April 24, 1997 Contact Maureen Shine (541) 346-3145 WHAT University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer will speak to the Corvallis Rotary Club about the effects of property tax limitation measures on the University of Oregon and on higher education in Oregon. WHEN Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 1 WHERE Corvallis Rotary Club, O'Callahan's Restaurant, Ramada Inn, 1550 N.W. 9th St., Corvallis BACKGROUND Success in the face of challenge and adversity could be the 1990s theme of the University of Oregon. In his Corvallis Rotary Club address, "Promises Made, Promises Broken: Higher Education in a Time of Tax Limits," UO President Dave Frohnmayer will talk about how the UO has in many ways thrived in the face of the Measure 5 property tax limit and dramatic reductions in state support. "The good news is that despite taking the biggest public funding cuts of any university in the United States, student enrollment is up, administrative costs are down, fund raising is setting new records and significant expansion plans are underway," says Frohnmayer. "The bad news is that reduced taxpayer support has had an unacceptable price--tuition hikes that are pricing many Oregonians out of an education." Frohnmayer will discuss the impact of Ballot Measure 5 on the UO and offer some predictions about what Measure 47 will mean to the future of public higher education in Oregon. A native Oregonian, Frohnmayer is the 15th president of the University of Oregon, the state's 120-year-old center for liberal arts, science and professional studies. He assumed the presidency on July 1, 1994. -30- #A-4076/Special