THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE

 

SUMMER SESSION
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR October 21, 1946

Enclosed is the statistical report of the 1946 Summer Session.
In general our enrollments reflect the trends which developed

on the campuses of many institutions which are comparable to
the University of Kansas. ;

On 15 and 16 November I will attend the annual meeting of

the Association of Deans and Directors of Swiamer Sessions,

at Hadison, Wisconsin, It is the policy of this group to
discuss problems which are presented by member schools. If
you have questions conceming any phases of our Summer Session
program which you feel the Association should discuss, or

on which you wish comparative data, will you be good enough
to jot them down in note form and send then to my office on
or before 13 November.

My office has already received inquiries concerning the 1947
Summer Session. The problems of prediction of the numbers

of students and their interests in various areas are as

difficult and as varied as those which faced us in the

planning of last year's Session. It is my hope that I will be
able to bring back from the meeting at liadison some estinates
which may serve as guides for the planning of this year's program.

The Swmer Session Budget Conferences will start toward the

end of November. In anticipation of the conferences, it is
hoped that all department heads will attempt to set a tentative
pattern in areas where there is a possibility for the need of
instructors from outside the present regular staff group.

There seems to be little doubt but that most of the outstanding
men in college and university work will be spoken for early in
the year, and that prompt contact must be made to obtain the
type of visiting professors we would like to have on our campus.

Sincerely yours,

ae

George B. Smith
Dean

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