Boost in graduate-student enrollment levels off
By Kathryn Borman
Staff Reporter___
A gradual increase in graduate stu
dent enrollment at UNL over the past
few years appears to be leveling off, a
university official said.
Merlin Lawson, dean of graduate
studies, said 4,390 graduate students
were enrolled at the University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln this semester — a
2 percent increase over last fall.
Last fall, graduate student cnroll
mentat UNL increased by 9.4 percent
and last spring, the number of gradu
ate students jumped 17 percent.
“I think the increment is starting to
level out because we . . . have had
some budgetary reductions,” Lawson
said.
Lawson said the increase in gradu
ate students was in part because of the
Nebraska Research Initiative, a five
year plan that matches federal fund
ing with state grants. The initiative
has provided more than $8 million for
research at the University of Ncbraska
Lincoln for each of the last four years.
Graduate research assistantships
have increased by 26 percent since
1988, when the initiative started, he
said.
Despite the leveling off of earlier
increases in the number of graduate
students, Lawson said he was pleased
with the growth the graduate studies
program had experienced.
However, funding for the initia
tive decreased 2 percent last year and
another 1 percent this year from its
peak funding two years ago of $8.4
million for UNL, said Bill Splinter,
vice chancellor for research.
Splinter said the initiative could
suffer more cuts this year.
The initiative divides its S12 mil
lion in funding among UNL, the Uni
versity of Nebraska at Omaha and the
University of Nebraska Medical Cen
ter, he said.
Splinter said the initiative prob
ably would be reviewed early next
semester.
“Wecertainly expect that (the ini
tiative) will be continued,” he said,
adding that there were “no thoughts
about it not continuing.”
Admissions
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Graduate student enrollment levels off
Increases in graduate student enrollment,
partly attributed to the
Nebraska Research
Initiative, a five-year
plan that matches
federal funds with
state grants, shows
signs of leveling
off this
fall.
Pow Wow
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in a “give-away,” in which a dancer
gives away blankets, jewelry or
other possessions to honor a
member of their family.
The Pow Wow, sponsored by the
University Program Council’s
Native American Special Events
and American Special Events
committees, UNL Inter-Tribal
Exchange, and private donations,
awarded $925 in cash prizes to first
, second- and third-place winners in
the adult, junior and liny-tots
dancing divisions.
In addition to age categories, the
dancing was divided into six
divisions: for men, fancy, tradi
tional and grass, and jingle,
traditional and fancy for women.
The main purpose of events such
as the pow wow is to make other
nationalities aware of Native
American culture, Holdcncr said.
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from the commission’s list because
NU officials have decided to use a
separate process to determine the best
peer group for each campus.
Joe Rowson, director of public af
fairs at UNL, said ,NU officials al
ready had decided to use their own
process before they were contacted
by the commission last summer.
An advisory group comprised of
three presidents emeriti was chosen to
select NU ’ s peer groups, Rowson said.
The advisoi^ group is comprised
of Edward Boling, president emeritus
of the University of Tennessee in
n Knoxville: Brvee Iordan nresident
emeritus of Pennsylvania Slate Uni
versity in Middletown; and Robert
Marston, president emeritus of the
University of Florida in Gainesville.
“We think the process is totally
objective, and it will work well for
us,” Rowson said. The panel will re
lease its listof NU system peer groups
by Jan. 7, he said. •
Stahl said the coordinating,
commission’s peer group selection
process relied on data from a com
pany based in Boulder, Colo.
The process involves entering in
formation about particular colleges or
universities into computer banks to
find comparable institutions, he said.
Stahl said he and NU President
Martin Massengale had discussed the
disagreement about the processes in a
“very civil” manner.
“It’s not like we sit across from
each other at a table with our arms
crossed, just staring at each other,”
Stahl said. “We just disagree. We
would prefer that the university coop
erate, but if not, we just move on.
“What the university docs is the
university’s business, not mine.”
Rowson said he, loo, thought too
much had been made of the disagree
ment between NU officials and the
coordinating commission.
“It’s not an issue of
uncoopcrativcncss,” Rowson said.
“It’s a question of us having a sincere
belief of our peer group selection
process being a worthwhile one.”
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