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Volwne XLVII, No. 22 The U of L Student Newspaper
Copyright 1976, The Louisville Cardinal; Louisville, Kentucky
February 27 ,. 1976
A&S Faculty votes
budget recommendations
By STEVE WINGFIELD
The faculty of the College of Arts and
Sciences passed a resolution Tuesday
calling for University of Louisville
President James G. Miller to re-evaluate
his budgetary priorities and take the
following actions:
1-"Place an immediate freeze on new
and vacant positions in non-academic
units which are not required by law or by
academic necessity."
2-"Insure that the faculty , through the
agency of its deans and through other
agencies, be given a significant role in the
determination of university budget
priorities and that this role be assured by
precisely stated administrative
procedures."
The resolution said , "It is the sense of
this faculty that the college (A&S) is
entering a g)-ave period of crisis in its
ability to meet its teaching and research
obligations in the face of increasing
enrollment pressures and continuing
neglect of existing basic programs."
President Miller, contacted by the
Louisville Cardinal in New York, said he
"overwhelmingly supports the motions,
but prefers a moderate course."
He said, "I don't think a freeze is
necessary," since many departments
which support academics need new or
replacement employes on occasion.
Miller said that he is meeting with
groups such as the deans, a commit tee of
the University Senate and the American
Association of University Professors.
Asked if he thought the meetings
constituted the "precisely stated
administrative procedures" mentioned in
the resolution, Miller said, "I'm certain of
it. I'll be happy to talk to any faculty
group. "
Miller added, "The official period of
making the budget is when we receive
back the requests from the units, which
has not been done yet."
The A&S action follows by two weeks
a series of recommendations by the
faculty of the Graduate School.
One of the graduate school
recommendations called for immediate
authorization for schools hit hardest by
enrollment increases to begin some
faculty recruitment for the fall semester.
Miller authorized some early
recruitment last week, including 16
additional faculty positions for A&S.
Two of the graduate school
recommendations were essentially the
same as those made by the A&S faculty.
Concerning those recommendations,
A&S Dean Arthur Slavin said Tuesday,
"The situation, as of today, has not been
altered."
Slavin said that the college did not
have a high enough commitment of funds
during the next year to adequately fulf"tll
its role in the university.
Miller, however, said, "In my
estimation, it is not a critical situation."
Slavin, contacted by the Cardinal, said,
"I believe the situation in the College of
Arts and Sciences is critical without a
doubt."
Slavin said "the college loses ground
dramatically" even with the addition of
the 16 new faculty members that Miller
authorized. The dean also termed
"abysmal" the morale of the A&S
faculty.
The A&S resolution said that even
with the new faculty the student/faculty
ratios "are and will remain twice what
they should be."
Slavin also said that the deans
Warm weather this week brought students
outdoors to study and feed the wildlife.
Photograph by Mike Heitz
A. J. Slavin, Dean of A & S. Photograph by Chris Rivers
advocated in November, when it became
apparent that the university was not
going to receive as much money as has
been requested, that urgent priority be
given to university-wide priority
discussions.
He said, "We were assured by the
Office of the President in November that
these discussions would begin forthwith.
They still have not begun."
Miller said, "I don't know what he is
referring to."
He said in regard to the whole budget
priorities, "We will look at the total
picture."
There was very little opposition to the
resolution when it was introduced by the
A&S Plans and Policies Committee. Most
of the debate focused on fine points in
the resolution.
Only one dissenting vote was heard
when the faculty voted.
The university budget is supposed to
be prepared during the coming months
for presentation to the May meeting of
the Board of Trustees.
The trustees will make the ultimate
resolution of matters concerning the
budget.
Enrollment down & up
By STEVE WINGFIELD
Final enrollment figures for the spring
semester were released this week, and
University of Louisville fell slightly
compared to the fall semester.
15,388 students are currently enrolled
in the university, a 2.5% decrease from
the fall, 1975 total of 15,781.
A small decrease in enrolllent is
expected each spring since many students
graduate, transfer or quit.
Enrollment is up dramatically,
however, when comapred with totals for
the spring, 197 5 semester.
Total enrollment is 1 1.3% higher than
last year's total of 13,819.
Undergraduate enrollment went up
16.3%, going from 8,764 to 10,199.
The College of Arts and Sciences
experienced the largest undergraduate
increase - 21%. Enrollment rose from
3,653 last spring to 4,403 this year.
The A&S graduate enrollment went
from 705 to 887, a 26% increase.
Other schools with large increases were
University College with an 8% increase,
the School of Business with 24% and
Speed Scientific School with 23%.
The combined enrollment of the
professional schools was slightly less than
last years' figures. Enrollment fell from
2032 last spring to 1942 now, a 4.4'%.~
decrease.
The School of Education was the only
school to have a significant increase over
the fall semester. Enrollment is I 0%
above the fal1 level, going from 1 ,278 in
the fall to 1 ,412 now. The number of
graduate students, however, is still less
than the I ,458 enrolled last spring.
Much of the decrease in both
semesters is attributed to the busing
situation in Jefferson County. Many of
the graduate students teach in the public
school system and take classes in the
evening.
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