State

Higher Education Is Higher Only 15 per cent hoi been rocked onto fhe cot» ol on cducotion ot Western Corolino Teochcu College. Per yeor now: $1,136. North Carolina parents putting their children into college this fall know more about inflation than most people do. The cost of higher education is steadily rising — and in the past five years has risen higher than the cost of living in some instances. The increases arc not uniform. It costs $400 more per year to send a child to Duke University for a year than it did in 1952. It costs only $5.50 a year more to attend the Ashcvillc- Biltmorc College. There doesn't seem to be much pat¬ tern in the trend. The largest increase is a denominational school, Queen’s, up 38 per cent since 1952. On the other hand. Davidson, another church- related school, is up only 16 per cent. The UNC at Chapel Hill shows an increase (for resident students) of only 15 per cent, but another tax- supported school — Appalachian — is up 33 per cent. While the cost is causing parents to squirm, it has not cut down on appli¬ cations. Congestion is worse than ever. And it will get a lot worse before it gets better, with an increasing per¬ centage of applicants being turned away. By 1972, it has been estimated that the number of high school graduates seeking admission to colleges will be about doubled. Some of the answers to the prob¬ lem were discussed recently by edu¬ cational leaders. Roy Armstrong, director of admis¬ sions at UNC, believes that more trade schools should be established to give the training and respect due to voca¬ Parcnts entering their children in North Carolina colleges are faced with increased tuition fees. By PAQI/ITA FINE tions being chosen by a number of stu¬ dents today. These trade schools would divert some of the stream of students headed for overcrowded colleges. "It is time for parents to be prac¬ tical," says Mr. Armstrong, "and to turn their children in the direction that will make the most of their talents.” A top-notch trade school could of¬ fer more specialized training in certain fields and it would even be a blessing to the student who may be downright brilliant in his chosen field but a dud in other college-required courses, he noted. “At present, better opportunities in the trade schools arc available for the colored than for the white," says Mr. Armstrong. J. Warren Smith, state director of Vocational Education and Trade Schools, is anxious and willing to aid industry with its training problems and at the same time help relieve the over¬ crowding of the colleges. He reports that the State recently appropriated $5,000 to be used to start one good area school or the beginnings of 2 or 3 schools. "At the present time we arc carrying training to new industries lo¬ cating in North Carolina," says Smith, "and eight or ten trade subjects are most needed to develop N. C. industry. For instance: We arc a very important state in the trucking industry and diesel engineers are greatly needed." A num¬ ber of large N. C. companies arc beg¬ ging for help trained in electronics. Chancellor Carey H. Bostian of State College, claims that technological in¬ stitutions like State, are growing more rapidly than other colleges and uni¬ versities. "Applications for admissions from new students were 50 per cent higher this spring than they were last year at the same time. This year’s student body will probably be around 6,400 as compared with 5,573 last The Table Below Shows flic Rising Cost 1952 1957 Increase Per Cent •University of North Carolina (resident) . $ 633.00 $ 731.50 $ 98.50 15 (Out of State) . 843.00 1,081.50 238.50 27 Woman's College, UNC... 520.00 635.00 115.00 21 Duke University . 1,075.00 1,475.00 400.00 37 Wake Forest . 905.00 1,220.00 315.00 34 Queen’s College . 900.00 1,250.00 350.00 38 Peace College . 840.00 1,060.00 220.00 26 Davidson College . 985.00 1,145.00 160.00 16 Mars Hill College . 610.00 680.00 70.00 11 Elon College . 722.25 855.00 132.75 18 Appalachian State Teachers College . 541.00 724.00 183.00 33 Western Carolina Teachers College . 541.00 724.00 183.00 33 High Point College . 682.00 782.00 100.00 14 East Carolina College . 549.50 659.00 109.50 19 ••Wilmington College . 257.00 352.50 95.50 37 ••Ashcvillc-Biltmorc College . 115.00 120.50 5.50 04 • Ir.tluJcv estimate for food. ••Wilmington College and AshevUle-Biltmorc do nos h«\e dormitories so these figures do not include board and room. THE STATE. SCPTCMOCR 7. 1957