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Friday. October 24,1975
University Daily Kansan
Future studies program praised
The future should no longer be the exclusive province of science fiction writers, according to the chairman of the National Science Foundation of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
William A. Conboy, future studies chairman, addressed the Faculty Forum luncheon yesterday on "The Future's Movement in Higher Education."
The movement, Cowboy said is a loosely organized coalition of individuals who think that the accelerated rate of change in the economy will require an examination of alternatives for the future.
A motto invented by science fiction author Arthur C. Clark* "The future isn't what it used to be" characterizes the future's movement quite well, Conboy said.
The future studies program is only one offshoot of the general movement and is concerned with integrating courses about the future into current curricular programs, he said.
Such a program, Conboy seeks, to organize courses from various fields around a common theme. The future is only one of a number of possible themes, he said.
The thrust of a study of the future would be to construct, constructively, a desirable alternative for the future.
"The future is not something to be en-
joyed or accident, but is something to be in-
vented."
Conboy mentioned several reasons for the
value of such a study, including: the rapid rate of change today, the "quantity crisis" which buries the individual in ever-increasing amounts of information; and the growing tendency for decisions, once made, to be irreversible.
Stressing that the future's movement isn't concerned with making predictions, Conboy said the chief danger facing the movement is the lack of tend to regard it as "a passing fance."
For that reason, the future's movement
of university campus has
purposefully been designed.
The Future Studies Committee, formed last year, is beginning to coordinate courses within the college using the future as a thematic framework, he said.
Advantages for the student of courses about the future, Combyo said, are a more varied employment outlook, an improved capability to grapple with future changes and a greater sense of understanding from his education.
"It is not the pancase or nostrum for all human lilies," he said.
However, he said, the study of the future is highly valuable.
SUA could lose $6,000 on Goodman ticket sales
Lindman said at the regular SUA board meeting that the SUA Office would be open Monday, and they will.
He said ticket sales for the Beach Boys concert were progressing well. About 9,000 people are expected to attend the concert, according to Lindeman.
SUA may lose $6,000 if at least 1,000 more tickets aren't sold for the Benny Goodman Homecoming Concert, Rich Lindeman, special events chairman, said last night.
The board discussed the possibility of sending a team of KU students to the College Bowl game Feb. 27 and 28 at Southwest Missouri State University.
Rosalea Postma, SUA vice president, said the College Bowl was a competition in which
In an attempt to increase ticket sales for the concert, several SUA board members will pass out leaflets advertising the concert at the football game Saturday.
KU administrators will then defend the before banquet and Bbitt at a meeting.
Executives are waiting budget cuts
Administrators are still waiting for cuts proposed on the 1977 fiscal year budget, Del Shanker, executive vice chancellor, said yesterday in a press conference.
"I'd be surprised if it didn't come up," Shankel said.
Shankel expects a proposed garbage-powered steam plant for KU to be discussed at the meeting. Bennett has expressed real hope of solving future energy problems, he said.
James W. Bibb, director of the state budget, will review the University of Kansas budget and make recommended cuts to Gov. Robert F. Bennett.
Shankel also said about 25 additional classified positions and about 70 unclassified positions would be filled at the University next year.
The additional faculty would be added to maintain a student faculty ratio of about 20
Shankel said the decision on the number of positions was made on the assumption that enrollment for next spring would be equal to the enrollment for this fall.
A preliminary allocation of the positions in KU schools and departments will be made before Christmas, so that departments can plan more effectively, Shankel said.
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四 college teams answered questions on art, history, science, literature and other topics. The board referred the matter to the SUA forums committee.
Tim Watson, SUA travel chairman, said the proposed SUA-sponsored trip to Las Vegas would cost $137 trip by air and $60 round trip by bus for about 40 people. The board decided to schedule the trip by bus.
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