Miami Hurricane, February 06, 1981

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Volume 57, No.33j	Friday, February 6, 1981	Phone 284-4401
Will Salary Hike Improve Academics?
By AMY JAC OVES
News Editor
Third nj a series
There are least three things necessary for a university to achieve excellence. Among them are intelli- ; gent students, fine academic programs and top professors.
Few will refute that in order to achieve all of these goals — money \ is necessary. The Faculty Senate has proposed to the Budget Committee increased salary and benefits. Under their recommendations, ; it is possible that a faculty member j in good standing could receive a 15.3 percent increase in salary and | benefits.
Members of the senate feel that these increases are necessary so that UM can recruit as well as retain those top professors.
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Sidney Besvinick said \ that over the past few years, UM (
has attracted top quality faculty.
"We have been bringing people on board who are highly qualified," he said.
Besvinick stated that over the past several years, the faculty have improved greatly. This he said, can be illustrated through the faculty evaluations, which have improved.
"You can’t see it from day to day or from one year to another. If you were to look at the faculty 10 years ago and the faculty today, you would see a dramatic improvement," Besvinick commented.
He said that in 1975 faculty salaries did not go up. Due to this, UM is still trying to meet national standards in facalty salaries.
“We dropped from 70 percent to the 30th percentile because we didnt' give a salary increase that year. We're almost at the average. We need one or two years more of improvement infaculty salaries,” Besvinick said.
According to a report compiled by the American Association of
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; University Professors, which shows salary and fringe benefits for full-j time faculty members, professors at j UM receive $31,100, associate pro-| lessors receive $25,900, assistant i professors get $20,800 and instructors receive $16,700.
Budget Direct Glen Carwell said that their is a sad irony “if you compare that salary with what people are getting on other professions that require large amount of training.”
"With for more years of preparation, a person comes out to the academic world and can expect to start at $17,000. So it makes you wonder if its worth the preparation,” Card-well said.
According to Cardwell, when comparing UM with Duke Universi-
| ty, Emory, Tulane and Vanderbilt \ University for faculty salaries — i four southern private universities j — “we are invariably fourth on the salary scale. Tulane if fifth."
Full professors at Tulane receive $2,700, associate professors get $21,100, assistant professor $17,100 i and instructors get $13,400.
The salaries at Duke University range from $31,800 for full professors to $16,200 for instructors. At j full professor at Emory receives J $29,300, associate professors make i $23,000, while assistant professors earn $16,300 and instructors earn $15,400.
Vanderbilt's full professors earn L $30,000 per year, associate professors receive 21,200, assistant pro-i fessors earn $16,500, while instruc-
tors receive 13,400
At other universities that UM is competes-with for students such as the University of Florida, full professors earn $.30,100, associate professors earn $22,700, assistant professors earn $20,500 and instructors earn $16,900
Professors at Northwestern University earn $34,400, associate professors earn $23.400, while assistant professors $18,900 and instructors earn $15,900.
There seems to be little correlation between the academic requirements for admission and the salaries paid to professors. However, UM President Henry King Stanford said that he feels it is necessary to give the faculty and increase in salary so that we can retain top professors and attract new ones.
"As a university is able to obtain better salaries, it can attract better professors," Stanford said.
Besvinick said that “quality of this institition is improving" in
' many areas.
“We've got to have good quality programs and we've got to have good quality faculty to teach them," he stated.
Besvinick said that much UM has increased the amount of money given to the Otto G. Richter Library by $100,000 every year since about 1976. Thus, this year, approximately $500,000 will budgeted to the Library to increase its holdings.
A good library is important , Besvinick said, in attracting quality professors and students. The better the library, the more research can be done by professors, which ultimately give the professors a good reputation and enhances the education students receive.
"There has been a continuous improvement in the quality of faculty,” Stanford cited. He said that the faculty that has been recruited over the past few years are "more sophisticated" and “research mind-. ed-"
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Stanlonl \ddrcsses USB(¡ Señale About Tuition
Stanford Says True:
Tuition Will Go Up
By PETER S. HAMM
Managing Editor
Tuition will go up more than $434 next fall, UM President Henry King Stanford confirmed on Wednesday.
Student representatives on UM's Budget Committee had asked for a ten percent increase, which would be $4.35, but Stanford said at Wednesday’s Undergraduate Student Body Government Senate meeting, “I do not think we can finance the University on this increase — it will have to go higher."
Stanford’s confirmation of a sizable tuition increase was the first assurance of a hike. Alan Rubin, USBG president said last week that tuition would be going up over $500, but there had been no comment on figures by the administration.
Off-Campus Senator Alan Lipay asked at the Senate meeting why the increase would probably be higher than the rise in the Consumer Price Index. Stanford's only comment was that "the University has not had the funds to do what needs to be done around campus."
Rubin said on January 23 that tuition would go up 15.2 percent, an increase of $700. Me did not state where that information had come from.
Rubin has launched a counter-increase program, in which he is offering students information on Morida International University, trying to raise money from private donors to offset a tuition hike, and sending letters to high school guidance counselors advising them to tell prospectives not to apply to the University ofcMiami.
Stanford’s announcement came
“96 hours” before he said next year's budget would be completed. Stanford said that that completed budget would be presented to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday.
"It will be a fairly conservative budget. I would not like to leave to my successor a lot of surprises,” Stanford said. He is scheduled to retire in May.
With that new budget, Stanford said, the University will “seek to carry forward the enrichment program for academic services." To accomplish that, Stanford said, there will be a “five percent reduction on support units."
The five percent cuts, Stanford said, will not be tacked onto teaching expenses or department supplies, nor on the registration or admissions offices. They will, however, be used on the budgets of the administrative offices, such as Stu- ! dent Affairs.
“My office was assigned a five percent cut,” Stanford said.
Stanford's office, which will be occupied by someone else when that five percent cut takes effect, has nothing to do, he said, with the search for his successor. "I’m not in any way involved,” he said, but commented “Eve shown the house [Stanford's home belongs to the University, and will pass on to the next president | with great frequency.”
Stanford was originally scheduled to leave last year, but agreed to stay when the Presidential Search Committee, headed by Board of Trustees chairman James McLa- j more, said that he needed more time to ^ ck a successor.
"It's time for the Trustees to con- i
elude the Search,” Stanford said, "I'm looking forward to having my second annual farewell dinner."
In other comments on a possible budget, Stanford said that the Library would receive a $100,000 allocation for additional books, and that there would be additional money for campus maintenance.
Stanford complained of the physical condition of the Breeze way, which he had walked through on
his way to the Senate meeting. "I was extremely disappointed in its appearance,” Stanford complained.
On the issue of faculty salaries, Stanford said,"There are some positions in the faculty ranks which compare unfavorably with those of comparable universities ...” But he added that he was not in favor of an across-the boards increase in faculty salaries, but was leaning towards merit increases.
By ELIZABETH BABUN
News Writer
Housing and food service prices will go up for the in Fall 1981 along with tuition and financial aid allocations.
Glen Cardwell, director of Planning and Budgeting, said room and board prices will increase about the same percentage as tuition in order to cover maintehance, energy, and salary costs.
“It is expected that electricity will go up 20 percent the next budget year. Inflation has us in a bind and if we don’t go up we are never going to improve anything. The University pay scale is fairly low and we have to do something to keep our good employees," he said.
Cardwell said other factors which have led to the proposed increases are the added expenses due to bonds issued for renovations in the past.
David A. Lieberntan, vice president of financial affairs, said about $2 million was spent last year to make improvements and now the amount borrowed must be paid back. The funds will be paid back with the increase.
The increases cannot be helped, according to George F. Giampetro, director of admissions. "Real costs are passed on to the University that must be taken into consideration. This is a dynamic institution that wants to improve itself."
Giampetro stated that in the past three years of University price increases, enrollment has been stable This, he said, is also determined by the fact that there are more students receiving financial aid.
"As a private institution there is no reason not to compare ourselves
with others. We are in an average or below average cost in relation to other private universities of our size and quality he said.
Alan Rubin, president of the Undergraduate Student Body Government, said the room and board increase and the tuition increase of $700 is excessive. He said that the administration takes the consumer price index into consideration when raising the tuition; however, in reality he feels that it is as relevant as the prime interest rate to the expenses of the Lfniversity.
"The Higher Education Price Index is the one they should consider," Rubin stated.
Cardwell cited that the CPI serves only as a guide, and the sharp increase of energy prices is one of the reasons the administration cannot continue to hold to it.
The financial aid budget increases according to the amount tuition hikes, according to Direct of Financial Aid Services Ronald A. Hammond. The amount of aid provided to a student is determined by subtracting the financial aid form figures from the budget figure. Scholarships are considered as part of the budget, Hammond said.
"I expect that because of the increase, more students will qualify for higher amounts of aid," said Hammond.
The programs recomended by him are the National Direct Student Loan.(NDSL) Supplement Educational Opportunity Grant(SEOG), and the College Work Study.
In addition, he recommended the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BF.OG), now the Pell Program which is an entitlement program with decisions made on a national level.
Coach Com nares Season To Creek Spirit
By AMY JACOVES
News Editor
UM Head Football Coach Howard ! Schnellenberger was the keynote speaker at the annual Interfraterni-f ty Council Banquet held Wednesday night at the Faculty Club. In addi-i tion, the 1980-81 IFC officers were j installed and several awards were presented.
Schnellenberger highlighted last year’s winning football season and compared it with the fraternity system’s support.
“I can’t tell you how proud I am of what they [ the football team| accomplished this year and how proud 1 am of this group," he said.
The coach said that he "was deeply touched” by the spirit shown by the Greeks during Homecoming and at the “Greek Night At The Rat", which was a victory party in honor of the Peach Bowl victory’.
“All of these things tell us that you're involved and helping us make it |winning| happen,” Schnellenberger commented.
Schnellenberger said that the goal of the football team is to be the national champions. “We are going to*ontinue our quest for the national championship," said the enthusi-
astic coach." ... that can only happen if everyone has a warm feel about UM and everyone pulls together."
He is quite optimistic about the foptball team and the university as a whole.
“It |UM’s| should be the finest athletic department in the country and the University of Miami should be the best university in the country,” claimed Schnellenberger.
Before concluding his speech, Schellenberger told the group that the atheltic department had bought a flag that represents the Hurricanes and one for the Peach Bowl. "The Peach Bowl flag is gone," he said
“I didn't mind losing the flag. I was just hoping that it was the Gators’ ¡University of Florida football team| so we could pick a bone with them," he said.
The coach said that he is not interested in who took the flag, he just wants to get it back. There is a $50 reward.
Following Schnellenberger's address, several awards were given for those who had contributed greatly to IFC throughout the past year.f\mong those who received
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