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THE September 11, 1990 Vol. 89, No. 5
DAY KEEPS THE DOCTER AWAY
VISTA
Tuesday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
OSBI submits audit to state and county By Mark Schlachtenhaufen Staff Writer
Junior colleges pull grads OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) More high school graduates are attending Oklahoma junior colleges this fall, where the entrance requirements are more lenient and tuition rates are lower. For the first time in its 20-year history, enrollment at Tulsa Junior College surpassed 20,000. The junior college has 20,050 students, up from 18,655 a year ago. Beb Melott, vice president for records and admission, said the junior college recently added 25 teachers and more classroom space. "We knew we would gain in enrollment because of the space and new instructors," Melott said. "A great portion of the increase is in full-time students." Melott would not say higher entrance requireinents at four-year schools were the sole factor in rising enrollment. "I hesitate to attribute this gain to admission policies before we can analyze it, especially with our first-time students," Melott said. "We did not feel it would be a reason." Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City reports a 14 percent enrollment increase, from 3,633 students last fall to 4,132 students this year. Oklahoma City Community College administrators say school enrollment has jumped 11 percent, from 6,846 to 7,609, and officials at Rose State College in Midwest City said enrollment has increased 7 percent, from 8,902 students last year to 9,531 this year. A 6 percent increase in enrollment was reported at Rogers State College in Clare-
more. Jim Hess, vice president for marketing and operations, said tuition costs may be a "driving force." Classes at local junior colleges cost about $28 a credit hour. Freshmen at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State pay more than $45 a credit hour. But Hess said the school's recruitment program focused primarily on improvements the school has made in curriculum and faculty and a lower student-faculty ratio. Pat Stuckey, a spokeswoman for Oklahoma City Community College, said the school has added 12 Saturday classes to this fall's schedule. Stuckey said more high school graduates are going directly to Oklahoma City Com munity College. In the past, the school was noted for serving older students who needed college credits and advanced training. Because of the influx of high school graduates, the average age of students at Oklahoma City Community College has quickly fallen from 36 to 31.
A $54,460 Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation audit of the Central State University Foundation was handed over to two state legal agencies Sept. 4, a bureau spokesman said. The 18-month, 2,300-page audit was delivered to the State Attorney General's office and the Oklahoma County District Attorney's office, said Paul Renfrow, OSBI spokesman. "We had as many as 16 agents working on the case at one time or another," Renfrow said. "It was a very intensive investigation." Bureau agents logged 3,728 hours during the case, which stemmed from allegations of foundation "diversion of funds." The foundation is not directly involved in university affairs. Also under investigation is a former physical plant director. The district attorney and the attorney general will review the reports and determine if charges will be filed. An official with the attorney general's office said the criminal division chief will review the report with one other staff person. "We will give the matter thorough review and have a recommendation as soon as possible," said Gerald Adams, attorney general
"Our shortage of classroom space and parking places has reached crisis proportions," said Carla Splaingard, assistant director of student services at Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Summer activities make $140,000 for university By Marie Bigger Staff Writer
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Dean Underwood, Rose State executive vice presient, said the school has added a new parking lot to accommodate crowding there. At Oklahoma State UniversityOklahoma City, officials offer classes on weekdays as early as 7 a.m. and offer some lasting until midnight.
spokesman. The only other bureau case more timeconsuming than the foundation audit was an inspection of the Department of Human Services c oncerning allegations of child abuse, Renfrow said. Steve Schutten, CSU internal auditor, said if charges are filed the OSBI report will be sent to President Bill Lillard and his administrative staff for review before his office receives the audit. The state Attorney General's office requested the investigation in March 1989 after a state audit raised questions of misspending and irregular employment practices at CSU. Among the areas the OSBI investigated were allegations that a former physical plant director used state employees on personal projects, Renfrow said. "They're (the state auditors office) not giving us any information at all," Schutten said. "Our administration is not telling us anything." Foundation Chairman Lowell Thompson said his office has been kept in the dark about the OSBI audit. "Nobody knows what is in it," Thompson said. "They (OSBI) have worked hard and long hours with foundation people."
Central State University earned $140,000 this summer providing facilities to various camps, said Robert Fields, auxiliary enterprise director. Fifteen hundred students attended 17 camps, Fields said, ranging from high school cheerleading camps to a computer science camp for adults. "My department is the service arm of the university," Fields said. "It is selfsupporting, which means no tax money is involved. "We generate our own revenue, and without these camps we couldn't pay our staff and utilities during the summer," Fields said. Another purpose of the camps is to introduce high school students to CSU, Fields said. "A number of our summer student council campers have gone on to attend school at
CSU and later became active in the student senate," Fields said. The student council camp has met at CSU for more than 20 years, said T.C. Hardesty, activities director at Putnam North High School and executive director of State Student Council. The seven-day seminar serves to train high school juniors in leadership, Hardesty said. The individual fee for each student is $185. Another group is the National Computer Educators Institute, which includes 100 college teachers through out the United States and Canada. "This is our 17th summer at CSU," said Dr. Bill Morey, assistant professor of decision sciences and camp director. "The computing field moves so rapidly these teachers come here every year to update themselves." The two-week camp includes an intensive graduate-level course in current computer technology, Morey said.
