The SINCE 1916 VOLUME 76, NO. 6 PIZZA'S HERE, GUESS WHO'S COmI OCTOBER 7, 1988 UC" i93a Tuition at the Ten Toi „ Universities Rice jumps up to ninth LIBRA! in national, yearly poll $15,000 the Houston Chronicle, "Especially in by Harlan Howe view of the underrepresentation of $12,500 - institutions from the Southwest, we In its annual survey, U.S. News are gratified to be on a list of leading and World Report ranked Rice Uni- national universities." versity ninth in the "Big Schools" Rice is the only college or univer- category, up from fourteenth last sity in the top 19 with tuition less than $10,000 - year and fifteenth the year before. $10,000. Only 23-ranked University Rice was not listed in the top 25 of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had national colleges for reputation. a tuition less than that of Rice from A change in the rating system the top 25 schools. $7,500 - may be the reason for the higher The results in the survey for repu- rank. tation are much different Rice does In the article, Rice is included in not place in the top 25-reputed col- the "National Universities" group, leges rated by officials at 345 col- Z~A which includes "204 schools, includ- leges. $5,000 - ing Harvard, Yale, and Stanford." The survey this year is based on Ratings are based on selectivity, "objective data to quantify a school's faculty, reputation, and retention of performance," U.S.News said. The students. Rice placed just behind "objective data" used to determine $2,500 - Dartmouth and Columbia Universi- ranks, however, includes such quali- ties, but well ahead of Duke, Brown, ties as average SAT scores, faculty and Cornell Universities. wages, and the library budget per . -«r ° Jones College senior Lance student. I O a ' vv Benedict said,"I just don't think One big suprise was that Stanford m we're going to unseat any of the top University, which was number one Yale I Cal Tech | MIT | Dartmouth | Rice I Ivy League schools—or MIT and last year, fell to number six, just Princeton Harvard Stanford Columbia U. Chicago CalTech in the near future, but top three tantilizing places ahead of ten is quite a rank." Rice. RANK (ONE THROUGH TEN, LEFT TO RIGHT) The report said, "Rice scored The top rankings were: number particularly high because of its low one, Yale University, two, Princeton student-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 and its University; three, Cal Tech; four, skill at seeing a large portion of its Harvard. Rupp approves budget increase for CSC freshmen—88 percent—through to Hanszen College freshman Ed graduation in four years." Cutrell said,"I'm not really con- vided by the CSC as his highest pri- has been increased by 150 percent Rice was placed in the top five for cerned about it It's interesting, but I by Lorraine Snyder ority. To this end, about eleven per- over what it had been in the previ- resources in the national colleges, really never felt that those rankings cent of the budget increase was allo- ously approved budget Sanborn along with the California Institute of were all that indicative of the impor- President George Rupp approved cated to the development and pro- said he felt an increased phone Technology, Harvard, Princeton, tance of a college." a proposal Thursday, September 29 duction of Career News, a bi- budget was necessary to follow upon and Yale Universities. Stebbings said, "We're going to to nearly triple the Career Services monthly newsletter informing stu- mass mailings and to make more Vice President for Student Affairs continue to get better. I think, in fact, Center's operating budget for the dents about the new facilities, work- personal contacts with potential re- Ronald Stebbings said, "I think that that many of the universities on this 1988-89 school year. shops, and counseling now available. cruiters. we should be very pleased that our list have occupied a position of pre- Assistant to the President Carl The newsletter includes a sched- The increase in phone costs ac- name is associated with those that eminence for many decades. I think MacDowell said ,"The approval was a ule of workshops and company pres- counts for about nine percent of the represent, unquestionably in my that it is true to say that we probably result of our having hired a new entations, as well as short articles on budget increase. judgement, the best universities in have not. I think that we are moving undergraduate Career Services Di- career planning and job hunting. Sanborn plans to attend national the country, and I think we rightly into this group in a more certain way. rector, a^d of that individual giving Career News is written and pro- meetings to give presentations about are numbered amongst them..." We can only improve relative to the us a good idea of what improvements duced entirely by the Career Center. Rice. President George Rupp said to others." were needed." Another eleven percent of the "Representation at these national John Evans, former Director of budget increase went to the develop- meetings is good for the school s Career Planning and Placement, had ment of an alumni newsletter. This reputation with other schools and submitted the original CSC budget publication will feature full-time job employers. Personal contact is just last November. At the time, the listings, listings of seniors looking so much more effective than commu- administration had already ap- for full-time jobs upon graduation, nicating by mail or phone," Sanborn proved an increase from the previ- and short articles about job opportu- said. ous year of approximately twenty nities. He said he plans to attend a con- percent The largest increases in the ference in San Antonio in May. He New CSC Director Bob Sanborn budget went to communication be- said he also plans trips to the North- said he believed CSC needed a much tween the career office and recruit- east, targeting the Boston, New York larger budget than had been ap- ers. Mass mailings to potential em- and Washington, D.C. areas, where proved. An ad hoc committee ployers about Rice students account he will contact some of the connec- formed last year by President Rupp for twenty-three percent of the tions he made through the Columbia and headed by Professor of Psychol- budget increase. career office. The travel allowance in ogy Robert Dipboye had come to the Sanborn said he thought these the newly incremented budget is same conclusions. mailings were especially important. twice what it had been previously but "Rice's career office was not even These mailings will be sent to still less than at many other schools. Dr. Bill Wilson suitable for a community college. I employers who may have over- One of the greatest handicaps came here with a commitment to looked Rice, or who may have been under which the placement office make Rice's career office one of the recruiting in only a few departments. SEE CSC, PAGE 7 top in the country. We'll hopefully Also, we'll be contacting employers U. Council to change make a lot of changes, most of which all over the country. It's important for would not be possible without this students to have national options for ESPERANZA budget increase," Sanborn said. employment, rather than being re- 1990 spring calendar In deciding how large a budget stricted to areas where Rice is well increase was necessary and which known," Sanborn said. The RPC needs your by Megan Dixon layed its decision because the issues items on the budget needed the A third newsletter about Rice input on Esperanza. of foundation courses and the coher- greatest attention, Sanborn drew on students will be produced once a ent minor claimed its attention. his experience at Columbia Univer- semester and sent to national em- See the survey. The University Council rejected Last year the committee returned sity and Emory University place- ployers. The career office also plans Page 3 foreign language requirements for to the question of a language require- ment offices and consulted Associ- to develop a brochure about recruit- graduation, changed the academic ment. Language tests administered ate Director Lyn Phillips. ing possibilities to send to employ- calendar, proposed a new medieval to freshmen this fall and last fall were "Lyn has been'here all along. She ers. The production of these two studies major, and required that part of data-gathering efforts by the knew what the problems were and newsletters accounts for about fif- second-bachelor's degree candi- ad hoc committee. has been the only one working to- teen percent of the budget increase. dates continue previous academic The ad hoc committee offered a ward a solution to them. Without Lyn The project may not be com- FINE ARTS records at the Wednesday, Septem- proposal to the Undergraduate Cur- and Joint Venture, the budget in- pleted until after the fall recruiting ber 28 meeting. riculum Committee. The committee crease never would have happened," period. While the newsletters are Rice drama professor Council Secretary and Vice Presi- rejected the proposal as presented, Sanborn said. printed out by CSC using the office dent for Undergraduate Affairs as did the University Council at the The ad hoc committee on the Macintosh computer, the brochure Sandy Havens Ronald Stebbings said the Under- Wednesday meeting. CSC had made recommendations may need to be printed outside of the celebrates 25 years with graduate Curriculum Committee The proposal would have re- about the budget based on a study of office.