Published by the Office of University Relations Sangamon State University Springfield, Illinois 62708 VOLUME 5, NUMBER I JUL Y 20, 1976 GOVERNOR SIGNS SSU BUDGET BILL Governor Walker has approved the bill which of Higher Education include the provision that any includes funding for Sangamon State while at the program offered at an off-campus location must same time exercising a reduction veto to lessen the receive approval from the BHE if students will be amount appropriated to the university. able to complete their program major for a degree The governor's reduction veto brings the level of at that location. SSU's funding down to that which he recom- This recommendation comes as a result of the mended in his original March budget message. This tremendous growth and increasing variety in action is consistent with actions which the off-campus instruction since it was first undertaken governor has taken on bills which fund most of the more than 80 years ago. In the past, extension rest of higher education in Illinois. courses and other off-campus instruction have The appropriation for Sangmon State provides generally not been subjected to review and $10.3 million, an increase of $396,400 over last coordination by the BH E. The staff report suggests year's funding level. that such program coordinat~onand approval is a The increase in the budget will allow 2% percent statutory function of the board. for general salary increases plus an additional 2 The BHE will take action at its September percent for pay plan and exempt civil service meeting, following receipt of comments from employees. Also to be funded out of the increased interested persons. funds are increases in the cost of commodities, The report points out that off-campus credit utilities and other materials and services purchased instruction has been a component of post- by the university. secondary education since the 1880s. It details the The budget approved by Walker does not growth of off campus instruction through each include any money for new programs at the successive stage and outlines the increasing university this year. importance that off-campus instruction has in fulfilling the educational needs of the state's citizens. BHE REPORT EXAMINES The report is motivated by two concerns in its SII?gest.ans regarding off-campus study. They are OFF-CAMPUS (I) p avlr:ing opportunities at off-campus locations ro mcer people's needs and (2) minimizing INSTRUCTION unnecessary duplication of off-campus courses and progran offerings. The Board of r gher Education has been as~t.A The report states that "Off-campus enroll- to place off-ca,npus instruction at publrc ments have increased dramatically in the past ten institutions of higher education in the state under years." Off campus enrollments have grown from closer scrutiny and coordination. 11,000 In 1965 to 102,000 in 1975. The 1965 At its July meeting, the board received a staff off-campus offerings amounted to 3.5 percent of report and nine recommendations concerning the total state enrollment and by 1975 off-campus off-campus instruction. enrollments had increased to 15.7 percent of the The recommendations submitted to the Board state's total. At SSU in the Fall of 1975, 406 people were Service program granted thirty B.A. degrees. enrolled solely in off-campus classes, according to The greatest number of M.A. degrees granted the university's office of institutional research. was 38 in the Human Development Counseling Credit hours generated in off-campus classes program. account for 9.5 percent of SSU's total credit hour The c,;~ring 1976 graduates bring the total generation. number oi .legree-holding SSU alumni to just over In the fall of 1975 the university offered courses 3,000 peopie. in nine cities other than Springfield. They ranged from Alton to Moline and from Pekin to Taylorville. The greatest number of courses were ELEblENTS WILL offered on the campus of Illinois Central College in East Peoria. PROVIDE ENERGY FOR The BHE report indicates that it is increasingly more common for people studying off-campus to COMMUNITY COLLEGE earn a complete degree at an off-campus location. Off-campus credit hours were once recorded on BUILDING transcripts with special marks indicating where they were earned. This practice has decreased as Construction has begun on a new Lincoln Land off-campus and on-campus instruction have be- Community College building which will rely come more similar. heavily on the sun and the wind for its energy. In studying off-campus programs the board staff At its last meeting the LLCC Board of Trustees has found that 70 percent of the off-campus credit let contracts totaling more than $100,000 for hours are earned at the graduate level, and that two construction of a 4000 square foot horticulture thirds of these hours are in the education center. The building will incorporate solar energy professions. It is this program area which is most in its heating and cooling system and utilize a likely to have unnecessary duplication. The staff windmill for the generation of electricity. also found that duplication occurs more frequently The center will provide classroom and green- in counties with large population centers. The house space for the community college's new report concludes that there is little, if any, horticulture program. The use of solar energy for heating buildings has duplication of lower division courses. been studied at Sangamon State. The dome at the In addition to requiring program approval for day care center has served as an experimental solar off-campus instruction, the recommendations also energy project site for some time. suggest that the BHE review incidences of course The Lincoln Land building will be the first duplications and study the cost of off-campus permanent structure utilizing wind and solar locations; that the board direct institutions to energy in this area. Engineers have designed the collaborate with other post-secondary institutions heating and cooling plant in the building so that it which serve a community in which they are can use either conventional or solar energy. College interested in providing off-campus instruction; and engineer Ed Long estimates that the sun may that institutions should provide off-campus stu- supply over 70 percent of the energy needed to dents with access to support services and should seek to use existing community facilities as heat and cool the building. The wind generator will provide electricial locations for instruction. power on days that the wind blows, and they are frequent. In fact, Long suggests that an arrange- 380 DEGREES GRANTED ment with City Water, Light and Power may be negotiated which will allow the college to sell the SPRING SEMESTER utility extra electricity generated. thus lowering the school's $400,000 plus utility bill. The office of the registrar has announced that Plans call for the structure to be completed this 380 degrees were granted by Sangamon State at fall. the end of the spring semester. A total of 209 people received B.A. degrees, and 171 received M.A. degrees. In the group of B.A. recipients there were 116 males and 93 females. In the group of M.A. recipients there were 75 females and 96 males. The greatest number of B.A. degrees granted in a single program was thirty. Both the Management program and the Child, Family, and Community central Illinois, is part of a rural life center owned The upcoming Regents meeting at SSU will by the Sangamon State University Foundation. include the seating of new student board members The Clayville Center incorporates a museum, craft for one-year terms. Representing SSU will be shops and a gracious country restaurant on a site DOUG KAMHOLZ, who takes the place of 12 miles west of Springfield on Illinois Route 125. LILLIAN SMITH ...When GOV. JIMMY CARTER Old time music and refreshments will be offered spoke at SSU last winter he was one of so many to persons who step into the atmosphere of a Democratic hopefuls that most on campus are simpler time during the Friday night candlelight surprised to know he was even here... BOB tour. DWORAK was recently re-elected to the board of directors of the Hope School. He will continue to serve as the chairperson of the school finance committee. The school is a non-profit institution WSSR for the education of blind, multiply handicapped children ...WALT JOHNSON will have an article PROGRAM published in the journal The Family Coordinator published in conjunction with the National Council on Family Relations. His topic is the need for a NOTES national center tor the study of divorce. It will Afternoon Format appear in the January 1977 issue. The Family The new program "Illinois Afternoon", which is Coordinator has an interdisciplinary approach and heard Monday through Friday from 1:00 to 4:00 deals with matters pertaining to the family ...JOHN p.m ., features classical music, arts reports, MILLER recently discussed the COPE child interviews and much more. Al Brasher is the host. advocacy project as a panel member before the Up-coming on Illinois Afternoon: Child Care Association of Illinois. Miller serves as project director of the joint SSU-Department of Wednesday July 21, 1976 - "The Sound of Family Services program. Spain" Exploring the music inspired by Spanish folklore as it was treated by other European CANDLELIGHT TOUR composers of the 1800s. Thursday July 22, 1976 - "Music of R. Schumann, Saint-Saens, and Richard Strauss" SCHEDULED FRIDAY Part of a series devoted to an exploration of the foremost composers of the classical repertoire. NIGHT Folk Music A step back to the days before electric signs and On Sunday, July 25, at 1:00 p.m.