September 16,1991
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UILFORDIAN
New Provost grapples with
1991-92 budget shortfall
Justin Cohen
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Preliminary estimates in
dicate thatGuilford College
will be more than $400,000
over budget for the 1991 -92
academic year, announced
new provost Dan Poteet at
last Wednesday's faculty
meeting.
Poteet stressed that the
figures were "absolutely
unscrubbed" and that the
final calculation should be
somewhat less "onerous."
However, in light of last
year's fiscal crunch, many
in the Guilford community
were obviously cringing at
the prospect of enduring
another round of belt-tight-
ening measures.
Poteet himself assured the fac
ulty that he would look for long
term solutions to the college's eco
nomic woes, and he indirectly criti
cized previous budgetary patch
work.
"It's high time to figure out what
the fundamental problems are,"
said Poteet.
At the heart of this year's crisis
in an extra $500,000 spent on fi
nancial aid—the second consecu
tive year financial aid exceeded its
allotment Last year administra
tors had anticipated distributing
financial aid awards to 45% of the
incoming freshmen. However,
52% actually received some kind
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Academic Dean Kathy Adams and newly hired colleague, Provost
Dan Poteet, discuss campus responsibilities.
of aid package.
Vice President for Student De
velopment Nancy Cable-Wells
emphasized Guilford's commit
ment to recruiting "special popula
tions" in order to achieve a more
representative student profile.
Often the target groups tend to
require more financial aid. For
example, Cable-Wells pointed out
that while blacks and Quakers en
compass less than 20% of the stu
dent body, they receive roughly
34% of the financial aid awards.
Dramatic financial aid reductions
could undermine Guilford's fo
cused recruiting efforts.
According to documents distrib
uted by the Registrar's office, the
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Financial Aid Task Force has "be
gun a thorough review of the pack
aging grid from 1990-91 and for
'9l-'92 with an eye toward con
tainment measures in the aid award
and negotiation process. A pre
liminary sense indicates that re
cruitment may need some re-think
ing to prevent overspending of the
aid budget, but these strategies
could possibly affect the profile
and the current mix of special popu
lations."
In fact, financial aid packages
have inflated across the board over
the past two years, sparking com
plaints in various pockets of the
community that Guilford was "buy
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Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
Kaplan replaces Keith as
Director of Internships
In an effort to continue to pro
vide students with internships and
community service opportunities,
Guilford College has moved Meg
Kaplan into the position of Direc
tor of Internships and Service
Learning, replacing Jim Keith who
was fired last spring due to budget
cuts.
Kaplan, who was the previous
Director of the Career Develop
ment Center, received the position
following an Administrative Coun
cil decision last spring to fill the
void left by the removal of Keith.
Kaplan's new position will be
effective during this 1991-92 aca
demic year, but will be subject to
review by Administrative Council
in the spring of 1992. Keith's
firing was a result of Guilford's
need to cut $2 million of requested
expenditures to balance its budget.
Keith was one of eight administra
tors whose jobs were terminated
for this academic year.
"We are very appreciative that
Meg Kaplan is willing to assume
the responsibility as Director of
Internships," said President Bill
Rogers. "She has directed intern
ships in the past and will provide a
lot of professional connections to
further expand the network of
knowledge within the area of in
ternships and service learning on
campus."
Kaplan's office is be located on
the second floor of Founder's Hall
in the Student Development Gen-
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ter, across from the Career Devel
opment Library. Student Employ
ment Services will also be located
in Founders Hall, Room 206. Pre
viously, both the Director's office
and SES were located in the Worth
House beside Dana Auditorium.
"I'm looking forward to a great
year," said Kaplan. "With the
move of Student Employment Ser
vices we are now a true career
placement center. We are geared
up for an early start and I'm confi
dent we can continue to provide
students with information on qual
ity internships and service learn
ing options."
Although Kaplan, who has a
Master's Degree in Education, will
essentially assume the same re
sponsibilities as Keith, she will
now be responsible for reporting
to the Academic Dean and the Dean
of Students.
Previously, the Director was re
sponsible solely to the Dean of
Students Nancy Cable-Wells;
however, several members of the
faculty were concerned that the
position should be placed more
under the control of the Academic
Dean Kathy Adams due to the aca
demic nature of many internships.
Kaplan's previous position as
Director of the Career Develop
ment Library will be handled by
Irene Harrington, a newly hired
administrator from Bennett Col
lege. Harrington served as the
Director of Career Services at
Bennett, and she will work as an
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