THE MIA Volume 57

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW THE MIA Volume 57. No. 3 tl Friday, January 30, 1981 Phone 284-4401 More Money Will Improve UM By AMY JACOVES The report prepared by the Fac Northwestern $3,180 $5,985 9.45%' 1979 is $35,845,000. Harvard Uni News Editor ulty Senate Committee shows UM's versity has an endowment of over requirements for admissions are be Second of a series Denver $^.700 $4,530 7.67% $1.4 billion. coming more stringent and that Of the institutions that UM is there is "continuing improvement 3 180 $8 00 9 49% most comparable to, Boston Univer "Quality takes money and we're in the quality of undergraduates en Cornell S - e° ' not going to become first rate with sity has an endowment of approxi rolling in the University" in the Emory $2,400 $4,607 9.76% mately $35.5 million, while Syra out funding," stated Howard Pospe area of SAT scores and of recruiting sel, a UM philosophy professor who cuse has an endowment of about students with high standing in high $47 million. is a member of the Faculty Senate I schools. Committee on Academic Standards. Most of the major private univer University rose 8.88 percent In 1976, excluding UM, the aver Some of the schools with high se age cost of attending one of the lectivity such as Duke have endow According to a report by the Aca Students enrolling at Miami in sities that UM is being compared $2,728 to $4,950. i 1980 with SAT scores of 1200 and with have approximately the same Syracuse University's tuition rose i above institutions was $2,759 and ments of $122.8 million and North demic Standards Committee, in 1980 was $5,112, an increase of western has an endowment of Undergraduate Admissions 1980: over increased 0.6 percent from tuition and have had similar per from $2,880 in 1973 to $5,100 in 1979 and 4.4 percent from 1976. centage increases in tuition since 1980. Northwestern University and 9.21 percent. In all three of these $256.5 million. Continuing Progress, UM is cur statistics, UM tuition - as well as Thus, there seems to be a correla rently in the low selectivity (SAT Those who enrolled with SAT's 1973, according to a report obtained Notre Dame University increases above 1000 increased 6.2 percent by UM Budget Director Glen Card- over the seven year period are quite increase was below the average of tion between an institution's en less than 1050) range for SAT all institutions combined. dowment funds and academic ex scores. Among the universities UM from 1976, while those with scores well. close. Northwestern's tuition in above 900 Increased 10.5 percent 1973 was $3,180, Notre Dame's was Pospesel said that one way to cellence. is compared to for tuition are: Syra It is interesting to note that e.ach look at tuition increases is to com "We've not been able to build an cuse University, University of Den from 1976. $2,500. Last year, the cost of North of the schools mentioned had at western increased to $5,985 while pare it with the rate of inflation. endowment that a private universi ver and the University of Southern "The most dramatic improve- least one year where tuition in This year's proposed increase, he ty needs to become great," Pospesel California. Notre Dame's costs went up to ment is n percentage of the class creases were low - but the increase $4700 - a percentage of 9.45 and said, is higher than this year's dou said. Those in the medium selectivity with SAT scores below 800: from the following year was quite high. 9.44, respectively. ble-digit inflation rate. Also discussed in the Faculty (SAT 1050 to 1174) include Boston 20.7 percent (1976) to 11.9 percenl UM's tuition in 1973 wa.s $2,633. The rest of the universities that If tuition did not meet the coun Senate's report of academics is the University, Emory University, New (1979) to 6.7 percent (1980)," ac In 1980, tuition had increased 8.06 UM is being compared to have the try's inflation rate, "it would result need to increase enrollment of Pres •York University and Notre Dame. cording to the Senate report. percent to $4,531. following tuition increases: in regression for the university," idential Scholars in order to incrase Pospesel said. the mean SAT score at UM. The high selectivity schools (SAT Average Annual 1175 and over) UM is being com Though there is room for im Boston University's tuition in According to Pospesel, "the uni "We must redouble our efforts to pared to are: Duke University, provement, UM can be compared to 1973 was $2,861. By 1980, tution 1973 1980 Increase versity depends too heavily upon recruit and enroll Presidential Northwestern University and Tu schools with more stringent SAT increased by 10.06 percent to Duke $2,600 $4865 9.36% tuition. That's largely because Scholars," the report states. lane University. requirements since, according to $5,595. Southern California's tui we're |UM| so young." Overall, the committee reported Though "we are in the 'low se Pospesel, by the mid-1980's,.. .if the tion increased 10.10 percent over i Tulane $2,525 $5,006 10.30% According to a survey bv the Na that UM is improving its standards lectivity' group at this point," Pos university continues with its pres the seven year period from an annu tional Association of College and for enrollment, which according to pesel said that UM "is rapidly ris ent rate of growth . .it will be in the al tuition rate of $2,754 to $5,400. ! American $2,400 $4,620 9.80% University Business Officers, Mi Pospesel, is one of the vital apects ing." medium selectivity category. The cost of attending New York ami's endowment as of June 30, in making a university great. Athletics' $1.3 Million Deficit Met By JOHN OUDENS would net UM as much as $400,000. However, the trip to the Peach Assistant Sews Ediior Bowl wound up just paying for it Official tallies are not in yet, but self and not providing the depart it appears that UM's Athletic De ment with any revenue. partment will finish the 1980-81 Cardwell explained that too high fiscal year with a $1.3 million defi hopes were placed on the Peach cit, as planned. Bowl. Glen Cardwell, Director of UM "Estimates of $400,000 were in Planning and Budgeting, said last accurate," Cardwell said. "They week that although he could not yet were based upon a sellout" in ticket make any official statements, he ex sales, which did not happen. Also, pected that "they |the Athletic De "costs of participating had to be partment! will not exceed the defi taken off the top of that |net reve Miami Hurricane/STU BAYER cit at this point." nue]," Cardwell added. Cempleted Ten! V. as Made Possible By Rebate Money Cardwell added that the depart Cardwell concluded that, while ment, were it not to exceed the def he had no official figures ready to icit, would be "living within the go by, "We will break even on the deficit," since the original 1980-81 Peach Bowl." He emphasized that budget called for a $1.3 million ath "I consider $10,000 either way letic loss. breaking even." Patio Covered By Rebate Funds As is usually the case with most major universities, UM's football By MARY CRONIN I money, half of which was returned | Florida's brutal hurricanes and it shows. team has played the most important role in determining the final out News Writer | to the students. The other half of had to look aesthetically pleasing. Student Activities Director Sto I the funds was used for campus im- He solved these problems by de fan is pleased, not only with the come of the Athletic Department's The proposed plans to put a cov ! provements. signing a white tent (to match the new stage covering, but also with financial status this year. ering over the Student Union Pat Todd Jonas, UM architectural color of the other buildings) with the enlargement of the stage itself. The Hurricanes gained an unex io's stage, from funds by the 50-50 planner, who designed the tent, said vinyl coated polyester fabric that 800 square feet of new stage (con pected great deal of exposure for rebate program, went into effect as that the biggest problem with the can support 150 m.p.h. winds. "If structed from concrete blocks cov UM this year; their 9-3 record, the tent was erected last week. 1 project was obtaining permission to there was some way of putting a ered with stucco) have been added, Peach Bowl victory and national "Students should know that the i construct the tent. truck up there.it could be support avoiding the setup of steel scaffold ranking were all part of the Hurri tent does not come from tuition "The project has been planned ed. The tent is that strong." ing and plywood as has been done canes' best season in many years. money. We asked for a stage top for over a year. Paul Novack (last He also said that the new tent is a for past musical events. As of last week, the 1980-81 from rebate money, then we went year's USBG president) proposed a good addition to the campus as it "I don't know if the new stage Miami Hurricanes will probably to facilities planning to draw a pro stage covering," he said.

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