The Exponent, 1983-11-03

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Permit No. 77 XPONENT Northern State College, Vol. 83, Issue 6, November 3, 1983
Econ majors get shafted by Virginia Snyder
The Northern catalog offers majors
for which it does not schedule required
courses. The academic program is
caught in a maze of catch-22 rules; of
confusion of authority; and confusion
of definitions.
The economics major offered at
NSC illustrates this point. Five
economics courses are offered yearly,
all lower level. Nine other courses are
listed in the catalog and not offered
yearly. Of these nine courses, 490/690
Economics Problems was taught three
times between 1977 and 1979; 432/632
Intro to Econometrics was taught once
in 1982; 433/633 Public Finance was
taught four times between 1977-1981
(finance major offered), and 422 Intro
to Statistics once in 1977. Four upper
division classes were taught in the past
six and half years and only two courses
in 1980.
Amy Volk, a sophomore at NSC,
declared her economics major last
spring semester along with a major in
finance. Nothing was said to Amy
about any problems with her
economics major, and her first year
went nicely. She took an economics
course, a couple of finance courses,
and she had no troubles until last
spring, when Mr. Neumann told Volk
that a 400 level course, International
Economics, would be offered. "He
was very excited about it and so was
I," said Volk. "Most economics classes
do excite me." The class was then
dropped from the spring schedule. "I
expected this to count toward my eight
credits left to complete my re-quirements,"
said Volk. She was told
that only the basic economics courses
would be taught and the public finance
course for the finance majors.
To find out the equation for FTEs the
Exponent called the Board of Regents
who said that different factors are ap-plied
to each discipline by local ad-ministrators
and to call the dean's of-fice
for that specific information. The
Exponent then called the dean's office
and the secretary said to ask the dean.
The Exponent called the dean who
said, "I haven't heard of any such for-mula."
Upon asking Mr. Jasinski,
chairman of the business department,
about the 400 FTE, the Exponent was
told to ask the dean's office.
Neumann and Callahan were also
told that they could not teach 400 level
courses unless they had at least 10
students in the class. To get the
students, they must be allowed to offer
the class. Jasinski said that Callahan
and Neumann must have a date to
teach the course but they still need to
have 10 students.
Volk and two associates in
economics then went to see Prof.
Gainok and were told that they could
substitute those economics courses
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How the States Rank on 7 Scales
Approp. per $1,000
1983-84 Appropriations of personal 2-year 10-year 2-year change 10-year change
appropriations (a) per capita (b) income (c) change (d) change (e) less Inflation (f) less inflation (g)
South Dakota
ranks 50th
by Deanna Demory
Appropriations to South Dakota
state colleges this year are down seven
percent from last year, putting South
Dakota dead last in an annual report
compiled by M. M. Chambers, a pro-fessor
of education and administration
at Illinois State University.
Chambers, who has compiled com-parable
data from the states every year
for the last 25 years, compares the 50
states according to percent increases
in appropriations to higher education
from 1981-82 to 1983-84, appropria-tions
per capita, and appropriations per
$1,000 of personal income. The latest
report, published in the October 26
issue of The Chronicle of Higher
Education, also lists appropriations to
each institution within the state. At
NSC, appropriations from the state
were down five percent. Black Hills
State College took the biggest cut of
seven percent, while SD School of
Mines and Technology and Dakota
State College both received an in-crease
of two percent-the largest in
the state.
According to The Chronicle, "The
data compiled by Mr. Chambers in-clude
appropriations made from state
tax funds for operating expenses. They
do not include any appropriations for
capital outlay."
The Chronicle also cites that if the
inflation rate is accounted for, South
Dakota had an actual decrease in sup-port
of 15 percent, 14 percent in
California, and nine percent in North
Dakota. Other states experienced
decreases of less than five percent.
SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota St U S 19,179 0%
U of South Dakota ... 16,904 - 2%
SO Sch of Mines & Tech 4,937 + 2%
Northern St C 3,727 - 5%
Black Hilts St C 2,933 - 7%
Dakota St C 1,963 + 2%
Student aid 180 Nc
Other appropriations 3,247 Nc
Total S 53,070 - 7%
Amount Rank Amount Rank Amount
Alabama $ 410,038,000 20 $1n1 91 27 $11.67
Alaska 150,752,000 39 340.30 1 20.85
Arizona 336,080,000 29 116.25 23 11.09
Arkansas 197,321,000 35 85.64 40 9.87
California 3,150,376,000 1 128.19 13 8.83
Colorado 366,747,000 26 119.66 22 9.90
Connecticut 273,706,000 31 87.17 38 6.15
Delaware 77,792,000 4.5 129.65 11 10.64
Florida 956,258,000 5 91.66 37 8.06
Georgia 570,170,000 13 101.06 33 10.18
Hawaii 181,560,000 38 181.92 3 15.17
Idaho 101,007,000 42 103.60 28 10.94
Illinois 1,106,007,000 4 96.58 35 7.73
Indiana 503,484,000 16 91.76 36 8.89
Iowa 372,128,000 25 127.75 14 11.88
Kansas 306,473,000 30 126.96 15 10.88
Kentucky 400.529,000 21 108.60 26 11.97
Louisiana 503,086,000 17 115.04 24 10.26
Maine 76,653,000 46 67.48 49 6.29
Maryland 437,028,000 19 102.37 29 8.14
Massachusetts 451,423,000 18 78.47 43 5.38
Michigan 887,471,000 7 97.35 34 8.54
Minnesota 612,209,000 11 147.77 6 13.07
Mississippi 345,370,000 28 134.54 9 16.80
Missouri 363,689,000 27 73.49 47 6.98
Montana 103,617,000 41 128.88 12 12.73
Nebraska 193,925,000 36 121.81 20 11.35
Nevada 75,360,000 47 85.93 39 7.02
New Hampshire 41,141,000 49 43.35 50 2.93
New Jersey 531,891,000 15 71.77 48 5.31
New Mexico 187,600,000 37 137.23 8 14.83
New York 2,166,908,000 3 123.74 18 9.66
North Carolina 864,658,000 9 143.73 7 15.23
North Dakota 108,725,000 40 161.55 4 ;14.12
Ohio 883,761,000 8 81.91 42 7.41
Oklahoma 389,167,000 23 121.16 21 11.22
Oregon 272,969,000 32 102.12 31 9.61
Pennsylvania 902,253,000 6 75.91 46 5.83
Rhode Island 97,651,000 44 102.36 30 9.16
South Carolina 392,471,000 22 122.15 19 13.82
South Dakota 53,070,000 , 48 76.14 45 7.81
Tennessee 387,738,000 24 83.33 41 9.14
Texas 2,282,342,000 2 149.38 5 12.84
Utah 198,060,000 34 126.72 16 14.10
Vermont 40,343,000 50 77.88 44 7.92
Virginia 617,283,000 10 112.66 25 9.84
Washington 566,477,000 14 132.26 10 11.01
West Virginia 199,319,000 33 101.85 32 11.41
Wisconsin 595,843,000 12 125.23 17 11.69
Wyoming 100,780,000 43 198.39 2 16.64
Total U. S $25,390,809,000 $115.29 $10.45
(a) Reported by M. M. Chambers of Illinois State University as state tax funds appropriated for
operating expenses and scholarship programs for higher education. Amount of appropri-ations
may be reduced later in some states because of shortfall in revenues. Not included
are appropriations for capital outlay or money from sources other than state taxes. Includ-ed
are appropriations for annual operating expenses even if appropriated to some other
agency of the state for ultimate allocation to institutions of higher education. Pre-allocat-ed
state taxes whose proceeds are dedicated to any institution of higher education are
included. Also included are state tax funds appropriated for scholarships and statewide
governing or c - ordinating boards.
Rank Per cent Rank Per cent Rank Per cent Rank' Per cent Rank
16 + 9% 3 -'.- 147% 32 -- 1% 35 + 10% 32
1 +23% 3 +544% 1 +12% 3 +186% 1
20 +10% 33 +147% 31 0% 33• + 10% 31
28 + 7% 41 +169% 20 - 2% 41 4- 19% 20
35 - 5% 49 +172% 19 -14% 49 + 21% 19
27 +20% 5 + 161% 23 + 9% 6 + 16% 23
46 +19% 9 +128% 37 + 9% 10 + 1% 37
24 + 8% 40 + 132% 35 - 2% 40 + 3% 35
38 +19% 10 +176% 18 + 9% 11. + 23% 18
26 +14% 21 +161% 24 + 4% 22 + 16% 24
5 +17% 13 +217% 7 + 7% 14 + 41% 7
22 + 6% 43 +148% 30 - 3% 43 + 10% 30
41 + 8% 39 +101% 46 - 2% 39 - 11% 46
34 + 4% 46 +116°/. 42 - 5% 46 - 4% 42
14 +16% 16 +158% 2a + 5% 17 + 14% 25
23 +10% 31 +181% 17 0% 32 + 25% 17
13 +18% 12 +205% 10 + 7% 13 + 36% 10
25 +11% 30 +.217% 8 + 1% 30 + 41% 8
45 + 15% 18 + 92% 49 + 4% 19 - 15% 49
37 +13% 26 +153% 29 + 3% 27 + 12% 29
48 +24% 2 +155% 28 +13% 2 + 13% 28
36 + 5% 44 + 91% 50 - 5% 45 -15% 50
10 +12% 28 +165% 22 + 2% 28 + . 18% 22
2 +15% 17 +206% 9 + 5% 18 + 36% 9
44 +12% 27 +101% 45 +10% 5 - 11% 45
12 +24% 1 +182% 16 +13% '1 + 25% 16
18 + 7% 42 +185% 14 - 3% 42 + 27% 14
43 +14% 19 +183% 15 + 4% 20 + 26% 15
50 + 5% 45 +136% 34 - 5% 44 + 5% 34
49 +14% 20 +106% 44 + 4% 21 - 8% 44
6 + 9% 34 +242% 6 0% 34 + 52% 6
30 +17% 15 +120% 40 + 6% 16 - 2% 40
4 +14% 22 +201% 11 + 4% 23 + 34% 11
7 0% 48 +243% 5 - 9% 48 + 52% 5
42 +20% 8 +156% 27 + 9% 9 + 13% 27
19 +20% 7 +305% 4 + 9% 8 + 80% 4
31 + 8% 38 +121% 39 - 2% 38 - 2% 39
47 +10% 32 +110% 43 0% 31 - 7% 43
32
9
+17%
+ 9%
14
36
+130%
+166%
33
21
+ 6%
- 1%
15
36 ++ 182°//0c.
36
21
40 - 7% 50 + 97% 47 -15% 50 - 13% 47
33 + 9% 37 +157% 26 - 1% 37 + 14% 26
11 +20% 6 +356% 2 4- 9% 7 +103% 2
8 +14% 24 +198% 13 + 4% 25 + 33% 13
39 +19% 11 +119% 41 + . 8% 12 - 3% 41
29 +13% 25 +199% 12 + 3% 26 + 33% 12
21 +14% 23 +125% 38 + 4% 24 0% 38
17 + 4% 47 +144% 33 - 5% 47 + 8% 33
15 +12% 29 + 96% 48 + - 13% 48
3 +22% 4 +328% 3 +11% 4 + 90% 3
+12% +173% + 2% + 21%
(b) State appropriations divided by the Census Bureau's population estimates for 1962.
(c) State appropriations divided by personal income, in thousands of dollars, reported by the
Commerce Department for 1983.
(d) Increase in appropriations for 1963-84 over 1962-83, as reported by M.M. Chambers.
(e) Increase in appropriations for 1983-84 over 1973-74, as reported by M.M. Chambers.
(f) Two-year increase in appropriations adjusted for inflation of 9.8 per cent. as indicated by
the Labor Department's Consumer Price Indexes for June, 1983, and June, 1981.
(g) Ten-year increase in appropriations adjusted for inflation of 125.2 per cent, as indicated by
the Labor Department's Consumer Price Indexes for ,June. 1983, and June, 1973.