreign students: 5,757. The University of Southern California had 3,886, University of Texas-Austin, 3,867, Boston University, 3,633, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 3,563, University of Pennsylvania, 3,122, Columbia University, 3,077, Ohio State University, 3,021, University of Illinois-Urbana, 2,967; and University of California, Los Angeles, 2,921
- Business was the most popular major of foreign students for the second straight year.
Fall college tuitions show increase
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Fall tuitions at public colleges and universities climbed by double digits for the first time in eight years as higher education fell victim to state budget cuts, the College Board reported yesterday.
Average in-state tuition and fees at four-year public universities rose by 12 percent to $2,137, from $1,908 in 1990-91. Room and board charges increased by 6 percent to $2,351, bringing total average fixed charges at public institutions to $5,488.
This fall's increase marked the first double-digit jump in such rates since 1983-84, when the average also went up by 12 percent.
with$906 a year ago.
Tutions and fees were up an even sharper 13 percent at two year public universities, by far the fastest growing sector of higher education with some 4.7 million full-time students. Fall tutions there averaged $1,022, compared
College Board President Donald Stewart said the big jump initions wasn't surprising given recession-related budget problems affecting more than 30 states.
"The current recession has had an impact on all sectors of education, public and private," he said. And public campuses in at least 21 states have increased tuitions by at least 10 percent.
Some believe that the tuition surge also may reflect a fundamental change in attitude toward public higher education.
Lawmakers and voters increasingly view colleges as a private, rather than public good. Under that view, legislators are required to pay the cost of public colleges to students and away from taxpayers.
Rates at private four-year college, meanwhile, up a more modest 7 percent this fall. But because such schools are generally far costlier than public col-
leges, that percentage still translated to a sizable dollar jump: $10,107, compared with $9,340 in fall 1990. Averageroom and board charges of $4,386 brought the average fixed costs of a year at private college to $14,403.
Among prince-leaders: Bennington College, $23,200; Sarah Lawrence College, $23,150; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $22,230; Yale University, $22,200; Wellesley College, $21,928; Smith College, $21,870; Brandeis University, 21,280; Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, $20,655.
The board calculated that a typical resident undergraduate can expect to spend $16,292 this year at a four-year private school and $7,584 at a four-year public college, counting incidents such as transportation, books and supplies, and other personal expenses.
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