Show Pit 91 c W lu H ff Legislature By A Majority Majori y Becomes Becomes' Effective 60 Days After The Close Of The Legislature Sessi Session n On February Will Be Re-Named Re V Effective April Is Utah Tech soon to be re named re-named Salt Lake Community College too large too small or just right The State Board of Regents has has' designated it the growth institution for forthe forthe forthe the Wasatch Front S Some ine informed observers are predicting student enrollments of by the turn of the century By almost every standard Utah Technical College at Salt Lake is a alean a alean lean lean efficient operation Without crimping on quality it costs less to educate students at for their first two years of college life than at most institutions And its it's more efficient cost too to furnish adult upgrade training in ip coll colleges and universities set up for that purpose than it is for b business iness and industry to organize special training departments As a community college Utah Tech has as th the stature facilities and faculty to ac accommodate the needs of high school graduates adult students and disadvantaged ged and the university- university w J. J n d Ve ni We are are the realism of 1987 tight belt ning We will have cut at least 9 percent this current year from our original budget says Dr OD Carnahan president of the two- two year school But you cant can't lop off budget points percentage-points forever he notes Particularly if you are already lr ady lean For 39 years we have prided ourselves on being financially prudent by not spending more than was necessary for effective instruction The truth is that in tight budget years like the present we are penalized for our m many any years of t efficiency Now what would the people of Uta Utah recommend e when more students i desire to come to the college There is after all allin an obligation to to accommodate them to to give their thein opportunities opportunities' to have a competitive educated future The predicted once-predicted Great Enrollment nt Drop has has- not note materialized Nationwide there are more students student in higher education than even last year In Utah many young people want a college education And adults struggling to hold their employment require more technical training In spite of very tough financial times in my opinion we have to keep up educational funding for ourselves as working adults and for our children The future of the state of Utah without its well well educated educated labor force and work ethic could well be bea a swift plunge into an abyss of |