The Carolinian [February 17, 1994]

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Fee plan End ofan era:
approved -.- • Plan in the last stages Moran resigns
By DAN G. STUART
StaffWriter
The deans and Provost Donald DeRosa
have requested a plan that would equal-is*
student fees for undergraduate and
graduate students.
At present, students pay fees based on
a full time enrollment of 12 hours for
undergraduate and nine hours for gradu-ate
students.
Currently, undergraduates enrolledfor
only nine hours pay $266 per semester,
whereas graduate students pay the full
time fee of $341 until they take 12 hours
of courses or more. A graduate student
taking nine hours of classes pays $86
more than an undergraduate *»fr"^g the
same amount of hours.
DaRosa said that the deans and stu-dents
feel that the current fees are an
unfair levy, and that the fees should be
-[This] new plan will be helpful for
those students currently enrolled and for
those who will enroll in the future," said
DeRosa.
Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
JamesAllen mirrors DeRosa's sentiment.
"The [fee] discrepancy places graduate
students at a disadvantage as compared
to undergraduates," Allen said.
Under the proposed plan, undergradu-ate
and graduate students wfll pay the
same amount offees per hour taken. The
new plan would allow for a proportional
distribution.
The premise for the plan is not to re-duce
programs or raise rates, but to use
exitingmoney to fill the gap, according to
DeRosa.
The new plan will leave the school with
a loss of income of$308,000, according to
Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance
Philip Richman. Richman said that the
lost revenue will be made up for by fund
balances and increased enrollment. Sur-plus
from the past will balance the lost
revenue.
Richman believes that more students
will apply to UNCO due to new
affordability.
"The plan has been warranted for sev-eral
years," Richman said.
Graduate Dean Brad Bartell says that
the new plan wfll specifically affect the
students at the masters level. Many ofthe
masters students are part time students
that work. Bartell said that manyofthese
students can only take two
UNCG is more expensive that AAT
because of its fee structure (tuition is the
same), so often these people take classes
at AAT because it is cheaper.
"Part time graduate students are pay-ing
more than their fair share," Barton
said.
Bartell feels that we are losing hun-dreds
ofstudents to AAT. He also pointed
out that UNCGhas the highest fees ofany
See Fees, page 3
Chancellor Moran speaks at the) prase conference held shortly after he
announced bis resignation last Thursday.
By HEATHER MILLS said.
Newt Editor
After nearly 15 years at UNCG's helm,
Chancellor William Moran announced his
resignation at last Thursday's Board of
Trustees meeting.
Moran, who has served
as chancellor since August
1,1979, will be leaving the
University on August 16.
The chancellor plans to
exercise his right to a six
month paid leave, during
which time he will consider
other assignments. He is
tenured in the field ofbusi-es
at UNCG and has the
option ofteaching here.
Moran said that his leav-ing
was not the result of
any negative influences.
"I simply had a sense that
a new stage of University
life is before us now, and
most of what I can do, I
havedons,andmostofwhat
I have to offer, I have of-fered,"
Moran said.
Moran said that he spoke with UNC
President CD. 8pangler on the day be-fore
he announced his resignation and
toldhimthathefelttheUmvemtyneeded
hail a
anew
stage ofUniver-lsbefore
now; and
of what I
do, I have
4one, and most
of what I nave
to offer, I have
offered.1'
Chancellor
William Moran
Board of Trustees chairperson Katy
Bell was caught by surprise when the
announcement was made.
-We'd like to think he'd be here longer
than August 15 to ess the results ofnew
initiatives, but we respect
the decision that he and
Barbara [his wife] have
made," Bell said.
Moran said that he has
considered resigning for the
past two years, but feels
that this is die most advan-tageous
time to leave his
post
■I think this isn't a bad
time to break away. I don't
think my departure will
have any effect on slowing
things down," Moran said.
Several projects that the
chancellor has overseen are
currently in various stages
of completion. The site for
the newmusic building has
been chosen, andacontract
has been signed for its con-struction.
Moran dubbed the project
"Hs said that thatwasnot theease and
b<>pedthatImightbedisaueded,"aioran
Also in the works is a possible student
union center that would replace the
Elliott Cantor. Funding has not been
secured for the project end there are no
definite plans at this time although a site
See Chancellor, page 2
In Opinions:A
Aid • inice
tries again
Vows to work out
By STEPHANIE NICKELL
Assistant News Editor
Eric Locklear, former assistant direc-tor
of Financial Aid at N.C. State, has
been appointed associate director of fi-nancial
aid at UNCO by Provost Donald
DeRosa.
Locklear comes into the position with a
fresh attitude.
1 feel positive about things, it takes
someone new coming in to give an objec-tive
opinion," said Locklear.
According to Locklear, the Financial
Aid Office needs more personnel and an
upgrade in automation.
Locklear would like to set the staff
increase to 18 people. As a result of the
staff shortage, Locklear said that, effec-tive
Monday, February 21, students wfll
be seen on an appointment basis only.
Walk-ins will be seen onalimited basis.
Appointments can be made from 8 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m. Students will be seen for
30 minute intervals.
Locklear stresses that this is a tempo-rary
measure until staffincreases.
Lockleer's long-term plan is to have no
appointments and walk-ins all day.
1 come from a student affairs back-ground,
where tiis motto has been stu-dents
come first," Locklear said.
The next stop for Locklears plan is to
improve the technology utilised by the
Financial Aid Office. Locklear plans to do
this by purchasinganautomatic financial
packaging software program.
According to Locklear this package will
give an automatic suggested award as
well as speed the turnaround process for
receiving awards.
Until these programs are put into place
Locklear says, 1 want to encourage stu-dents
to continue tolling me their [finan-cial
aid] horror stories, and give me sug-gestions
for improving."
For the 1094-86 ssademic year, the
Financial Aid Office has contracted with
an outside service.
The deadline for resolving award let-ters
will be April 1 for incoming freshmen
and June 1 for continuing students.
Locklear said that in order for these dead-lines
to be met the processing had to be
turned over to an outside service.
There would have been thesame prob-lems
[as last year] if we had not con-tracted
out," said Locklear.
LocUser's advice to students is to re-turn
information as scon as they receive
it This ensures quick prnnsssing
Students may still receive information
requests from Georgia, which '
thing that students had
last year.
-Act like it was from UNCG," Locklear
UNCG wfll resume all responsibility
for the financial aid process by August 1,
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