Buck Predicts Tuition Rise Next Fall

College tuition will jump next fall, Provost Buck indicated last night.

While final action must await a meeting of the Corporation on April 5, the CRIMSON estimated yesterday that tuition increases for undergraduates will approximate $110 per academic year, and that fees in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will also rise.

"In the budget (of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences), which has been drawn up for presentation to the Corporation," the Provost stated, "preliminary figures show a deficit of about $651,000 for next year, and that would seem to indicate that some increase in tuition is very definitely in line."

Necessity for the first such rise in 20 years, the Provost explained, results from two conditions:

1. The rising cost of living has steadily boosted building maintenance and operation expenses, and has also necessitated recent salary adjustments for teachers.

The Provost has sent back many departmental budgets for revision in an "internal economy" move, but further budget slashes are not feasible because they would "cut into the quality of the education." A predicted deficit of $350,000 in Faculty accounts this year will "almost wipe out the departmental balance," accumulated over five years.

2. Decreased enrollment next year will drastically reduce total revenue, since the Faculty "depends more on tuition income than on endowments." College registration will roll back to 5100 next fall and 4700 next spring in an effort to reduce the drain on teaching facilities.

Commenting on widespread tuition hikes in other universities over since the close of World War II, the Provost remarked, "These universities are in no better a position than we are, and they have already played their card. Now what are they going to do when enrollment drops?"

"We have tried to put this off as long as possible," the Provost said, "and we hoped we could keep tuition down when the enrollment dropped . . . But the deficit is so large that a tuition increase will have to be made."