PACE proposes student fees
go for low-income scholarship
'WeVe been told that in
order to get th Regents to
support it we would have to get
some show of support from
about half the students.''
That, according to ASUN
senator Steve Fowler, is why a
massive petition drive must be
started in support of low
income scholarships. It will call
for a student fee increase to
provide needy students with
tuition.
The tuition plan, which
resulted from a five month
study, is called the Program
for Active Commitment to
Education (PACE). Fowler
chaired a five-member ad hoc
committee which studied the
possibility of using student
money for aid. After consulting
with students,, faculty and ad
ministrators the committee
drew up a report which
received ASUN approval
Wednesday.
PACE'S proposal calls for a
$3.50 increase in student fees
each semester and an extra
$1.73 per summer session.
Fowler estimates over $135,000
could be raised every year.
That amount would provide
tuition to approximately 250
low-income students. State law
dicates that scholarship funds
collected by the Regent's power
can only be used for tuition.
Scholarship recipients would
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be selected by an existing
committee in the Office of
Scholarships and Financial
Aids. Federal guidelines would
determine a student's eligibili
ty. Appeals could be made to an
advisory and review board
composed of students. ASUN
would probably appoint the
board.
According to the PACE
report, "substantial cutbacks,"
in financial aids brought about
the need for this proposal. The
Director of Scholarships and
Financial Aids, Edward Lun
dak agreed that money was
shorter this year than in the
past. However,' he attributed
the shortage mostly to in
creased numbers of students
needing help and higher costs.
Lundak cited a lack cf summer
jobs, farm drought and higher
enrollment as prime causes of
the problem.
A study done by Haze Pope,
coordinator of special pro
grams for low income and
minority students, said fwian
cial problems prevented many
minority students from at
tending the University this
semester.
Financial aids supervisor
Fred Anderson also noted that
minorities need a great deal of
assistance. However, he
pointed out that even though
most minority students get aid,
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the majority of low-income
people being helped are
white.
If the program succeeds it
will not be the first. Student fee
money was used temporarily in
1965 when special
circumstances called for low
income scholarships.
Fowler believes strong sup
port of PACE by the University
community may make some
matching federal funds possi
ble. He hopes it would also
stimulate additional assistance
from state and private
sources.
PACE will try to organize
student petitioners and
speakers at a Thursday night
meeting in the Nebraska Union.
The committee wants to ap
proach students on a "one-to-one"
baisis by providing a
representative ovi each dorm
floor and in every Greek
House. Fowler thinks the big
gest difficulty will be in
reaching off-campus
students.
He hopes prompt actions by
students will allow the program
to be implemented next
semester. The committee feels
this could forestall a "potential
crisis in scholarship aid."
In Fowler's words, "By
joining together with a small
contribution we can make a
major contribution."
THE NEBRASKAN
$135,000 to University
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$4 million when all of the terms
of Mr. Barkley's will are (finally
met The money will be used to
provide instruction for the deaf
and hard of hearing, children
with defects of speech, and
speech reading for deaf
adults.
Chancellor D. B. Varner
reported that the series will
probably amount to the largest
single bequest the University
has ever received. The support
it will provide can make the
University a leading national
center of instruction for the
acoustically handicapped and
those with speech defects.
Robert Perry, a trustee of the
Barkley estate, presented a
check for $135,000 to University
Regent Edward Schwartekopf
at a Wednesday press con
ference. Perry said that it is
reasonable to expect that the
annual gifts, pending the
ultimate termination of the
trust, will amount to about
$100,000 each year.
Barkley, who died in 1944,
was a Lincoln bank and in
surance executive, He was in
strumental in encouraging Don
Love to leave to the University
a bequest that made possible
the construction of the Don L.
Love memorial Library.
Barkley and his wife Edna
planned tiheir gift to help both
the University and the training
of children with defects of
speech and hearing. "It was
their hope to establish a center
THURSDAY,
for the training of such
teachers at the University as a
development of the Lincoln
campus.- They were both
pleased with the results of the
Don Love Gift," remarked
Perry.
Joseph Soshnik, Lincoln
Campus president, said the
University programs serving in
the instruction- of persons with
hearing and speech defects will
be "given added stimulus and
resources" by the Barkley be
quest He noted three cooperating
areas of activity on the Lincoln
campuses that relate to in
struction in this specialized
field:
The Speech Pathology and
Audiology division, headed by
Hebert Schliesser, offers
undergraduate and graduate
programs. About seven of
every ten of the division's
graduates work with han
dicapped youngsters in
elementary and secondary
schools.
The Midwest Regional
Media Center for the Deaf is
one of four-federally funded
programs of its kind in the U.S.
The Center, headed by Robert
E. Stepp, develops and pro
duces instructional material for
use in teaching of Che deaf.
The Educational
Psychological Clinic, headed by
Marshal S. Hiskey, has
evaluated most of the children
enrolled in the Nebraska for
the Deaf, the Omaha Hearing
School, and the special pro
gram for the accoustically
handicapped in Lincoln's
Prescott SchooL
Soshnik said that for about
two years, with the aid of a
federal grant, the University
has worked to develop a
graduate curriculum for the
instruction of teachers of the
deaf and of the deaf with
associated handicaps. He said
the support from the Barkley
estate could strengthen this,
once the program formally ap
proved. "We deeply appreciate this
gift from the Barkley estate,"
remarked Regent Schwarttkopf.
Hopefully, so will handicapped
individuals like Danny.
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