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1 / The South Carolinian Library ? S' [Campus Mail smscoc^v Volume LXIV, No. 54 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. August 1 0, 1 978 use 1 nn Left to right: USC Boa By Jan Easter] Oamtcock Staff \N For the first time, the universit; mula funding under the Commissioi (CHE) formula for 1978-79. Of a $70,881,907. USC was granted $71,06^ 79. The Board of Trustees approv "According to the CHE formula, t we asked for and what we got wa USC vice president for finance, si regional and two-year campuses) Previously, the legislature looked a each budget." Bernard Daetwyler, system vie and operations, attributes the sue James B. Holderman, along with each regional campus as a whole sy was the one that put it all together. 1 knew what he wanted and hp tnlH t would give him an A plus in the functions," Daetwyler said. "In the past, the two-year and ret for their own budgets. This year we legislature," Daetwyler said. One the unified approach of the budget university, he said. o -i- /\ /\ u ua icc $71 million if II I! ' __ "... rd of Trustees Secretary Geor ting See n rlt?r . y has received full for- "The part I ion Higher Education's all worked tog i minimum request of f?r themselves 1,701 for fiscal year 1978- stood up to it. ed the budaet Friday that's mv inh his is the first time what The $71 mill s equal," Pete Denton, the General j iid. "This time we (all personal servi operated as a system, all state agenc t each campus to decide f<>r the univer The whole b e president for finance Denton said." :cess to USC President formula whicl the combined efforts of mission last i i I T ?_ / IF-IJ \ k.. mem. nc vnuiuerman; uy ui? ie was very forceful. He along with a o hem what we needed. I State Budget . handling of legislative "We appeal requests, De gional campuses lobbied was blunt and had a united front at the Holderman i key to the success was Senate Finan< being presented as one university. , "He literall) TS s approve J tops minimum reque mil!i wmmmm i . i i I | I wMKto 3^^L ^ ge Curry, Chairman Markley Dennis, USC ilated stories, pages 3 arid 5 uni^reity's 1 1 11 1 ? ? 1 pnpK 31*6, played was minimal," Holderman said. "We seVeral cat< [ether. No one was trying to get more money m0nies Re 3. We all agreed on what we wanted, and we study progr I tried to make the case for the university; penditures i , he said. The cat< ion appropriation was aDDroved Julv 25 when ?- - . - - - - - -?- researcn, a \ssembly overrode the governor s veto of the Student ces (salaries, wages and fringe benefits) for flnd maintei :ies. "That would have meant 1.5 million less "f?n* h?i ?ity," Denton said. salaries " i udget process took a little less than a year, pHurational We submitted step twelve items (of the CHE 4ni,An nllt 1 are special funding requests) to the Com- cimnftH \ugust," he said. In September a detailed rr? , , i prescribed CHE formula was submitted, opy 01 tne line item budget presented to the and Control Board. pvnwuu* t, red before the commission to defend our ' ? r mton said. "Dr. Holderman's presentation I to the point/' "The prii also appeared before a subcommittee of the money to c !e Committee to present his case for the ratio," he si use as much r didn't go before the legislature, but he had so we try to < Dudget st jBF mSSSmm** UPl liffiSllilft^^ President James B. Holderman. on campus on several occasions to explain the i position," Daetwyler said. a of the budget is appropriated according to sgories, each including general and restricted stricted monies are used for grants and work nms u/ith crnind fnurop/4 oil aIUam ? ? V....W, .* Dva>w <u QVU1Q lunmu Oil UUICI CA" and part of faculty salaries, Denton said, jgories include educational and general, cademic support, student services (including Affairs Office), institutional support, operation nance and funds not distributed. f the university dollars are spent on faculty Denton said. These monies come out of the and general category. After the salaries are ' the amount. Denton said thp rinll?r? snont fer , ,v" classified positions are taken out. taken for the graduate assistantships and work rams, then travel expenses for professional mbers. "What's left is used for supplies and wr new equipment by each department on )enton said. nary thing we look at when we allocate the lifferent departments is the student faculty aid. "Also, a philosophy department would not expense money as an engineering department, compare them in that likeness, towi "