Desegregation plans may cut funds

Desegregation plans may cut funds

Desegregation, HEW, Cheyney University

HEW threatens to cut funding at other state colleges to improve Cheyney programs in order to attract white students. HEW is interested in West Chester and Cheyney racial integration.

Nadine McClearly

Quad Angles Vol. 42 No. 22

West Chester University Quad

March 19 1974

Angela Grabosky

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Quad Angles Vol. 42, No. 22 March 19, 1974 Desegregation plans may cut funds By NADINE McCLEARY In the last part of a plan for desegregation completed Friday, the Department of Education indicated they may "rob" the state college system to better programs at Cheyney State College located about 10 miles from West Chester to attract white students. The U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare demanded a detailed desegregation plan, of which the programs' document is the last part. HEW threatened to cut off the $21 million in Federal government aid if the Department of Education did not present a plan for meeting racial percentages they have estimated for 1980. HEW was especially interested in decreasing Cheyney's over 80% black student population to 70% by 1980, accordingaccording to Conrad Jones, spokesman for the Department of Education! The 80 page plan submitted to HEW on Feb. 28 outlined desegregation programs for the other state colleges, Jones explained Friday. The expansion of the business program, the up grading of the core requirements at Cheyney and elimination of duplication within the state college system should be improvements that are broadly based enough to attract more white students, Jones said. Jones promised that Cheyney would not automatically get first choice of new programs to be developed, but the programs would go through the now normal process of program approval. However, Jones said the Department of Education may have "to do some robbing of Peter to pay Paul." "But Peter in this case is the state college system and not West Chester," Jones said. Dr. Carmela L. Cinquina, Faculty Senate chairman, argued, "Why not rob the state related colleges to pay Paul" or take funds from the "fly by night" community colleges which are now growing up? Jones replied that the state had done some pretty odd things and he was not the man to ask that question to. Pressed on exactly what stance on program development the Department of Education would take in its proposal to HEW, Jones declined to comment Wednesday because he hadn't discussed Cheyney's proposals with the department. Friday the education department sent Cheyney's program development plans to HEW and noted any possible duplication with West Chester, Jones said. Thursday Jones indicated the West Chester's and Cheyney's programs may overlap in the business and health areas. However, plans for program development in arts and sciences, education, fine arts and public services present: no problems. In fields where there is duplication the programs must go through the normal process of program approval, Jones assured. Student representative to the West Chester Long Range Planning Commission Penny Jacobs commented on the deadline rush to produce programs' document. The meeting on Wednesday was "their token way of saying they communicated with us," Jacobs said. "They asked for our ideas two days before the document was due." Jones said Friday they had been trying to work from the concept documents prepared by the colleges' long range planning commissions and they weren't detailed enough. "The meeting with West Chester was not necessary," Jones said, because Cheyney's program developments won't affect West Chester.

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