Wednesday, October 25.1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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KU improves humanities education south of border
By Alison Steimel Kansan Staff Reporter
Because of the KU-Consejo Superior Universitario Centroamericano (CSUCA) program, KU is one of the best known American universities in South America, said Thomas Gale, coordinator of the KU program with CSUCA.
Gale, assistant dean of the college and professor of history, has worked as coordinator for two years and is visiting the KU campus this week.
The CSUCA and KU program, sponsored by the Agency for International Development (AID), coordinates the national universities of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Gale operates from CSUCA's secretariat in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The objectives of CSUCA are to make regional use of the six universities and to avoid duplication in expensive new programs.
CSUCA Plans Programs CSUCA sets up regional programs at the universities.
A program in veterinary medicine has been instituted at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala by CSUCA.
A graduate program of microbiology has been set up at the University of Costa Rica in San Jose and a program of graduate medical sciences at the University of El Salvador.
A regional institute of social and economic research has been established at the University of Costa Rica.
Gale said CSUCA's main problem is getting the students to go from one university to another for the programs.
In its agreement with CSUCA, KU has promised to support and improve social sciences and the
humanities in the six universities especially at the general studies level.
Gale, as coordinator for all the programs, travels to all of the universities to organize and advise the regional programs.
KU Teachers Teach
Ronald Fundis, KU sociology professor and AID instructor, teaches sociology at the University of Nicaragua. John Wolf, AID instructor, teaches philosophy at the University of Honduras. Pierre Stouse, assistant professor of geography, teaches geography at the University of Costa Rica.
Besides their teaching positions, these professors have regional duties such as speaking at the different universities on request or giving seminars for the CSUCA.
The KU-CSUCA program also gives grants to Central American professors to continue their studies at KU. This year's grants went to Rigoberto Espinal, sociology professor from the University of Honduras, who is doing graduate work in sociology at KU and Miguel Abiles, sociology professor from the University of Nicaragua, who will arrive in January to continue his work in sociology.
The coordination and cooperation between the universities has increased in the last ten years because of the activities of CSUCA, said Gale. Gale is the first coordinator from KU to be sent to CSUCA. His term ends next year.
Budget Is Cut
Gale said that since the AID budget was cut by Congress this year, he didn't know if KU and AID would have the funds to send a coordinator to CSUCA after his term ends.
Gale, who specializes in Latin American history, has lived in
San Jose on three occasions. In 1961, he worked with the KU-year-abroad program in San Jose, and he helped administer the KU Peace Corps in education in 1963 and 1964. He has been with CSUCA since September 1965.
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