Wednesday, October 15, 1980
page 14
daily nebraskan
Director says UNL is source of financial strength
By Kathy Stokebrand
The university has a major impact on
the Lancaster County economy, UNI1
director of Bureau of Business Research
said Tuesday.
Without the university, the total income
of Lancaster County would 'decrease by
one-sixth, Donald Pursell said.
Pursell spoke to a crowd of about 30
people at the Nebraska Union for the Big
Eight Cities Conference. Business people,
city government and university officials
attended the annual conference. The con
ference was in Lincoln this year, from Sun
day night until noon Tuesday.
Referring to a study by the bureau in
the fall of 1978, Pursell said at that time,
students pumped $147 million into Lancas
ter County economy. The figure could be
adjusted to this year's figure by multiply
ing it by 20 percent to allow for inflation,
he said.
Students exceed faculty and stafff in
total spending in several areas, Pursell said.
Students spend $1 .50 for each dollar spent
by faculty and staff on food and beverages,
and at least S3 for each faculty and staff
dollar spent on entertainment, he said.
Pursell said he was surprised at the mag.
nitude of student spending. The large
amount of student spending offsets their
income, which is lower than faculty in
comes, he said.
The student body constitutes a large
market, Pursell S3id. Questioned whether
all retailers were taking advantage of ef
forts to affect student market. Several
businesses, especially those in the enter
tainment, recognized the large student
market by having "student nights," Pursell
said. Downtown areas receive most of
students business, he added.
It was difficult to determine the effect
of a football Saturday on the Lincoln econ
omy, Pursell said, because there was no
data. Merchants, however, told his
researchers that they do more business on
a football season than a Saturday during
the Christmas season, he said.
Other university -related attractions, like
the museum, Sheldon Art Gallery, and
Kimball Hall, bring in $30 million to $40
million in additional spending by visitors,
Pursell said.
Pursell suggesteed that more concerts
and plays be scheduled after home foot
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thereby enhancing the input of the univcr.
sity on the community, he said.
The study also showed that UNL em
ployed nearly 8 25 people in the fall of
1978. Of those jobs, 4,400 were faculty
and staff positions. The remainder were
student employees, he said. Faculty, staff
and student employees constituted approx
imately 8 percent of all those employed in
Lancaster County in 1978, Pursell said.
Hie study was based upon question
naires and university records, Pursell said.
Although responses were adequate, student
responsed better than faculty and staff
members, he said.
Unfortunately, only quantifiable areas
were researched, Pursell said. The study
wasn't designed to measure the educational
or cultural impact of the university on the
Lincoln area, Pursell said.
Contract proposal rejected
by UNL Faculty Senate
By Betsy Miller
The UNL Faculty Senate rejected a con
tract drawn up for them by a senate sub
committee at their Tuesday meeting in the
Nebraska Union.
According to the university, faculty
members do not presently have a formal
employment contract and one is needed
because it is called for in the NU Board of
Regents' bylaws, said Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs Ned Hedges.
Patrick Rowan, associate professor of
art, made a motion to reject the subcom
mittee's contract proposal because he said
the contract they had developed would not
be valid in a court of law.
Robert Narveson, professor of English,
agreed with Rowan that the contract was
not good.
Narveson said he thought the contract
was too open and stipulations that faculty
members were unaware of could be slipped
into the contract.
"The statements in this contract don't
contribute anything to our position. We
don't need a special contract at this time,"
Narveson said.
Norman Thorson from the Law College
said that many faculty members feel they
already have a contract.
Thorson said he felt the notice of
appointment that faculty members receive
each year from the university serves as a
written contract.
Hedges, who spoke after the senate had
rejected the contract proposal, said he
would tell the regents that if no contract is
approved, the board will be in violation of
its bylaws.
"It is my understanding that they (by
laws) carry the force of law. I cannot, in
good conscience, expose the Board of Re
gents to a violation of their bylaws," he
said.
Senate President Ezekiel Bahar said that
he will get Henry Baumgarten, chairman of
the contract subcommittee, to appear be
fore the next senate meeting.
Bahar said that Baumgarten could ex
plain the subcommittee's procedures in
drawing up a contract and also could re
ceive the senate's suggestions for a new
contract proposal.
In other action, the senate tabled a
motion to support a section of the Senate's
Grievance Committee report that deals
with faculty tenure and promotion.
The section said the committee would
recommend that any faculty member who
is not progressing well in his work and may
be in danger of losing tenure should be not
ified by a dean or department chairman.
The notification should be given early
enough so that the instructor has time to
correct his situation, the committee report
said.
Harry Allen, director of research and
planning at UNL, presented a study to the
senate that showed the average salary in
crease for UNL faculty from 1978 to 1979
by age range and teaching rank.
The highest pay increases were in
associate professors and professors in the
30-39 year age rank and from assistant pro
fessors from ages 25-34, according to
Allen.
The lowest pay raises occurred in all
three professors ranks from age 60-69.
"Any statistician could prove that
there's age discrimination at the univer
sity," said Ralph Neild, professor of horticulture.
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