Wednesday, February 25, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Graduate programs take nation's top rank
by Suee Gura
sgura@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
By Susie Gura
sura@kansan.com
The University of Kansas is ranked as best in the country for two of its graduate programs in the latest U.S. News and World Report survey on graduate education programs.
The special education department in the School of Education and the city management-urban policy specialty in the Edwin O. Stene Graduate Program in Public Administration were ranked No.1 in the country among private and public colleges and universities.
"We're ecstatic about it," said Don
Deshler, professor of special education.
This is the third time the department of special education has achieved the top spot in the annual survey.
"The thrill gets no less," Deshler said. "It is a call to continuing duty."
"We're very keenly aware of the fact of superb special education programs in the United States," he said.
Members of the department are happy about the ranking because of the high quality of its competition, Deshler said.
Deshler said the University's department of special education is set apart because of the work people
"We have an extraordinary commitment to innovation and development to improve services and the quality of life for people with disabilities." Deshler said.
do every day.
U. S. News and World Report ranked the city management-urban policy speciality for the first time this year. The University's department has a reputation for being the best and it's now official, said Steven Maynard-Moody, chair of public administration and government.
The University has the oldest graduate public administration program with the speciality. This year is the program's 50th anniversary.
"It is not just our faculty that
make the program special, but our strong alumni prominence. They are testimony to our great program," Maynard-Moody said.
Maynard-Moody said that the program stood out from other universities because of its tradition, faculty, and mix of training and internships for students.
Other Kansas programs, specialities and schools received high rankings in the survey. The School of Education was ranked 22nd and public management-administration was ranked 61th. Speech-language pathology was ranked 77th, audiology tied for 10th and the School of Nursing at University of Kansas Medical Center tied for 39th place.
Fall break may be closer than you think
By Marc Sheforgen
mssheforgen@kansas.com
Kansan staff writer
A mid-semester breather may be on the way for students and staff who suffer through the fall semester, yearning for Thanksgiving break.
The University's calendar committee will present a plan tomorrow to the University Council that would implement a two-day fall break to begin in 1999. If passed, the plan would go to Chancellor Robert Hemenway for final approval. The Senate Executive Committee has
approved the proposal.
The plan calls for a break on the Thursday and Friday between the 13th and 20th of every October.
The semester would be two days longer, maintaining the minimum of 150 days of instructional learning required by the Board of Regents.
"We're not going to have more days off. We're going to have different days off," said Carol Holstead, associate professor of journalism and chair of the calendar committee.
Jason Fizell, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator and calendar committee member, said he had talked to
many students and professors who felt that a mid-semester break was a good idea.
Fitzell said, "The plan would really be to provide a breather for students so that they can come back to school refreshed."
Not all students feel that additional vacation time is needed.
"I don't really think it's necessary," said Holly Lane, St. Louis junior. "It just seems like another break interrupting us and giving us a longer period between classes to forget what we're learning. I think we have enough breaks as it is."
The proposal states that all classes would begin on a Thursday and end on a Thursday. Finals week would be cut to five days and Stop Day would fall on a Friday. Holsted said a Friday stop day would give students a three-day weekend to study for exams, making the five day finals week more palatable.
Holsted said she expected the plan to pass University Council, but the real test would come when if it goes before the chancellor.
"My hope is that they like it and that we'll send it on to Hemenway, and he'll approve it," she said.
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