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THE BLUE BANNER/February 5, 1987/3 Reagan proposes cuts in student aid By Joan Schnyder Staff Writer The budget proposal for 1988 submitted to Congress by the Reagan Administration suggests cuts in education that would eliminate 3 million students from financial aid programs next year. At this time, about 650 UNCA students receive finan cial aid. It is unknown, how ever, exactly how many of these students would be af fected if Congress approves the proposal, said Carolyn McElrath, director of finan cial aid at UNCA. One aspect of the proposal is to drastically cut Pell Grant funding, and make pe ople with incomes of over $15,000 per year ineligible for the program. "The cuts will effect about one-third of the students who are current ly receiving the Pell Grant at UNCA," said McElrath. Another proposed cut elim inates the College Work/- Study program. The elimination of work/- '' Financial Aid Director Carolyn McElrath study funds would not only adversely affect the students receiving the aid, but also the university, McElrath said. "The work/study students are a very vital force on campus. They are very help ful to the institution as a whole. "Some students who work on campus are on depart mental or university budget. and some are on work study. If work/study was eliminated, the jobs supported by the program would either have to be funded by the university or done away with," said McElrath. The proposal could affect student loan programs in two ways. The first proposal would cut the Guaranteed Student Loan Program, and develop alternative loan programs with higher interest rates. The other proposal is to make loans the primary form of finacial aid. "We feel students will be heavily burdened by loans as the only alternative for fi nancial aid," said McElrath. "Financial aid departments nationwide have a philosophy that there should be some self help aspect in financial aid, but in a certain quanity. It shoiild not be all loans," she added. Another drastic change is in the definition of an in dependant student. However, these changes have already passed through Congress, and are currently in effect. To qualify for aid as an ^independent student, a person must qualify as one of the following: * a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces; * a ward of the court; * have a legal dependant other than a spouse; * not have been claimed as a tax exemption to parents in either 1985 or 1986 * and, have had benefits and income less than $4000 in 1985 or 1986. "Such a drastic change was intended to make fewer self supporting students, but with the elimination of so many programs I think more stu dents will try to move in that direction," said McElrath. To foot the cost of their education, affected students will have to seek more part- time employment. This will increase the length of their college education and create priority conflicts, McElrath said. "If a person is a full-time student, some employment is good. Too much employment, however, will deter them from being students, and that is their first priority," she said. "I also see that with the extra work students will be forced to cut their hours," she added. The measures proposed are just that — proposals. They still have to pass through Congress. It is important, however, that students take steps to let Congress know how they feel about the pro posed cuts, said McElrath. "We all are going to have to do something about the proposal. We don’t want Congress to assimie we are taking it for granted that they are going to vote against it," she said. "I think our Congress needs to hear from the peo ple out in the community especially the students," she added. Search for management dir^ct&r mntirmes By Cynthia Bennett Staff Writer Although the search con tinues, ho replacement for Dr. Tim Hollingsworth, for mer director of the manage ment department at UNCA, has been found as of yet. The search committee formed to find a replacement met yesterday to narrow down the number of appli cants. The new director will pro bably not be named until the end of February, according to Dr. Tom Cochran, head of the search committee. There have been over 60 applicants for the position according to Cochran. The deadline to apply was Jan. 31. "We have advertised widely, and have received a very good response," said Cochran, "It’s going to be hard to decide who will fulfill the position best. " rhe school started adver tising nationwide for the position in November in the Chronicle of Higher Educa tion, the Academy of Ma nagement Journal," and se veral regional business pu blications, according to Cochran. UNCA also adver tised at several regional economic meetings, he said. Hollingsworth, in an article in the Nov. 20 issue of the Blue Banner, expressed dis satisfaction with the support the management department receives from the administra tion. Dr. Hollingsworth also expressed a concern over the insufficient number of full time instructors. Almost a third of UNCA’s student body declares management as their major. Dr. Robert Williams has been named acting chairman until the new director takes position. "Dr. Hollingsworth felt that we do not have enough in structors to justify our en rollment, and I see his point," said Williams. "There are only 13 or 14 full-time instructors in our depart ment," he added. "On the other hand, our students are required to take certain courses outside of the department, such as computer and economic courses. This could be considereed a dis advantage or an advantage, depending on your perspec tive," he continued.. Williams acknowledged that accredited business schools teach all courses out of their own department. "I personally feel, however, that the exposure our stud ents receive from the other departments could be con sidered an advantage. The business school approach may be narrow," said Williams, who added that he had not attended an accredited busi ness school and was not an authority on the subject. "It’s all a matter of inter pretation. Dr. Hollingsworth was a great director; hope fully, we can find another just as good," said Williams. The committee searching for the new director is form ed by Cochran, Dr. Heruy Stern, Dr. Wayne Lang, Martha Marshall, Dr. Ric- hardo Reinoso, Dr. John Rei- necke and Dr. David Hott. Each member was allocated a nimiber of applications to review. 'We hope to at least be able to aimounce a replacement by spring break," said Cochran. He added that the new di rector, even if named soon, will probably not take posi tion until the fall semester. Preigriaiit? 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