European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Magazine w by the High Cost of College College tuition in the United states Rose drastically a often at More than twice the inflation rate a during the 1980s. Still even some insiders admit that there is academic bloat. Robert v. Lose by Fred m. Hechinger new York times Why is College so expensive in the United states the question won t go away until parents get More believable answers. A at some Point families will become sensitive to the Price Quot writes Arthur m. Hauptman. A we Are close to that Point  Hauptman is not a spokesman for disgruntled parents. On the contrary he is a consultant to the american Council on education and the College Board which together sponsored the study the College tuition spiral Macmillan publishing company. The two organizations Are insiders representing the colleges rather than outside critics. College tuition in the 1980s Rose drastically often at More than twice the inflation rate. In 1981, the Peak year the increase neared 13 percent. The study identified some reasons Why costs skyrocketed. Faculty salaries had to be raised to protect the Quality of teaching and research. In the 1970s, while colleges had to Cope with rising fuel costs health insurance and other expenses faculty members lost nearly 20 per cent of their purchasing Power. As the College age population dwindled recruiting became More important and costly and efforts to increase the number of students from minority groups added to the Cost. As Federal student Aid declined More of the tuition paid by those who could afford it had to be used for scholarships. Donald m. Stewart president of the College Board while conceding that colleges would a have to Cut Corners somewhere Quot expressed concern that a said to needy students could  colleges also Point to the High Cost of libraries and modern science equipment. Still families who Are already struggling with inflated housing costs Are less patient with explanations As the annual Cost of attending a prestige College creeps up to and beyond $20,000, and state University tuition rises As Well. Some colleges Hauptman found have begun to put brakes on tuition. He cited Harvard and Stanford which imposed hefty increases in the last decade but Are planning rises of Only 5 or 6 percent in the coming academic year. While studies conducted on behalf of the higher education establishment tend to justify or at least explain the High Price tag parents can be expected to ask whether there is any fat in the budget. One area Likely to come under scrutiny is the growth of the Campus bureaucracy. A recent report in the chronicle of higher education a weekly publication shows dramatic increases in the support staffs of colleges a by More than 100,000 people or 61 percent from 1975 to 1985. These Are people with academic degrees but without teaching or research functions. They include financial Aid Counselor specialists dealing with problems of minorities and the handicapped auditors lawyers coaches and systems analysts. They do not include executive administrative and managerial employees whose ranks also grew by 17.9 percent. In the same period the number of full time faculty grew by Only 5.9 percent and service and maintenance personnel actually declined by 4.9 percent. Student enrolment went up by about 9.5 percent. Part of the reason for the growth in managerial and support staffs administrators say is the need to comply with growing state and Federal regulations and to Cope with litigation. Others cite Many new services to students with special needs like remedial help and special counselling. Fund raising too does not come cheap president of York College in Pennsylvania told the chronicle a everybody wants to blame somebody else for their inability to control their own appetites Quot stipends for volunteerism by Beth Harris associated press students at pricey universities in the United states like notre Dame Yale and Stanford Are dishing up meals in soup kitchens counselling abused children and helping the homeless in a Domestic version of the peace corps. A enough of them have come Back and Given witness to the fact that it was a lasting experience a a said notre Dame spokesman Richard w. Conklin. Yale recently announced a program to give students $2,000 stipends for taking Community service jobs across the country each summer. A similar program began last summer at Stanford offering $1,300. Both Are based on the James Andrews summer scholars program which gives about 24 notre Dame students $1,400 each in tuition Money to pursue Public service projects. Stanford a tuition is $13,569 a year Yale s is $14,000 and notre Dame s is $11,315. While tuition stipends May be recent Campus volunteerism is not. Notre Dame students participate in Public service projects including overseas missionary work and visiting prison inmates. At Yale More than 2,000 students a year donate time As did 70 percent of Stanford a graduating seniors last year. A i do Hope it does change the image of College students of today As not just party goers Quot said sue Cunningham of notre Dames Center for social concerns which oversees the Andrews program in South Bend ind. The 9-year-old program was begun As a Memoria to Andrews an alumnus and co owner of Universal press Syndicate. It is financed with contributions from the Syndicate s Talent including a doonesbury Quot cartoonist Garry Trudeau and advice columnist Abigail Van Buren. The fund is Worth More than $350,000, according to Conklin who said he knows of no universities other than Stanford and Yale with similar programs. A last summer 94 notre Dame students participated in Public service projects and 34 were Given stipends through Andrews scholarships. Despite the Assurance of a paycheck at the end of the summer the big payoff is often emotional. In the fall the Andrews recipients gather to share stories about their summer of social work. Quot there s not a dry Eye in the House after that dinner. The stories however Brief Are very poignant Quot said Conklin whose daughter Christina spent a summer working in a Home for abused children in Minneapolis. Quot i remember my daughter saying she Learned not to ask these children where they were from because most of them did not have a Home. They were from Foster Homes and jails. It was a question they could not  notre Dame students have helped inner City youth in Cleveland counselled pregnant teens in Michigan served meals to shut ins in South Carolina and run a religious Camp for second graders in Boston s Roxbury neighbourhood. Quot its an Eye opener to Many of them Quot Conklin said. Quot these experiences take hold. It s not to a three Day dilettante in the City of Chicago Quot Stanford s program had a modest Start with three students who worked in a neighbourhood health care Center counselled families with dropouts and taught a creative arts and writing program. Quot it s clearly something that has entered the student consciousness Quot said Betty Kaplan who runs the Stanford club Community service Fellowship program Quot people feel so impotent about the problems we have if you can do anything it certainly helps Quot at Depauw a vice president Dan Quayle s Alma mater a Public service is emphasized in a program offering a fifth year of classes tuition free. Students must take a majority of their classes outside their undergraduate major pay for their room Board and books and carry a 3.2 Grade Point average the annual tuition normally is $10,550. Wednesday May 30, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 13