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Policies stretch dollars for aid recipients
By Arthur Freund
This year colleges and
universities across the nation are
forced to work with less federal
aid due to the Reagan Ad
ministration drastically cutting
expenditures in the education
field. Like others, Guilford
College must now operate with
fewer federal dollars, while costs
of operation increase.
Anthony Gurley, Director of
Financial Aid, is in the process of
instituting new methods of
maximizing the incoming dollars
to Guilford in order to reduce the
disparity caused by those cuts in
federal expenditures. Gurley
recognizes that "as a result of
these changes we have had to
rethink our institutional
policies." As we are
witnessing a "relative"
stagnation of institutional dollars
from endowments, it's im
perative to maximize the federal
aid available to this college.
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The docks which formerly graced the Guilford College Lake were dismantled during the summer session
of this year.
The docks were taken from the lake to prevent their use as an access to the lake by non-college personnel
during the summer. When the docks were in the lake, and there were no lifeguards present, the college
assumed all liability for any accidents that might result in personal injury.
Tentative plans for an I.D.S. 101 class to build a portable dock, as a substitute for the old dock, are in the
making.
Students placed in pleasant jobs
The Financial Aid Office an
nounces the establishment of a
Job Location and Development
Program. The Greensboro
Regional Consortium, consisting
of Bennett, Greensboro, and
Guilford Colleges, is par
ticipating in a cooperative
arrangement to actively seek off
campus, part-time, or full-time
employment opportunities for
students, regardless of financial
need.
The 1976 Education Amend
ments allow higher education
institutions the use of 10 percent
of their work study allocation
toward the establishment or
maintenance of a JLD program.
The JLD office maintains up
to-date job listings of part-time or
The Guaranteed Student Loan
Program, which accounted for 75
percent of the aid granted to 342
Guilford students last year, has
become a "need based" program
which limits the number of
eligible students. In order to
judiciously distribute financial
aid money, Gurley has employed
successful practices used by
institutions, which include
the following:
1. A priority deadline of May
31st puts students on a first come,
first served basis if applications
are received before this date.
2. For the first time, a
student's assets will be reviewed
before determining his or her
need. This means that an on
campus student who owns a car
will be assessed 10 percent of its
Blue Book value, of which an
equivalent amount will be sub
tracted from his or her financial
aid package. This is a small
percentage compared to Duke
University which assesses a car's
value at 35 percent.
tull-time jobs available in the
Triad area. Job notices are
posted on an "Employment
Opportunities" Bulletin Board on
each campus. Participation in
the program is easy. Students
simply register with the JLD
office by completing a Student
Registration form. The JLD
Director will meet with
registered students to review
their qualifications, after which,
an appropriate referral to a
prospective employer can be
made.
The program's director is
Denise L. Nugent, a recent
Guilford graduate. She main
tains a JLD headquarters in the
Administrative Building on the
3. Since the spring of 1980, the
Financial Aid Committe has
applied a set of norms known as
the "academic satisfaction
criteria" which is currently in
use by the Retention Committee.
Though the Retention Committee
has evaluated a student's per
formance and decides to let him
or her stay in school, the
Financial Aid Committee may
not renew his or her financial aid.
Renewal is based on the
following set of standards:
Minimum Quality Number of
Point Average Attempted
Required Credits
1.30 1-19.9
1.50 20-39.9
1.70 40-74.9
1.90 75 or more
4. Next year, the Financial
Aid Committee will require a
federal income tax statemnt to
accompany each financial aid
application. This, in effect, will
be a policing action to stop the
Greensboro College campus. The
Career Library on the second
floor of Founders Hall houses the
"Employment Opportunities"
Bulletin Board. Mrs. Nugent also
meets with students in the Career
Library on Tuesdays and Wed
nesdays 10-12, or by appointment
by calling 272-7102.
The JLD program is off to a
successful start having received
nearly 50 job Listings. Job
vacancies include positions in
child care, food service, sales,
banks, restaurants, grocery
stores, industry and other
miscellaneous areas. A Guilford
student was recently placed with
a local employer as a computer
programmer.
false reporting of a parent's
income level.
Other changes have occured in
the Work Study Program. 80
percent of which is financed by
the federal government.
Reductions in this program for
the 1981-82 school year will force
many students to be dropped out
of the program. These reductions
were caused by the Higher
Education Amendments of 1980
which stipulated that the federal
government would only
guarantee 90 percent funding
based on what an institution
received during the 1970-80
calendar year. Therefore,
Guilford College will see a 22
percent reduction in the Work
Office shuffle yields ace
By Elizabeth White
Several administrative and
student organization offices were
moved prior to the beginning of
this academic year. One of the
major objectives of this
rearrangement, according to
members of the Student Affairs
Committee, was to move the
college infirmary from Friends
Home onto the main campus.
The infirmary, which is run by
Dr. Robert Doolittle, is now
located in Bryan Dorm, in the
same suite of offices as the
Center for Personal Growth. The
Center houses offices for Jane
; Caris and Paula Swonger in
: counseling, as well as others.
The suite of offices in upstairs
Founders Hall, which had
1 previously been used for student
■' organization offices, is now used
| by Student Services. That suite
; now houses offices belonging to
Ken Schwab, the Dean of
Students, Housing and Security
Director Bob White, and Jim
Keith, the Associate Dean and
Director of Career Development
and Experimental Learning.
The community Senate,
BASIB, the Student Union, and
the Women's Center, which had
previously occupied this suite,
were moved to the basement of
Founders.
The Public Interest Group
(PIRG), which also moved out of
this suite, is now located in the T
wing hall in upstairs Founders.
Also in these rooms, which were
formerly used for studying, are
the Center for Off-Campus
Education, and the office of Dr.
William Schmickle.
The old Housing Office is still
empty and decisions regarding
its use have not yet been made
public. One suggestion, ac
cording to Ken Schwab, is that
the INTER-LINK program could
be moved into hhis space from its
present location, a house near the
college lake.
According to SAC members,
the changes were initiated in
Guilfordian, September 18, 1981
Study Program from last year.
The College received $90,000
from the federal government
during the 1970-80 academic year,
and $107,586 in the 1980-81
academic year. As a
result of this new legislation,
during the 1981-82 academic year
the college will only receive
$83,266, making it imperative
that the college seek ne'v avenues
of funding for students who could
attend Guilford only with
financial aid.
One method of coping with this
problem was the creation of a
Parent Loan Fund in 1980, which
provided funds for ten incoming
freshmen last year, and twenty
more students this calendar year.
response to student attitudes
expressed in the "Dormitory
Dialogues," which were con
ducted by the Student Affairs
Committee last year.
The movement of the In
firmary to the more convenient
location of Bryan Dorm started
what Ken Schwab called "a
domino effect" among campus
offices. Offices had to be moved
and regrouped. This was done in
keeping with a plan of better
utilization of space and greater
student accessibility.
Those persons who were moved
feel generally satisfied with the
changes, according to Martin
Jones, president of the Com
munity Senate. He said, "Offices
in the past have not been utilized
as they should have been." He
stressed the fact that these of
fices should be used primarily for
"student business."
He feels that moving Student
Services into Founders has not
"displaced" the Student
Organizations',"at all," that
instead it has "enhanced com
munications between Student
Services and Student
Organizations" to have both of
the groups located in Founders.
He added that the new location of
the Student Organization offices,
downstairs in Founders, provides
a better circulation of the general
student body.
General student attitude
towards these changes, however,
has not been as positive. Some
students resent the fact that the
T-wing rooms in Founders, which
were available for study last
year, have been converted into
offices. Some felt that there has
been a change in the Passion Pit
atmosphere since the Ad
ministrative offices were moved
into the suite there. These
feelings are part of the rising
concern over lack of study space
on campus. Jones said that he
"welcomes any suggestions and
comments concerning these
changes."