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laboratories where scientists have
ongoing projects, Smith said.
Another way for the university
to save money is to leave some
employee positions open.
"We're not going to break any
contracts, tire people or lay people
off. If somebody were to leave, we
might hold that position vacant,"
Smith said.
Although electricity could be a
major expense down the road, "the
big impact on us overwhelmingly
is in the area of natural gas, not
electricity, at least this fiscal year,"
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HEAF's troubled loans.
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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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).
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