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page 6 daily nebraskan thursday, april 10, 1980 n Declining enrollment mentioned mi n i to be yourself. Participate in the clinical evaluation of pharmaceutical products. All studies fully explained and medically supervised. You get good pay, plus a free physical exam. Most studies require males, 19 or older in good health. Call 474-0627 weekdays. m HARRIS LABORATORIES, INC. 624 Peach St.. Lincoln. NE 68508 5 W c3 3 u n 45 Years Experience in Medical Research Li ECOMO-STORAGE Self-Storage - No Lease - Fireproof Fenced - Lighted - Your Lock Safe - Secure - AD Concrete Overhead Steel Doors Summer rates start at $35 for 312 months. Must be reserved before April 18. Office 1845 South 48th Street Open: 8 am to 9 pm 489-6345 1440 So. 2nd St. i i By Mary Fastenau The questions came from across the nation, but the answers and discussion came from the studios of the Ne braska ETV Network in the first Satellite Teleconference by representatives of the American Council on Education. The Tuesday afternoon program featured a call-in ser vice which allowed administrators from around the country to ask the four panel members about higher edu cation problems. An earlier press conference allowed panel members to give their views before appearing on television. Declining enrollment in colleges and universities was one problem mentioned by all panel members. J.W. Peltason, president of the American Council on Education, said the decline is inevitable. "The question is how will it (enrollment) decline, not if it will decline ," he said . Peltason, however, noted that drops in enrollment will affect colleges in different ways, depending on the type and location of the institution. One response to the problem is for colleges and univer sities to seek new markets for education, he said, instead of modeling their programs just for 18- to 20-year-olds. Carl Kay sen, professor of political economy at Massa chusetts Institute of Technology and Vice Chairman and Director of Research for the Sloan Commission on Government and Higher Education, said he worries that competition within higher education for students will lead to "quality degradation" in education. Legislative cuts Kaysen said a decrease in students would prompt legis latures to cut appropriations, and this would lead to problems when administrators went to the legislators for emergency appropriations. , Although money is a problem, people also need to con sider another issue-the increase of college-aged minority students-according to Ernest Boyer, former U.S. Com missioner of Education and current president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Boyer said this issue raises a problem because minority students have traditionally had the least success in higher education because of their problems in high school. As an example, he said only 56 percent of all Hispanic students graduate from high school. "For social reasons as well as survival, it would help if we worked at the pre-college level," Boyer said. The problems with declining enrollment could also be N y L-l VJL I LJ 11 m-AL ILJ U Just Climb the Stairs of Land and Sky. Move up ro Land and Sky quality. Now it's easier than ever jusr climb the stairs ar Comer ond "O". You'll save one half on: Frames Bedding Bedroom Furnishings Mattress Kits Wall Graphics Headboards (S Park free at Corner ond "O" 483-4561 J! i lily Hours: MWTh TuFSa Sun- LZJ 10-9 10-6 noon-6 IIIJ-UU II I l-l 111 Ell IMffttUMJIjLIdflffl lessened if more people who started college finished, Boyer said. Now, only four of 10 people who start college graduate. Reductions planned Martha Church, president of Hood College, a women's school in Frederick, Md., said most colleges are planning to scale down their programs, concentrating on elimina tion of program duplication. She said colleges will follow Yale University, which announced it will be going from a Cadillac to a Cadillac Seville." Declining enrollment and the current economic situa tion will affect faculty, but Peltason said most admini strators are worried about the decline in purchasing power and budget restrictions like California's Proposition 13. He said another problem is the surplus of prospective college teachers. There are, however, some additional money sources, including "taxes, rich people and students, Peltason said! Church said faculty members at Hood College were interested in additional fringe benefits because large salary increases put them in another tax bracket. Although higher education appears plagued with ' problems, Peltason said he is confident that faculty and administrators remain concerned about education. He said he thinks the United States has made a commitment to education and wfll continue to honor it. "I don't think there is a chance institutions will fall into the hands of cold-blooded businessmen," he said. Church said that to keep government aware of edu cational developments, educators need to maintain per sonal contact with legislators. ' Peltason agreed, saying, "Higher education must pre sent its case to decision makers.' Because of the complex bureaucratic situation, he said educators must be available in "a lot of different arenas." Kaysen voiced his opposition because of the relation ship between education and the government. "We are a society which depends fairly heavily on the educational world for detached criticism," he said. Kaysen predicted problems if the academic community became organized 'like the truckers and the farmers." For example, Kaysen said as an economist, he would not feei comfortable criticizing federal legislation if the govern ment determined what happened in education. where can you save lotsa $$$ every Tuesday? Right here in the Daifv Nebra skan. Our Every Tuesday Coupon Page will save you money all over Lincoln. Tuesday in the Daily Nebraskan. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: WHY NOT WAIT? - Here's why not. Major programmatic cuts and administra tive changes are underway and more will be announced within the next two months The first round of bargaining will determine the scope of negotiations, and set precedents for the future. Faculty resolutions and recommendations are only occasionally effective, and have no binding force. The only way of obtaining legally binding agreements with the Regents and the Administration is through collective bargaining. WHY WATT? , AAUP UNL Chapter Dan Schlitt, President teL 472-2783 j