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Tuition
increase
The Committee for Economic Development
Sunday released a report which recommends that
tuition rates at institutions of higher learning be more
than doubled. It also recommended that an expanded
system of student aid be established to meet part of
the increased costs. ,
The committee, a private organization supported
by business and industry, made its recommendations
in a report on financing and management of colleges.
The report, which cost $400,000, follows the general
direction of the Nixon administration, the Carnegie
Commission on Higher Education and the College
Entrance Examination Board, according to the
Associated Press.
Its recommendations, if carried through, would be
a slap in the face of every college student and middle
and lower class American family. I he
recommendations are unfeasible, unrealistic and
inane. ... , tu,Q;
College students now pay about one-third ot tneir
education costs and would pay two-thirds if the rate
increase was approved. Tuition rates across the
country are soaring. Within five years there has been
almost a doubling of tuition charges at UN L alone. At
the same time, there has been a steady cutting back
of government financial aid. This year, UNL alone
lost about $745,000 in government financial aid to
students. . .
While the report wisely recommends that more aia
be made available before the increases are instituted,
it fails to say where the aid would come from.
h,.ni". re
Considering the record, could the o
enough to believe the federal go
in this effort? And even if it du',
money for the grants and low-.nu
from? It comes from the taxpayer ,
being crippled financially while
current education costs.
The person who directed the .,.
McMurrin, dean of the University
i i o lormpr U.S. comrmsv
disagrees with the recommenda k
could put a col";
reach for most middle income to
One thing McMurrin and his c;
to realize is that these fears al'v.r.
mean national income for a U..
$10,000 before taxes. After taxe,
than $8,500. The average cclle;
about $2,100 a year, acccrc,:
statistics. How many mid i
straddled with rising prices, can ...
per cent of their after-tax nop
education?
The truth is that a college :.
outlandishly expensive. Instead
increased tuition, the committee o
for more state support to ec. -nronram
nf federal aid which
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WHICH GOrWES FIRST. . .
Postal rate hike won 't cure mail maladi
The 1070 rr.oi ) iniation that made
the United St. -if.-', Postal Service an
independent goeminent corporation
v.j-, huralded as a panacea to the
nation's detei n '! nuil services.
Once the Post Offset; was removed
from tin; politicians and
president'iaHy . ,.,i'-t"d postmaster
general, thi. vj-, .vcie bound to get
better, America was told. Obviously,
just the opposite happened. Deliveries
have never l;en slower, sloppier or
more irregular.
And now the public is being asked
to further subsidize the Postal
Service's inadequacies and
inefficiencies. As of New Year's Day,
we probably will lie paying two cents
more to send first class letters, to 10
cents an ounce and a similar air mail
jump, to 13 cents. Proposed increases
for second class (magazines and
newspapers), third class (advertising)
and fourth class (books and records)
material and pan.el post will range
from 6 per cent 40 per cent. The
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hikes are to be spread over several
years to mid-1977 or mid 1982, in lino
with th? current five-year and 10 year
schedule for previously approved rate
boosts.
These new levels have yet to be
approved. The Postal Rate
Commission, Postal Service board of
governors, and finally, the Cost of
Living Council all must act on the
requests. It is unlikely, though, that
the increases will be revised enough to
make any tangible difference.
In return, we are promised the usual
"new and improved service." Goals
include overnight airmail delivery
between D00 major cities throughout
the U.S., parcel post delivery on the
second day within 150 miles and
coast-to-coast within a week.
Although inflationary pressures are
a primary impetus towards the need
for higher rates (labor costs are up 17
l;r cent thanks to exorbitant wage
increases) , Congressman Charles Thone
(R Neb.) recently pointed to another
factor, The Postal Service intends to
spend roughly $19 million on
advertising this fiscal year.
This gigantic Madison Avenue sell
job (four ad agencies are employed) is
to get persons to want to buy faster
mail service, such as special delivery
options, at higher rates and to boost
sales of luxuries like commemorative
stamps. A million dollars has been
allocated to stimulate zip code use,
something which largely has been
discredited by surveys showing that
non zip mail travels no slower than
daily nebraskan
does corli-i! i!
Inst'-"! ''usial Service
ought tw m II n cannot
assuie i-'i' i si ,'i vice as
the pubi ' i ion; of its
functions. l: hrst class
delivety . m, should
Ix; opi'i.. 'ipetition.
Indeed, !.... . , mail there
quicker ;-i I . ate fir ins as
United I'a : ' - ! move more
package", ti '', st Office.
I pu'iiM ' i laiiuary 25
column :: ,( substance
would cot!i i ai '. return to
his native ) 1 years in
exile. A! . . : mi iu he the
case. As u,-- ' , rt.'lums to
power I. ji-i fi;lt far
outside i.- !, i-id s. This
makes th- -.- A Slates
relatujiis , ;.,( at the
Nebraska tj : ! . ,hkI Friday
of timely ;: wi. not drop
by foi a i l0'n:,?
w o ,. r 3, 1973
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