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Live TV show discusses college costs   3T Students, faculty happy with Intersession
By Karen Krieger
Daily Collegian Stilt Writer
Students can look to the state ol Cali-.
forma to help keep down rising education
costs, but it will be the federal government
student loan cutbacks that put the squeeze
on the state's higher learning institutions.
That was one of the conclusions
reached Thursday night as public televi¬
sion station Channel 18 brought its Time
Line" show live to the CSUF College
Union to discuss rising college costs.
A panel of CSUF representatives field¬
ed questions from moderator Chuck Car¬
son before a sparse audience. (The lack of
attendance may have been due to the fact
that the CSUF basketball team was host¬
ing San Jose Slate in Selland Arena.) The
panel consisted of Bill Corcoran, dean of
students; Joe Houston, financial aids di rec¬
tor. Jim Highsmith. professor of finance
and industry and Paul Canales, Asso¬
ciated Student Legislative Vice President.
(A.S. President Jeff Watson was sche¬
duled to attend. Canales substituted for
him half-way throught the show.)
Carson opened the discussion with a
brief anaylsis of the present fee situation
in the California State University system.
Fees rose 40 percent from Fall 1981, forc¬
ing students to pay S216 if they enrolled
for more than six units this spring.
According to the proposed 1982-83
state budget, students will see a $41 hike in
order to help meet Gov. Brown's $25 mil¬
lion budget cuts.
"California has one of the best state-
supported systems in that undergraduate
education is relatively inexpensive," Car
son said.
University President Harold Haakwas
invited to appear on the show, but had to
decline the offer due to a previous com¬
mittment. Haak did tape an interview
which was aired at ihe beginning of the
discussion.
The fee increase was needed to main¬
tain the level of education." he said. The
$46 increase this semester reduced the
amount CSUF and the system had to take
out of the budget. Without the fee. the
cutbacks would have come out of operat¬
ing expenses and (course) sections."
The state pays for the personnel salaries
and maintenance of the university. Al¬
though students pay $213 in fees (which
translates to campus services cost, not
unit cost), the state contributes an esti¬
mated $2,500 per student per semester.
Tuition is defined as the cost of instruc¬
tion.
"Students pay for the services they feel
are necessary." Corcoran said. The Finan¬
cial Aids office, Health Center, College
Union, intramural and recreation pro¬
grams are financed by student fees.
The Health Center services are not
really free," Corcoran said.
Although the fee increase is minimal
compared to rising costs of private institu¬
tions. CSUF is feeling the effects of the
hike.
"We are experiencing an emigration of
non-resident students from our system to
other states," Corcoran said. *We lost 60
foreign students in the past month.They
went to states where non-resident tuition
is cheaper."
Corcoran pointed out that non-resi¬
dents pay $94.50 per unit, in addition to
the fees that resident students pay.
Houston added that any further increas¬
es are not built into the financial aids sys¬
tem. Approximately 80,000 students in
the CSU system receive some form of
fiancial aid, Houston said.
"In 1984 that figure will be cut in half,"
he said. They're putting this on the back
of the consumer, and in this case the con¬
sumer is the student. Those Who are going
to get hurt are those who can't afford it."
Highsmith said that although this semes¬
ter's fee increase was supposedly a "one¬
time thing," the budget shortfall could
happen again.
"We may have the same situation at the
end of this semester." he said.
Houston said the financial aid office
couldn't handle that kind of increase that
late in the year.
"We figure it costs about $8,000 to go to
school." Houston said. 'When financial
aids can respond, it will, but realistically
over the decade it will be less and less."
Carson pointed out that the financial
See Time Line page 5
John Ntboo/Daily Collegian
Joe Houston, director of financial aids, responds to a question concerning the decrease of student
financial aid, during last Thursday's Time Line" television program presented at the CU. Those
who are going to get hurt are those who cant afford it (tuition fees)," Houston said.
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Involvement with school during Christ¬
mas break is the last thing on some
student's minds, but for 357 CStlF stu¬
dents, school became a Monday through
Friday routine for about three weeks of
their vacation.
Inter-session, offered through the Divi¬
sion of Extended Education enabled stu¬
dent} wanting to take a course between
the fall and spring semesters to do so.
Classes ranging from Computer Concepts
to Human Sexuality were offered. Classes
melforaboui three hours every day (M-F)
from~Dec. 2*-Jan. 15.
Dr. James Fikes, dean of the Division
of Extended Education, rated Inter-ses¬
sion as 'very successful* from a student's
standpoint. Fikes pointed out that stu¬
dents enrolled in Inter-session would have
to be dedicated and the class they were
enrolled in would have to serve a useful
purpose. According to Fikes, the session
appeared to be useful for students.
Kurt Pennington, a CSUF junior, a-
greed with Fikes. "If you need to take a
class, it (Inter-session) isa good way to use
your time wisely." But, one of the draw¬
backs of the program. Pennington said, is
the cost. Tuition per semester unit was
$48. Of the 16 courses offered through
Inter-session, 14 were three-unit classes
and two were one-unit classes.
Commenting on the cost of the pro¬
gram. Fikes said. "If Inter-session serves
an educational function then maybe the
cost is modest to the student." Since the
program is not funded by the state. Fikes
said, the prgram had to be self-supporting.
Freshman Debbie Lcet? said she would
be willing to pay the tuition if she needed
to take a course. "If it were a class I really
needed and it was hard. I would pay be¬
cause it would benefit me. But. if the class
was just an elective I would not enroll."
Teacher response to Inter-session was
generally favorable.
"Terrific" was how Professor of Man¬
agement Jerry Jones described his stu¬
dents enrolled in his Inter-session Opera¬
tions Management class. According to
Jones, these students attained a higher
grade distribution than his regular
students.
Jones described himself as "stimulated"
by his students' enthusiasm for the class,
saying. "Classes like that make this profes¬
sion fun."
The idea of an Inter-session program
originated from Vice President Thomas
Arciniega. Although CSUF had sponsor¬
ed a similar program in the past, it was
dropped in 1977. Arciniega said he want¬
ed to reinstate it to make CSUF "much
more accessible to our community."
Arciniega said it isa little early to evalu¬
ate exactly how the session went, but that
there is always room for improvement. "I
hope that it can get bigger and better in the
future."
Registration
Continued from page 1
is  in season and  members of student
government.
A subcommittee of the Academic Pol¬
icy and Planning Committee determined
who would be eligible for priority registra¬
tion, and so far Board has received no
complaints about the system. He said
that's probably because 82 percent of the
students who registered early wound up
with complete schedules. Fifty-eight per¬
cent received schedules exactly as requested.
Fourteen percent of the students found
some classes closed, while four percent
had class conflicts contained in their appli¬
cation.
' "You get people who feel they were
done in by the computer,' Board said,
"but usually it's a mistake made by the
students when they fill out the class request
form.
"One student complained that the com¬
puter didn't give him a class, but when we
looked at the class request form, he had
filled the top boxes, but didn't fill the bot¬
tom bubbles.
"As far as the computer was concerned,
he didnt ask for the class," Board said.
It's the computer that does all the selec¬
tions once it is programmed. Board said.
The class request forms are scanned, then
students are assigned classes. The compu¬
ter determines what priority you receive
by your class level.
First time freshmen are given priority
status their first semester to "give them a
good shot* at getting the classes they
want. Otherwise they would get discour¬
aged. Board .said.
Students becoming discouraged with
school tends to make spring semester
enrollment historically lower than the fall
semester. Continuing student enrollment
for the spring semester is up from last
year's 2,960 to 3.268. Board attributes the
increase to the national economy.
"Students can't get jobs: that's why the
continuing student count is up." Board
said.
If tuition is imposed, no one, including
Board knows what the affect on student
enrollment will be. He stressed that cur¬
rent student coils are far below that of
other states. Board does see tuition on the
horizon, though.
'One legislator I talked to indicated tui¬
tion was several years away. I think it will
be a per unit charge. Who knows when
that will be...maybe never, I hope." Board
said.
Time Line
Continued from page 4
aids system is not based on "hand-outs."
"Most money disbursed is self-help
money." Houston added. "There is a host
of myths about financial aids, that it is a
welfare program or a minority program.
"We have a healthy scholarship pro¬
gram, most of which is based on merit.
People in the valley contribute about
S250.OOO in scholarships, which about 550
students receive."
CSUF has some 5,800 students on
financial aid, $500,000 of which is allo¬
cated to work-study programs. The uni¬
versity also dispenses $8 million in loans,
"and the repayment rate is good,' Hous¬
ton said.
Houston said that by the 1983-84 aca¬
demic year the National Direct Student
Loan program and the National Educa¬
tion Support Grant program will be elimi¬
nated.
As for additional options for financial
aid, Houston doesn't see any. "I dont see
where the resources might be," he said.
"We might go to the private sector."
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cheaper cost.
"I'm of the opinion it should be affor¬
dable, very affordable," he said. "The
money has to come from somewhere, and
we are the target."
Canales said there has to be some kind
of compromise. "We should look internal¬
ly—who else can help besides the stu-
dentsr
Corcoran said there has been a prop¬
osal submitted to CSUF trustees that the
two-tiered system (charging less for 6 or
fewer units and more for seven or more
units) be eliminated.
"The rationale is that part-timers do not
use so many services,' Corcoran said.
'But they may have more time to use the
services,' Carson said.
Corcoran agreed, saying "I think it's a
fair approach." CSUF's enrollment is 20
percent part-time students.
Highsmith said that the CSU system
will have to cut out 2.000 full-time equi¬
valent students next year in order to meet
state budget cuts.
"Some students will be denied access,"
he said. "There will be cutbacks in depart¬
ments and programs."
The panelists said they look to the state
to ease the school budget crunch.
"I think the financial situation will
relax," Canales said. "We should go ahead
and make our system work."
Corcoran said he is optomistic in terms
of the state support picture, "but I'm
greatly concerned about the federal level.
We will be experiencing negative effects."
"1 share Bill's optimism about the
state," Highsmith said. "There will be a
full debate on the policy of free educa¬
tion."
Houston said he has faith in the "tough¬
ness of students."
"Whether (fee increase) or not, they'll
survive."
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