SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT ON
                   OUTSIDE FUNDING FOR TUITION WAIVERS
                                    
                                    
A review of external funding for athletics shows that $109,150
was raised in 1994-95 by the 100 Club in support of men's
athletics and $26,637 was raised by the Wildcat Winners Circle in
support of women's athletics.  The 100 Club funds were applied to
the non-tuition expenses of athletic scholarships such as room,
board, and textbooks.  The Wildcat Winners Circle funds were used
for similar expenses for women's athletics.

     There are two restricted endowments for UNH 100 Club
scholarships for athletes.  On July 1, 1995, the Craig
Scholarship Fund had a principal balance of $88,658.67 and the
UNH 100 Club Athletics Scholarships Fund carried a principal
balance of $234,828.  The latter account, which includes
$41,891.80 from the sale of the Hinman property, is a true pooled
restricted endowment composed of the following scholarships:

     William B. Cone Memorial Scholarship
     Easterbrook Scholarship Fund
     Charles Hanna Memorial Scholarship Fund
     F. Samuel 'Dutch" Knox Memorial Scholarship
     Lloyd C. Johnson Scholarship Fund
     100 Club Endowment Scholarship Fund

     In addition, there are several small scholarship accounts
for athletics including the Victor E. Tyson Memorial Scholarship
Fund, the Gerry Friel Basketball Scholarship Fund, the Susan
Kilmister Scholarship Fund and the Susan Urban Fund.  These are
not true endowment accounts inasmuch as the funds are used for
current expenditures and, therefore, do not meet the required
definition of an endowment.

     Most of our athletic teams solicit contributions annually in
support of operating costs that are not provided by the
University.  Some of the teams are also supported by funds raised
by well- organized booster groups such as Friends of Hockey,
Friends of Soccer, the Cat Club, Friends of Skiing and Crew, the
Rebounders Club and others.

     In recent years, support for the operating costs of
athletics has not been included on the annual list of the
University's priorities when alumni and friends are solicited. 
This winter, for the first time, all alumni were solicited for
contributions in support of an athletic priority - the Whittemore
Center.

     For several years, the Planning Council has recommended a
reduction in the number of tuition waivers annually awarded to
student athletes.  These recommendations appear to be based on
the premise that the cost of these tuition waivers could be
turned into a revenue for the University if student-athletes
receiving these grants could be replaced by non-student-athletes
who would pay tuition.  In addition to the approximately 204 UNH
athletes receiving 

the equivalent of 156 tuition waivers this academic year, there
are 603 students participating in athletics who pay full tuition
fees and 44 who pay part of their tuition.   These students will
contribute an estimated $4,220,000 in tuition this academic year. 
     Most of these 647 non-scholarship student-athletes are
recruited by our coaches to attend UNH and do so because they
desire to participate in varsity athletics at the NCAA Division 1
level.  These men and women athletes knew that they could not
expect or would not receive tuition waivers, but they enrolled at
UNH and took advantage of the opportunity to participate in our
athletic programs.  A following example starkly illustrates this
point.  In 1970, the administration eliminated the men's
non-scholarship wrestling team which resulted in over one-half of
the team members transferring to universities that offered
wrestling.  Consequently, the decision to eliminate wrestling
resulted in a loss of tuition income that exceeded the total cost
of supporting the wrestling team at UNH.

     On the basis of our analysis of the cost of athletic tuition
waivers, and after considering the significance of the revenue
from tuition the University receives from sponsoring a
competitive Division I athletic program, the following
recommendations are submitted: 1.   The current number of tuition
waivers for men athletes should be capped at the present     
level of 100.  The number of tuition waivers for women athletes
should be increased      annually until it reflects the higher
number of women undergraduates. 
2.   The University should undertake a major capital campaign to
raise endowment funds in      support of student scholarships,
including athletic tuition waivers. 
3.   The University should consider including athletics on its
list of priorities whenever alumni,      parents and friends are
solicited for student scholarship contributions. 
4.   The funding for athletic tuition waivers should gradually
decrease from the University's      budget as athletic endowment
funds become available.  For example, interest from the     
Batchelder Endowment Fund, established in 1990 to support 100
Club scholarships, could      supplant some of the funding from
Line 1000 tuition waivers to athletes. 
5.   All personnel in the UNH Athletic Department(s), under the
direction and leadership of a      full-time fundraiser reporting
to the director(s), and coordinating with the UNH      Foundation
personnel, should develop and implement a multi-year marketing
plan focused      on increasing revenue from ticket sales and
other types of athletic-related activity to      subsidize
athletic expenses, including tuition waivers, for UNH Women's and
Men's      athletic teams.

Attachments:
Scholarship Memo 12/20/95
UNH 100 Club Accounts 1/31/96
F95 Athletic Scholarships Awarded 10/9/95
Athletic Participation Opportunities AY 92-98