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Volume XCV, Number 32	University of Southern California	Friday, February 24, 1984
Newlywed rocker Eddie Money celebrated his recent marriage with a concert here Thursday night in Bovard Auditorium. For a review of his show, see page five.
Committees created to improve education
By James Lee
Gty Writer
Recent changes in the evaluation of academic units are expected to lead to improvements in faculty, curriculum and degree programs, several university off-cials said.
Two new committees were formed by Cornelius Pings, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs — the Graduate and Professional Studies Committee and the Undergraduate Studies Committee.
The committees will serve as “arms” of the rebuilt University Curriculum Committee (UCC), said Robert Biller, vice provost.
Biller said this change in structure, made for various reasons, will benefit students and the university in various ways.
"We wanted to give more emphasis to undergraduate education," Biller said. "There was a certain amount of extra effort that caused duplication of work."
He added that the students' point of view was important and better served by the changes.
"The university is committed to improving the quality of undergraduate education in all fields that offer a bachelor's degree," he said.
He noted that one improvement he would like to see is the printing of a university bulletin that could aid someone looking for a specific degree program.
Another reason for the structural change was to make the process of setting up special committees easier, Biller
said, adding that these committees would allow a better perspective on issues.
Biller said there are a dozen university-wide committees that examine different aspects of the university, with each committee having student input or involvement.
He said the undergraduate committee has three student members, while the graduate committee does not have any. Biller was not sure why there was a lack of student participation on the graduate committee.
All students nominated to serve on the 12 university committees are suggested by Bill Lilia, Student Senate president.
Lilia said most nominations result from an application process in the beginning of the year. Senators, cabinet members or interested students apply and he decides which applicants will be presented for senate approval. The nominees then go to either the provost's office or university President James Zumberge for final approval.
Lilia said he submitted four nominees to Pings for the graduate committee earlier this year, but he has since heard nothing.
Michael Fry, director of the School of International Relations, chairs the graduate committee. He said the former academic evaluation process led to the duplication of work and a certain tension between departments and the committee, and expects the new structure will lead to advances in coordination.
"We are establishing a more coopera-<Continued on page 3)
Strauss discusses new budget
Salary increases, Olympic effects are key topics
By Jennifer Cray
Gty Writer
Jon Strauss, senior vice president of administration, spoke to a group of university staff members Thursday about the university budget, particularly plans for staff salary increases and the effect of the Olympics on university employees this summer.
Strauss said the administration is committed to keeping sal-
aries competitive with comparative wages of the marketplace. He said the university wants to continue'to raise salaries of continuing faculty and staff members at the rate of 5 or 6 percent a year.
When the 1984-85 trial budget contained provisions for a faculty salary increase pool of only 4.5 percent and a staff salary increase pool of only 3.5 percent, the Staff Assembly submitted a memo to the Budget Advisory Committee on Jan. 11 protesting the amount of the proposed increase.
Although the administration has now agreed to increase sala-
ries to between 5 and 6 percent for both faculty and staff, "the issue is how to make that happen,” said Margaret Harrington, president of the Staff Assembly-
A task force of the executive committee of the Staff Assembly is meeting with Strauss and John Curry, executive director of the university budget, to discuss the rate of salary increases for staff members and the way these increases will be implemented, Harrington said.
Harrington said she expects the Staff Assembly and the administration to come to an agreement within a month. The administration will present a balanced budget to the Board of Trustees on April 15, Strauss said.
This year's budget for faculty and staff compensation is two-thirds of the university's operating budget of S314 million (not including restricted funds which are used primarily for research).
About 25 percent of the compensation budget will be spent on fringe benefits, such as health insurance and tuition remission. To continue to raise salaries would require a hike in tuition and fees, the primary source of incoming funds, Strauss said.
The university depends on money generated from tuition and fees and auxiliary services
—	"student-driven activities" — for almost 90 percent, or $270 million, of its revenue, Strauss said.
"We're very dependent on our student customers," he said.
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New head librarian sought by committee
By Karen Kucher
Gty Writer
As a recently appointed committee searches for a replacement for Roy Kidman, university librarian whose resignation becomes effective in July, it will look for a leader who can facilitate the changes proposed for the library, said Doyce Nunis, history professor and chairman of the search committee.
"The new university library committee is working hard for enhancement and development of the library system,” Nunis said. "This system will have to be implemented by a strong and capable leader. Therefore we are looking for an excellent appointee to fill this position."
The university librarian is the chief administrative officer for the library system, which consists of Doheny Library, 11 branch libraries and five independent libraries.
The first step the committee has taken is to advertise the availability of the position. The description is being placed in appropriate library media areas, Nunis said. An advertisement also appeared in the New York Times on Feb. 19, and notices are being placed in the "journals and chronicles of higher education."
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Tuition aid available
for children of faculty
By Carmen Chandler
Feature Writer
Students from outside the Los Angeles area may dream of spending their college years at this university. Perhaps it's the culturally rich environment that Los Angeles has to offer, the beach or even the academics.
Yet, this may not be the dream of the sons or daughters of the university's faculty and staff members.
Nonetheless, because the tuition remission program allows these students to attend the university and pay little or no tuition, this school would seem to be the best choice financially for them.
However, there is an option open for those who may want to attend another university but cannot afford it.
This alternative is the Tuition Exchange Program, which the university also offers to children of faculty and staff members. This program allows the students to choose from a selection of over 200 schools participating in the exchange, including Williams College and Baylor and Syracuse universities.
"Most schools, historically, have had plans for the children of faculty and certain staff members to attend college free of charge. This (tuition exchange) plan is to extend that to students who want to attend other institutions for whatever reasons," said Howard Saperston, director of registration and records and the university’s liaison to tuition exchange for the past five years.
In the last academic year, nearly 600 students were part of the Tuition Exchange Program, which enables schools to exchange students with no money involved. This year, the program has attracted approximately 640 students.
But because the program is not widely advertised, the resources available through the program have been left untapped by many faculty and staff members who, until recently, did not know about the program.
"This is the first year I have been able to run advertising," Saperston said. He added that the faculty and staff members at this university are enthusiastic about the program — once they leam about it.
"They love it. If they have a son or daughter (who has) their mind set on attending a certain school and they can't afford it, this offers them a solution," he said.
"A way of enabling that is to exchange students with no money involved, just an exchange of seats."
Schools involved in the program are allowed to exchange students — the number is determined by the program's board of directors — with other participating schools.
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