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By Janet Iiitcras
The state capital should be as far removed as possible
from settling internal affairs at UAL, Gov, J. James Exon
said Tuesday,
Exon, during a fire-side chat at the Alumni House,
told about 30 students he favored giving the NU Board of
Regents one lump sum of money after reviewing their
recommendations for the bedget.
"'Let them divide the money up as they see fit," he said.
Regents are elected by the people to run the university
system." The governor should not be involved in internal
affairs, such as the selection of department heads, he said,
adding that this is a function of the regents.
Exon also talked about parity between UNL and the
University of Nebraska at Omaha.
1 think we should quit fighting the war," he said. The
real mission of the university is to teach students"
but, he added , it seems the two schools are always quarrel
ing between themselves-usuaUy over money. . -
1t hurts the overall University of Nebraska system
to have a quarrel between UNO and UNL," he said. "The
mission of the two campuses should be defined and under
stood" "xon explained that the merger of UNO into the NU
system was probably a political decision, since UNO's
role was that of an Durban university." However, he
pointed out that more cooperation and coordination of
the two universities was expected when the decision was
made to merge.
Unfortunately, instead of coordination, he said, peo
ple have come to think of the system as two universities.
He said a mistake was made when they named the
two campuses University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Univer
sity of Nebraska at Omaha. It should have been named
"University of Nebraska, Lincoln campus and Omaha ,
campus, he said. - ,
Other matters discussed were the possibility of having
too many graduate assistants teaching introductory
courses, what was called the horror of being taught by a
computer, as ia Psychology 170 and having to buy three
new bocks for the same class three consecutive semesters.
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The criteria for Regents Scholarships has been made
more stringent by the Scholarships and Financial Aid
Committee. The cumulative grade average requirement
for those scholarships was raised from 2.75 to 35 and the
per semester grade requirement was dropped. -
The committee, made up of three students and seven
faculty members, has sole control over scholarship re
quirements, according to committee member and ASUN
representative Steve Wheeler. -..Vw:;
'The new requirements wSl not be retroactive, accord
ing to Ttlieeler, but were changed to reflect the current
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for Nil president;
three are asked
Although NU Board of Regents members Ed Schwartz
kopf and Robert Koefoot said they knew of no further
progress in the search for a new NU president, board
chairman James Mcykn said three people have been con
tacted sr.d hsvs shown interest in teepositioa.
Declining to name the three, he said the regents have
talked to candidates but haven received any responses.
"At the present time we have nobody that has accept
ed," Koylan said. The Russia w2i -choose an interim
president if no one has been found to replace "NU Presi
dent D. B. Varner by his Jan. 1 resignation.
Moylan said he hoped to find someone who at least
Indicated he would like the post by Jan. l.but Moylan
stld he didnt know if this would happen.
- Moylan said the only candidates considered have come
from the list submitted by the search committee.
He said there has teen no delay in the search process
following the election.
Koefoot and Schwartzkcpf agreed that the search would
be discussed at the next regent meeting Saturday. J
Schwartzkcpf said some "fairly rapid action" would
have to be taken to fill the NU post. -
Us said a moratorium on the search had been called
for the election and that nothing has been done after this.
The morium was csllcd because four regents were
t-p for reelection and beard rr.er.iers decided thatpresi
, ti. r-'-t rnt want to meks any decisions
now feeing tougr
program. Wheeler said current recipients are not required
to keep up the type of grades that made them eligible to
.receive the scholarships.
Originally , the scholarships are awarded to high school
seniors on the basis of graduating class rank. One hundred
scholarships are awarded each year. Those are the largest
number of scholarships awarded at the university.
The regents scholarships are the most prestigious
offered," he said. Ve felt the scholarship should not lose
prestige once they are awarded by allowing people with a
lower average to keep them." '
He said he didn't think the averages would be hard to
maintain "for exceptional students and should act as an
incentive for them."
"By raiding. the grade requirements we (the committee)
thought the scholarship could conceivably be offered to
more students," he said. After the scholarship is lost by a
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UNL's tuition is compareble to other Big 8 Conference
schools despite the more than 1 1 per cent increase this
fall, said Bob Lovitt, UNL comptroller for business and
finance. - .
"There won necessarily be a big difference in compar
ing the 'costs of other Eig 8 schools," Lovitt said. tfui
compared to the Eastern schools, we're cheap."
V.licn considering tuition increases, Lovitt said, UNL
administrators account for both sides of the situation.
"e not only want to stay in competition with other
colleges, but we want to pay the bSs, too." Paying the
bills has priority, he added.
With this year's increase, UNL joins 48 otheT univer
sities that charge an average of more than 52,000 for tui
tion, fees and room and board, Lovitt said.
But NU still is less expensive than the national median
charged for tuition and fees, according to a study of 1 19
schools by the National Association of State Universities
and Land Grant Colleges.
The study reported that out-of-state residents are
charged $1,296 in tuition a year (two 1 2-hour semesters),
. S54 less then the national median. UNL resident tuition o
S4S0 a year is 515 less than the national median, the
In the ccrr-erisens, the avenge UNL st.icnt fee b!3
cf S125 was $34 less then the net ion el avenns.
But rccia and board of $1,400 is hi'her then the
national averse by $S0, the study ;
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student who can't maintain the average, it is awarded to
an alternate." , . -
To qualify for an alternate Regents Scholarship, a stu
dent must maintain a 4 JO grade point average and take at
least 24 credit hours of classes a year. The alternates are
awarded for only one year and recipients must reapply
each year. . .
By raising the .grade requirement, Yheeler said, the
committee thought the scholarship reclts would be
put on the same level with alternates. Although the com
mittee didn't have any specific information, he said the
university's current requirements were one of the lowest.
According to UNL records, the higher qualifications
also may make the scholarship more exclusive. Although
1975-76 UNL cumulative average is 3.016, an all time
high, the semester average totals dropped for the first
time in five years. The fall semester university average was
3D34 while the spring average was 3.026.
Inflation was the main reason for tuition and fees in
creases in the national study. Salary increases were the
second most important reasons for the increases.
UNL establishes its room and board rates based on
predicted food service and maintenance costs, Lovitt said.
Accruing to the national survey, UNL ranks third in
the Big 8 in charges assessed against out-of-state students
and fourth in charges assessed against residents.
The University of Colorado charges the highest for
tuition, fees and rooia and board of any Big 8 school
for both residents and nonresidents.
UNL rates second to Colorado in room and board
costs in the conference.
Big 8 resident and nonresident tuition and room and
board, according .to Levitt: Colorado, resident tuition
S2S9; non resident S5S0; room and board, $1572; Iowa
State University, resident tuition, $292, nonresident,
$727; room and beard 51J095; Kansas State University,
resident tuition, $205, nonresident, $600; room and
board, $1,120; Kansas University, resident tuition, $205,
nonresident $600, room and board, $1,215; University of
Missouri, resident tuition, $300, nonresident, $900; room
and board, $1,220; Nebraska, resident tuition, $240,
nonresident, $643; room and bosrd,-$ 1,225; University
cf Okhhcma, resident tuition, $232; nonresident, $731;
room and board, $1217; Oklahoma State University,
resident tuition, $213; nonresident, $663; room arJ
board, $1,100.
