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Ba% (Tar JUri University of Wyoming reviews credit tuition Numbers show drop in hours taken BY ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS SENIOR WRITER UNC-Charlotte Chancellor Philip Dubois was president of the University of Wyoming when it switched from block to per-credit hour tuition in 2003. “I think it’s a very difficult transi tion,” he said. “The implementation of it requires a lot of work.” Dubois said the switch in policy generated a contentious debate at the university, which enrolls about 13,000 undergraduates. “Once a decision was made by the Board of Trustees, I think stu dents adapted fairly easily and we went on forward,” he added. Here’s a look at some of the ques tions the U niversity ofWyoming had going into the switch, with answers furnished by a study the university conducted three years later: TUITION FROM PAGE 1 paring for the added complexity of awarding financial aid according to a per-credit-hour tuition model. UNC-system officials said one reason they chose UNC-CH to pilot the switch is because UNC CH already is redesigning admin istrative systems for billing and financial aid. The redesign should be complete by 2010. “I think Chapel Hill is really on track,” Mabe said. Mangum, the leader of a group working on the administrative systems redesign, said UNC-CH is working to determine what kind of systems would be necessary to handle the switch. “Our challenge is to do this in a fair and equitable way” she stated. “We have not reached any con clusions and definitive answers that we can share outside of the working group. Policy discussions beyond the issue of feasibility have not begun on this campus to my knowledge.” Chapel Hill and other system schools are pushing undergradu ates to finish degrees in eight semesters to accommodate increas ing enrollment growth and to tamp down the escalating cost of housing and educating students. Mabe said he believes charging tuition by credit hour will not work against that effort. “The fact that you might save on tuition for one less course one term, you have to weigh that against stay ing in school a whole other year and other things,” he said. “So any kind of rational deci sion it seems to me that would come out on the side of continuing to move forward and getting your degree in a timely fashion.” Student Body President J.J. Raynor said UNC-CH student ASG FROM PAGE 1 ' But a motion to have the reso lution come before the general assembly of delegates failed by a 19 to 10 vote. Some, including Speaker of UNC CH Student Congress Tim Nichols, argued that the committee’s decision should be respected. Nichols was ore of three to vote against the resolution in committee. He declined multiple requests for comment Clevinger said the students were probably driven by their own opin ions, not those of their institutions. “It’s a shame certain individuals cannot differentiate between stu dent interests and their own indi vidual ideological beliefs,” he said. UNC-CH student Ron Bilbao, who, as assistant vice president of the committee, was unable to cast a vote, said the issue’s unpopularity can cause people to keep quiet Bilbao is a member of the UNC CH Coalition for College Access. “I’m not too surprised by the vote,” he said. “But I’m very disap pointed.” Ashley Timmreck, a UNC- I Caribbean Breezes are Calling YOUR Name... UNC's Spring Break 2009 Royal Caribbean's I "NAVIGATOR OF THE SEAS” 5 Nights Western Caribbean Cruise I from R. Lauderdale, FI. to the ports of I Cozumel, Mexico & Belize City, Belize I Special student rates, onboard credits, cocktail party, and morel Ask me about the unbmittd akohok drink package! 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Raynor said she is concerned that students who had greater access to Advanced Placement courses in high school might be advantaged under the new system and that science majors might be disadvantaged. Gary Pielak, former head of UNC-CH undergraduate studies in chemistry, said undergraduates conducting research must take additional credit hours. ‘So that would mean that most students would max out, certainly those students doing research would,” he said. But Joe Templeton, chairman of UNC-CH faculty and a chem istry professor, said many science majors enter Chapel Hill with a lot of course credit and are able to take fewer hours as they advance to higher-level courses. Templeton said he is less con cerned about potential conse quences for specific majors than about the possibility that a financial incentive to take fewer credit hours could reduce the richness of a typi cal undergraduate experience. “There’s a tension between charging by credit hour and expan sive exploration of courses offered to undergraduates,” he said. “It might inhibit people from taking courses they would enjoy and ben efit from.” Another issue that needs to be addressed is how fees, which pay for athletics, recreation and other student services, would be charged according to a per-credit-hour tuition model. “A lot of details are going to have to be worked out on that,” said Rob Nelson, UNC-system vice president for finance. He said each campus currently Pembroke delegate who opposed the resolution, said those who voted against it probably based their deci sions on their personal feelings about the issue, as she did. “The decision we made might not reflect our school, but it most certainly reflects how we feel,” Timmreck said. Docuette said he expects the reso- Regal cinemas TIMBERLYNE 6 <Vi sno Adv. 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Qt Did fewer students register for courses and then drop them before completion? A: Course withdrawals stayed steady at 5 percent. Qt Did undergraduates take lon ger to finish a degree? A; The first three years of data proved inconclusive. Qt Did fewer students partici pate in the honors program? In dual majors? Al Yes, the honors program director found students were more reluctant to take courses not needed for degree requirements. However, the percent of students enrolled in dual majors did not decrease. Contact the Projects Editor at dthprojects@gmail.com. “We don't want to do anything that will encourage people to take less hours” ROGER PERRY, BOT CHAIRMAN determines which fees are charged at a flat rate to all students and which are smaller for students tak ing fewer courses. “It’s been a campus decision,” Nelson explained, adding that the goal is to create a more uniform policy systemwide. Claudia Odom, UNC-system associate vice president for finance, listed 10 other universi ties that charge tuition by credit hour, including Michigan State University, Arizona State University and the University of Florida The UNC system’s push in that direction is due in large part to its focus on online education as a way to cut costs while making the system more accessible to a wider range of students. ECU was chosen as a pilot for the change in tuition model because of its emphasis on online education, Mabe said. ECU spokesman John Durham said Provost Marilyn Sheerer jumped at the chance to partici pate. “She’s a can-do kind of person, happy to try new initiatives and programs,” Durham said. ECU has not yet appoint ed a task force to hammer out the implementation details, he added. “We really are just truly at the very beginning of this.” Contact the Projects Editors at dthprojects@gmail.com. lution to come up again in January. “I think it was a learning experi ence, and I made it clear to folks that we have some work to do,” Doucette said. “I’m fine with that as long as in January we come back strong again.” Contact the State £sf National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. I 1,.. I • 620 Market St. I.llllllllil Take 15/501 South towards Pittsboro Exit Market St. / Southern Village BOLT 8 1230-2:40-4:50-7:10-9:20 IWIUGHTSS 1:15400-7:20-9:50 QUWffli Of SOLACE fS 12HM0M:15WQ MADMASCARESCAPEZAfWCAB MtMßMtit ROLE MODELS! 12W:1W2M35 starts 11/26/08 FOUR CHRISTMASES ss Haws FUND FROM PAGE 1 million for unfilled faculty positions. Tventy more positions have yet to be budgeted. All told, about half of the fund this fiscal year will be spent on faculty recruitment and retention, a ratio Earp said probably will stay constant for the next several years. That investment might prove to have lasting benefits. All interviewed faculty said they plan to stay here for many years because they believe the state and University have an abiding dedication to studying cancer. “I plan to retire here,” said Claire Doerschuk, who studies lung can cer and other pulmonary diseases. “The institution has made a com mitment, and they’re getting a commitment back from me.” 'Collateral gain' The cancer fund does not profit everyone on campus. The vast majority of the money already set aside went to the can cer center, along with the schools of medicine, pharmacy and public health. Even so, some benefits have stretched to the College of Arts and Sciences, where administrators hppe to play a continuing role. “The college is not just standing on the street corner selling apples,” interim Dean Bruce Carney said. “We’re a junior partner, but we’re still a partner.” Several of the college’s faculty have been lured away in the last couple of years, and the cancer fund could pro vide a small amount of relief. Joseph DeSimone, a nanomedi cine researcher in the chemistry department, is the fund’s anchor in the college. The fund has budgeted $9.4 million over several years to retain DeSimone who was being courted by universities across the country —and to hire several other faculty in nanomedicine. DeSimone sees the fund as an opportunity to bridge the physical and medical sciences, a step some of UNC’s competitors have taken. “The UCRF gives the University the tools and the horsepower to head in that direction,” he said. DeSimone and others hope the fund can expose students to the importance of cross-disciplinary studies in modern medicine. For example, the college is in the process of hiring a cancer research er in the social sciences, who could establish new courses. Faculty hired with help from the fund often start new research cen ters, form new partnerships across campus and are active in teaching games SOPWttJ misamumcf ruins ® 2008 The Mepham Group. All rights reserved. level: Mj]|T|[7] 618 1 I I |1 | | ' 6_ 2_~ 2 - B__3 7 T"2 9 5^ 3__s_ 4_ 1 2 Tn L 9' 3 2 6 I3T I 7 I 8~ Cost of driving to Charlotte to drop off the couch you sold with a "free” ad on craiglist. 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Budget woes Ultimately, the cancer fund is dependent on the legislature’s will ingness to pay for it. Legislators planned to grow the fund to SSO million a year by next fiscal year, up from S4O million this year, most of which comes from tax revenue. But a tight budget will have them wondering whether the state can afford the extra millions. “We’re concerned,” said Kevin Fitz Gerald, the medical school’s executive associate dean for finance and administration. “We’re going to do our best to make a real strong case for what we’re doing.” Cancer research at UNC has enjoyed strong support from state Senate leaders. Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, D-Dare, championed the fund and has been a staunch advocate for campus con struction related to cancer research. Sen. Richard Stevens, R-Wake, a higher education appropriations committee chairman and a former UNC trustee, said he doesn’t think TREE CITY m j| DTH/ALEXANDRA CAGAN Second-graders at Morris Grove Elementary School recite poetry Friday at the Chapel Hill Arbor Day celebration. Town leaders and students joined to plant a tree and to receive the TVee City USA Growth Award. Visit City News at dailytarheel.com for the full stoiy. TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES www tma.tribunA.com Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) con tains every digit 1 to 9. Solution to Monday’s puzzle |31 71 915 1 1816 I2 14 6_JB _5 £_4 _2 7__l__3 iiillliii 5 61_3 7 2 4 1 9 8 91836 5 4 7 2 7__2__4 _l__B__9 _5 3__6 8517 431269 2 9 6 8 517 3 4 1 |4,3| 1 |2[9|6|8|5|7 Cost of placing a classified ad in The Daily Tar Heel. 11 Gene Tierney classic 12 Set of beliefs 14 Down 21 Slinky, for one 23 Down 26 Pinochle combo 27 "Casablanca" role 28 Rejuvenation resorts 29 Minor League level 31 Part of MD 33 Online read 34 Filmmaker Joel or Ethan 35 Tex. neighbor 52 Election day survey 56 Fairy queen 57 Slip and slide 59 Journalist Bly 60 Garment with straps 61 Jazzy Fitzgerald 62 Wood patterns 63 Japanese honorific 64 Hair colorist 65 Brings into harmony DOWN 1 Pack tightly 2 Bonkers 3 Cornerstone abbr. 4 Down 5 Annoying bunkmates 6 Whiz 7 Small bill 8 Down 9 Consecrate with oil 10 Brimiess hat ■i [3 lrTTir -3 ~ ra """"■BpsT" 33 35 42 43 * 47 48 49 HSO I ' HHHHHE ~ ’ Mgs2"j 53 54 ™ 56 HP ™ ~ SBt - 63 HK “ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008 the legislature will renege on its SSO million commitment. “When you consider the poten tial impact on the welfare of the state ... it’s a good investment,” Stevens said. “This was, is and should be a very high priority.” Bill Zamboni, who runs a drug development lab here, said faculty need to show the legislature the fruits of its investment. “We need to show them that: ‘Look, this is money well spent. Look what we’ve done with the S4O million. We can be even more pro ductive with the SSO million,’ ” said Zamboni, who left his home town Pittsburgh to become the first can cer fund hire. Despite the darkening budget picture, the cancer center is not making contingency plans. In fact, if the legislative commitment holds, the cancer center could draw high-level faculty from financially injured universities, Earp said. “Given the economic downturn, it does put us in a better position to do what the legislature and the gover nor want us to do, which is to be the best cancer center in the country.” Contact the Projects Editors at dthprojects@gmail.com. International study A UNC senior is the seventh in as many years to receive the Rhodes Scholarship. See pg. 3 for story. A league of their own A Campus Y group has plans to start a soccer team for the homeless in Chapel Hill. See pg. 3 for story. Cutting back Chapel Hill town departments are looking at ways they can cut their budgets. See pg. 8 for story. Off-campus safety Students identified several areas with poor lighting in Em off-campus lighting tour. Go online for story. Their own Thanksgiving Game schedules force many athletes to stay at UNC during Thanksgiving Seepg. 10 for story. There’s no such thing as free, SELL SMARTER. dailytarheel.com/classifieds (C)2008 Tribune Media Services, Inc. Ail rights reserved. 38 Cast a spell upon 43 Roofing specialists 45 Made humble 46 Carton 47 Poetic feet 48 Glittering topper 49 Type of sprawl or renewal 50 Moth deterrent 53 Lena of "Alias" 54 "The Mod Squad” character 55 Reduced by 58 -de-France 5
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