in state asic h I Em s 1 $2 Business School Mnhnued horn page i hamper~ngresearch assistance. faculty recruitment expenses, student t is no exaggerationto say that scholarships and acqulsitlon of I when state legislators convene modern equipment, paitlcutarly in special session in Salem computers. later this month, they will hold There IS fear that faculty will be the future of Portland State lost to other schools, whlch could University and the entire State endanger the program's academic System of Hlgher Educat~ondirectly accreditation. in thelr hands. Nevertheless,the school has By the time the session ends - forged a particularly good record. probably in mid-February- we w~ll Wlth an enrollment of 4.000 know whether PSU IS to continue students, includtng 600 MBA development of its mission as the candidates, the department is the state's major metropolitan university fastest-growingat Portland State. In or whether its growth w~lbl e stunted fact. while universivs enrollment has for the next 10 to 20 years. perhaps remained relatively stattc since 1970, relegating the University to the role the School of Bus~ness of commuter college. Admlnlstratlon'senrollment has The latest legislative session was doubled. called by Governor Vic Atiyeh to deal One of the largest increases has with budget problems caused by an come in the proportton of women estimated 8250 million shortage in students. Ten years ago, women revenue for the remalnder of the accounted tor less than 5 percent of biennium. In his initial message to the enmllment. Today they make up legislators. Atlyeh indicated that the 45 percent. entire $250 million shortage should Parker said engineem account for be remedied by making cuts a large percentage of MBA agency budgets, excluding b; candidates. Companies often hire school s u ~ w annd tax relief. realistic t e n s , that would mean cmn d rn p w I ?rcentwhacked off budgets for in services, higher education everv other academ!c'Hrea; THE ABC CARD. . . for alums only The PortlandState University Alumni Benefits Card . THE PSU ALUMNIBENEFITSCARD GIVES PSU ALUMS Use of PSU athletic facilrlles (ilmltedmernbershp) Selectedathtet~cevents d?scounts Thrs Month, rnonlhly calendar of events . Travel program membershp Llbrary prvleges Concert d\scounta - Theaterdlscounts Lecture dtscounts Alun~ii parking permti PSU Fly~ngClub rnernbershp and much more . The benef~ts ~n your experience at PortlandStale Unlversty never stop' Send today for comolete details aboutyour PSU-ABCcard Smpy fllout the attachedcoupon and mall to PSUJlBC Cam PsuAlumno Rslniona or -11: (sm) 229.4~~1 PO. 80. 751 PorHlnd.OR97207 -----------------------------.--.--.--.------.-.-------- PSUABC CARD INFORMATION REWEST yes I want full de!alls about !he PSU-ABC card Name ~ - , PSU alumni Aadms - . . w. m1 __n-"m. C,V ssfai zip un~v&rs~tcyo,mes the order prepare for potential cuts of lther state agencies. This would ! on top of cuts made during the Pa" '8 "0"" ""Ch have left a visible negative impact on PSU. b,$~t!$$~h~~~ede~~;Xt Joseph Blumel to Issue a formal declaration of "financial exigency," putting the academlc world on notice that the University cannot make necessary budget reductionswithout ellminatlng programs and laylng off tenured faculty President Blumel took that very serlous step prior to the Governor's announcementthat another 20 percent of the budget could be cut (see story tn the Fall. 1981 Perspective). For the 1981-83 biennium, the Unlverslty already has chopped $3.3 mllllon from the budget (nearly 9 percent) whlch means elimination of 76 academic posltlons and more than 30 support staff. These cuts, along with increases in tuition and fees, already have had a severe lmpact on PSU's enrollment. Registrationwas down 1.400 students this fall, the first enroilment drop in years, and much of lt was directly altrlbutable to reduced course onerings brought on by the budget cuts Because fewer students are enrolied across the state, the Board of Higher Education has adopted a $49 per term tultion "surcharge" for the remainder of the biennium to make up for some of the lost tuition revenue. That comes on top of consecutive 19 percent tuitlon increases already in place for this year and next. r- -- . As President Blumel nas : reccnt gather~ngsof fegislntc Founoatlon memoers ano a, to up to 20 said at )rs, PSU umni "Cuts of the magn~tudepropose Would SO drast~callyalter the character of th~slnstltutlon that would be,!orced to ask whether coilt,"UP ~peaklngof the development PSU. Blumel says. "We are not qenerouslv endowed w~thor, here. This has been a boot-: been possible bgcause Deoo devoted to the concept of thi University.We're proud of w have acmmolishec 'When I &kmi&ii what remalnlnu untts wlthln the Ur one to Dgrams ;trap sense s come xi ~l ic need. oniv ~ l eh ere S hat we are not central to its mission see any," the Prestdentsays IS a pretty minimal operation size and diversity of the pop1 we are supposed to serve " 'There is a manifest need comprehensive university in but it wlll not happen with t h ~ E roposed level of budget cut lumel says. "My real concern," he con, "is that we will be forced to ( cut and cut, stopping develol this institution for 10 to 20 ys ,,o, ,. that will be an economic disaster for th~sreglon and this state." According to legislative ob: Portland-area leg~slatorsma), take the lead in developing acceptable solutions to the sl flscai dilemma. ~articularlvin I. "This for the ulation tor a this area Eludes, :ut and merit of 0-4 sewers, 1 have to the flurrv of leqlblat~veand DI aitemat;ve revenue meaiuri* As In the past legislative SI PSU's alumnt and frlends w!il the vanguard of those Inform legislators and the public abc danger posed to higher educ masslve budget cuts and the long-term benefits that would from maintaining educatlonai programs now In place. For lnforrnationabout the F alumni network, contact the / Relations Office at 229-4948. see story on page 12). late's light of lbllc entire jes of sek ing ~utth e atron by 'SU ilumni (Also,
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