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              MAROON LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS VOL. LI! I NQ 1 SEPTEMBER 1O 1376 State money in limbo LU tuition increases again Tuition increased $100 this year for Loyola undergraduates because state money that would stabilize tuition costs cannot be used by the university, according to John L. Eckholdt, Vice President of Finance. The money was allocated to Loyola over a year ago by the 1975 Louisiana Legislature, but none of it has been received, Eckholdt said. The cash is being held in escrow New Orleans' First National Bank of Commerce while Loyola and six other private colleges in the state wage court battles with opponents representing public universities. The opposition, an organization called Citizens for the Advancement of Public Education (CAPE), feels the $1.6 million allocated should not be given to private schools. These schools are Loyola, Centenary College, Dillard University, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, St. Mary's Dominican College, Tulane University and Xavier University. When the state money was awarded, the legislature offered the private institutions $125 a semester for each enrolled graduate of a Louisiana high school, according to a letter sent out by Eckholdt's office. That head count was made last year, and the money may not be received until next year or later. The money would then be given to future students when it was meant to benefit students presently enrolled. "The money we get could have been for students that were here years before " Eckholdt said. Because all the schools except Tulane are church-affiliated, CAPE wants the funding declared unconstitutional, citing the First Amendment's provision for separation of Church and state. Dr. William Savage, president of CAPE and a history professor at the University of New Orleans, said the organization opposed the legislation since public schools are not immediately entitled to the funds. The money will be returned to the state treasury if it does not go to Loyola nad the other private schools. "If the state has that money for education and it couldn't go to private schools, it could go to public schools, possibly," Dr. Savage said. "It's the principle of not using public funds for private purposes." Dr. Robert Preston, Loyola's vice president of Academic Affairs, said he and other Loyola administrators feel the suit will be settled in Loyola's favor because of a settlement in u similar Supreme Court Case last June. In that case the court ruled taxpayers' money may be spent on annual grants to church related colleges to provide nonreligious education. When the suit involving Loyola and the other colleges was filed almost a year ago, the proceedings were stalled awaiting the Supreme Court's decision. The Supreme Students will be forced to pay an additional $100 for tuition, while state money is being held in escrow during a court case filed by CAPE. photo: Barry Keller Business: separate but equal By Timothy Mitchell Loyola's daytime and nighttime business students are no longer separate but unequal. This semester students in the College of Business Administration and business students in City College are under one integrated program. The unification involves several important changes. Formerly, City College business students entered either a B.A.C. (Bachelor of Arts 'i\ Commerce) or a B.C.S. (Bachelor of Commercial Science) degree program, neither of which was widely known. Under the new plan, City College business students will enroll in the 8.8.A. (Bachelor of Business Administration ) program just as daytime students do. All City College students currently in the B.A.C or B.C.A. programs have until this spring to switch to the 8.8.A. program. Or they may complete the requirements for the degree programs in progress instead. Another component of the unification plan was the dismissal of several part-time City College business faculty and the hiring of six full-time instructors. Accodring to Doctor Joseph M. Bonin, Dean of the College of Business Administration, "This, in effect, means there is now no such thing as a night fuculty and a day faculty for business. We're talking about one unified facultD whose (31) members will teach courses bD day or by night as a matter of routine." Dr. William Barnett, assistant professor of economics, said the response of the faculty has been enthusiastic and every member now teaches at least one night course per year. Bonin said events had been moving toward unification for at least three years. The faculty wanted to make certain all the students, night or day, would receive equivalent instruction. This meant making sure that: 1) 75 per cent of all the business courses were taught by full-time faculty; 2) 80 per cent were taught by instructors with the appropriate degree; and 3) 40 per cent were taught bD doctorally qualified instrucotrs. Loyola's Board of Directors gave BA the funds necessary to hire the needed faculty members. "The key concept to bear in mind," said Bonin, "is that of equivalency. The City College business students will in no way be treated as stepchildren. We're taking complete responsibility for the quality of their instructors and their courses." Yvette Hardin, assistant dean of City College, said substantial numbers of City College business freshmen , sophomores, and juniors want to switch from the old B.A.C. and B.C'A. programs to the 8.8.A. In most cases there will be no difficulty meeting the new curriculum requirements with courses they have alreadD taken. New director administers grant A new director has been hired to administer a $1.8 million federal grant recently acquired by Loyola. The grant will be used for the advancement of undergraduate studies, specificallD aimed at minority students. Dr. Norman Roussell was chosen for the position during the summer by the Task Force for Educational Opportunities for Black Students, and was hired on Aug. 1 by the Very Rev. James C. Carter, S.J. He has taught in the New Orleans Public School system and was an assistant professor of science education at Dillard University. He holds a B.A. degree in biology education from Dillard University, an M,A. in science education from Fisk University and an Ed.D. in higher education administration from Wayne State University. The grant, to be implemented over a five-year period, will be funded by the Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP) of the Department of Health, hducation and Welfare. Koussell co-authored a proposal lor the implementation of a student development center at Dillard which was also funded bD AIDP. Roussell's duties will include budgeting the program, interviewing applicants and writing periodic progress and summarD reports. The AIDP grant has six major aspects: broadening the existing internship program in the College of Business Administration; creating a basic skills and pre-professional program; establishing an internship program in public administration; expanding the scope of student counseling services; reorganizing allied health; and upgrading institutional planning and research. Thanks to the grant money many undergraduate programs will be strengthened or expanded. Roussell envisions students in the College of (Cont'd on pg. 9) (Cont'd on pg. 9)