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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE become better students." SCHOLARSHIPS continued from page 1 heavy competition from other budget demands, according to Norris. Even Leavitt's budget is meeting preliminary resistance from Utah state legislators unwilling to accept his plan to extend payment on financing. According to Ncrris, Utah has a tradition of short-terfinancing for projects like the Interstate 15 expansion that mzy cost Utah coiiege students. "The people particularly at risk are e from income families who can't quite scrape enough together to pay for their education," said Norris. The effects of financial worries like that are for universities and the people trying to succeed within them, Francis said "More scholarships attract people who otherwise could not attend a university or who might be more reluctant," said Francis. "It would allow people who current' work too much to dedicate more time and highway-e- xpansion lower-middl- - 4-- , ing source to solve the problems. Eve!i U President J. Bernard Machen has recognized thai the U's situation is not up to par. "The needs fcr financial aid are not met,1 Machen said. "Over the longer term, the best hope is probably in the funds we can raise from the private sector" said Paul Brinkman, associate vice president for budget and planning. According to the survey, the second most common reason students left the U was its large class sizes, but the third most common reason could be directly related to financial concerns as well. Twenty-seve- n percent of respondents said college was too stressful "Stress had a moderately strong 10, 2CO0 survey. The study found that an increase awards could quell a in financial-ai- d the complaints. large part of "Because financial concerns were a major reason for attending other institutions or leaving college, the institution should attempt to maxibenefits for stumize financial-aidents," the study concluded. According to the survey, social isolation and the inability to register for classes they wanted were other reasons the former U students listed. Chronicle News Writer Matt Canham contributed to this story. d (wtHERjE Goi th The Chronic 6 a S is seeking a news writer. you would like to cover the latest campus news; including events at the U Hospital, campus research If facilities, and the Hinckley Institute of Politics, and are prepared to'work hard for suitable compensation, then bring a few writing samples and a resume to Union 240 and ask for Kersten. lgUjALTiTlYl 0000 correlation with financial concerns, classes being too large, poor academ- - 6 X College too stressful ai this time 27 ' - res: ' 06, sradftink Dissatisfied with instruction 18 (44 respondents) (32 respondents) rr,fnfmrr Could net register for courses of interest 1S Star were not friendly or responsive 12 1 Did Y ic "Students are working too much and consequently are not doing so well in school" said Norris. U administrators were skeptical of the future of financial aid at the university, saying public resources are not going to be a very reliable fund- Financial concerns 37 ? performance and concerns about the quality of instruction," reads the M OH D Ay,v4AM not feel safe on campus 9 1 (22 respondents) 'i respondents) 04 respondents) 01 ' respondents) Uriiverslty of Utah studants may be leaving school after only their first semester because they don't ftavt enough monty. I k |
