thursday, march 12, 1981
daily nebraskan
page 3
Survey shows majority approves ofNU support
By Patti Gallagher
If Nil's budget request is approved this legislative
session, Ncbraskans will be paying about $13 each to
support the university.
According to a recent survey, more than half of Nebra
ska's citizens believe the amount of state tax dollars going
to NU is about right.
The survey, completed by the UNL Bureau of Socio
logical Research, showed that 53 percent of those survey
ed believe the present amount of state support for NU is
proper.
Thirteen percent said NU receives too little; 5 percent
said it gets too much. Twenty-nine percent of the
respondents had no opinion.
The survey, conducted during February and April of
180. included hour-long telephone interviews with 1,916
Ncbraskans older than 18.
It included only two questions about NU. The re
mainder of the survey, titled the Nebraska Annual Social
Indicators Survey, is conducted each year for state and
local agencies on a wide range of topics.
The two questions about NU were asked of 923 per
sons. They concerned the extent of NU service and pro
gram use, and the degree of public support for these pro
grams. According to David Brinkerhoff, UNL assistant profes
sor of sociology, the NASIS survey's margin of error is
less than 5 percent.
Brinkerhoff, who compiled the NU question replies
with Alan Booth, UNL professor of sociology, estimated
the completed survey cost between $60,000 and $70,000.
The cost was shared by NU, the research bureau and state
and local agencies, he said.
The Booth-Brinkerhoff report was completed last sum
mer and released in December, Brinkerhoff said.
The results indicated that 57 percent of those respond
ing said they had attended a university athletic event, 54
percent had used a university extension service, 51 per
cent had attended a cultural event or visited a museum or
gallery, 34 percent had taken a university class or had
children who attended, 29 percent attended lectures or
programs at NU, and 15 percent said they received medic
al care from the university.
Brinkerhoff said the overall consensus was that the uni
versity should receive as much or more support than it
currently does. He said the 13 percent who thought NU
receives too little tax support tend to be those who
participate in more university programs, were more highly
educated, and younger.
The 5 percent who said NU should receive fewer tax
dollars were characterized as having moderately low in
comes ($7,500 to $14,999), were older and had less edu
cation, he said.
Brinkerhoff also said that as the university broadens its
programs and services in the coming years, support for NU
also should grow.'
He added, however, that the question of greater
support or increased allocations of tax dollars should be
the decision of state-level policy makers.
stuff
Home Lconomics Ldu
cation Association will meet
tonight at 6:30 in the Home
Lconomics Building, Room
121.
AUF: will meet tonight at
7 in the Nebraska Union.
Room number will be post
ed. Afrikan Peoples Union
will meet tonight at 7 at the
Culture Center, 16th & Y
streets. All are welcome to
attend.
Summer internships are
available in a number of
communities in Nebraska.
Incluued i work with do
mestic violence prevention
projects in more than a
doen communities.
Other agencies interested
in summer interns are the
(ireater Omaha Association
for Retarded Citizens Trans
itions (a displaced home
makers piograml and the
I 'nited Way in (irand Island.
Internships will also be
available in community hu
manities piojects and pos
sibly in local museums.
::
The Last Campus (iavel
Club will meet tonight in
the Nebraska Last Union at
K:30. Room number will be
posted.
NU Mods Piedental Club
and Life Sciences Advising
Center are holding a pre
professional workshop Sat
urday from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. in the Nebraska Union.
The topic Will be "Money,
professional training and hu
man relationships."
Apply now for open
positions in the University
Program Council. Informa
tion and applications are
available at the CAP office
in the Nebraska Union and
Nebraska Last Union. Appli
cations are due March 12.
Honor society
includes 12
Twelve persons were in
itiated into the UNL
chapter of Psi Chi. the nat
ional honor society in
psychology. They arc:
William Bode, Linda Bog
ner, Lori (irajeda, Karen
Harrington. John Keeley.
Luann Larscn. Shirley Neal.
Rebecca Nielsen, ljurie
Nigro. Diane Prockish. Gar
net Walters and Barry Hoov
er. To quality, potential
members must have a B plus
average in all classes, includ
ing psychology, and have
completed at least 1 2 hours
of psychology .
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