Thursday, September 15, 1933
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Vol.83, No. 13
Non-knmirsnt fcrcfa student enrollment . at
UNL has increased steadily and gradually since
1972, raid Peter Levitov, director of UNL's Inter
nstior.il Educations! Services. . v: -v
Lcvltov estimated current foreign student enroll
ment is at about 1,000, an increase of about five
percent from bet fall. He said foreign enrollment
ha3 increased about five percent annually since
1972, except for a few major fluctuations.
A significant increase of 14 percent occurred
between 1C31 and 1082, due to a sharp rise in the
number of Malaysian students. Less than 10 Malay
sian students were at UNL two and a half yeara ego
compared to the approximately 200 who are at the
university now. ' v
Lcvltov attributed the increase to a newly instituted
Malaysian scholarship program initiated by the
government to ascist citizens of Malay descent, who
comprise more than half of the country's population.
Also, Malaysia had traditionally sent its scholarship
students to the United Kingdom. Two years ago, the
United. Kingdom tripled its foreign student tuition
fees. Consequently, the Malaysian government de
cided to offer scholarship programs to the United
States instead, Levitov said.
The table at right indicates that the foreign
enrollment increase has been steady except for
three fluctuations. Levitov said three major, unpre-
dieted factors caused these changes:
The increased importance of oil in the mid
19703, coupled with allocation of oil revenues by
OPEC countries for overseas education, heightened
enrollment.
In the late 1970s, Iran had the most students in
the United States. Strained relations between the
United States and the new Khomeini regime virtually
has stopped enrollment of new Iranian students in
U.S. universities. Four years ago, approximately 200
Iranian students were at UNL currently, there are
less than 1 00. Only a few of them are newly-enrolled.
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Eevitalization of the Pre am for
Acti;e Committment to Education,
bicyclists and budget cuts were
dhcus-cd at the Arrocirtion cf.
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Senator , John Valdrthi dl;cu-:.cd
the need to promote PACE. Valdrighi
said he met with Don Aripoli, director
of Financial Aids, to discuss ways
ASUN might promote PACE to bring in
more money. PACE was a "bij student
l:sue back in the early 70's," Valdrighi
said. Student contributions to the
voluntary program have dwindled
from over $52,000 in 1971-72 to
. approximately $12,000 last year.
PACE was designed in 1971 as a way
to ' give- grants to. economically, disad-
. vantaged students who did not receive
federal aid.
"If college students cant relate to
getting another student through
school, who can we look to for money?
Valdrighi asked. ;v
Senators discussed problems vith
the program, finding fault with the
; way PACE is set up .as - a , "negative "
donation." It was recommended that
; the statement which'esks students to .
make the $3.50 donation be reworded
to better inform students of PACE
. .benefits.
- According to figures from' Aripoli,
those benefits ranged frcm.$27,701 in
: 1972 to 55,218 in HZ! in the form cf
grants cf $100 to tZZd per student ,
"All of us can benefit directly from
- fMng- to ' PACE," said one senator.
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In ctl; :t c - ::n f jrum d!;-;:.Icn, Led !!
"A lot of people in the university are
concerned with it (the situation)," she
said.'. -
Senator Valdrighi recommended
- rr.courr'r' bicxlicts tovoluntari!y
UN
Lculty ad-.::cr, encouraged senators
to remain informed about the current
budgetary reallocation process, stress
ing that they should get input from
people in their colleges. The timetable
for the process is being moved up
rapidly, she said, with public hearings
beginning in six weeks. "It's important
for everyone to become involved," she
Said. ' ; - -j: V;'
The senate passed a bill defining the
process by which the Academic Plan
ning Committee will conduct the
upcoming public hearings. The bill,
introduced by ASUN president Matt
Wallace, stipulates that the
procedures will include giving inter
ested persons "access to relevant
information" as well as the opportun
ity for such persons to present date for
the committee to consider.
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