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Northern EXPONE Volume 72, Number 12 Northern State College — Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401 December 1, 1972 Wollman explains enrollment dro Northern eliminates positions because of budget guidelines THE SECOND concert in Big Name Entertainment will be Dec. 4 at the Aberdeen Civic Arena. The Johnny Rivers Show, spon-sored by Campus Events Board, will begin at 8 p.m. The opening act will be Danny GRADUATE enrollment for the fall semester at NSC has dropped to ninety students, fifty-five less than last year's spring and fall average head count. Dr. Harris J. Wollman, division chairman of graduate studies, stated last week that "The impact on enrollment at the undergraduate level is pretty much reflected at the graduate level. I think this is consistently true across the coun-try," he added. Dr. Wollman qualified the statistics released from his office, however. "The graduate program at our institution is primarily a summer program," he men-tioned, "and the fall enrollment cannot always bu c onsidered an accurate index of attendance." The number of graduate students has been increasing for several years. Not since the 1965-1966 school term has the enrollment been as low as it is now. *figures released from Office of Admis-sions and Records and graduate division Since the figures indicate no stable correlation between the two enrollments, the administration has made no projec-tion for next spring or summer. Gradu-ate attendance depends to a great degree on the courses being offered, according to Richard Van Beek, dean of Admis-1 sions and Records. In addition to handling the graduate enrollment and statistics, the Graduate Office provides vital services to under-graduate students. Students applying for graduate schools can be guided in their O'Keefe whose single "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues" is currently in the Top Ten. Tickets for the concert are avail-able at Engel's Music Store for $2, $3, and $3.75. They may also be purchased at the door that evening. decisions by the office. "There's a definite way to go about making graduate school applications," Dr. Wollman cautioned, "but if you're familiar with the system it's much easier." He urged students to consider attending graduate school before they complete their junior year of college. The Graduate Office administers the Graduate Record Exams ( similar in de- FOLLOWING a two-week suspen-sion, Student Senate met for two hours Tuesday and passed bills concerning fa-culty reduction, class attendance and an ice skating rink. Also discussed was Sen-ate Bill 51, a position paper concerning student control of the activity ticket. Sen-ate then adjourned until Wednesday. Ali ough senate was adjourned for a two-week period, only one bill was presented at Monday's agenda meeting. A second agenda meeting had to be scheduled for Tuesday in order to place other bills on the agenda. A resolution concerning faculty re-duction states, "Present proposals to eli-minate a significant number of faculty members at NSC poses a continuing threat to the quality of education. We feel proposed eliminations are being made without proper consultations or gaining a full input of ideas." The bill also states that before faculty reduction is proposed to the Board of Regents, the administration should meet with faculty and students to seek a consensus of opinion. A bill was passed recommending that the official policy on classroom at-tendance be changed to read, "There is no attendance to be required at NSC. Attendance is up to the individual stu- IN RESPONSE to the decline in en-rollment, Northern State College officials have identfiied 22 instructional positions which will be eliminated for the next year. The 22 positions include five teach-ers who are retiring and 17 teachers whose positions will be eliminated. The reduction in faculty size re-flects the decline in enrollment which has seen the college go from a peak of over 3,100 students in 1969 down to 2,300 students in 1972. Although the teachers whose positions will be eliminated have been notified, the names of the faculty who will be leav-ing and the cuts by each division have not been made public. Dr. Lester Clarke, vice-president and dean of academic affairs, said, "We doubt that any real good could come from the release. Indeed, harm could come to those who do not wish to an-nounce their leaving at this time. Re-leasing the lists of names has not been done in past years until near the end of the academic year." The decision to reduce the faculty size in part reflects the use of "zero-base budgeting" for the first time. This meth-od of budgeting determines the number sign to the ACT high school proficiency test ). The office aids students in select-ing schools for application and in obtain-ing financial aids. Dr. Wollman advised that there is "a lot of money available" but that stu-dents have to know the procedures to make the most of it. "That's our primary service to the undergraduate," he con-cluded. dent." In other action, Student Senate established an ice skating rink for a trial period. The skating rink will be south of the industrial arts building and will be in operation this year. Tentative plans are to move the skate rink to the student park on Lincoln Street next year and build a warming house. It is possible that students will be assessed a one dollar fee next year to pay the cost. Senate Bill 51, a position paper on student control of the activity ticket monies, was read. The resolution calls for 1 ) eliminating health, picture, and post office fees from the activity ticket and including them in a service fee; 2) Sen-ate control of men's athletics; 3 ) a study of identification card costs; 4) certain fees to be set by senate; 5) voluntary Alumni Association fee payment; and 6 ) allowing no organization except Sen-ate to have reserve funds. Bonded in-debtedness reserves will be allowed. Sen-ate planned to consider the resolution at a meeting Wednesday. Terry Bagaus, Student Association president, announced that a meeting with Dr. Clarke concerning the faculty reduc-tion would be held Tuesday, Dec. 5 in the Fireside Lounge. The meeting time was not set. of teachers in each division according to the number of credit hours generated by the students taking courses in that area. The enrollment for next year is pre-dicted to be 2,250 full time equivalent students. A full-time equivalent student is one taking sixteen hours of credit per semester. The number of teachers allowed in each division is determined by di-viding the number of full-time equival-ent students taking courses in that di-vision by the faculty-student ratio. The faculty-student ratio for each of the different areas of education were de-termined by a committee composed of representatives from the state colleges. The ratios differ between areas of study within each college reflecting the different needs and programs of the institutions. According to Dean Clarke, the fa-culty- student ratio for lower level courses after the cuts have been made should be about 1:22.6. The ratios for upper division courses and graduate courses will be about 1:17 and 1:11, respectively. The overall ratio for the col-lege should be about 17 students per faculty member for the 1973-74 school year. This estimate is for 130 faculty members and 2,250 students. Although 22 faculty positions will be °Unmated this year, no cuts have been made in the administrative staff of the college. According to Dean Clarke, the college is now working on zero-base bud-geting to be used in determining the number of administrators. During the past year two new administrative posi-tions were created. Clarke also said that there is a possibility for more cuts to be made after the budget is finalized. He said, "It will be in April when we'll know what the appropriation is. We will then know whether the 22 people we have identified are enough." Depend-ing on the size of the appropriation, the college could rehire some of the leaving professors or be forced to re-lease up to eight more. Dean Clarke also stated that no aca-demic programs, courses, or activities will be discontinued because of the re-duction in staff. He said he expected that most of the new course offerings which have been announced will be im-plemented although some courses will have to be delayed. Clarke reported that in the area of music, the necessity for a further review of program and staff is necessary. An ad hoc committee has been appointed to study that specific area, and a pre-liminary report is to be submitted to President Baumgart by Feb. 1, 1973. This committee was convened for or-ganizational purposes Nov. 28, 1972. Columnist postpones speaking engagement DR. RICHARD Cinclair, chairman of the Cultural Affairs Committee at Northern State College, has announced that syndicated newspaper columnist Jack Anderson will be unable to appear for a Cultural Affairs Committee Lec-ture on Dec. 11. Anderson had been scheduled to speak Dec. 11, at 8:00 p.m. in the John-son Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State College. Cinclair said that he expects the lecture will be presented at a later time. His committee is pursuing another date for the engagement suitable to both the columnist and the college. school term'' ave. spring/fall undergrad. enrollment ave. spring/fall grad. enrollment 1965-1966 2,239 94 1966-1967 2,505 137 1967-1968 2,841 120 1968-1969 3,117 136 1969-1970 3,169 132 1970-1971 3,113 166 1971-1972 2,809 145 fall, 1972 2,303 90 Senate considers faculty reduction, . • • • • Dews activity ticket appropriations
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Transcription | Northern EXPONE Volume 72, Number 12 Northern State College — Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401 December 1, 1972 Wollman explains enrollment dro Northern eliminates positions because of budget guidelines THE SECOND concert in Big Name Entertainment will be Dec. 4 at the Aberdeen Civic Arena. The Johnny Rivers Show, spon-sored by Campus Events Board, will begin at 8 p.m. The opening act will be Danny GRADUATE enrollment for the fall semester at NSC has dropped to ninety students, fifty-five less than last year's spring and fall average head count. Dr. Harris J. Wollman, division chairman of graduate studies, stated last week that "The impact on enrollment at the undergraduate level is pretty much reflected at the graduate level. I think this is consistently true across the coun-try," he added. Dr. Wollman qualified the statistics released from his office, however. "The graduate program at our institution is primarily a summer program," he men-tioned, "and the fall enrollment cannot always bu c onsidered an accurate index of attendance." The number of graduate students has been increasing for several years. Not since the 1965-1966 school term has the enrollment been as low as it is now. *figures released from Office of Admis-sions and Records and graduate division Since the figures indicate no stable correlation between the two enrollments, the administration has made no projec-tion for next spring or summer. Gradu-ate attendance depends to a great degree on the courses being offered, according to Richard Van Beek, dean of Admis-1 sions and Records. In addition to handling the graduate enrollment and statistics, the Graduate Office provides vital services to under-graduate students. Students applying for graduate schools can be guided in their O'Keefe whose single "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues" is currently in the Top Ten. Tickets for the concert are avail-able at Engel's Music Store for $2, $3, and $3.75. They may also be purchased at the door that evening. decisions by the office. "There's a definite way to go about making graduate school applications," Dr. Wollman cautioned, "but if you're familiar with the system it's much easier." He urged students to consider attending graduate school before they complete their junior year of college. The Graduate Office administers the Graduate Record Exams ( similar in de- FOLLOWING a two-week suspen-sion, Student Senate met for two hours Tuesday and passed bills concerning fa-culty reduction, class attendance and an ice skating rink. Also discussed was Sen-ate Bill 51, a position paper concerning student control of the activity ticket. Sen-ate then adjourned until Wednesday. Ali ough senate was adjourned for a two-week period, only one bill was presented at Monday's agenda meeting. A second agenda meeting had to be scheduled for Tuesday in order to place other bills on the agenda. A resolution concerning faculty re-duction states, "Present proposals to eli-minate a significant number of faculty members at NSC poses a continuing threat to the quality of education. We feel proposed eliminations are being made without proper consultations or gaining a full input of ideas." The bill also states that before faculty reduction is proposed to the Board of Regents, the administration should meet with faculty and students to seek a consensus of opinion. A bill was passed recommending that the official policy on classroom at-tendance be changed to read, "There is no attendance to be required at NSC. Attendance is up to the individual stu- IN RESPONSE to the decline in en-rollment, Northern State College officials have identfiied 22 instructional positions which will be eliminated for the next year. The 22 positions include five teach-ers who are retiring and 17 teachers whose positions will be eliminated. The reduction in faculty size re-flects the decline in enrollment which has seen the college go from a peak of over 3,100 students in 1969 down to 2,300 students in 1972. Although the teachers whose positions will be eliminated have been notified, the names of the faculty who will be leav-ing and the cuts by each division have not been made public. Dr. Lester Clarke, vice-president and dean of academic affairs, said, "We doubt that any real good could come from the release. Indeed, harm could come to those who do not wish to an-nounce their leaving at this time. Re-leasing the lists of names has not been done in past years until near the end of the academic year." The decision to reduce the faculty size in part reflects the use of "zero-base budgeting" for the first time. This meth-od of budgeting determines the number sign to the ACT high school proficiency test ). The office aids students in select-ing schools for application and in obtain-ing financial aids. Dr. Wollman advised that there is "a lot of money available" but that stu-dents have to know the procedures to make the most of it. "That's our primary service to the undergraduate," he con-cluded. dent." In other action, Student Senate established an ice skating rink for a trial period. The skating rink will be south of the industrial arts building and will be in operation this year. Tentative plans are to move the skate rink to the student park on Lincoln Street next year and build a warming house. It is possible that students will be assessed a one dollar fee next year to pay the cost. Senate Bill 51, a position paper on student control of the activity ticket monies, was read. The resolution calls for 1 ) eliminating health, picture, and post office fees from the activity ticket and including them in a service fee; 2) Sen-ate control of men's athletics; 3 ) a study of identification card costs; 4) certain fees to be set by senate; 5) voluntary Alumni Association fee payment; and 6 ) allowing no organization except Sen-ate to have reserve funds. Bonded in-debtedness reserves will be allowed. Sen-ate planned to consider the resolution at a meeting Wednesday. Terry Bagaus, Student Association president, announced that a meeting with Dr. Clarke concerning the faculty reduc-tion would be held Tuesday, Dec. 5 in the Fireside Lounge. The meeting time was not set. of teachers in each division according to the number of credit hours generated by the students taking courses in that area. The enrollment for next year is pre-dicted to be 2,250 full time equivalent students. A full-time equivalent student is one taking sixteen hours of credit per semester. The number of teachers allowed in each division is determined by di-viding the number of full-time equival-ent students taking courses in that di-vision by the faculty-student ratio. The faculty-student ratio for each of the different areas of education were de-termined by a committee composed of representatives from the state colleges. The ratios differ between areas of study within each college reflecting the different needs and programs of the institutions. According to Dean Clarke, the fa-culty- student ratio for lower level courses after the cuts have been made should be about 1:22.6. The ratios for upper division courses and graduate courses will be about 1:17 and 1:11, respectively. The overall ratio for the col-lege should be about 17 students per faculty member for the 1973-74 school year. This estimate is for 130 faculty members and 2,250 students. Although 22 faculty positions will be °Unmated this year, no cuts have been made in the administrative staff of the college. According to Dean Clarke, the college is now working on zero-base bud-geting to be used in determining the number of administrators. During the past year two new administrative posi-tions were created. Clarke also said that there is a possibility for more cuts to be made after the budget is finalized. He said, "It will be in April when we'll know what the appropriation is. We will then know whether the 22 people we have identified are enough." Depend-ing on the size of the appropriation, the college could rehire some of the leaving professors or be forced to re-lease up to eight more. Dean Clarke also stated that no aca-demic programs, courses, or activities will be discontinued because of the re-duction in staff. He said he expected that most of the new course offerings which have been announced will be im-plemented although some courses will have to be delayed. Clarke reported that in the area of music, the necessity for a further review of program and staff is necessary. An ad hoc committee has been appointed to study that specific area, and a pre-liminary report is to be submitted to President Baumgart by Feb. 1, 1973. This committee was convened for or-ganizational purposes Nov. 28, 1972. Columnist postpones speaking engagement DR. RICHARD Cinclair, chairman of the Cultural Affairs Committee at Northern State College, has announced that syndicated newspaper columnist Jack Anderson will be unable to appear for a Cultural Affairs Committee Lec-ture on Dec. 11. Anderson had been scheduled to speak Dec. 11, at 8:00 p.m. in the John-son Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State College. Cinclair said that he expects the lecture will be presented at a later time. His committee is pursuing another date for the engagement suitable to both the columnist and the college. school term'' ave. spring/fall undergrad. enrollment ave. spring/fall grad. enrollment 1965-1966 2,239 94 1966-1967 2,505 137 1967-1968 2,841 120 1968-1969 3,117 136 1969-1970 3,169 132 1970-1971 3,113 166 1971-1972 2,809 145 fall, 1972 2,303 90 Senate considers faculty reduction, . • • • • Dews activity ticket appropriations |
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