Shakespeare in Driving range Juried Expo Hafer Park..p.5 on campus..p.6 at museum..p.8
1T HE
June 19, 1986
Vol. 84, No. 56
ATISTA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Summer enrollment increased over 1985 When summer enrollment ended June 9, figures showed 5,578 students enrolled in 28,924 credit hours, with a full time equivalence of 4,175 students. This is 710 of a one percent increase, said Dr. Bill Lillard, CSU president. "This is a little above the enrollment last year. I'm pleased and I think everyone is pleased that enrollment figures are up," Darrell Gilliland, director of counseling said. With the budget cut and the decrease in personnel, you'd suspect the enrollment would decrease, but still there was an increase, Lillard said. The headcount enrollment is 37 in numbers over last years figures with the credit hours 48 less in numbers than the summer of 1985. The average age of the student this summer is 29 with last year it being 28. Lillard said this was accredited to the number of teachers who come in the summer to fulfill certificate requirements. Only 15 percent of the enrollment showed students under 21. Those 21-25 had a 30 percent enrollment and those over 25 had a 55 percent
enrollment. The average age of a student during the regular term is 27. Women represent 59 percent of the enrollment, with an enrollment count of 3,264. Men are in the minority this summer with an enrollment of 2,314. Countries outnumbered the states in enrollment with 52 countries represented. 28 states other than Oklahoma had enrolled for the summer. Students who did not enroll by June 2, when the summer session started, were faced with a $10 late fee. Gilliland said usually onethird of the enrollment waits until the first week of classes because they are not prepared to make decisions about attending summer school or perhaps they were out of town. The reason for the late fee is that there is extra paperwork involved when students enroll late and the counseling center encourages students to start classes the first day. Gilliland said two-thirds of the enrollment are those students who enroll before classes start.
Photographic services: Dan Smith
As part of the renovation of the campus electrical system, Leon Bartosh and Brett White rise to great heights to remove a faulty wire near Evans Hall. The replacement of the campus electrical system is just one of the many services the maintenance department provides.
Legislators approve 9.5 budget cut By Susan Green Editor Legislators recently approved a 9.5 percent budget cut to higher education for the fiscal year beginning July 1. This measure shows a 385.5 million dollar cut in funding, 40.3 million less than last year's budget. At midnight Sunday, the bill was awaiting Senate approval, as legislators waited to see if more funds would become available. Early in the session, state leaders made a commitment to keep the cuts to education as low as possible. The State Regents for Higher Education will now determine how the money is to be divided among colleges and universities. "It's the good news with the bad news," CSU President, Dr. Bill Lillard said. "Until we get the specific allocations from the Regents, we won't know what the budget for the university will be. Roughly we will receive 2.2 million dollars less than last year from state appropriated funds. "We hope to know in another week or so what the state appropriations part of the budget will be. We won't know the other fourth of the budget, which is fees and tuition, until after the enroll-
ment in the fall and spring." "There were no suprises. We expected and prepared for the cut," Lillard said. Lillard said the major difference students will notice is there may be fewer sections of classes offered. At this time, he doesn't expect the elimination of any courses, degrees or programs. Other changes may include reducing travel money and an occasional delay in purchasing supplies, materials and equipment. As for replacing the 25 faculty who retired, Lillard said each case will be reviewed to see who can be replaced and still meet the mandate of the budget. "We know we can't replace them all as well as we'd like to," Lillard said. Full-time CSU employees will not have to go part-time, have a redction in salary, or take a furlough without pay as a result of the budget cut, he said. Lillard said there will be no pay raises given across the board, but if funds are available, those deserving a promotion will receive the pay that goes with the promotion. Hopefuls for raises include those receiving a doctorate and those who are to receive increments of
adding an additional year of eventually get better. study. "Economic cycles don't always Although the budget situation may put a damper on certain stay in depressions or the Golden plans, expenditures and Era. All in all it will tend to level paychecks in the next year, Lillard out, whether it rises or falls to one feels the economic situation will or the other.
"I'm not saying it won't get woise, I just think since business industries and the agriculture will increase, the situation will get better, since the economy goes in a cycle," Lillard said.
Perry says time to move on By Susan Green Dr. James Perry, vice president for academic affairs since 1983 has announced his resignation, stating the time has come for him to devote his energy to another area. "The time has come for me to move on. I'm excited and ready to go," Perry said. Perry says he has been very pleased at CSU and feels he has done an excellent job in fulfilling his position. "There has been no other person who has had a big a challenge as I. My challenge involved the North Central Association. I managed to pull the chestnuts out of the fire and the Association said our study was an excellent self-styled document," Perry said. In an earlier interview with the Vista, Perry said he was ready to move up in the world and ready to run the show. Perry still feels this way and says he has absolute confidence in his ability to do so. "I am firm in my belief that I know what it takes to rally the support of faculty and co-workers to make it an organized and exciting place to work," Perry said.
Perry has no specific plans at the present time, but says he is going to explore a myriad of options. He added he is open to private enterprises as well as academics, but the academics would have to have a different style of opportunity before he jumped back into it. Perry says not by the stretch of the imagination did he accomplish all the goals he set as vice president, not even scratching the surface. Two things he is the most happy with is giving hope to a large group of a faculty and the success with North Central. "I think CSU is a fine institute with a lot of potential. There will come a day when more of that potential will be tapped and the university will go on to greater levels of success, Perry said. "My years here have been good years, personally and professionally." The Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges will meet Friday to consider Perry's resignation as well as the affective date. President Dr. Bill Lillard said at this time it would be unappropriate to comment on Perry's resignation until the Board makes its decision.