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Wednesday, november 9, 1977
daily nebraskan
UN L honorary degree nominations due Dec. 3
In 1872, the Right Rev. Bishop Clarkson received the
first honorary degree from UNL. Dr. Robert Holland re
ceived the latest one in May 1977.
An honorary degre is the highest honor the university
can bestow on an individual. It can be given to anyone
with notable achievements in the academic world, accord
ing to. Robert Olson, secretary pro tern of the Faculty
Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees.
An honorary degree candidate should be a well-recognized
individual in his or her field, Olson said. His or
UNL education
prices upped
By Rex Henderson
The cost of an education rose four percent more for
UNL students this year than the median for state and land
grant universities, according to a report by the National
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
The median increase for the 154 institutions surveyed
by the University and College Association was 6.7 per
cent over last year, about the same as the rise in the Con
sumer Price Index. The cost of a UNL education is up 1 1
percent according to the statistics supplied to the survey
by NU administrators.
The UNL price tag for in-state students is $2,244,
including tuition, fees, housing and board. Last year stu
dents paid $2,006 for the same services.
According to UNL Vice Chancellor for Business and
Finance Miles Tommeraasen, these figures are misleading.
The cost of a UNL education is actually $42 higher, he
said.
The statistics in the College and University Association
report assume a 15 credit hour per semester course load,
he said. He pointed out that most UNL colleges demand
128 hours, or at least 16 hours a semester to graduate
within four years.
The two extra credit hours cost students $42 a year,
Tommeraasen contended that while most reports rank
UNL as the second most expensive university in the Big
8, it is actually the most expensive.
State tax support at UNL for instruction, administra
tion, and related servic.es totaled $42 million this year,
an average of $103 a student,
UNL ranks fifth, in the Big 8 in state support per stu
dent, Kansas State, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State get
fewer state dollars per student.
Last year UNL was $30 above the median. This year
UNL is $ 136 higher than the median.
Nationally the price students pay for a year of educa
tion rose 128 percent over the past 13 years. The prices
universities pay for educational goods and services has
risen 108 percent.
"The larger increase in charges for tuition and fees
indicates that colleges and universities have been forced
to rely to a greater extent on tuition and fees for income
as other sources have failed to match inflationary cost
spirals," the report says.
Only one Big 8 school, the University of Missouri at
Columbia, did not increase tuition, fees, room or board
charges this year.
The most expensive state or land-grant university in
the survey is Cornell University, Ithica, NX, which costs
$3,970 per year to attend. The least expensive is the
University of Puerto Rico which costs $1,388.
her selection by the committee should favorably reflect
the university.
There is no limit to degrees awarded, Olson said. The
first was given in 1872. There have been as few as one
and as many as nine given at one time, he said. The
degrees are presented once a year, usually in the spring.
It is an honor that is difficult to obtain, he said.
UNL faculty nominations should be given to Olson by
Dec. 3. The committee will then meet, examine each
nominee's qualifications and make recommendations to
the Faculty Senate.
F.ventuallv the chancellor, president and NU Board
of Regents will review the nominations.
Usually, according to the guidelines, persons eligi
ble for nomination have "rendered distinguished service"
to the university or to the state. They can be graduates,
former students, former employees or "persons of high
distinction from this country or abroad."
There is one stipulation. Rules say nominees are not
to know they are being considered for a degree.
Recipients of honorary degrees must attend graduation
ceremonies in the Spring to receive the degree.
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Tuition, fees, board and room costs
slightly behind other Big 8 schools
Inflation marches on. but total colleee costs at UNL
lag slightly behind the pack, at least for the time being,
according to Robert Lovitt, assistant vice chancellor for
business and finance.
While the consumer price index rose 6.6 percent over
last year, total tuition, fees and room and board costs at
UNL increased 3.9 percent, Lovitt said.
The total is based on room and board costs of $1,265,
up 3.3 percent, and tuition and fees on 15 hours for two
semesters at $763, Tuition and fees are up 5.1 percent
over last year's total of $726, Lovitt said.
Since 1973 UNL tuition and fees have increased from
$643, up 18.6 percent, and room and board costs have
increased from $1,020, up 24 percent, Lovitt said these
increases are well below the general inflation rate.
"Housing has done a heck of a job of holding costs
down," Lovitt said.
Board and room costs have increased at all Big 8
schools except Colorado and Missouri, where costs cur
rently are $1,452 and $1,220 respectively, Lovitt said.
Iowa State experienced the largest rise in room and
board costs with an increase of 8.2 percent to $1,185,
Lovitt said.
Oklahoma State students enjoy the lowest room and
board rates of $1,078. However, Lovitt said Oklahoma
State provides only 15 meals per week, while other Big 8
schools provide 20 meals per week.
Lovitt said budget requests for next year include a 7.1
percent increase, or an extra $1.50 added to the current
$21 per credit hour charge. Lovitt said the increase is
needed to offset inflationary pressures.
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