Daily §p Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXVII, Number 68	Los Angeles, California Thursday, February 6, 1975
Trustees vote increases in tuition, compensation
THE SUN ALSO RISES—After several days of rain, clouds finally parted Wednesday and let the sun shine through the Van Kle,,iSmid Center bell tower. Rain covered the Los Angeles Area and made the first days of the spring semester wet ones. DT photo by Mike Ito.
Fall admissions lag far behind schedule
Applications for admission to the university are up almost 10% from last year, but the processing of those applications is far behind schedule.
The university has received 8.115 applications for the fall semester, at least 800 more than last year at this time. But only 1.437 have been admitted thus far. as compared to 2.851 students admitted by last February.
Delays due to the installation of a new computer system and a new application form caused the 50% drop in the number of students admitted.
The delays have now ended and Richard Dolen. assistant to the dean of the College of Letters. Arts and Sciences, said he was optimistic and expected the process notto lagtoo far behind.
He said that by next month the number of students who will have been admitted will be comparable to last March’s figures.
Dolen explained that the main reason less people have been admitted at this point was that the application for admission had been changed, and it no longer requested students to report their own grades. Also, most students were waiting for their seventh semester in high school to end before sending an official transcript.
Because of a different grade-averaging system used last year, the university did not have to wait for a seventh-semester transcript before admitting borderline cases. This year, seventh-semester transcripts are being requested from students with low high-school grade averages.
Another reason for the lag in accepting students was the installation of a new computer sys-
tem. The effort to computerize was made too quickly with no backup system. Dolen said.
“There were errors in management,” he said. “The computer is fine but we needed time to install it and learn the machine.”
He said that because of a mass effort behind William G. Wagner, special assistant to the president on the computer project, and the enlisted help of many people on the routine jobs,
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A S330 increase in tuition, which will raise the rate for 15-18 units from S2.910 to $3,240 next fall, was approved Wednesday by the Board of Trustees.
The 11.3% increase will raise tuition from$97 per unit to about $108.
The board also voted to increase the 1975-76 faculty-staff compensation pool by 12%, of which 2' ( will be in fringe benefits and the remaining 10% will go toward salary’ increases.
Ofthe 10% to be used for salary increases. 2% will be generated by department cutbacks and the remaining 8% will come mainly from the tuition increase.
Colin MacLeod, director of financial services, said the increase in fringe benefits for faculty and staff will also have to be covered by new monies.
President John R. Hubbard said the $330 increase recommended by the Finance and Budget Committee ofthe board was approved without discussion.
Since 1970, tuition has been increased each year, and the total of those increases, including the one for the 1975-76 academic year, is $1,440—more than 77%.
Students who entered the university in the 1971-72 academic year paid $1,850.
The increase for next year will be the largest ever in terms of dollars.
Earlier this year, the Resource Management and Planning Committee of the President’s Advisory Council issued a report recommending that tuition be increased according to the cost-of-living index, not to exceed 13%.
Student members of the committee, however, recommended that tuition be raised no more than 10%.
In December, Hubbard predicted that the tuition increase would fall between 9% and 11%.
Last week. Zohrab A. Kaprielian, vice-president for academic administration and research, said he did not expect the 11.3% increase in tuition to meet the university’s rising costs.
Hubbard said that practically all the revenue generated by the tuition increase will be used for the increase in the faculty-staff compensation pool.
He said salary increases for faculty and staff“are our No. 1 priority.”
Hubbard added that besides pay raises, ‘ the rest of the budget will be very lean.”
The President’s Advisory Council accepted the recommendation by the resource committee at its Jan. 23 meeting that 55% of the pool be used for across-the-board salary increases up to a limit of $25,000. The remaining funds will be used for merit increases.
For university staff, half ofthe pool will be used for across-the-board increases and the remainder will be used for merit increases.
The plans have been approved by Hubbard.
The staff salary increases will go into effect July
1,	and for faculty they will be implemented Sept. 1.
Hubbard said the revenue from the tuition increase should cover the increase in the compensation pool.
Funds for teaching assistants’ salaries will not come from the pool, and any additional increases in their pay has yet to be determined, said Hubbard.
CAN YOU AFFORD S9.60 AN HQUB2
Students call tuition hike ‘ripoff’
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Error made in aid letter date
Wednesday’s Daily Trojan incorrectly stated that students w ho have reapplied for university financial aid should have received their award letters bv the end of January.
Award letters should be received by the end of February. Pamela H. Walbom. director of financial aid, said.
T!’ > Daily Trojan regrets Un. error
BY CINDY EISLEY
Assistant City Editor
Because the Board of Trustees approved a $330tuition increase Wednesday for the 1975-76 academic year, a class which meets three hours a week next fall will cost the student $9.60 per hour.
“Holy shit. That sums it up,” said one student, reacting to the trustees’ decision.
The consensus around campus, derived from a survey taken by the Daily Trojan Wednesday afternoon, seems to be that the students don’t like the increase. “Outrageous” and “a scandalous ripoff’ were just two of the comments used by the 36 students who were interviewed.
A number of the students mentioned that this wasn’t the first time that tuition increases had occurred, but that, as before, they wondered where the money was going.
The overcrowded classes, the long lines at registration and the inadequate and frequently antiquated facilities were noted as areas of need that haven't improved although tuition has con tinued to increase.
"It s hard to see where the money is going." said Peter Staple. a graduate student in professional writing. “They 'ei more people into classes than they can teach, and the professors aren t getting the extra money.”
Ted Richey, a junior in music, says that he can afford the increase, but that he doesn t think it's worth the money.
"The school should give us a better deal—music practice
rooms, more facilities,” he said. “There are antiquated facilities in music right now.”
Mike Robertson, a premed freshman, said that the $330 increase was unjustified because the students still get the same thing.
“We get another class with 450 people in it.” he said. “You would think that with that much money—making that much money off a class—they could put some of it into speaker systems or hearing aids, something so you could at least hear the class.”
A few students said that they felt that they were only paying
for the status and prestige ofthe university, and that it wasn’t worth the extra $330.
“I don’t consider this school that great,” said James Pry or, a freshman in business management. “It’s too much money for a private school. You can get a job just as fast ifyou graduate from a state school such as UCLA.”
Of the students questioned, only four said that they will definitely transfer to another university because of the tuition increase.
Ten students said that the decision to transfer would depend on the amount of financial aid they would receive.
“The only way I would attend SC next year is if they give me some more money,” said Robin Scott, a freshman in journalism
Pryor also said he’d transfer if his scholarship wasn’t increased. A number of students are hoping for more loan money.
Most of the students questioned who are presently receiving financial aid seemed to be aware of the fact that the maximum award for California State Scholarships is not increasing.
“I can’t go here next year if tuition increases, unless USC gives me a bigger scholarship," said
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OUTING PROGRAM—Volunteers for the University Recreation Association help announce the new outing program, a package of leisure time activities for students, staff, faculty and friends of the university. Out-
ings will be a snow trip, bicycle tour, ski trip sai-inq outing, horseback ride and hiking trip. DT photo by Ed
Moy.