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Unexpected Drop in Black Enrollment Campus Digest News Service Black enrollment in five Southern states has declined unexpectedly and hampered ef forts to desegregate public colleges. The decline was noted in desegregation reports filed with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by state university systems in Arkansas, Flordia, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Virginia. The decline followed a nation wide pattern revealed last spring by Census Bureau statistics. The bureau reported that from the fall of 1977 to the fall of 1978, the number of black students dropped from 1,103,000 to 1,020,000. This decline of 7.5 per cent was the first since 1973. Predominantly black colleges and community colleges were the institutions most affected by the decrease. But, many of the states’ predominantly white four-year colleges also fell short of their goals for increasing black enrollment. The largest percentage decline was reported in Flordia where the number of black undergraduates fell by eight percent. The predominantly white four-year colleges reported a slight in crease in black enrollment, but Flordia A & M University, the state's only traditionally black in- s.titution, reported a decrease of more than 200 students. The states were, however, generally optimistic about their desegregation efforts. There have been increases in white enrollment at predominantly black colleges, and there are also plans to increase appropriations and improve programs at these institutions. However, some predominantly white institutions fell short of minority hiring goals set out by the desegregatic t plans. Some of the states reported that the enrollment and hiring shortages were not very im portant since this was only the fir st year of desegregation. The states will know if they have complied with federal desegregation requirements after officials in the Office for Civil Rights review the reports. The reports are also being checked by the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, which has already raised the possibility that Flordia may have violated the federal civil rights laws. The question arose after Flordia enacted a new law last summer authorizing the modification of admission and graduation requirements. The defense fund also asked H.E.W. to investigate what it calls the “clustering of minority students and staff’ at some of the satellite facilities at Flordia’s multi-campus colleges. The desegregation plans were approved by H.E.W.’s Office for Civil Rights during 1978 and early 1979. Spel man Spotlight March 28, 1980 Page 7 Keith Harriston Receives Newspaper Fund Scholarship MBA doesn't necessarily mean a better paying job By RYHAAN SHAH Campus Digest News Service Gaining an MBA degree may not be such a sure-fire way of getting a top-paying job during the coming years. True, starting salaries for MBA’s rose by about 10 percent last year to a median range of $20,000 to $22,000, accordng to the Association for MBA Executives. But, employees anticipate a recession, and with a recession, employer demand for graduate students drops because they cost more than new recruits with bachelor degrees. Added to this, the growth of new MBA programs during the 1970’s has expanded the supply of graduates. Where in 1970 there were only 21,325 MBA’s, that number is estimated to rise to 52,000 by the end of this year. Some educators and employers see trouble ahead. “You may find MBA’s driving taxicabs,’’ says George Valsa, supervisor of college recruiting at Ford Motor Co. Last year, Ford cut its MBA hiring from 500 in 1978 to only 250. Valsa says that the question of a further cut in their MBA hiring will depend entirely on the country’s economy. Eugene Jennings, a Michigan State University professor foresees a glut of MBA’s in the job market. He says that a recession will cause companies to cut their MBA hiring by at least 25 per cent this year. General Motors Corp. expects not only to cut its MBA hiring from 175 to 150 this year, but will recruit MBA’s from the top 30 to 40 schools. Michael Michalek, GM’s recruiting administrator says, “I think we’ll be more selective because we’ll be recruiting a smaller number.” This trend will also be followed by other employers who intend to concentrate on the best schools such as Harvard, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Chicago. However, starting salaries of even these graduates may rise slower than they did in the past. Employment of MBA’s may be further hurt by the fact that they are often hired into training positions where they may not start contributing to the company for several months. As Ford’s Mr. Valsa points out, while Ford cannot help but recruit engineers, “the same won’t be true of business-degree holders.” Even with just a slowdown in MBA hiring during a recession, a glut could develop. Frank Mangus, director of executive placement at Amax Inc. says, “The business schools are going to turn out a surfeit of MBA’s.” Many recruiters are already demanding prior working ex perience, not just an MBA, for- positions in their junior-executive corps. While MBA hiring is getting more selective and demanding, some MBA programs may also be facing survival problems. Only 134, or 27 per cent, of graduate-level business schools are accredited by the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. Warnings have come from educators that too many Keith A. Harriston, a senior Journalism major at Morehouse, has recently won a scholarship from the Newspaper Fund, an organization that promotes the interests of journalism among un dergraduate students. The scholarship is for graduate study at any institution Mr. Harriston decides to attend. Also, this sum mer (1980), he will intern as a reporter with the WALL STREET JOURNAL in New York City. Mr. Harriston currently serves the student body of Morehouse as Editor of THE MAROON TIGER (the student newspaper). During the time he has served as editor, THE MAROON TIGER has won five awards from the Georgia College Press Association, including first place for “best campus and community service” and third place for “best campus and community news”. Mr. Harriston individually won two thrid place awards for “best objective news story” and “best review.” In addition to his editorship of THE MAROON TIGER, Mr. Harriston has been very active in extracurricular affairs at the College. He is a member of the Society of Collegiate J ournalists; the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists; is a member of the National Dean’s List; and is a member of the Honor Roll and Dean s List at Morehouse (he carries a 3.56 grade point average out of a possible 4.00) Mr. Harriston is the recipient of a Ralph McGill Scholarship; a Summer Study Abroad Scholar ship; and worked as an intern in the office of United States Senator Sam. Student Loan Increase Proposed Campus Digest News Service President Carter has recom mended that Congress ap propriate almost $5 billion for federal student aid programs in fiscal 1981, a $207 million cut from the fiscal 1980 budget. The proposal, which was sent to Congress last summer, would save the government $245 million in fiscal 1981, according to Ad ministration estimates. Carter also has asked Congress to restructure federal student loan interest rates higher than the three percent interest that direct- loan recipients currently pay. The Guaranteed Student Loan program would be replaced by a “supplemental loan-guarantee program”, which would assist students and parents regardless of their income by guaranteeing loans obtained from private len ders. Carter’s proposal would establish a Government Student Loan Association to administer new loan programs and the existing Student Loan Marketing Association by 1982. The Administration seeks a total of $1,668 billion to finance basic and supplemental loans in fiscal 1981, compared with the estimated $1,922 billion that will be spent on direct and guaran teed loans in the current fiscal year. The $1,922 billion estimate in cludes a supplemental ap propriation request of $661.8 million for guaranteed loans that has not yet been approved by Congress. The added funds are needed, budget officials said, to cover unexpected increases in the number of students applying for loans and in interest rates paid to lenders. The Administration expects to cut loan costs by changing cer tain aspects of the guaranteed loan program that have created “a situation where the lending and borrowing of funds to attend college is financially lucrative to both commercial lenders and in dividual borrowers.” In November, the House of Representatives passed a bill, HR 5129, that would retain the existing loan programs. It did in clude modifications aimed at in creasing the availability of loans and reducing default rates. Many observers believe the Senate likewise will not approve Carter’s proposed reforms. The Senate is considering four other student loan proposals. RAH/ RAH/ RAH/ • • • BOOM • •• IU graduates In the job market, antf will react to that. As a result, there will be a market ad justment. Some educators think that with a recession, potential MBA students will see the situation of marginal MBA programs have sprouted up. The growth of these programs is attributed to the ease with which universities can make money on them. An MBA school requires no special facilities and often is staffed by the faculty that teaches the un dergraduate business courses. “Now,” says a placement official at a prestigious business school, “the bubble is about to burst.” —DISCO— I think we, as Black students, we, as Black people have a lot to be made aware of. Blacks are vic tims of every circumstance; we are exploited by the television shows we watch, by the music we hear and by the places we go. We must channel our energies into more productive areas, dic tate to ourselves where our money goes, what our children listen to, and where we spend our time. Now is the time for us to realize that disco is just another vehicle to perpetuate our ex ploitation. Disco has only one socially redeeming quality, one oeneficial aspect- WHITE FOLKS CAN DANCE TO IT- and that’s only beneficial to THEM.