Malloy : Future looks bright for ND programs

University President Father Edward Malloy ad d re sse d the Faculty Senate W ednesday night, and a num ber of issues topped his discussion. Malloy responded to a num ber of questions concerning the progress of the Colloquy, the selection of the Provost, financial aid, staff sa laries, and g raduate education th a t w ere subm itted to him by the Senate prior to the meeting. In his opening rem arks to this discussion, Malloy said, “T here are reasons to be opti­ mistic in looking toward our future.” Although he pointed out a num ber of these reasons for optimism, Malloy described the lack of financial aid as a significant problem. “Financial aid looms very, very large to me,” he said . “We hope to be able to build our financial aid resources. We have a dual s tra t­ egy to continue as aggressively as we can to solicit funds." M alloy m en tio n ed tu itio n in c re a se s as another one of the main financial issues that the University must confront. “We have to try to reduce them as much as possible,” he said. Northwestern University, Malloy noted, has a lower tuition than does Notre Dame, and it may serve as a role model for Notre Dame because it is run in a “healthy” way. “If we’re going to be healthy and competi­ tive, we have to struggle to bring our tuition increases down as much as possible,” he said, adding that this will be “a daunting task.” According to Malloy, the fundraising cam ­ paign, which may help to lessen increases in tu itio n , is “w ell u n d e r w ay ” an d w ill be announced in the Spring of 1997.