| Show Thursday October 17 1991 The Eagle - Page 2 CEU stronger visited by NAC More funding sought for faculty & staff A College of Eastern Utah President Michael Petersen recently submitted a $98 million 1992-9- 3 proposal for the Price and San Juan campuses and the Moab Center to the Board of Regents area that CEU is seeking additional funding for is salary increases for faculty and staff "Faculty members need to be adequately compensated" Petersen said "Salaries at CEU continue to be far lower than at comparison institutions: our salaries are 337 percent below average and total compensation is 252 percent below average" he said "In fact no member of our faculty— regardless of their credentials or years of experience— even reaches the average for our comparison group" During the past five years the college has committed significant internal resources to improve faculty salaries But despite these institutional efforts our faculty salaries are for lower than they should be Petersen said CEU and other higher education institutions are requesting a six percent salary raise staff and faculty plus and additional three percent for faculty only "The salary increase will signifi-candy improve our competitive position” Petersen said Othcr areas that have fallen significantly behind in funding are instructional student services and in- stitulional support areas which have received no in- creases in their operating budgets for at least six years During this time the Consumer Price Index has increased 25 percent "As a result" Petersen ex- plained "a department with a $1000 operating budget in 1985 would be able to purchase the equivalent of only $753 in supplies in 1991" In many areas price increases have been much more dramatic For exam- pie many chemicals and other science laboratory supplies have undergone price increases of several hundred percent in the last several years Petersen added A four percent increase is being requested for operating budgets one-tim- expend- - e itures to upgrade cwrentfmcilitaes and programs 14-yc- per m-bud- get ex-O- ne full-tim- 25-yea- rs- or rd m "If of personal without increased funding for a(Mitional faculty and facilities" attention ' "The libraries on both campuses are signifi- cantly lacking in collections the library collection on the San Juan campus is critically below standard" Petersen said The library on the CEU campus desper- need motto profusion! librarian he sided ildy -We opawalibiiy for ova 2000 students with neuty 40000 bode sud 260 periodicals with only oaepofadlitariananllmclerialworixn ““ The College of Eastern Utah recently completed the 213-parequired for the accreditation of the college CEU must go through the accreditation process every 10 years A copy of the report was sent to each member of the accreditation team from the Northwest Association of Colleges which gives accreditation to colleges from the northwest slates "It is an impressive piece of work that reflects the involvement of almost every faculty member and several staifT members" President Michael Petersen said The project started four years ago and involved several people on campus who evaluated and reported on departments programs and services "CEU is stronger than it has ever been I am confident the accreditation team will reaffirm the accreditation" he said "CEU has made several improvements in the past 10 years but there are still areas we need to work on" Petersen said The libraries on both the Price and San Juan campuses are lacking in adequate collections and professional staff The San Juan campus needs major improvements he said "One area we are most concerned about is the lack ge self-stud- y of a well-defin- ed have attracted an commg Sroraother ? mu Vice-Preside- — Editor nt self-stud- Guido Rachiele Checker Board comprehensive way to assess student learning" Petersen said "We need a better system to determine how well students do when they leave us he Groceries 90th south 1st West lhours9AM-8FMM-- "We do have an excellent educational program with a qualified instructional staff that reflects the Sl andlOAM-5FmSu- n 300 including foreign counmei tawsbodninslicilly HI teased he sud n j Complete line of books and Teaching Supplies WALTON BOOKS 1187 East Main If if SMlll II (Castle Rock Square) PIIM Mao Wobator EdltormmWondv Mattingly Nlolson K Art A Entortalnmont San Juan Sports Two facilities have been added lo the utilities costs end maintenance by JJjj® campus increasing $51300 annually AdvortlalngmBrandlo Jonaon Carol Sommers Petersen explained that enrollment at CEU has Murray Mlohollo Troanor WrltorsHMollnda Arrington increased over 200 percent in the past 15 yean and Jacklo Loyba Valorlo 5Jtonl Snlhurowych significant growth is projected for the next several of $572 Ubemgftqutsadlo cover increased costs caused by an increasing ifludcntbody jg9 Esgts It tht o ftleisl student publication ot enGElTs area tht Colitgt of Eastern Utah and it printsd onry One unprecedented impacted by o thtr Thursday fall winter and spring quartan each roUment growth has been the cost of educating EdltorMRIehsrd Salts S Servlet £Jdmnfiolt cJluusic pr student to the Utah System of Higher Education sdmlnlitrstlon tseulty students or staff Tho e Petersen said "That year our annualized Eagls offlco Is looatsd In room 1S4 of tho enannualized Our 543 was Computsr Buslnsss Building equivalent ervoUment rollmeflt last year was lj684 and increase of 210 perfull-tim- HMaHiBHMWBi —J i— — -- iiiustratlonaMontl ytnAloll to try and increase the pool of minority applicants for our faculty positions" he said The accreditation team visited campus October 8 through 10 One team member visited the San Juan Campus October 7 While on campus each team member had a specific area to investigate Team members interviewed family staff students and administration during their visit The final results of the accreditation study will be announced at the Northwestern Accreditation Conference in December President Michael Petersen and Academic Robert Torgerson will attend the conference to be held in Reno Nev "We don't anticipate any problems” Torgerson said "We are stronger now in our programs than ever and the faculty and student body are growing he said "The people who who were y involved in the did a "We said be should he great job” proud of what we accomplished" "Excellent academic standards said 1“ being installed in the library is especially tmpor-- opinion tanL accreditation team last week increasing number of students from the Wasatch Front Uintah Basin and other areas of the stale as well as students from outside of the state" he said In diversity of the student popula1984 less than 50 students attending CEU were from tion" he said "Although we need Typically colleges with libraries this size require three professional librarians and additional clerical and part-tim- e support” he said Also technical expertise tern ar penditures per student have fallen over 44 percent in constant dollars" he said "CEU now has lower e equivalent student than all of penditures per the universities and our costs are essentially the same as Dixie and Snow colleges" he explained "However" President Petersen warned "if en- roUment continues to expand CEU will not be able to maintain its fundamental character of small classes and personal attention without increased funding for additional faculty and facilities "We serve a diverse group of people" he said "A large portion of our students are in the old and older age group Many of these students have families and are working or unemployed and arc seeking better or different job skills" he said Nearly 45 percent of CEU students are enrolled in applied technology programs such as mining and nursing "We have a deeper involvement with area businesses and industry because we are aggressive in offering vo-fcational and technical programs” Petersen said CEU training provides specialized and specific short-terneeded by area businesses he said "CEU has established an excellent nursing pro- gram and we are particularly proud of our new Associate Degree Nursing program In 1990 after the program had been offered for only one year all stu- dents successfully passed the state licensure examina- dons and this spring the program was folly accredited in the shortest time possible by the National league of Nursing" Petersen explained "The academic transfer program at CEU has long been recognized for its excellence in preparing students to succeed at the baccalaureate level" he said "Evidence of this quality is provided by the fact that since 1983 every student who has completed the pre-medical program at CEU and has sought entrance to a medical school has been admitted" he said The na- tional average for students being accepted into medical school is only about 30 percent whic have a enrollment continues to expand CEU 100 solid percent will not be able to maintain its fundamental said he character small classes and across-the-boa- The budget request includes over $666000 for cenL During thai period our expenditures student have declined 39 percent and our lax fund Sound 10 student discount t Vi ' iteaitimmitreet PNCSJJUHMOI "We specialize in repair of al instruments” |
