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The Caroliiva Joernal
— Student Publication Of The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte
Volume 5
Wednesday, January 14, 1970
No. 13
70-71 tuition
to increase
By Peggy Caldwell
The general rise in the cost of living
will be reflected in increases in the cost of
higher education for the 1970-1971
Academic year.
In-state students at UNCC are now
paying $318 for tuition and fees, a 6.0
Parcent increase over last year's fee of
$300. Out-of-state student's costs show
aven greater escalation, with a 20.4
Parcent increase over 1968-69 tuition and
^ae rates. These students are now paying
$993 to attend the University, in
®oniparison with last year's rate of $825.
According to Mr. K.C. Batchelor,
^NCC Business Manager, the cost of
®ducation will continue to rise next year.
At UNCC, the cost of tuition will rise
h'om $175 to $225 for in-state students
from $850 to $950 for out-of-state
students.
. What are the reasons for these
increases? Each state-sponsored
institution of higher learning in North
f^rolina submits its budget, including
njcome from fees and tuition, to the N.C.
General Assembly. The legislature will
approve the budget, but can only
Appropriate a given amount to each
institution, since funds for- higher
®*lucation are limited. Therefore, funds
niust be increased to another manner: the
Payment of higher tuition and fees by the
*'*ident$, especially those from
®nt-of-state.
The increased income at UNCC will be
for various purposes including better
*^udent health services and facilities.
necessitated by the large number of
students living on campus this year.
Even with the rise in costs, UNCC fees
are lower than the state average of $365
for in-state students at public senior
institutions. In-state admission costs are
individual public senior colleges and
universities range from a low of $250 at
Pembroke College to a high of $610 at
the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Four out-of-state students, public college
admission rates vary from $750 at
UNC-Wilmington and Pembroke College
to $1,076 at UNC-Greensboro.
Fees for the 1968-69 academic year
and the increased 1969-70 costs at the
University branches are: $357 and $372
at North Carolina State University, $354
and $354 at UNC-Asheville; $337 and
$342 at UNC-Chapel Hill; $400 and $401
at UNC-Greensboro; $300 and $300 at
UNC-Wilmington.
In private senior institutions, a North
Carolina student may expect to pay
anything from $715 at Sacred Heart
College to $2,000 at Duke University, for
tuition and fees.
The percentage increase at UNCC is
slightly lower than the state average of an
8.0 increase at public senior institutions.
Other price escalation percentages are 8.3
percent at public community colleges,
10.9 percent at private senior institutions,
and 11.8 percent at private junior
colleges.
The UNCC price increase for
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PRETTY SLICK! Neil Camlioit and Mike Ridge doing the
obvious last Saturday on our own Swan Pond.
Graduate faculty announced here
Peggy Caldwell
• E'flhty-four members of the UNCC
of*^k^ have been approved as members
newly-formed Graduate Faculty to
^n graduate students at UNCC.
^ The graduate program has been started
I Master of Arts degrees and, at a
time, doctoral degrees may be
®red at UNCC. Its mandate, like that
the University's entire educational
is "to provide graduate and
On ®'^9raduate instruction and research
^PPortunities in the basic natural
f, ®'’‘^es, the social sciences, the
•nanities, the fine arts, and teacher
^^‘‘cation."
a requirement of the Southern
g^^ation of Colleges and Schools (the
association of UNCC) that
eoti^®^A vvork be considered a separate
sn-/ in the University. Therefore, a
•pecial I
Th
91'aduate faculty is required.
tn. general qualifications for
related
■■ship on the Graduate Faculty,
IVi^c . the JOURNAL by Dr. W. H.
Affgl^'T, Vice-Chancellor for Academic
require that a candidate have a
degree in his appropriate field, a
interest in teaching graduate
hyu,. ts, and an interest in research and
Tjl'^tions.
sturio* ‘^®g''ee$ to be offered to graduate
UNCC are the Master of Arts
in Education, with specializations
Majt history, and math; and the
ejg of Education, primarily for
Thrift school teachers.
degrees have been approved by the
Graduate Executive Council for tht
Consolidated University which is made up
of a proportionate number of
representatives from the campuses at
Raleigh, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, and
Charlotte. The Master of Management
degree in the Division of Economics and
Business Administration has also bMn
approved by the Graduate Executive
Council and is now pending approval by
the State Board of Higher Education.
In the future development of UNCC,
the Graduate Faculty envisions a full
array of Master of Arts degree^
Depending on the faculty, library, and
equipment, the University will b^m to
offer doctoral degrees. UNCC
fourth state campus to be authorized by
the General Assembly to give doctor^
degrees, the other three being the UNC
campuses at Chapel Hill. Greensboro, and
Rslfiioh
Several members of the Graduate
Faculty have already begun prograim of
significant research. A few of toese
professors and their projects are listed
below. , _ .
In the Department of Economics and
Business Administration, Dr. Thomas C.
Turner has completed a seminar on
"Uniform Accounting and Budgeting for
Voluntary Health and Welfare
Organizations."
Dr John B. Chase. Department of
Education, is working with several
inner-city schools in the area of urban
education. This project is funded by the
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
Dr. James F. Matthews, Department of
Biology, and Dr. Sherman L. Burson,
Department of Chemistry, are working on
a "College Science Improvement
Project," a cooperative project for
two-year colleges. Dr. Matthews is also
working with Dr. Walter Scott, of
Charlotte Memorial Hospital, on a cancer
research project sponsored by the
National Institute of Health.
Dr. Thomas D. DuBois, Professor of
Chemistry, is doing a series of "Studies
on Low-Spin, Five-Coordinate Transition
Metal Complexes." The North Carolina
Board of Science and Technology is
sponsoring another research program by
Dr. DuBois, that of "Coordination
Polymers."
In the Department of Mathematics, the
National Science Foundation is
sponsoring Dr. Joseph F. Schell's work in
the "In-Service Institute for High School
Teachers."
Dr. David E. Nixon, another professor
of mathematics, is studying the
" Instructional Use of Computers in
Statistics," also funded by the National
Science Foundation.
In the area of physics. Dr. Victor L.
Poliak, sponsored by the American
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New Meal plan
for commuters
Saga Food Service plans to offer meal
tickets for commuter students during the
spring semester.
Mr. Dailey, director, explained that
either weekly or semester plans could be
purchased at a minimal cost to the
student.
Semester meal plans include either 82
lunches, five days a week, Monday
through Friday, for $98.40, eighty-two
dinners for $123.00, or a combination of
the two.
Weekly lunch tickets run $6.25, with
dinner tickets at $7.50.
Faculty, administration, and outside
guests remain subject to a 4% tax.
Mr. Dailey stated that such plans,
especially the dinner plan, could be very
beneficial to commuters, who eat most
of their meals at the University. He added
that the semester lunch plan held a $25
savings; the dinner, a $41 savings, from
normal costs.