daily nebraskan
thursday, february 9, 1978
page 6
Baby boom bottoms out, forces UNL enrollment review
By Pat Gentzler
Enrollment at UNL reached its peak in the fall of
1975, and although the number of students has remained
fairly steady since then, 1975 may hold the record for
quite awhile.
The decline in births following the baby boom of the
1950s has come of age. A marked reduction in enrollment
already has hit junior and senior high schools, and quickly
is approaching colleges.
Richard Armstrong, UNL vice chancellor for student
affairs, said some decline in enrollment is expected in the
middle 1980s. The prediction follows a study conducted
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The number of high school graduates, retainment of
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students were among the subjects studied, according to
Harry S. Allen, director of Institutional Research and
Planning at UNL.
Study results showed enrollment would hold fairly
steady, or even increase through 1980.
"We did not look for any marked decreases in this time
period," Allen said.
But by 1990, he said, enrollment could drop to 18,500
or 19,000. Enrollment this semester is 21,170.
A lot of things could change the estimates, and Allen
said they may not be pinpoint accurate.
"Our projection for 1977 was a little high. We pro
jected 22,900," he said.
An increase in graduate student enrollment, improved
retainment, and a projected increase in women students
could alter the estimated figures.
A change in the trend of how long women stay in
school also is a determining factor, Allen said.
'The drop-out rate now is higher for women than men.
The trend is what we were looking at," Allen said of the
study.
Copies of the report were given to some university
departments to make officials aware of the approaching
enrollment decline, according to Armstrong.
The percentage of population attending college, which
has been increasing in recent years, could have an effect
on the projected decline.
"It would be in the direction of offsetting the decline,"
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Armstrong said, adding that he doubted it would cancel
the population decline entirely.
Any plans to change the size of faculty or curriculum
would be difficult, he said, because it is hard to determine
in which departments shortages and surpluses will be.
"What will be career interests of students in the
1980s?" he asked.
The decline in college-aged people, 18-21, could lead to
an increase in the percentage of older, nonconventional
students. .
Armstrong said the student affairs staff realizes an in
crease in the number of older students would require a
review of services and some changes to tailor services to
the older student.
ASUN accepts
position paper
By Brenda Moskovits
ASUN accepted a position paper Wednesday night
which supports line A Funds for activities available to all
students and advocates a major review of Line B Funds
next year.
The paper, to be sent to the NU Board of Regents,
stated that off -campus speakers and other activities paid
for by A Funds are "unquestionably beneficial to the
quality of education at UNL."
"Ending the use of mandatory student fees to finance
speakers will signal the death knell of an effective and pro
vocative speakers' program as well as other programs,"
read the paper drafted by President Greg Johnson.
Opposition to the paper was limited to discussion of
the specific wording. Senator Mike Nolan unsuccessfully
attempted to eliminate the section on B Funds. He was
not seconded.
In open forum, Lyle George, a former senator, told the
senate he was "largely in agreement with the statement."
George resigned last semester citing religious reasons,
George was emphatic that programs such as the
Women's Resource Center, Gay Action Group, Uni
versity Child Care Center and University Health Center
should not be included among organizations receiving
money from mandatory fees. ; p
In new business, an organic act was introduced to make .
NUPIRG an affiliate of ASUN. '.....
The act would set up a contractual agreement between
ASUN and NUPIRG "with very few strings attached,"
said vice president Charles Fellingham.
Under the act, NUPIRG would carry out all research
and survey projects sponsored by ASUN. J t
The contract will be drawn up this week and voted
upon with the aci next week.
In other business the electoral commission reported
that March 15 will be the date of this spring's ASUN
elections. Parties and candidates can file from Feb. 10
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No word had been received from Student Court on
establishing a classification for senators to be elected rep
resenting undeclared and unclassified students in the
coming election.
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