Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 121, Issue 26 dailytarheel.com Tuesday, April 9, 2013 An imbalanced job market and Brandon Moree higher tuition raise questions Sports Editor To go or about the merits of law school. not to go to the NBA? the ith the final horn in the NCAA Championship W game Monday night in Atlanta, March Madness officially gave way to April’s anticipation. With the season now complete, men’s basketball players from all over the country will start thinking judgment about their futures. Will they stay in school, or will they leave early for the world of pro- fessional basketball? Players who aren’t graduating in 2013 have until 11:59 p.m. on April 28 to declare themselves eligible for call the NBA Draft. And up until that deadline, April can be more agonizing than March DTH/JENNIFER JACKSON AND CECE PASCUAL for college basketball fans. Rumors start to surface about your favorite players — “I heard his parents want The number of applications to the stronger than it was five years ago,” Boger said. UNC law sees drop in applicants him to stay,” or “I heard he wants to He added that some of the decline in appli- finish out his degree.” A decline in applications to UNC’s law school has been accompanied UNC School of Law has dropped. cations is likely from applicants the school by a large increase in the school’s acceptance rate. April is a time for college basket- wouldn’t have wanted to accept anyway. ball players to have those contem- By Trevor Casey The decline from 2012 alone is 36 percent, UNC law school applications plative conversations with their fam- Staff Writer which could affect the number of enrollees, but 3,500 ilies and their coaches — coaches Boger is hopeful that will not be the case. that have likely already reached out Law students have traditionally had to worry “It’s possible, and we’re hopeful that it won’t 3,000 to NBA teams to gauge the interest about passing the bar exam — and for the past be in an actual decline in actual enrollees,” he in their players. few years, they’ve also had to worry about find- said. “We traditionally enroll between 235 and 2,500 And while fans may want players ing a job in an increasingly crowded market. 250 a year.” 2,000 to stay in school in the name of loy- Across the nation, law schools have suffered Boger said the rising tuition costs could also alty and with the hopes of a better a dramatic decline in the number of applicants be a factor in lower application rates. 1,500 season next year, the decision about they receive, and UNC has reflected this trend. “When I became dean in 2006, in-state tuition the next step in a lifelong journey is Law school administrators have said the was $23,051, and we held it to about a $4,000 1,000 much more complicated. decrease could be attributed to the daunting increase over the first four years after I was dean I tried to put myself in their task of finding work after graduation. This has — but it’s moved up $4,000 more in the past 500 shoes — though those shoes are become increasingly difficult, as year after year three years due to state budget cuts,” Boger said. much bigger and have been higher fewer jobs are available for the most recent To counteract these increases in tuition, the 0 off the ground than my shoes have graduates, said Jack Boger, dean of the UNC alumni network for the law school has donated 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 ever been — and consider the School of Law. a significant amount of money for financial aid options. The number of applications to the school has purposes. The school has increased aid in the Acceptance rate I recall, after my freshman cam- dropped from 3,063 in 2008 down to 2,361 in past eight or nine years about 50 percent and 30 28.8% paign, staring down a pretty dismal 2012, and the acceptance rate has risen from has roughly $3 million available each year. GPA and looking for just about any 18.9 percent to 28.8 percent. Still, many law graduates will have accumu- 18.9%20 reason to jump ship. So, had I the However, Boger said, this does not mean that lated serious financial debt. temptation of a full-time job with a the applicant pool has become less qualified. Robert Rivera, a third-year law student, said 10 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 considerable salary at that juncture, “One of the things that we’ve had happen he entered law school expecting job opportuni- without a doubt I would have been is that we’ve strengthened the entering class DTH/CECE PASCUAL0 gone. — our bottom 25 percent of the class is much SEE LAW SCHOOL, PAGE 9 SOURCE: MICHAEL STATES, ASSISTANT DEAN FOR ADMISSIONS, UNC SCHOOL OF LAW SEE NBA DRAFT, PAGE 9 Health a≠airs moves away ‘Teach-out’ organized from tenured faculty roles for Art Pope lecture Art Pope will be speaking Art Pope is Gov. UNC is beginning to Fixed-term faculty are not eligible HEALTH AFFAIRS FACULTY Pat McCrory’s bud- for tenure and hold contracts rang- to a class on campus get director. He depend more heavily on ing from one to several years, with- has been the sub- out promise of renewal. 45 percent today at 12:30 p.m. ject of controversy fixed-term faculty. For health affairs, several reasons total fixed-term faculty at UNC for his donations — including an increase in the size By Haley Waxman to conservative and scope of the University’s medi- By Sarah Niss Staff Writer causes. Staff Writer cal center — necessitated the growth 59 percent in fixed-term faculty. fixed-term health affairs faculty Art Pope, budget director for The University is increasingly Gov. Pat McCrory, will be speaking with McCrory’s administration. relying on fixed-term rather than Accommodating for growth at UNC today — and some stu- McCrory’s 2013-14 budget pro- tenure-track faculty — particularly 60 percent dents are responding with a mes- posal includes a cut of more than in health affairs. Of all University faculty, 45 per- UNC faculty in health affairs sage of their own. $55 million to UNC-system schools. But administrators are working cent are fixed-term, while 41 percent Pope, who has been the subject The decrease would come after to make fixed-term a positive career are tenured and 13 percent are on “I don’t think we’d be able to of controversy for his large dona- a cut in 2011 of $414 million that path, offering more opportunities the tenure track. have this amount of growth in the tions to conservative causes, will caused universities to eliminate for advancement. An increase in fixed-term faculty medical school if we kept the same deliver a talk to Chairwoman of 3,000 positions and hundreds of “It’s not a them and us or two-tier has been concentrated in the health proportion of tenure-track faculty to the Faculty Jan Boxill’s Philosophy course sections. system,” said Ron Strauss, executive affairs schools. Of the current health fixed-term faculty we had 10 or 15 562 course at 12:30 p.m. “We’re trying to put a face to bud- vice provost and chief international care faculty, 59 percent are fixed- years ago,” Godley said. Various student groups have get cuts,” said Zaina Alsous, senior officer. “It’s two different types of term, compared with 51 percent in He said tenure-track faculty have organized a “teach-out” to take political science major and an orga- employment, both of which are very 2006. Only 32 percent of faculty in many responsibilities in addition to place outside of Gardner Hall dur- nizer of the teach-out. She is also a valued.” health affairs are tenured. research, treating patients and teach- ing Pope’s lecture. columnist for The Daily Tar Heel. Tenure-track positions are Paul Godley, executive associate ing — such as publishing frequently. Matt Hickson, senior business “It’s not just numbers, it’s stu- designed to lead to permanent dean for faculty affairs in the UNC Some faculty members want to major and organizer of the teach- dents who could lose access to employment. Tenure protects School of Medicine, said because both focus on one or a few areas of excel- out, said the outdoor alternate public education.” against involuntary suspension or the size of the medical center and lence, he said. class is being held to educate stu- Boxill said Pope will be speaking termination except for very specific number of patients have increased, dents about the political climate of circumstances. more clinicians are needed. SEE HEALTH AFFAIRS, PAGE 9 the state and Pope’s involvement SEE ART POPE, PAGE 9 DUKE PORTAL TO RECEIVE This day in history Today’s weather Inside OVERHAUL AFTER REVIEW APRIL 9, 1968 Sundresses. Changes are coming for the portal con- Ninety percent of UNC’s Everywhere. H 83, L 59 MINISTRY PRAYER, 24/7 necting the student unions of UNC and African-American workers Christian campus ministries have Duke. First on the list is making it more walked off the job, protesting Wednesday’s weather convenient to use by downsizing it what they called a lack of re- come together to pray for one week, Finally. We’ve hit ending Thursday.