University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, April 23, 1974
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By PHIL BRADY Kanaan Staff Reporter
Engineering Enrollment Up as Jobs Open, Dean Says
The demand for engineers in recent years has led to increased enrollment at the University of Kansas School of Engineering, according to William Smith, dean of the school.
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"We're following the engineering enrollment trend that every school has had to put up with for the last 40 years," Smith said. "We've seen students go through all the time. You look at the last five years you can see there was a surplus of engineers, so lots of people stopped studying engineering. Now the students are enrolling and enrollment picks up with its demand."
Although the spring semester enrollment figures in the school lack a sizable gain—
nine students more than last spring's enrolment of 849 - they do show an increase for the first time in five years. The future seems to be brighter, according to Smith.
1" suspect that undergraduate enrollment next fall will be up 5 per cent from the 73 in the previous year. We supply and demand, in the next five years, we may have a 50 per cent increase from the 73.
The enrollment for the 1973 fall semester was 897.
Rumors of heavy class loads and insufficient funding in the school aren't the reasons for the past decrease in enrollment, Smith said.
“Our average number of hours for graduation is 138,” he said. “It’s only about half the number of students.”
requirement. I don't think these extra hours have anything to do with the drop of students we've had. Kids in high school are realizing they have to take a lot of math and science courses for engineering. If they don't like it, they won't enroll."
Although the school's overall budget had gone up, Smith said, the faculty had been understaffed.
"We are using more teaching assistants because of the increase in students. But before the increase we were cutting back on our faculty. We've done this by just not filling vacancies from retirement or other reasons."
Arthur Breipohl, professor of electrical engineering, former of the department, said. There is no reason to worry.
in young people of the necessity of making a living. Young people in the '60s were interested more in the social sciences. They studied human history, themselves and the reality of the world."
The electrical engineering department's enrollment is up 11 per cent from last spring's figures, but Briephold said it was too big. That his department had the highest gain.
"We are not working any harder than the other departments," Breiohl said. "It all depends on supply and demand. Next somebody else could have a larger increase.
"We're not trying to push the electrical engineering department's practice beyond our limits" the department's
together. The energy crisis has put pressures on all engineering groups to work together.
Spring enrollment for civil engineering has dropped by 2 per cent from the fall course, Johanna Williams, professor of civil engineering at the University of the department, said that was normal.
"What was unusual," Willems said, "was the 13 per cent increase in the fall. There were fewer people in our climate. More young people are looking at dustrial sciences than the social sciences. In the past, students were against the new representation represented part of the establishment."
Willems said the energy crisis hadn't had
"We have so many branches in our department," Willems said, "that if one phase is cut back the others will make up for it."
any drastic effect on the civil engineer.
"Because of limited facilities and drafting tables we can only enroll 210 freshmen
In the School of Architecture, William
acus, associate dean, and the enrollment
student.
Of those 120 students, approximately 60 come from Kansas. The school tries to enroll an average of 40 students from Missouri since the University of Missouri doesn't offer an accredited architectural engineering program.
Job Supply Dwindles for Teachers
Elementary School Jobs Scarce as Birthrate Drops
By MARK BAXTER
Kensan Staff Reporter
A quarter of a century after the "war babies" sent the birth rate skyrocketing, a campaign for smaller families is reducing the demand for elementary school teachers, teachers at large, and associate professor of education and director of the Educational Placement Bureau.
"Since 1968 it has become increasingly more difficult to place teachers," Regier said recently. "The demand levied off in '72 and we're hoping '74 will be better."
The bureau was organized to help graduates of the School of Education find jobs. The Bureau is an equal opportunity employer.
bureau receive bulletins listing job vacancies and the bureau sends the graduates' credentials to schools where they wish to work.
"Ninety-five per cent of the time a school will want a person's credentials before hiring him." Regier said. "A school district will take a good look at applications because the demand is lower and they can be more selective."
According to the bureau's annual report, the vacancies on file for elementary school teachers in 1967-68 was 6,163. In 1972-73 the figure was 1,180. The reduced demand for teachers means schools are not as required to fill vacancies as they used to be.
"Students not doing well in student teaching are finding it more difficult to find jobs," Reijer said. "The schools use this as a good screening device for candidates."
Through the job market this year is similar to last year, there is a shortage of people in specialized fields such as learning disabilities, Regier said.
Last year 560 of the 700 school graduates registered with the placement bureau, and 76 per cent had jobs by February. Accreditation report, most of the graduates stayed in Kansas.
Regier said most of the vacancies for elementary school teachers were in small towns.
large towns. Applicants are reluctant to take jobs in small towns because it becomes difficult to break out of them into a larger school system, he said.
"The mobility for teachers has dropped," said Regier. "Those in larger school systems hang on to the jobs. The vacancies are mainly caused by teachers retiring."
"The woman graduate is often difficult to place because she wants to work in the job market."
The annual report shows that graduates often have geographical preferences for their jobs and that women graduates often choose a better job with greater employment rather than pursue a where-ever.
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City Acts Today on Cab Fare Hike
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The Lawrence City Commission is expected to act today on a petition by Ward Thompson Jr., owner of Yellow Cab Co. and Union Cab Co., requesting an increase in taxi fares. Thompson owns the only two cab companies in Lawrence.
A city staff report to the commission last Tuesday by Dennis Kallsen, assistant city manager, showed Lawrence cab rates to be higher than in comparable cities. The staff recommended denial of Thompson's request.
Thompson said he needed an increase in tares to compensate for increase in labor costs.
Snyder Gets Title of Dean
Henry Snyder, former associate dean for research administration, at the University of Kansas, has been named dean of that office. The change in title was approved by the Board of Regents and announced Friday by Chancellor Archie Dykes.
Arsgersinger said the job's responsibilities included reviewing every proposal for research, services or other projects that any faculty member sent outside the University. The office connects people with researchers who are interested in research with people outside the University who want to give money to see the research done, he said.
"It is not so much a new appointment as a change in title," W.J. Argersinger, Jr., vice chancellor for research administration and dean of the graduate school, said yesterday. "It is a change in title that is more in keeping with the responsibility of the job."
Snyder will resume his duties in research administration when he returns this fall from a summer history fellowship in Europe, Argersinger said. Snyder, professor of history, will continue part-time teaching.
Snyder came to KU in 1963. He earned B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. From 1951 to 1959, he was senior buyer and foreign buyer for a retailing firm in California. He earned the Oakland Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1980 and was a rifle company commander in the California National Guard.
In addition, he said, he would have to increase the salaries of his dispatchers May 1, because the new minimum wage law will go into effect.
While at KU, Snyder has written articles on early 18th century English history.
HE REQUESTED a fare increase of 20 cents for the first one-stick of a mile. He increased his fare by 10 cents sixth of a mile and 10 cents for each additional six of a mile. He said the increase would enlarge his income by $5 to $3 a day, would barely cover the increase in his expenses.
"He is one of the world's authorities on the Duke of Marborough," Argerius said.
Kallsen said cab fares in the United States had increased 60.6 per cent since 1965 compared to an 82 per cent increase in Lawrence.
For a trip of 1.7 miles the Lawrence fare would be $1.55, compared to the present fare of $1.35. In Teopela the fare would be $1.05; in Kansas City, Kan., $1.25; in Manhattan, $1.25 and in Salma, $1.10. All these rates have increased within the past year, Kalsen said.
THOMPSON SAID Kallsen's figures didn't take into consideration subsalization of the firm's earnings.
and local programs to transport school children and the elderly accounted for a large share of tax revenue in the other case. Lawrence doesn't have any similar programs.
"Lawrence must be looked at individually, not in comparison with other cities," Thompson said. "Since I have been operating in Lawrence, we have seen a train company, a bus company and several cab companies go out of business. This should indicate the necessity of increasing cab rates."
Commissioner Barkley Clark said that costs had clearly risen, but that perhaps the original rates were too high and the present rates would be sufficient. Since the price of gasoline has sharply risen, Clark said, Thompson's request may be reasonable.
The commission had asked Thompson to supply financial statements for review at today's city commission meeting. It said it would have to see Thomson's rate of income for the past year before deciding whether to allow an increase in fares.
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