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daily nebraskan page 7 tuesday, October 9, 1979 Hedges . . . Continued from Page 1 "Very few academic administrators really see themselves as permanent profes sional administrators," he said. He also views his time as an administrator as temporary, he said. "In 19S9 if someone had asked me if I was training myself to be an administrator I would have said 'administration? Bah humbug." Fledges said he accepted the position of assistant vice chancellor because it linked him with responsibility. When he began as acting vice chancellor, because of the structure of the office, there wasn't much he didn't already know about the job. HE LOOKED AT issues from an ethical and philosophical point of view. "Quest ions of right and wrong were looked at in terms of expediency or necessity," he said. Also, he said his job to recommend to someone to make a decision is much differ ent than making a decision himself. "It's not harder, it just has greater per sonal impact." Hedges said he feels UNL's capital in vestment is the "brains of its faculty members." And, because he considers the faculty a vital part of the university, Hedges said it also concerns him that they are one of the least paid faculties in the Big Eight. "Regardless of their image, the faculty is very hard working and very dedicated, which is important on an overall basis as far as quality is concerned." According to Hedges, salaries should be improved for faculty members because UNL needs to be able to meet the competition from other top universities. HE ALSO SAID low faculty salaries are one reason why the percentage of minority faculty members is low. "Economically, it is difficult for UNL to compete for minority faculty memb ers," he said. Also the low number of minority faculty members at UNL is not helpful. 'The minority community in Lincoln is relatively small, so it is difficult for minor ity faculty members at UNL to find mutual reinforcement. "We don't have many minority faculty members now and that's why we can't keep them." Hedges said he feels this is a major problem on campus, and unless individuals make a commitment within an institution to recruit and support minority faculty, the situation won't change. "I'm not saying the administration at UNL is prejudiced, just that it takes indi vidual dedication to make specific, signifi cant efforts, and in a lot of people," he said . HEDGES SAID he supports the 10 per cent tuition increase passed by the regents last month for the 1980-81 school year. "It is not unreasonable to assume that as total costs of UNL operation rise, tuition should not rise accordingly." Hedges added that even if tuition should rise again in the next few years, he doesn't think students will be priced out of the educational market. "If student incomes continue to in crease at the rate of inflation I see no reason for tuition not to increase," he said. Hedges said he is concerned to some extent that NU tuition rates will top the Big Eight next year. He said, however, because NU serves as both the Nebraska state university and a land grant university , the higher tuition can be justified. "We also have a series of professional schools, law, and dentistry, and we have a research responsibility also," he said. Hedges also said he feels the quality of education at UNL substantiates the tuition rate. "Full professors and assistant professors spend an unusual amount of time teaching undergraduate students than most other senior faculty members in other institut ions." "And, they are very much concerned about giving students a good education," he said. iiiifffif i p I i i m m Pf m M i P 1X1 If I I 1 I PLAY AT likt? backgammon. Relax in Godfather's, a novel restaurant for quiet drinks and good friends. The next move is yours. Get the point? Official to speak on Salt II Thomas W. Fina, a U.S. State Depart ment official will discuss SALT II at 2:30 pjn. Wednesday In the Nebraska Union ballroom. Fina's speech is sponsored by the Uni versity Program Council's Talks and Topics Committee. His address will be followed by a panel discussion andquestion-and-answer period. Political science faculty members William Avery, Philip Dyer, Louis Picard, Sue Hulett, David P. Rapkin and graduate student Hugh Arnold will be panel mem bers. Fina is a State Department career of ficer and recently completed six years as U.S. consul general in Milan, Italy. He served as staff director to the President's General Advisory Committee an Arms Con trol and Disarmament during SALT I negotiations, from 1970 to 1972. He also has been a member of the State Department's office of Congressional Relations, answering questions about the NATO, the European community and international trade. 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