Tight economy affects KU scholarship grants
By MELANEY STEPHENS Kansan Staff Writer
Scholarship aid never seems to keep pace with the needs of students at any university, and KU is no exception to the rule.
But the tight money situation will apparently get even tighter, as KU students on scholarships feel the pinch of rising expenses.
The majority of scholarship monies originate with endowment funds and private corporation grants, said Jerry Rogers, assistant director of the Office of Student Financial Aids and Awards. As for government funds, he said, "they're never adequate. We've been operating with the same programs for years."
Recently, President Nixon called for a revamping of the federal aid to educational projects, and federal funds could be cut back when college costs and enrollment are rising. Rogers said.
"Four years ago the National Defense Loan allotted more than one million dollars for KU student aid. The student body at that time was approximately 13,000," he said.
Rogers said it "came as a shock" that next year KU would receive
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A. O. Tetzlaff will speak at a picnic July 12 in South Park. The speech is sponsored by the Warren Committee for Peace in Vietnam in connection with the University of Kansas Coordinating Committee (KUCC).
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a little more than $700,000 to fund more than 17,000 students.
Because of the rising tuition costs, from $260 in 1967-68 to $460 today, the standard amounts of scholarships also have been raised to $350-$400.
With the release of additional funds the number of scholarships will remain about the same, Rogers said. "The aids have not been able to remain proportional in regard to what expenses most scholarships formerly were able to pay," he said.
"There is a good chance for more scholarship supplements," Rogers said. "In that case the average scholarship grants will be raised. We'd rather give a few less scholarships so that they can help more."
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