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• GUILFORDIAN •
Vol. 72, No. 7
Tuition Increase
by Laura Peters
Did you know that
Guilford College has ap
proved a 12.3% increase
for tuition in the coming
fiscal year of 1987/88?
Main campus students will
be paying approximately
$11,104 to attend for both
semesters next year.
Guilford, in turn, will
spend a little over 13 V 2
million dollars to maintain
the school at present stan
dards, as well as to fund
improvements.
The facts are
documented in a handout
entitled "Summary
Revenues and Expen
ditures, 1986/87-1988/89",
which is to be distributed
among the Community
Senators.
Guilford College:
No Snow Job
by Noah Bartolucci
The coldest time of year,
January 15th, ends soon
and so does Guilfords an
nual responsibility of
removing snow. Bill Scott
and his maintenance crew
are in charge of the task
and "wiser after the
January Bth snowfall," ac
cording to Scott.
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Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C
The work to plan for a
year's budget begins
following May 31, the last
day of each fiscal year.
Accounting takes place
next, in July. Then, in
August, the Analytical
Dick Coe, Guilford Col
lege Business Manager,
commented "We are
trying to make a mark
as a good small liberal
arts school."
Studies Team (AST)
begins to meet, once a
week. This group is made
up of four faculty
members, three ad-
When asked why the
loop road through campus
was not cleared before
students returned, Scott
responded that it had been
plowed. He further ex
plained that cars had com
pressed the snow before
maintenance could arrive,
making the job more dif
ficult.
Scott stated, "Our em
phasis is on trying to open
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ministrators and one stu
dent. They refer to past
budget requests and
decide what is needed to
maintain Guilfords pre
sent status. A rough
budget is drawn up in
December. In January,
the Budget and Planning
Team reviews the rough
budget and sorts out extra
requests from the depart
ments which are deemed
necessary for Guilford to
continue progression.
What has been decided
upon for our next year? A
number of improvements
and changes have been ap
proved in order to uphold
Guilford's status as a com
petitive school. As Dick
Coe, Guilford College
Business Manager, com
mented, "We are trying to
make a mark as a good
small liberal arts school".
The first area of change
is Guilford's move in
athletic standing from
the pedestrian pathways."
He compared Guilfoni to
UNC-Greensboro and
noted, "We are not a com
muting campus."
Guilford's snow removal
equipment consists of two
tractors with scrape
blades, one riding mower
with a power broom,
which utilizes motorized
plastic bristles to brush
away the snow, and a
walk-behind power
sweeper. Sand has also
been used. In an effort to
upgrade his equipment,
Scott has added wheel
weights and chain link
treads to his two tractors
and mower. These ad
justments should increase
traction and break up
some of the compacted
snow.
In various designated
areas throughout campus,
including on all R.A.
doors, maps of paths
which have been cleared
for pedestrians are posted.
The cleared routes are
traced over in black
marker.
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111. The price for this
move is $150,000 for
recruitment, equipment,
etc. Extra money is need
ed for the updating of com
puter hardware, as well,
and for expansion of
material in the library. An
increase in student wages
to $4.00 per hour was
"It is important to
understand the role of
the endowment when
analyzing the college s
revenues.**
decided upon this year
also and funding is needed.
In addition, an increase in
salary was approved for
faculty. Professors at
Tom Lamb (President of
Senate) has met with Jim
Johnson (Director of
Facilities Planning) and
reviewed the snow
removal process. Lamb
thinks that clearing the
loop road should be more
of a priority. He contends
that day students, who
make up roughly one third
of the enrollment, are be
ing inconvenienced.
Additionally, Lamb
voiced concerns about
plowing the parking lots.
Summing up his opinion,
Lamb acknowledged that
the maintenance crew had
"made it possible to get
from point A to point B,"
but noted that "You can
always do a better job".
Scott points out that the
equipment the college
presently owns is
economically reasonable
given the fact that it sits
idle for ten to eleven mon
ths out of the year. Should
emergency conditions
arise, the option of acquir
ing a private snow remov
ing service is open and be
ing investigated.
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February 5, 1988
Guilford will receive
salaries competitive with
other colleges of
Guilford's standing.
Other extra requests ap
proved for next year are 1)
supplemental money for
maintenance on campus 2)
upgrading of the phone
system on which staff
members have been re
quired to share lines and
3) financing an increase in
publications and travel in
the Admissions office.
Extra requests to pay
off, however, and in turn
increase the college's
revenue. For instance,
reorganization in Develop
ment has created a new
position. In proper
organization, Develop
ment, in turn, will bring in
more funding which then
increases the endowment.
Consequently, a larger en
dowment accumulates a
greater amount of in
terest. This interest is
poured back into
Guilford's annual budget
and keeps tuition down.
It is important to
understand the role of the
endowment when analyz
ing the college's revenues.
The endowment is money
which has been given to
money managers who in
vest in stocks and bonds
for the school. Interest
from these investments is
then put toward library
funding, towards paying
for Dana professorships,
or in an accout offering
assistance to students in
need of financial aid.
Financial aid is a big
issue. Coe claims that aid
will increase at the same
rate as tuition wdl in
crease. New scholarship
funds have been included
in the budget as well. What
students should realize is
that the increase in finan
cial aid is supported not
only by the federal govern
ment but by student loans
as well. Note, however,
that a loan is "hanging
over the student's head"
when he or she graduates.