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Wednesday, August 21, 1985
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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By Jonathan Taylor
Senior Editor
UNL's 15 percent tuition hike
for the 1985-86 school year
tops all Big Eight universit
ies, according to a Daily Ne
braskan survey.
However, Nebraska still has
the third-lowest cost per credit
hour of the eight schools.
Undergraduate resident stu
dents will be paying $43.75 per
credit hour this year compared
to the $38 fee last year. This
means that the average under
graduate student living on cam
pus taking 12 credit hours at
UNL will pay $65 more this year.
For the average graduate stu
dent (taking about nine credit
hours), tuition will cost about
$60 more this year. The average
non-resident undergraduate (tak
ing 12 credit hours) will pay
$192 extra this year while aver
age graduate non-resident stu
dents must pay $160 more.
"An increase is fine if the
additional money is going toward
the benefit of students, but it's
not going that way, it's going
into the general fund," said
Gerard Keating, president of the
Association of Students for the
University of Nebraska.
Keating said some of the money
from the tuition increase put
into the university's general fund
will be used for programs and
research that do not directly
include students.
In the Big Eight, only Okla
homa and Oklahoma State uni
versities have lower tuition than
Nebraska.
Neither Oklahoma school has
had a 10 percent increase for the
last three years said Glen Jones,
assistant registar of Oklahoma
State. Oklahoma University's last
tuition increase was two years
ago at 10 percent.
Robert Clark, director of stu
dent accounts said the big dif
ferences between tuition costs
may be attributed to the amount
of miscellaneous fees which can
be added on such as laboratory
fees.
Colorado University, the school
with the highest cost per credit
hour, had a 10 percent increase
Steve Oetken, a UNL graduate student, mulls over financial
aid forms outside the Office of Scholarships and Financial
Aid in the Administration Building.
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Loans, scholarships
ease college crunch
this year, raising tuition to
approximately $55.58 per credit
hour. Because Colorado charges
a flat fee of $667 to students
taking nine to 17 hours, the cost
per credit hour is an approxi
mate sum. Iowa State, Kansas
State and Missouri University
also charge flat fees to those who
qualify as full-time students at
those schools.
At Missouri University, where
tuition has increased every year
for the last six or seven years,
enrollment has dropped slightly,
said Gary Zwonitzer, associate
director of business services at
Missouri University. Zwonitzer
blamed the decrease on fewer
students graduating from high
school, not on the tuition hikes.
At UNL, tuition increases and
other budget cuts do not appear
to have altered the number of
people attending the university.
Alan Cerveny, assistant director
of admissions and advising said
Mark DavisDaily Nebraskan
enrollment is the same or slightly
more than last year.
"We are not seeing a rush of
students who are suddenly un
able to come to school because
of the increase," said. Don Ari
poli, UNL director of scholar
ships and financial aids depart
ment. He said the financial aid office
received more aid applications,
but that was before the tuition
hike. Otherwise, the scholarships
and financial aids department is
having the same number of phone
calls and visits regarding finan
cial assistance as it usually does.
Instead of more students ask
ing for aid, students are asking
that a little more be tacked on to
the loan they already applied for,
Aripoli said.
Students should plan for
higher school expenses next year
because the NU Board of Regents
already have approved a 5 per
cent tuition increase for next
year.
By Stephanie Zink
Staff Reporter
Although some students are just reg
istering for the fall semester, now is the
time to apply for financial aid for the
spring semester.
About 15,000 UNL students received
some form of financial aid last year.
About the same number will receive
aid this year, said Don Aripoli, director
of the UNL Office of Scholarships and
Financial Aid.
Students can apply for three types of
financial aid grants, loans and scho
larships, Aripoli said. Some aid cur
rently available are:
Pell Grants. These are given to
students on the basis of need. About
5,000 students at UNL currently receive
these grants.
National Direct Student Loan
(NDSL). About 2,500 students receive
this form of aid. Financial need with at
least part-time status are two of the
requirements.
Student loans made the headlines
this summer when the federal govern
ment has started taking action to
regain loans that students have de
faulted on.
For example, some loan defaulters'
income tax refunds are being held
until the loans are repaid.
The Daily Nebraskan will feature a
mini-series about student loans in
October.
PACE Grants. These are given to
students of exceptional need. The
money comes from student and em
ployee contributions.
College Work-Study Program.
Most requirements are the same for
this and NDSL. About 1,500 students
participate in this form of aid.
Guaranteed Student Loan
(GSL). This is the most common form
of aid with about 9,000 students receiv
ing some form of loan with a total of
about $20 million to $25 million.
In all, about $45 million is made
available to UNL students each year.
Several other types of aid are availa
ble, including many scholarships in
specific areas of study.
The university also sponsors a scho
larship hunt through the financial aids
office. Students simply need to submit
their name to the office.
About 60 to 70 percent of the scho
larships are based on need, Aripoli
said. Others are based on merit.
About 800 scholarships are available
through the hunt, he said. All applica
tions for financial aid for the spring
semester are due Oct. 1 to Oct. 31. For
specific deadlines and application in
formation, contact the financial aid
office, 113 Administration Building.
Aripoli said that not everyone who is
eligible for aid gets money but the
sooner eligible students apply for aid,
the greater chance the student will
receive it.
