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Tuition Hike Proposal Follows
Adoption of Policy Guidelines
A set of eight principles and
recommendations outline
UNC's policy on tuition and
faculty salary funding.
By Matthew Smith
Staff Writer
Before voting for a major tuition
increase Monday, the Chancellor’s
Committee on Faculty Salaries and
Benefits had taken another historic step.
It adopted a series of principles out
lining the University’s policies on
tuition and salary funding that could
guide UNC on future decisions.
The principles seek to make the
University stronger while keeping it
accessible to all North Carolina stu
dents, said Provost Dick Richardson,
chairman of the committee.
In “Goals for Funding Competitive
Faculty Salaries” and “Principles for
Tuition and Fee Increases,” a series of
eight recommendations specifically sug-
gest maximum
limits for tuition
and minimum lev
els for salaries.
The eight prin
cipals include: all
in-state fees must
be in the bottom
25 percent of peer
universities; out-of
state tuition must
be in the median
“I am a little worried about
them being interpreted too
strictly ... but the principles (of
tuition limits) are good. ”
Nic Heinke
Student Body President
of peer universities; no less than 30 per
cent of future tuition increase must go
toward financial aid; the University
must aggressively educate future stu
dents about financial aid; the University
must step up efforts to increase private
funds to augment salaries; faculty
salaries must increase to that of UNC’s
peer universities; the base funding of
the University must be secure; and an
appropriate annual salary percentage
increase must be maintained over time.
Richardson said the proposals were
adopted after two months of research
and discussion to give the committee
goals and a focus to work toward.
He said they balanced competing tra
ditions in the University’s financial his
tory. “We wanted to continue to be
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AMST 20: The Emergence of Modern America
Joy Kasson, 10 MWF. This course will trace the changing terms in which Americans have understood themselves and their
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Michael Zogry, 3:30 TR. This course is a survey of religious traditions among several Native American peoples. In order to give
students a sense of the scope and variety of Native American religious traditions, groups have been chosen to reflect diversity
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Robert Johnstone. I MWF. This course focuses on the fiction and poetry written by Native American authors and published in
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AMST 80H: Health and Illness in American Life
Donald Madison, 2-3:15 MW. Professor Don Madison (a physician and historian in the Department of Social Medicine), will lead
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faithful to North
Carolina students
by allowing them
access to the
University by not
becoming a top
priced university,”
Richardson said.
“But we also want
the University to
aspire to be the
best by having
competitive
salaries.”
Student Body
President Nic
Heinke, who was
Provost
Richard
Richardson
said the principles
helped focus
the committee.
on the committee, said he supported the
proposal’s goals of keeping UNC afford
able. He said that while he supported
the recommended limits and hoped
they might help to keep the University’s
tuition down, he felt that they might
encourage the University to “push the
ceiling,” or charge the maximum these
guidelines allow without considering the
state’s prevailing economic conditions.
“I am a little
worried about
them being inter
preted too strictly,”
he said. “They
might not look at
the specific condi
tions of North
Carolina if they
use other states as a
bench-mark. But
the principles (of
tuition limits) are good.”
Graduate and Professional Student
Federation President Lee Conner felt
that Monday’s proposed tuition increas
es were not in the same spirit as the pro
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posals. “They can massage the increases
so they fit the (recommendations) but
doubling the tuition is not the spirit of
the proposal I voted for,” he said.
The plan calls for a $1,500 increase
for in-state undergraduates and a $2,000
increase for out-of-state undergraduates
and graduates.
According to the principles, “It is not
the intent to raise tuition and fees at
UNC-CH to a level that encourages
N.C. students to attend major public
institutions in other states.
“However, strengthening the princi
ple of shared student responsibility in
financially supporting the high quality
educational experience received at a
major public institution is appropriate.”
Similarly, the proposal mandates that
out-of-state tuition not exceed the medi
an of comparable peer institutions.
Conner and Heinke said they were
pleased that the proposal recommended
30 percent of tuition increases go toward
financial aid, helping make the
University accessible to more students.
They also said they campaigned hard
for an included section that would com
mit the University to “aggressively
engage in outreach to educate prospec
tive students and their families about
financial aid for needy students.”
“I am very concerned that future stu
dents might be intimidated by high
tuition,” Conner said. “That is why we
propose the outreach programs. Future
students need to know they will get help.”
Richardson said he was pleased with
the proposal’s goals. “The fact that they
were unanimously adopted shows how
great they are.”
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Legislators Prep for Tuition Battle
By Will Aiken
Staff Writer
Legislators are bracing for the battle
that could arise over the UNC
Chancellor’s Committee for Faculty
Salaries and Benefits’ recently-proposed
tuition increase plan.
The Educational Oversights commit
tee, comprised of 10 senators and 10
representatives, was appointed in.
September to address educational fund
ing issues. Should the tuition plan pass
the Board of Trustees and the Board of
Governors, the plan would go to the
committee. A bill concerning the tuition
increase could be introduced into the
House or the Senate, said committee
member Sen. John Garwood, R-
Alexander.
Senate President Pro Tern Marc
Basnight appointed Senate committee
members. “Senator Basnight was look
ing for people in the legislature with a
knowledge of education,” said Rob
Lamme, Basnight’s spokesman.
House committee members were
appointed by House Speaker Jim Black.
“(Black) looked for geographic and
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racial balance,” said Danny Lineberry,
Black’s spokesman. “Education back
ground was also important.”
Committee members said they rec
ognized the need for an increase in fac
ulty salaries, but they were uncertain as
to whether raising tuition was the
answer. “We have excellent universities
in the system,” said committee member
Sen. Walter Dalton, D-Cleveland. “In
order to keep the excellent faculty, we
have to sufficiendy compensate them.”
Dalton said a tuition increase was
only one way to approach the problem.
“At this point we are uncertain,” he said.
Committee member Rep. Flossie
Boyd-Mclntyre, D-Guilford, said she
unsure if raising tuition was the solution,
but she said higher salaries were impor
tant. “We need to do what is necessary
to keep our university competitive
nationally,” she said. “Without excellent
salaries, we won’t be able to complete.”
Other committee members were also
wary of raising tuition as a means of
increasing faculty salaries. “We have
prided ourselves on keeping tuition
low,” said Rep. Jean Preston, R-Carteret.
Garwood said he was not in favor of
Wednesday, October 20, 1999
a large tuition increase, but he thought it
might be necessary in order to increase
faculty salaries. “I want to do what we
can within the confines of a prudent
administration to address these issues.”
But UNC Student Body President
Nic Heinke said he did not agree with
that idea. “I don’t think (a tuition
increase and faculty funding) are mutu
ally exclusive,” he said. “I hope that (the
General Assembly) would see that a pro
posal like this doesn’t just provide a pot
of money for faculty salaries.”
Preston said another alternative
would be receiving funds from the
General Assembly. But she said she rec
ognized that this year’s state budget was
tight due to flood relief efforts in eastern
North Carolina. “Money is going to be
tight,” she said. “Every dime we can find
will go to helping these (victims).”
Boyd-Mclntyre also said the tight
budget was a concern. “It will be an
extraordinary effort on our part to come
up with the funding for whatever we
need to do.”
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