Increases in lab fees
reviewed by Regents
By Sean McCarthy
Staff Reporter
Last January many University of
Nebraska-Lincoln students objected
to an increase in laboratory fees for the
1994-95 academic year. As a result,
the Board of Regents adopted a policy
last February requiring lab fee revi
sions be reported to the board. Those
revisions were made available at the
July regents meeting.
The fees were approved by a com
mittee of three faculty members and
two students. The committee included
George Sturgeon, of the chemistry
department, A1 Romcto, of the School
of Music, David Fowler, of the T cach
crsCollegc.and twostudents, Michelle
Pfeiffer and Doug Stobbc. The stu
dents were approved by former ASUN
President Keith Bcnes and Dr.
Brinkcrhoff,associate vice chancellor
of Academic Affairs.
Requests for increased fees were
submitted by departments. The com
mittee then reviewed each case sepa
rately and made a decision.
“Each person on the faculty was
genuinely student-oriented,” Dr.
Brinkerhoff said. “There was a real
concern for the student and the cost for
the student.”
The increase in the cost of materi
als for the student was the‘most com
mon reason many departments re
quested additional funding. Dr.
Brinkerhoff said. Though inflation
and cost of I i ving were factors consid
ered in increases, many requests from
departments were turned down by the
committee, he said.
Some of the greater lab fee increas
es included Nutrition Science 474,
Food and Beverage Management,
which now has a $55 lab fee, and
Advertising 489, Advertising Cam
paigns, which now has a $30 lab fee.
Lab fees for the 1995-96 year arc
estimated to remain about the same as
the 1994-95 year. Dr. Brinkerhoff
said.
“If one looks at increases over the
long haul, one would recognize that
we went through a long period with
out increased cost,” he said.
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Lab Fee Changes |
93-94
course fees
Advertising 489
Arch 824
Art 201 10
Art 221 5
Art 222 5
Art 263 35
Art 275
Art 301 10
Art 302 10
Art 321 5
Art 322 ‘ 5
Art 324 5
Art 401 10
Art 402 10
Art 421 5
Art 422 10
Bio Sci 109 10
Bio Sci 112 10
Bio Sci 911
Bio Sci 913
Civil Engr 252
CRP 431/831 15
CRP810 15
CRP 824 15
CRP 830 15
CRP 840 15
CRP 911 15
CRP 990 15
Geology 102 10
Geology 869
Management 198D 15
Math 221
94-95
fees
30
25
25
15
15
50
10
25
25
15
15
15
25
25
15
15
20
20
30
30
15
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
20
20
25
15
93-94 94-95
course fees fees
MechEngr311 15 20
MechEngr340 10 15
MechEngr342 10 15
MechEngr401 15 20
Mech Engr 443/843 10 15
Mech Engr 445/845 15 20
Mech Engr 446 10 15
Mech Engr 447 10 15
Mech Engr 450/850 15 20
Mech Engr 452/852 15 20
Mech Engr 480 15 20
MechSystMgt 354 10
Met Engr 360 15 20
Met Engr 461/861 15 20
Nutri Sci 469 15
Nutri Sci 473 10
Nutri Sci 474 55
Nutri Sci 973 10
Physics 441/841 10 30
Physics 442/842 10 30
Physics 443/843 10 30
Theatre 420/820 20
Theatre 398/898 50
Theatre 398/898 25
Theatre 402/802 15
Source: Board of Regents Agenda, July 16, 1994
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issues for kids,” Close-Conoly
said. “Thousands of kids are
neglected in Nebraska,” she said.
Ten times as many are ne
glected in the United Stales.
Sylvia Ann Hewlitt, author of
“When the Bough Breaks: The
Cost of Neglecting Our Chil
dren,” estimates that up to
330,000 children are homeless
and 20 percent of all children
grow up in poverty. She points
out that unemployment, family
breakdown, lack of housing, in
adequate health care and sub
standard child care contribute to
child neglect.
Hewlett also described child
neglect in affluent famil ics where
more time was devoted to ca
reers than parenting.
Experts agree parenting is a
key issue for those dealing with
youth violence and destructive
behavior
“Getting parents into schools
is critical, she said.
However, fewer parents arc
involved with schools, often be
cause both parents have to work
to make ends meet.
“Lincoln has a much higher
than the national average num
ber of working mothers,” Susan
Obrist of the Consortium for
Children said.
The Consortium is a non
profit group working within the
Lincoln Public School system to
help address the needs of chil
dren.
Obrist said the workplace
needed to support families.
“The jobplace has to be edu
cated,” she said. “The business
world must learn that (youth
violence) affects them, too.”
Economic stress isn’t the only
barrier to parental involvement.
Close-Conoly said.
“There arc huge numbers of
people who had bad experiences
in school,” she said.
W hen k ids ac ted up i n school,
they used to be kicked out. which
wasn’t necessarily a «ood thing,
she said. They may nave had a
learning disorder or some other
problem. Those types of prob
lems arc identified today,but the
schools don’t have the money to
deal with them, she said.
Even adequate funding won l
lake the place of parents.
“The public school system
hasn’t had the power to bring
parents into the schools,” Closc
Conoly said, “but until the last
generation of kids, we haven’t
had to. Parents saw education as
valuable.”
If a teacher was mad at a kid.
so were the parents, she said.
Community support is vital for
teachers.
“It takesa well-trained teach
er and a huge amount of cooper
ation from other organizations”
such as police, recreation and
family services programs, she
said.
“We need coordinated efforts
between different agencies and
schools,” she said. “I t scemscasy,
but it’s not.”
