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But in mid-October, the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed it is investigating SLMA for possibly fraudulently trying to make itself look financially stronger than it actually is. "Unfortunately, through all these hearings, we did not hear of even a single major component of the guaranteed student loan program that is working efficiently or effectively," Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), the subcommittee's chairman said. All parties agree the student aid system's biggest problem is that so Enrollment east, said Char Davis, director of enrollment management. Overall, there has been a threepercent decline in South Carolinians between the ages of 18 and 24 years and a 15-percent decline in those between ages 25 and 34. Those between these ages make up a substantial amount of college students, Char Davis said. The stable numbers are due to an increase in transfer students and USC's above-average retention rates, Terry Davis said. About 100 more students transferred in the fall of 1990 than in the fall of 1989. The numbers jumped from 776 in 1989 to 884, she said. Also, the national retention rate FOOTBALL I I rpniTmnivr JL iiXJLI KJ XL X v/1 1 the vs USC Game 22,1990 House Nov. 5, iy, Nov. 7 ly, Nov. 8 4 PM the SIU vs. USC >utcd on the same pick up tickets for Cleaners take I ur shoulders ii Silks, and r undered shirts pus tion nearest you! 2030 mbly St. ? FF ANY INCOMING CLEANING ORDER >0 or more w/coupon. JO COPIES PLEASE rom page 1 Smith said. Oil prices are presently 50 percent higher than they were before Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. If oil prices remain at that rate, there will be an impact on electricity. Although South Carolina Electric & Gas does not bum oil, they dc use coal, and the price of coal will go up as more people begin to use it aftpr tnrnino awav frnm hiffh m*. ?" ?J -0-" priced oil. However, electricity is a regu lated utility that has to go througl a public service process to raist i page 1 many college loans are not beinj repaid. Last year, the government gav< $2.4 billion to banks to cover loan that students failed to repay. Ordi narily, the money would have goiK to students to help pay tuition. Observers, however, disagree ab out who's to blame for the high de fault rate. Some blame unscrupulous trade schools that, to help students pay them, simply secure federal loans for students regardless of the student's ability to repay. Others have blamed college ac/ Continued from page 1 for large public universities (74 percent) falls short of USC, which retained 78.4 percent of the fresh men in 1988. In 1989, this retention number rose to 79.8 percent, Char Davis said. USC's University 101 class is one of the main reasons for the above-average retention rates, she said. "There has been research done ... and there is clear evidence that it (University 101) makes a difference," she said. But initially attracting students and keeping them are two differeni things. "We have been able to maintair our enrollment levels despite tougher admission standards, inMii;mnrn Hi ^ 5^1 IS^iijp^ m^g rates. Smith said this process generally takes six months, i Tuition for next year should inl crease by about the cost of infla\ tion, Smith said. Last year, the Consumer Price Index, which indi: cates how much people pay for > things such as gas, food and housl ing, went up 4.6 percent, and tui> tion went up 4.58 percent. "Raising tuition 4.58 percent allowed us to stay more or less even," Smith said. "We would ? hope to have a moderate tuition in> crease, certainly no more than 7 crediting agencies, Congress and students themselves. i Many educators blame the Educa5 tion Department for radically changing its philosophy in 1981 when it i switched the college aid program from emphasizing grants, which do not have to be repaid, to student loans. Even responsible students, the educators argue, would have trouble 5 repaying the kind of debt the departr ment's new policy would pile on ; them. "We have relied on loans when we should have relied on grants," said Terrel Bell, who served as seccreasing tuition and the smaller i number of traditional college-age students (those right out of high school)," Terry Davis said. About 15 percent of the applicants this fall were rejected, compared to 6.5 percent before the fa culty adopted the more stringent ; academic standards two years ago, she said. As a result of the increase in standards, high school students i will need 16 courses in areas such as math, English, laboratory sci; ence, foreign language and social l sciences, Char Davis said. Before, students were required t to take 20 courses, but they were i much less specific concerning electives, foreign language and k ml H&. .jjjjjmT iLgfjji what is justified by inflation." He said the university is hoping for an increase in state appropriations from the higher education formula. If tuition does go up more than inflation, Smith would like to see the academic program improved.-* However, with rising utility costs, any extra income might be needed to pay heating and utility bills. "We're going to try very hard to keep tuition fee increases in the fu-" . ture at or below the rate of infla tion," Smith said. retary of education when the change was made. "It was a constant struggle" to get' funding for the programs, Bell said. "Because of those budgetary pressures, we went to loans. Policywise, it was not a good thing to do." "The bad guys are the ones defaulting," said Chester Finn, a former Education Department appointee who helped shape the new policy at the advent of the Reagan administration. Blaming the department is "like blaming the New York cops for crime. It's not their fault," he said. math, she said. Last year the university adopted a grade requirement of "C" in each of the courses. USC is the only college in the state that has this re quirement, <~nar uavis saia. In looking at the entire USC system, only two other USC branches, Coastal Carolina (down .5 percent) and USC Sumter (down 5.8 percent), saw a decline in enrollment while enrollment numbers increased for the other branches. They are USC Aiken (up 12.6 percent), USC Spartanburg (up 2.3 percent), USC Beaufort (up 2.2 percent), USC Lancaster (up 5.7 percent), USC Salkehatchie (up 13.7 percent) and USC Union (up 8.9 percent). 3a?.^WBBBigSasE^Safe. %. |H^H ^HflH I A