THE BEACON
volume 77 university of Portland Portland, Oregon 97203
Number 10
March 17, 1977
Tuition raised;
inflation cited
President Paul E. Waldschmidt, C.S.C., has
announced that tuition will again be increased
next year. He cited continued inflation as the
primary cause for the increase. Following is the
President's public letter to the students and UP
community:
Dear Students:
During the preparation of our operating budgets
for next year it became increasingly clear that the
inflationary spiral is still with us. However, we
have been able through various economies to
reduce somewhat the impact on our tuition rates.
Accordingly, we have been able to hold the tuition
increase for next year to $75.00 per semester.
Tuition next year (1977-78) will be as follows:
Full time under¬
graduate student: $1,275.00 per sem.
Part time under¬
graduate students: $ 85.00 per sem. cr. hr.
(12 sem. hrs. or less)
Graduate students: $ 65.00 per sem. cr. hr.
Auditors:
Undergraduate: $ 42.50 per sem. cr. hr. |
Graduate: $ 32.50 per sem. cr. hr.
We will do everything we can to assist you in \
financing your education. If you need financial
help, please contact Brother Malcolm O'Neill in
the Student Aid Office for assistance in working
out a personal student aid package.
Again, I assure you that we are not looking to you |
and your parents to bear the entire burden of the f
increased costs of our operations. As you know, ft
your tuition covers only around 75% of what it f
costs us to provide the educational opportunity
we offer here at the University of Portland. We
will continue to make every effort to bring in §f
additional revenues from a variety of sources
other than tuition.
Cordially,
(Rev.) Paul E. Waldschmidt, C.S.C.
President
Library installs new plan
Dr. George T. Chou,
University of Portland School
of Business professor, will
conduct a three-day seminar
on "Decision-Making-A
Practical Model," Wednesday
through Friday, April 6-8, in
St. Mary's Seminar Room at
UP.
There are no prerequisites.
The fee for the seminar is
$210.00. Each seminar will
meet from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
for three days. There will also
be a dinner session from 6
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the first
and third evenings.
Registration is limited to 30
participants, and will be on a
first-come, first-served basis.
In an effort to provide the
campus communuty with
more recently published
reading material, the UP
library is experimenting with a
new program.
The 'McNaughton Plan' as
the program is termed, was
designed by the Bro-Dart
Corporation, one of the book
wholesalers the library deals
with. This is a rental plan
"through which a library may
obtain, for a reasonable fee, a
collection of 100 recent titles."
Each month, 10 new titles will
be added, in order to keep the
collection current.
The books will be shelved
on top of the card catalog and
may be checked out in the
same manner as books
presently in the library. The
books will also be listed on
their own cards in a separate
drawer in the card catalog.
This experiment will
continue for a year, and Fr.
Joseph P. Browne, Associate
Professor in the Library, would
appreciate any reactions
regarding it.
CAB needs enthusiasts
University of Portland
students are needed to help
plan cultural activities for next
year. If interested,
applications to join the
Cultural Arts Board may be
obtained from the Student
Life Office. Applications must
be completed and returned by
4:30 p.m., Friday, April 8.
Greene to lecture
on science philosophy
Marjorie Greene, professor
of Philosophy at the University
of California at Davis, will
lecture on Tuesday, March 29
at 8 p.m. in Buckley Center
Auditorium on "Philosophy of
Medicine: Prolegomena to a
Philosophy of Science". There
is no admission charge.
Education school
gains reaccreditation
The evaluation committee
of the University of Portland's
Teacher Education Program
visited the University from
February 27 to March 2 to
evaluate the School of
Education and make their
recommendations either for or
against the reaccreditation of
the school.
On March 2, the chairman
of the committee met with Fr.
Waldschmidt and the
University faculty associated
with the Teacher Education
Program. "The indication (of
this meeting)," says Dr. Ernest
Hayes, Dean of the School of
Education, "was that the
chairman and his committee
are recommending that the
University be accredited for
five years, ending June 30,
1982."
The maximum that a
program can be accredited for
is five years. The School of
Education here at the
University has been
continuously accredited since
1948.
Dr. Hayes says that "the
chief commendation (of the
school) was the excellent
report from the students,
student teachers, and the
principles and teachers who
work with the student
teachers.
"Some things have to be
modified, which will be
undertaken immediately on
receipt of the full report in
May," continues Dr. Hayes,
"but for all intents and
purposes, we can consider
ourselves reaccredited now."
One thing the evaluation
committee found out was that
the School of Education
changed an approved
program, that prepared
reading teachers, without
permission. "I don't think
they'll make an issue over it,"
says Dr. Hayes, "one of the
reading specialists said that
we actually improved the
program."
Dr. Hayes said that this was
the "most successful
accreditation that has ever
been carried out for Teacher
Education. It was an excellent,
cooperative program by all
persons concerned."
Chou to teach seminar
SILVER JUBILEE-Cadet Lt. Col. Dave McNamee, Cadet Judy
Barfield, and Cadet Capt. Jess Henderson cut the first piece of
cake Monday at luncheon celebrating AFROTC's 25th anniversary
at UP. Lt. Col. James Burnett, commandant, also presented a
plaque to Father Waldschmidt in appreciation of the University of
Portland's assistance to the program since its establishment in
1952.
