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By PHIL GALEWITZ
Collegian Staff Writer
The use of no-needsor academically based merit
scholarships has become an increasingly impor
tant issue with the increased competition in re
cruiting highly ranked students.
The University's Presidential Committee for
Recruiting Academically Superior Students has
studied the recruitment policies and has come up
with a proposal to improve recruitment techniques
with an increase in scholarships based on academ
ic excellence rather than financial need, the chair
man of the committee said.
Paul Axt said this proposal is now on University
President Bryce Jordan's desk waiting for action.
"It is an ambitious proposal to use University
funds to recruit students with no aid," Axt said.
"Penn State should be competing very strongly
with other public colleges but we are not at the
moment."
Axt added that the University's offering of no
need scholarships is quite small for a school its
size.
Of the 580 scholarships sponsored solely by the
University, only 42 are specifically for no-need
students, said Charles Boland, assistant director
of institutional programming.
"An increase in no-need scholarships will not
detract from funds directed to student aid but will
complement them," said William Richardson,
executive vice president and University provost.
Students who receive aid from the federal gov
ernment would not be affected by an increase in
the University's no-need scholarships, said John
Brugel, director of the Office of Student Aid.
Funds directed to students will go to the students
regardless of other programs developed.
In the past, the University has not made a great
deal of effort to support an increase in solely
merit-based scholarships, Axt said. He said he
hopes the situation will change in the near future.
Although the University has many highly acade
mically ranked students, we "don't have our fair
share of those on top of the heap," he said.
In earlier years, there was a reluctance by the
University Board of Trustees to recruit students
based solely on academic excellence because of
monetary reasons, Axt said.
The trustees were more concerned with remov
ing financial barriers to students in need. Richard
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Scholarships based on academics, not need, may increase
The Professional Staff of the
son said access was the important emphasis in
response to public policy in the 1960 s and 19705.
Another reason for the minimal number of no
need scholarships is the low number of donated
awards for,,academic excellence that do not stip
ulate a need for funds, Brugel said.
Other large schools in the East have taken many
different views on the no-need scholarship issue.
The University of Pittsburgh has 160 schol
arships and awards that are not based on financial
need but rather on awarding academic excellence,
said Betsy Porter, associate director of admis
sions and student aid.
"No-need scholarships make schools who use
them more attractive to students," Porter said.
The primary reason for the no-need scholarships
is to recognize academic superiority. Attracting
better students is only of secondary importance,
she said.
"If schools are in need of higher ranked academ
ic students then they deserve their fair share, but
if an institution does not have the services and
programs available to the student then the school
is providing a disservice," Porter said.
"Students must be attracted for the right rea
sons, not only to improve the school's image,"
Porter said.
Ivy League schools basically follow the principle
of not giving out any no-need scholarships to
students, said Marilyn Tschubudi, financial aid
adviser at Columbia University.
About 60 percent of the students at Columbia
receive some type of federal aid and 90 percent
receive some kind of assistance; Tsubudi said.
"The tradition at Columbia has always been not
to favor,some students over others, and is fairer to
reward students based on need rather than aca
demic excellence," Tschubudi said.
Whether to have no-need scholarships is up to
each school and if some institutions prefer them,
"more power to them," Tschubidi said.
At the University of Michigan, several hundred
of these no-need scholarships are set aside for in
and out-of-state students, said Mike Donahue,
assistant director of admissions.
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In 1980, the Michigan policy of not handing out
any scholarships not .based on financial need was
changed in response to the actions of other schools,
said Donahue.
"The University of Michigan did not want to lose
highly ranked academic students to other univer-
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sities," Donahue said.
Because schools have been recognizing athletes,
musicians and other artists for many years, it was
time to recognize academic excellence too, Dona
hue said.
04-of-state students at Michigan pay three
times as much tuition as in-state students and any
scholarship program is very helpful in helping
these residents to meet the high cost, Donahue
said.
"We are pleased with the positive response from
students, faculty and the community to the in
creased number of no-need scholarships," he said.
As long as the school does not deprive students in
need of financial aid, increasing the number of
scholarships can only help the University of Michi
gan as a whole, Donahue added.
To carry out the new policy of increasing the
number of no-need scholarships, more money was
made available from a variety of alumni gifts and
university funds, Donahue said.
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Minority cultural center
to be rededicated Sat.
By DON HULL
Collegian Staff Writer
In an effort to increase the visi
bility of minority students, the
Walnut Building will be rededi
cated as the Paul Robeson Cultu
ral Center by staff members and
University administrators in a
short ceremony at 5:30 p.m. to
morrow.
Larry Young, the center's direc
tor, said the rededication will give
blacks and other minority stu
dents a newly renovated building
where they can come to relax and
enjoy the company of students
who have much in common with
each other.
The Paul Robeson Cultural Cen
ter used to be known by some
students as simply the Walnut
Building. Young said the rededica
tion better reflects the various
functions, of the center.
"The fact that the Paul Robeson
Cultural Center has been housed in
the Walnut Building has generated
some misunderstanding in the
function and has lessened the in
terest of the University in Paul
Robeson's visibility," said James
Stewart, director of the Black
Studies Program and associate
professor of economics.
The building was used solely as
a cultural center, but the name did
not represent that. The name
'Walnut Building' carried a non
descriptive purpose which meant
nothing, Young said.
"Now the function of the center
is to provide facilities for existing
programs and to create programs
for the black experience," Young
said.
Young said Paul Robeson was
one of the few sucessful blacks
who refused to turn his back on the
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Now the function
of the center is to
provide facilities for
existing programs
and to create
programs for the
black experience.'
—Larry, Young, the
center director
lynchings that occurred during the
1930 s and '4os.
"What (Paul Robeson) rep
resented to blacks was what the
black collegiate experience was
all about in the areas of intelli
gence, athletic ability, and con
science," he said. "In many ways
he was a forerunner for Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr."
The building was renovated at a
cost of $200,000.
"The renovation made the build
ing more usable for a variety of
things. The center has had no real
renovations in many, many
years," Young said.
The center now has two new
meeting rooms, one with a movie
screen, to accommodate smaller
groups. Before, if two meetings
were taking place at the same
time, some confusion resulted be
cause the groups were within a
few feet of each other, Young said.
The center also has new furni
ture, draperies and carpeting
throughout the building. Additio
nal renovations include the remod
eling of the kitchen, increasing
security for artwork displays in
the gallery and redecorating of
fices.