Northeastern Illinois University - Beehive Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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id s ecrg, nii. j aid ' f ' llo... ° ' »u, ■I Uff, 0p0 ed F in c c p Oro 3ef of °«3 id Cuts ' Disastrous 11 I ' or people from the K rr fl iM-t |„ hj| view, hifhei rdu anon would exi»t ' ••r onl) ihote would could «0fd n ii ihc Reagan a d niniMiji,,,,, continues io cut h irqounu of money ivailable .md reduce ihf omula, « ' gnmg to make m TV very fllffKull for || u from ihe working . last i d bwei middh i U%% ,,, ,, :nd k hool. taid MUbmi Ptafrpcinji with whai h i« ihc Rragan ad ' •on ' i pofiiion thai cduc «tion un i risen ihc national interna, - 1. II ..in lot Idl v« .irid floumii c li-i c rdu atrd pro VVe mini have people flop a kind of dom i wc ( live -OOQ ' on r,e f v V ' -,. ».ln ra , fA, on 0% ' Or ' °i»o ' undergraduate degree programs for subpopulations defined only by their in- terest in a single academic area. Another major obstacle to the contin- uing improvement of Northeastern de- veloped during the year. Budget cuts by both the federal and state govern- ments threatened to force educators to reaccess their institutional goals. The first proposal to make up for the deficit in funds was another tuition hike. The increase raised tuition for freshmen and sophomores by 12.18%, for juniors and seniors by 19.13% and for graduate students by 21.78%. Students along with faculty, orga- nized protests at the Board of Gover- nors against the plan, although it had little final effect on the outcome. Because of a sluggish economy, the state cut a Board of Higher Education recommendation for funding to colleges by $18.1 million. This proposal was 9% below the recommended level nec- essary to keep colleges operating as expected. To meet this lack of funding Governor James R. Thompson pro- posed that the legislature raise the state liquor tax. University President Ronald Williams was against the budget cuts and hoped that Northeastern would take less of a cut than other Board of Governor ' s schools. He stated that this was because Northeastern was historically underfunded in comparison with other state schools. Williams said that cutbacks in educa- tion would eliminate the opportunity for upward mobility for people from the lower income brackets, because Higher Education could develop into something that only those with money could afford. Compounding this situation were pro- posed cutbacks by the Reagan Admin- istration in Washington. The proposals included eliminating the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, the Na- tional Direct Student Loan, the State Student Incentive Grants, and Social Security for College Students. These proposals would reduce federally fund- fContinued on p. 14]

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by David Shim Angered by the administrations ' P™, poul to drastically red r Ederal aid to «uden s. Northeastern A „ r 0 { Financial Ai but coo. nowdayv all Northeastern students. Lged that anyone con- Icefned should take ..« Inndiite action House, and send tetters • Although she suggests people wnte letten that are aTpersonal a possible Kuhl „,d thai sample letters are liable the Finanoa Aid (Mf „ e i,„luded in the letter which Kuhl sent out .» the phone number (or the Presidential Opinion Line in the White Houv whKh she, urges peopleto pres v... s and congressmen man) ol whom their home oflic April and M - ,v pointed out thai .hould act qu. ongrtM w,H begin debat- on Beagan s proposal on Mav 15 Kuhl also explained thai ■here wtll only be one ap 1 | ' ' ■ MbacVsJ v|munit ]would land big 1 (even tf I not rely V ,V toj I ' res.deni Ronald Willi ■n]uh n formwill.- JlVmapr forms ol ,ud,ng the m.no» Bui she S,1 K yone regisf ' % rmrM -r fill Family Rl»nd point 1 o uld answ ttioni tat ion I iince ther forms c awards. ,r T.«vrn ' nuira(ori ' lli.i rri s u V lVe° %v»t f v.,n , l m v ire . .NonheasteUotnJ No «eas,e m . rtxP 0 ° would be rai 1 l»he s-»i l Whar we aid K ,0 . nit wnatoGro iDixon. wnte %» b°] ' find ouf fcts Irepresentative s , l »owi (hat was cut f rom th 4 AVtO £6 £ J 1 oi Ccrmn,, hud™ VV 0 V • P ro P° ' - bu. UW how , he N , J u I be d , , e vb e let i Jl d ,, ' ined. Sm.e p» osv p»o v . LpO V J bwn underfunded ,,„„ i ' vo otA tV U e, d5 , l!! mi h °p e « ' 1 ' - Commenting ,,,, i ederal ruu in ti„H.„. prr in ;: gtt people job are ,, g t I««n , , . ' 11 1 be i e on u)i „ « Nx-uf,c u » n„ K h . l,,w lu — u ' » in Uudcfl -ould affr,, Nonhea.,, Wilhamj d. i lhlnl 1 • •!) ' u s going to be W«rou, f ol Nonhea»u isasierom m ,hai wt n I ' Keohaveihe mix of M Jenuiha mAein ihe pan ,,ud « n «» rrprrvn,,, r | iw ■ i ■ in ii cry ,ow mrome. m.(| ( || r „ come, and upper „„,,„ group . 1982: A Year in Review (Continued from p. 7} opening up an undergraduate business program in suburban Mt. Prospect. University officials perceived that the program would draw students and re- sources from Northeastern ' s business program, since it would be located in an area that the University draws its students from. The University took the unusual step in calling together other schools to op- pose the program. Northern Illinois University, Roosevelt University, Concordia College, Elmhurst College, North Central College and the Lake Forest School of Management joined Northeastern in asking the Illinois Board of Higher Education not to approve the new location. GSU decided to place the program in the Northwest suburb to halt its downward turn in enrollment in past years that have caused the University to terminate staff and reduce its bud- get. Provost John Cownie commented, Northeastern feels that the G.S.U. proposal constitutes an attempt to place a competing undergraduate program in Business and Management within the area served by our Commut- er institution. The reason G.S.U. wants to open a branch in the northwest suburban area is to offset the problems of dropping enrollment, in their Southern Cook County location. Said Cownie, To place such a program in another public institution twelve miles and perhaps thirty minutes from our campus, squarely within the area which we serve, is clearly not in the interests of Northeastern. Continued Cownie, we feel that Northeastern faces a continuing strug- gle to obtain resources adequate to sustain and build its program in Busi- ness and Management. We would also argue, however, that students would be better served by providing them with a quality education . . .We do not feel it makes good sense for public higher education in Illinois to begin launching

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