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p ollege costs set ecord nationally ederal aid drops United Press International NEW YORK — College tuition :reased 13 percent for the new iooI year — double what it cost | send a kid to college in 1972, the College Board. |The record college costs, cou ld with cutbacks in federal stu- mt aid, mean many parents and dents will be asked to cover re of the bill than they did in e past, said Joe Paul Case, an icial with the board’s College Warship Service. The College Board, a nonprofit lucational association serving dents and schools, said a survey iwed the most expensive pri- |te school — at $12,030 per iool year — is Bennington Col lege in Bennington, Vt. [Twelve other schools in the rtheast, where the high cost of ported oil adds to the bills, ire also in the $11,000-plus ige. By contrast, total costs at the most expensive public colleges will run about $6,000 in the 1981- 82 school year, according to a re port based on expense information from 1,160 colleges. “In 1981-82, average total costs for resident students rose 13 per cent ($803) over last year’s costs at private colleges and 14 percent ($464) at public colleges,” the re port says. Trailing Bennington as the most expensive private schools were Harvard, $11,950; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $11,845; Yale, $11,600; Sarah Lawrence, $11,600; Princeton, $11,289; Uni versity of Pennsylvania, $11,200; Brown, $11,195; Barnard, $11,150; Tufts, $11,113; Bard, $11,063; Dartmouth, $11,045; and Bryn Mawr, $11,010. The smallest increases reported were for students who commute from home. They face an average 11 percent hike at private colleges and 10 percent at public schools. Since the 1972-73 school year, college bills have doubled. Aver age total expenses are up by 95 percent at public colleges and 110 percent at private colleges, the re port says. Despite the high figures, the college expense rate runs behind the inflation rate. The Consumer Price Index has risen by 123 per cent. A survey showed 64.3 percent of students at private schools and 42.7 percent of students at public schools depended last fall on some aid. The new average residential college year costs cited by the Col lege Board are; — public two-year colleges, $3,230 — private two-year, $5,604 — public four-year, $3,873 — private four-year, $6,885. civ hikes to be small ue to Reagan's policies United Press International LOS ANGELES — Federal jirkers will feel the effects of pident Reagan’s economic re- kery program beginning Oct. 1, in the form of pay raises roughly ■e-third as large as those they r could have expected. ■ The president has proposed a H percent cost-of-living raise for jt|efiscal year beginning Oct. Ifor P million white-collar em- yees now receiving less than ,000 a year. The pay increase is to go into feet for 490,000 blue-collar em- lyees at different times in diffe- rent areas of the country. The annual pay boost is the smallest since a 4.8 percent in crease in 1973 and about half as large as the raise given to federal workers last year. In addition, Reagan has ack nowledged that in accordance with the 1970 Pay Comparability Act — which requires govern ment workers to receive roughly the same pay as they would for similar work in the private sector — his advisers had calculated an increase of 15.1 percent was due. But that figure did not survive pressures brought to bear by Reagan’s fight to reduce govern ment spending and bring the fed eral budget into balance. Reagan said he is setting into motion the lower pay increase “in accordance with our economic re covery program.” “While I fully support the com parability principle as the best basis for determining federal pay,” Reagan said, “I believe that significant changes are required in the way that principle is currently defined and implemented.” The president said his advisers had proposed legislation to alter the formula; however, Congress has not yet acted on it. Reagan noted the same law applies to the military, and Congress is expected to provide a larger pay increase for the armed forces. “If an Aggie needs it, we’ve probably got it! 5 J • Used Book® toi/i * School Supplies ''Os acuie tors # Cus l0,T1 Cap® . # C3» ^"Shirts • Aggie Gifts * Full 2-Week Refund * 90-Day War ranty on All Calculators Quantity Discounts on Shirts Plenty of Free Parking Vet SupP‘ ieS ☆ ☆ OPEN DAILY 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. We Accept Master Charge & VISA on All Books and Supplies 696-2111 Across from the University Police Station 340 Jersey St. STOR€UJID€ SAl€!! OFF REGULAR PRICED nCCT |I||VC ALBUMS AND TAPES mMt UU,U SALE EXCLUDES BUDGETS AND CUT - OUTS SALE GOOD THROUGH 9/5 "Buy It Once. Enjoy It A Lifetime. Recorded Music Is Your Best Entertainment Value'.' books & records CULPEPPER PLAZA