Veritas, Vol. 16, No. 21, February 16, 1976

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Volume 16, Number 21 February 16, 1976
Syndrome Found By Health Project
Tuition Increases Are Approved
Is Topic of Film
“Falling Out Syndrome,” an affliction of Bahamians and American Blacks, discovered through the School of Medicine’s Health Ecology Project, is the subject of an instructional film being produced in Miami by the department of psychiatry of Meharry Medical College, Nashville.
Meharry, a predominantly black medical school, is undertaking the film as part of a self-instructional package of films to be used to teach medical behavioral science to medical students.
“Falling out’’ was discovered through interviews by American Blacks and Bahamian research assistants on the Project and through inquiry into symptoms recorded on health diaries. The syndrome is characterized by the victim collapsing without warning, an impairment of vision and the inability of the victim to move.
In a paper on the syndrome, James N. Sussex, M.D., professor .and chairman, department of psychiatry, and Dr. Hazel H. Weidman, professor of social anthropology, differentiate it from a form of epilepsy and say that it “represents a culture-bound reactive syndrome of major health significance to specific black populations in urban areas of the United States today.”
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purpose of falling-out appears to be the handling of stress which threatens to be or is already overwhelming. The salient parameters seem to be fear of annihilation by a threatening and potentially-destructive environment
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Although black Miami physicians have disputed the syndrome, Meharry Medical College sent a film production crew to Miami to document it, and contracted with Dr. Weidman to be faculty author of the script.
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The University will increase its tuition next fall by $200 per semester for its seven undergraduate college and schools and tuition will also rise for the graduate and professional schools, President Stanford announced Feb. 10.
At the undergraduate level, tuition will be $1,650 per semester.
Those enrolled in the Graduate School will also pay an additional $200 per semester with tuition variances for the Master’s and Doctor’s degree programs. Full-time students preparing for the Master’s degree will pay $1,700 per semester while those studying for the doctorate will pay $1,750.
Tuition for law students will go up only $150 per semester, to $1,700.
Part-time students will also pay an increased per-credit cost, varying according to the number of credit hours taken and the degree pursued.
Hurricane pitching ace Stan Jakubow-ski and head bat-girl Nathalie Sydor are looking forward to the opening of the 1976 baseball season on Feb. 23. For only $10, any UM employee can purchase a ticket admitting his whole family to every game.
Tuition will increase sharply in the School of Medicine where costs of education and training are far above those of other schools in the University, Dr. Stanford said. The four-year program leading to the M.D. degree will rise from $3,100 to $5,000 annually. The two-year program in which persons who already hold the Ph.D. study for the M.D. will increase to $5,600.
For those students receiving financial assistance from the University, the budget for scholarships and grants will be increased in direct proportion to tuition increases.
There will be no increase in residence hall charges, Dr. Stanford said, though there will be an eight per cent increase in board plan costs. Charges for the board plan were reduced for'the current year, but food costs have continued to rise.
Dr. Stanford told students and faculty of the tuition increases at meetings on the campus Feb. 9 and is advising parents by letter.
“Inflation, which I once characterized as a stealthy burglar, has now become a marauding felon, so severe is its impact on our financial operations,” Dr. Stanford said. “Although we have effected economy measures, costs of. electricity, telephones, insurance, postage, and supplies have risen uncontrollably. For utilities alone costs have escalated to $1.2 million more than was expended last year in spite of stringent cutbacks in energy- usage.
“Increased tuition revenues will go toward meeting these rising costs as well as two other objectives of our 1976-77 budget. One is to provide salary increases to retain and attract a competent faculty and staff. The other is to provide funds for improving the quality of our classrooms, library, laboratories, residence halls, and grounds. I should emphasize that no salary increases were granted for the current year as we strove to keep costs
down and operate under a balanced budget.”
Dr. Stanford pointed out that next year’s charges will still be below the average of those at other outstanding private colleges and universities and added: “Even with the increased tuition revenue approved by the trustees, student fees and tuition will account for only 56.8 per cent of our annual operating budget. The University continues to be fortunate that its programs attract financial support from private foundations, industry, trustees, alumni and other individuals that assists us in bridging the gap between operating costs and tuition income.”
He cited donations from nongovernmental sources during the current year that have enabled the University to provide, on the main campus in Coral Gables, a gymnasium, a large addition to the Law School library, and a new facility for the Center for Advanced International Studies. Nearing completion on the medical campus is the Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital.
“Moreover,” Dr. Stanford said, “all segments of the University will benefit from the results of a campaign the trustees are now engaged in to raise $25 million over a period of three years to continue campus renovation, retire short term indebtedness, and increase working capital.
“Despite the financial problems which face colleges and universities across the country, we can be proud that there is much evidence of continued academic and physical progress on our three campuses—in Coral Gables, downtown Miami (the School of Medicine), and Virginia Key (the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science). In this bicentennial year, when the University celebrates her own 50th birthday, we can all take heart in how many dreams of her founders have been fulfilled in so short a time.”
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