The Register, 1971-09-03

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VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 2
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL .ANDTECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO
SEPTEMBER 3,1971
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Dowdy Working To
Alleviate Shortage
English Department Among those Hardest Hit by   Shortage
Programs Cause Increase
Enrollment Reaches 4,000
Deloris Brown
The enrollment at A&T this
semester is one of the largest in
its history," stated William H.
Gamble^director of Admissions.
The student body is estimated
to have reached a total of 4,000
students which is an increase of
over 200 students as compared
to last year's total.
Of the 4,000 students
enrolled this semester 1,200 of
them are freshmen. "This is a
marked increase of 300 students
more than the total of last year,"
Gamble pointed out. There are
also expectations of several more
Students to register this week.
We now have students coming
from eleven nations and
thirty-five states. North Carolina
tops the list of student
enrollment. It has students
represented from eighty-nine of
its one hundred counties. The
number of out-of-state students
comprises twenty-five per cent of
the students which is a total of
1,000 students.
When asked if the rise in
tuition for out-of-state students
had any bearing on their
enrollment, Gamble commented
that even though there was a
slight decrease in their
enrollment there was not an
appreciable change. He further
pointed out that at the present
eighty-five percent of the letters
received by the Office of
Admissions requesting
enrollment information comes
from out-of-state students.
Gamble added that the
increase in enrollment was the
result of several programs. There
was increased activity in the
recruitment program, new
programs in engineering, and the
wide curriculum offered here at
A&T attracted many students.
Included in the enrollment is 100
students on the New Model
Cities   Program.
In respect to the teacher
shortage activated by the
increased    enrollment    Gamble
remarked that the administration
is working to solve the problem.
There are efforts being made to
hire teachers in English, History,
and Mathematics.
For the spring semester, the
Office of Admissions expects an
enrollment    of    150   freshmen.
Gamble mentioned that many of
the students accepted for the fall
semester who did not come have
notified the admissions office
that they will enter next
semester.
By Drusilla Dunn
"The administration is doing
everything possible to alleviate
our present teacher shortage;
and. during this period of
adjustment. I am soliciting the
cooperation of both faculty and
students." Dr. L.C. Dowdy said
in an interview today.   ,
The president spoke at length
on the budgetary problems
involved  in  acquiring personnel.
"The State Legislature
underestimated our expected
enrollment; and, on the basis of
the Legislature's estimate of
3650, we lost 9.5 positions at
$109,000. Of this amount,
$5,450 would have gone for
salary increases."
"I am reasonably sure that we
will get these positions back."
said Dr. Dowdy as he checked
the latest head count and
predicted the number of
full-time equivalent students.
With an enrollment head
count of 4142. Dr. Dowdy
estimated that,by tomorrow, the
full-time equivalent student
number will probably exceed A
& T's projected enrollment of
3.800.
The     Legislature's    action
occurred   in   spite  of A   &  T
administrators'    assurance    that
the  enrollment  would  increase.
A memorandum to heads and
business managers of all State
Institutions of Higher
Education, frorr G. A. Jones Jr..
state budget officer, in April,
requested a review of regular
session enrollment estimates for
1971-73.
General Assembly Orders Increases
For Advance Payments-Applications
Effective October first the
advance fee payments made by A
& T students in the spring will
rise from $15.00 to $50.00. The
increase was ordered for all state
universities by the North
Carolina General Assembly in a
bill ratified in July.
The $50.00 must be paid by
all students who expect to return
for the next academic year. In
the event of hardship the bill
allows the deposit to be waived
at the school's discretion.
If a student decides not to
return and gives notice 30 days
after the end of the term in
which he made his deposit, it will
be refunded. The fee is also
refunded   if  the   student   is  not
allowed to return.
The bill also instructs all
boards of trustees to require each
applicant for admission who is
accepted to make an advance
deposit of not less than $ 100.00.
This deposit will be applied
against the student's tuition for
that year. The fee must be paid
within three weeks of
notification of acceptance. If the
deposit is not made within that
time periodjthe applicant, it will
be assumed, has withdrawn his
application.
The application deposit will
be refunded to those students
who give notice of withdrawal of
their applications by May 1,1972
or at least one month before the
start of a new term.
Also, as part of this bill the
General Assembly appropriated
$25,000 in order to enable the
Board   of Higher  Education  to
establish an Educational
Opportunities Information
Center.
The purpose of the Center
will be to provide information
and assistance to prospective
college and university students.
The   Center   will   also   provide
information to institutions in the
state, both public and private on
matters regarding student
admissions, transfers and
enrollments.
Excerpts     from     the
memorandum are as follows:
"The "A" Budgets for all
State institutions of higher
education for the 1971-73
biennium were ■ constructed
on the basis of enrollment
projections approved by the
Advisory Budget
Commission on February 6,
1970. Actual enrollment
trends for 1969-70 and for
1970-71 to date indicate that
the approved enrollments for
1971-73 may be  excessive   at
some institutions.   .
"In order to avoid the
serious budgetary problems
created by under-enrollment,
we request that you review
your approved enrollments
and advise us as to whether
they should be adjusted. In
preparing your revised
estimates, the latest available
enrollment information
should be taken into
account. Detail estimates to
show the number of in-state
and out-of-state students."
Dr. Dowdy's April 28 reply to
this request was as follows:
"This will acknowledge
receipt of your
memorandum dated April 21,
1971, regarding Regular
Session Enrollment
Estimates for 1971-1973.
We have reviewed certain
data relative to the
enrollment forecast for this
Institution and find that we
have admitted thirty-nine
(39) percent more students
this year than we had on
April 28 of last year.
Furthermore, we find that
advance fee payments are
running forty-seven (47)
percent ahead of the
payments of last year.
In light of these findings,
we   have   reason  to  believe
that    this    University    will
realize     the        'authorized
regular   session   enrollments
projected     for    1971-1973.
Therefore,   it   is   requested
that the enrollments remain
as certified by the Advisory
Budget    Commission    on
February 6, 1970. They are:
1971-1972:    In-State,   3,040;
Out-of-State,     760;
1972-1973:    In-State,   3420;
Out-of-State, 780."
If    the     Legislature    had
approved  A & T's request, the
teacher   allotment,   based   on  a
pupil-teacher ratio of 15.7  to 1,
would  have  been  242   for this
school    term.    Presently,    the
(see Shortage, page 5)