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Show Planning dept. wrestles with schools fUBl! . .,..:,., r nnp Ranee Planning program has department .u,, . department, the Urttf compensation J- Monso" Pyed anil ln .grading the-g'ving the-g'ving them acuity J privileges and disc ": of few colleges thatj' training pr0grara assistants. They not , financial connpe ; additional training T influence them tovvar I teachers. Mr. Springmeyei : University played Jtt' role to a corporation ir resources. Long Range Planning program has been instrumental in advising the Coordinating Council in research problems relating to the state economy and how research and development benefit the state.. The Long Range staff also .reported to the University Blue Ribbon Committee on additional revenues, which was sent to the government. It is also involved in promoting the University of Utah and analyzing and criticizing current goals, i.e. work load of teachers, student credit hours, projection of budgets. Compensation Mr. Springmeyer noted that prior to the Long Range Planning their education at the University, n 964 a survey was taken of the p 100 universities in the Un, States, and Utah was rated a little above the median. , Director Springmeyer pointed out, that in conjunction with the University's national rating, Utan colleges are monetarily 30 percent below the national average. inis means the University is either more efficient or the students are brighter," he said. "The question is if the University of Utah had funds comparable to the national average, would our school be the M.I.T. of the West?" Instrumental for U Instigated by President Fletcher shortlv after he took office, the BY SHEILA WOLF Staff Writer Student enrollment is expected to increase to 27,000 by 1978 a 75 percent grow'! according to director of Long nge Planning, Harry B. Springmeyer. Projecting future activity of the University and upgrading the number of services to meet student needs represents conflicting goals. "The aim of the University," said Mr. Springmeyer, "is to keep education as a right rather than as a privilege." But, with rising enrollment faculty ratios drop. To off-set this, tuition andor standards must be increased, which ultimately prevents some students from seeking a higher education at the University. Graduation is difficult It is much easier to enter the University than it is to enter Brigham Young, but graduation from the University is more difficult. Fifty-one percent of all students in Utah working on graduate degrees are receiving |