The Quilforiicm
VOLUME Lll
rustees Approve Tuition Hike For Next Academic Year
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"Dr. Jerry Goddard"
New Administrative System
Approved For Next Tear
Dr. Jerry Godard has been named new
Executive Dean of Guilford College, ef
ffective of June 1,1968.
This report came to the notice of the
faculty through the Guilford College News
letter of February 27, 1968. In addition
to the Executive Dean, there will be a
new Academic Dean, William Burris, from
the Political Science Department.
One of the functions of the Exec
utive Dean, reported Grimsely Hobbs,
President of the College, "is to respons
ibly coordinate the activities of the Aca
demic Dean, Dean of Students, Director
of Admissions, Athletic Director, and the
Special Assistant to the President."
The Dean of Students is William La
nier; the Director of Admissions is Bruce
Stuart; Athletic Director is Herb Appen
zeller; Special Assistant to the President
is Charles Hendricks.
The new position of Executive Dean
will require significant involvement in the
areas of instruction and campus life,
fiscal ana physical plant operations of the
college as they pertain to the educational
program, and in faculty and student per
sonnel matters. The Dean will act through
the authority delegated by the President.
Additionally the Executive Dean is res
ponsible for long-range planning of the
educational program and should insure
that such planning is based on pertinent
institutional research.
Although William Burris leaves the
faculty circle to join the more structured
administrative suites, he is being replaced
GREENSBORO, N. C. MARCH 8, 1968
Guilford College is announcing an in
crease in tuition and Room and Board
for the 1968-69 year of $250 for every
one except for Mary Hobbs residents.
Tuition and special fees for everyone
will rise from SIOOO to $1175. Room
SYMPOSIUM
Guilford College Symposium: "There
is much discontent in American colleges
today where I see little evidence of
apathy," said Robert Powell.
Robert Powell, former president of
the student body of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presently
at the Woodrow Wilson School for Public
and International Affairs at Princeton
University, and now a member of the
National Supervisory Board of the National
Student Association, spoke to a surpris
ingly receptive audience in Dana Audi
torium this past week.
Robert Powell emphasized that one
way to change the growing discontent
with young people is to foster challenging
educational opportunities. The facilatator
program, as an example, tries to establish
honest dialogue between people which is
one new facet of the learning process for
getting students and faculty members
together to decide what they want to do.
Several students and faculty gathered
in the moon room earlier this week to
follow up Robert Powell's convocational
speech and tried to relate it to Guilford.
In the discussion there was student and
faculty interest in establishing new pro
grams and a committee to conduct teacher
evaluation at Guilford. But some of the
faculty had their reservations. Whether or
not they want to protect the traditions of
a core curriculum remains a question.
Other speakers for the symposium are
Robert Gwynn from UNC-CH., Mitchell
Atkins from A & T University, and
Arthur Waskow a resident fellow from
the Institute for Political Studies in Wash
ington.
by a top quality faculty person. Dr. Carroll
comes from a Pennsylvania to replace
William Burris, bringing an asset to the
faculty in Political Science.
From the report, the idea of institut
ing the new system of Deans indicates a
contemporary revision to facilitate com
munication within the administrative struc
ture. This is the trend to strenghten the
administration for the future of the small
college.
and board costs will rise from $660 to
$735 in all dorms except for Mary Hobbs
and the proposed new dormatory for
men. In Mary Hobbs the increase will be
from $545 to S6OO, and for the new
dormatory the fees will be announced
later.
The increases are being made to streng
then the educational programs now under
way and to meet the rising costs in the
educational and plant-operation areas.
In a recent letter to the parents of
Guilford students. Dr. Grimsley Hobbs
indicates that Guilford's projections for
the future cannot hope to meet the
total educational objectives without in
creases both in current funds and in
capital resources. He continues adding
that to use the resources currently at
Guilford's disposal with maximum ef
ficiency and to develop new resources
will require skilled faculty, costly build
ings, and expensive equipment. But not
to discourage qualified students from
attending Guilford College, they are keep
ing costs considerably below those of
comparable colleges in the country, and,
to facilitate the learning process, the
college will be increasing scholarships and
loans.
On March 13, 1968, 58 scholarship
candidates will be on campus to be in
terviewed individually to increase the
quality of the student. 15 of these pro
spective students will be selected for
special programs.
Gaining additional information, expen
detures for one year of operation of
Guilford College are in excess of two
million dollars. Approximately 50 per
cent of the revenue taken in comes from
the students and the remaining portion
from Endowments, Federal aid to edu
cation, various foundations, corporations,
alumni, and friends of the college. The
major portion of the increase in student
costs will go towards raising faculty sala
ries which have only recently been raised
to a level which ranks as average across
the country. The increases in room and
board will meet the rising costs in those
areas and provide for improvement in
both room and board. At the same time
there will be an increase in the amount of
scholarships and loan funds avialible to
to students. Also, the College is involved
in an energetic program under Director of
Development - Alvin Wheeler, to increase
revenue from the Federal Government
and Foundations.
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