I Thursday
, October 17, 1991
THE COMPASS
Page 5
jpp^rial Report
Students' annual $600 fees:
where does that money go?
Flames of Academia
Pbott> by I»ckiD
By DeAnna Rudisill
[ and Jackie Rountree
' You pay ^ on
ictudenlfees, but do you ever wonder
Inhereihatmoney is going?
ECSU boarding students pay $297
ievery semester for student fees.
j Day students pay $300 per semes-
i^r
' Where does this money go?
I xheathletic program recieves$ 120
a year per student, according to Dr.
I Jon White, Vice Chancellor for
i Student Affairs
printing, telephones, insurance and
bonding, building furniture and staff
development,” according to White.
ECSU students expressed mixed
reactions about the fee.
“I only come to the campus on the
days that I have classes and don’t
spend any time in the University
Center,” said one commuter student,
“and yet I pay the same amount as a
student who lives on campus and re
lies on the center for recreation.”
“We come here a lot to watch
movies and to play tennis,” said one
student sitting in the University Cen-
According to Dr. Thomas Caldwell, ter.” We enjoy it and are glad that it is
Professor of Physical Education and here.”
Health, the athletic program “defrays “It (theUniversity Center) has a lot
tliecost of athletics” by covering the of dead space that could be put to use,”
cost of uniforms, travel and any other one student said,” and a lot of people
' ' " " ' ” wish it would open earlier on Sun
days.”
Students’ $162 health fee supports
staff salaries and benefits for five
employees, utilities, maintenance and
repairs, building renovations, medi
cal equipment, office supplies, medi
cines, printing, telephones, Uanspor-
tation for patience, staff travel, insur-
Icosis for ibe basketball, volleyball
' ifoolball, track and field.
for students who are intersted in
i s[orts but are not on a team, there is
I [be Vaughan Center.
The $72 fee for the Vaughan Cenr
is used to pay for the center’s
I upkeep; students use the center for
I dances, pool parties and other recrea-
ijenal activities.
I The $120 annual student activity
ifef is used to support “the programs
and acivities of 37 student organiza-
!|ions and clubs,” said White, “and
Iptqgrams for students such as Lyce-
iiijns.”
' This money also funds the Student
iQovemment Association, the Viking
Yearbook, The Compass, bands,
'ciioirs, Miss ECSU, holiday activi-
ilies, clubs, class activities. Phi Beta
iLambda, Kappa Delta Pi, student
educational travel and the Homecom-
jing Committee, While said,
j Students are assessed $120 every
year for the University Center. Most
I of this money is used to pay the mort-
1 gage on the building and pay the staff,
f White said.
The fee also supports “building
[ indebtedness, staff salaries and bene
fit for three employees, recreational
equipment and repair, building main
tenance and repair, utilities, office
supplies, building renovations, cable
ibscription service, copying and
ance and bonding, office furniture and
equipment and educational equipment
The University does not provide a
full time physician, however. Several
students feel it’s necessary to have a
full time doctor at the infirmary.
“When we first start feeling under
the weather we could reverse the
symptons if we were immediately
given the proper treaunent and medi
cine,” said one student, “but if we are
given asprin until we can set up an
appointment with the doctor, our state
will get worse.”
Another said,”I am asthmatic and
usually attacks occur atnightand even
if I go to the hospital I’ll still need care
until I get there and it worries me
knowing that a physician will not be
present.”
When asked if he felt it was neces
sary to have a fulltime doctor at the
infirmary. White said, “College and
university students are among the most
healthy individuals in America. While
students do become ill, most are in
good health and do not require the
services of aphysician,” White added.
“Our student usage data indicates
that students are being served in a
timely manner by the physician and
nursing staff. Thus, we conclude that
a pan time physician is meeting our
student’s needs.”
White said the University will so
licit a fulltime physician “if demand
dictates it,” but added such a move
could increase student health fees by
50%.
Not only are students somewhat
frustrated about the part time physi
cian, they are also confused on what
exactly their student health insurance
covers.
According to a brochure on the
ECSU student accident and sickness
insurance, there is a $2,000 maximum
coverage for “all full time enrolled
students.”
Included in the policy are daily
room and board, surgical operation,
physician’s visits, professional local
ambulance service, out-patient labo
ratory or x-ray services and emer
gency room expences.
The brochure also said there is a
$1000 coverage for accidental death
and that maternity coverage will be
provided at no additional cost.
A lot of the confusion on the insur
ance is due to students not following
the proper procedure when they seek
off-campus medical care.
“Students need to report to us first,”
said Gertrude Bonds, nursing assis
tant at the infirmary.”
Bonds went on to explain that the
Student Handbook clearly states that
when you have an emergency or prob
lem you still need to notify the infir
mary first, and if the infirmary is closed
you need to notify your resident direc
tor. Both will call an ambulance or
take you to the hospital if necessary.
Bonds said.
The $16 laundry fee students pay
each semester provides two towels,
two sheets, a pillow case and a wash
cloth for each student, according to
A.C. Robinson, Assistant Vice Chan
cellor for Business and Finance. Stu
dents can return them for clean ones
every week, he said.
Freshmen Dorothy Hager, Anthony Dunlow, Joy Curry, Forrest Giddiens, Jerald Robertson and Kecia
Sansbury line up during the Fall Convocation and Candlelighting Ceremony, Sept. 15 in Moore Hall. The six
freshmen helped conduct the Candlelighting ceremoney, along with freshman Trone Gibbs and SGA
President Miguel Purvis. At the Convocation ECSU inducted the largest freshmen class in the history of the
school.
Education Dept, preps for NCATE
By Mark Morris
In 1985 ECSU was one of 12 N.C.
schools to have less than 70% of its
education majors pass the professional
knowledge section of the National
Teacher’s Examination (NTE).
Five years later, ECSU’s pass rate
on that same portion of the test is still
under 70% and with a national ac
creditation at stake, the University’s
education department is doing all it
can to improve the scores.
Only 503 of the nation’s 1200
teaching institutions are accredited by
the National Council for Accredita
tion of Teacher Education (NCATE).
The N.C. General Assembly has man
dated that all N.C. teaching institu
tions be accredited by NCATE. In
order for a teaching institution to be
accredited by NCATE, it must meet
certain criteria, including a 70% pass
rate on the professional knowledge
section of the NTE.
Although ECSU’s scores on the
general knowledge portion of the exam
has fluctuated from 79.2 % and 89.8%
from 1986 to 1990, the University has
never had the required 70% pass rate
on the professional knowledge sec
tion of the test, according to statistics
compiled by the N.C. Department of
Public Instruction.
In fact, ECSU’s pass rate on the
professional knowledge section of the
NTE for the 1986-87 was 37.1%,
according to Van BrockMurray, Chief
Consultant of the Certification Sec
tion of Educational Testing Service
for the N.C. Department of Public
Instruction. ECSU’s highest reported
pass rate came in 1988-89 when the
department’s percentage was 63.5.%,
Murray said.
Murray admitted that these statis
tics are not entirely accurate, due to
discrepancies in the measuring proc
ess—for example, students who write
the wrong code for their schools on
the test.
“The test data has some inaccura
cies in it,” Murray said. “It’s not 100%
correct by individual schools. The
school’s total should represent the
percentage of the passing students that
identified ECSU as the place where
they received training relative to the
test.”
ECSU’s Education Department
maintains a set of NTE statistics that
differ from those reported by the ETS,
according to Dr. James Hedgebeth,
chairman of the department. How
ever, Hedgebeth would not release
the department’s statistics \oThe Com
pass at press time.
“If an English major takes the NTE
without having any education courses
and fails, it affects us,” said Hedgebeth
“It’s a big, big picture that can’t be
covered just by looking at statistics.”
Hedgebeth said the discrepancy in
the two different sets of scores results
iTom the education department’s list
ing only the passing scores of NTE
please see NCATE p. 9
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