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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.100
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1993
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Elimination hearings to commence
Committee to hear arguments, reasons not to cut degrees
Students and faculty will have the chance to comment on the proposed elimination of three academic degrees tonight at a public hearing in the English Room at the Kansas Union.
By Dan England Kansan staff writer
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The hearing, one of four this month.
is being conducted by the Committee on Academic Procedures and Policies of University Council. Eight faculty members and three students form the committee.
At the start of each hearing, committee members will ask if anyone present wishes to speak against the degree's elimination. Members of the panel will ask questions only if they need something clarified, said Susan Craig, head of the committee.
Those who have given Craig a written brief detailing their concerns will have the chance to speak first. The committee will allow others to speak
only as time allows.
Although Craig said she would take written letters against the elimination of the degree after the hearings, she said the hearings were the best time for students and faculty to speak out if they were concerned about the degree's possible elimination.
"We are here to listen to those who are concerned," she said.
Shulenburger said he encouraged all concerned faculty and students to
David Shulenburger, acting vice chancellor for academic affairs, has reserved the right to speak at each hearing.
attend the hearings and speak freely.
"That is what is important." he said.
Tonight's hearing is the only one reviewing more than one degree. The other hearings will address a single degree, and two hours will be given for those who wish to speak at those hearings.
Once the hearings are complete, the
Craig said few people had expressed concern about tonight's hearings. She said the committee allotted more time for other degrees because more faculty and students had expressed interest in them through calls and letters.
committee will submit a written recommendation to Council, Shulenburger, and the faculty of those degrees.
Council will either make its own recommendation or endorse the committee's. Chancellor Gene Budig then will make the decision whether to eliminate the degree based on those recommendations.
If Budig decides to eliminate a degree, no new students will be allowed to enroll in the eliminated program. Students enrolled in the program will be allowed to finish their studies within a three-year period.
PROGRAM REVIEW
Degree elimination proposal hearings:
■ Tonight in English Room,
Kansas Union
7:15 B.S. in toxicology
7.1.30 B.S.in tokology
7.1.35 Ph.D. in visual arts education
8 B.A. in history and philosophy of science
Thursday night, 100 Smith Hall 7:15 B.S. in engineering physics
KU experiences sizable increase in enrollment
Room, Kansas Union 7:15 p.m. B.S. in geophysics
By Jess DeHaven
Kansan staff writer
In the past 10 years, the University's total enrollment has increased by 13.8 percent, up from 24,219 in Spring 1983 to 27,569 in Spring 1993.
The official enrollment tally, taken on the 20th day of classes, shows that Spring 1993 enrollment is up in almost all of the University's schools from Spring 1983 enrollment.
Growth was especially high in the health-oriented schools. The School of Allied Health's enrollment was up 155.4 percent, the School of Pharmacy's was up 148.6 percent and the School of Nursing's was up 83.3 percent.
Jeremy Matchett, associate dean of the School of Pharmacy said the entire health industry had seen quite a bit of growth.
"There has been a large demand for pharmacists," Matchett said. "The growth was expected, but right now we are at maximum capacity."
Richard Whelan, dean of education,
attributed the 10-year growth in the
school to the rapid growth of the graduate
program.
Although enrollment for the School of Education was down 11 percent from Fall 1992, the 10-year trend shows enrollment is up 6.2 percent.
"Over two-thirds of our students are graduate students as opposed to 10 years ago when they made up only about one-third of our students," he said.
The School of Business also had a high enrollment increase, expanding 48.3 percent during the past 10 years.
"The growth in the School of Business is very much in synch with a national trend," said Joseph Bauman, dean of business. "More and more women are coming in, and it's a degree that's got a high amount of job security."
Although most schools increased, a few dropped in enrollment from the 1983 figures.
The Applied English Center had an enrollment decrease of 53.2 percent, from 126 in Spring 1983 to 59 in Spring 1993.
10-year trend
Charles Seibel, assistant director of the Applied English Center, said the enrollment figures were misleading because they only include non-degree seeking students who are not enrolled in any other school.
These figures are from the 20th day of spring semester, and show the change in total amount during the past 10 years.
KANSAN
school 1993
Architecture +18% 759
Allied Health +155% 447
Applied English
Center -53% 59
Business +48% 1,197
CLAS +37% 15,124
Education +62% 2,712
Engineering -3% 1,867
Fine Arts +19% 1,239
Journalism +37% 834
Law -5% 521
Medicine +3% 1,521
Nursing +83% 561
Pharmacy +149% 517
Social Welfare +19% 653
"Our actual enrollment is closer to 323 students," Seibel said. "Also, we've seen a greater proficiency in the English of foreign students."
The School of Engineering's enrollment has dropped 3.3 percent since 1983. The decrease reflects a national trend, said Carl Locke, dean of engineering.
Locke said he was not worried by the trend, but declined to predict the school's future enrollment.
Enrollment figures also show that the number of women enrolled at the University has risen by 22.3 percent, from Spring 1983's 11,440 to Spring 1993's 13,986.
"I don't know whether it will go up or down," he said. "Predicting is tough because of factors including political decisions, energy and economics."
Jeff Weinberg, assistant vice chancellor of Student Affairs, said that the increase in out-of-state students could be largely attributed to the quality of life and education at KU.
"We haven't put any particular emphasis on out-of-state recruiting," Weinberg said. "But KU has received a lot of attention in national publications over the past few years."
The number of out-of-state students rose from 6,843 in Spring 1983 to 1,255 in Spring 1993, an increase of 33.3 percent.
Student from commonwealth finds another adventure at KU
Program lures Kazakh citizen to University
By Kathleen Stolle Kansan staff writer
Three months ago, Yerzhan Karymsakov worked as an interpreter in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan, where independence has not come without a price.
"The day we were supposed to leave, everything began," Karymsakov said, recalling the risky assignment which paid his passage to the United States. "One group of rebels took over the president's palace and cut off the city from the whole world, and we got stuck there."
Karymsakov, KU's first student from the independent common-wealth state of Kazakhstan, finds himself on another adventure: attending school in a Midwestern town thousands of miles from his home and adjusting smoothly to a culture he has come to know vicariously through television programs, music and business travelers.
I love changes. I love adventures of life," Karymsakov said. "Even if it ieopardizes my life. I love danger."
Karymsakov is one of 21 students from the Commonwealth of Independent States studying at KU as part of an exchange called the President's Thousand/Thousand program.
The program, which allows for the exchange of 1,000 students from the Commonwealth of Independent States and 1,000 students from the United States, is the product of a cultural exchange agreement signed by former U.S. President George Bush and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the Malta Summit in December 1989.
Kathleen Stolie/ Special to the KANSAN
"You study hard," he said. "That's
Katherine Stone/teacher
Yerzan Kaymaksikov, an exchange student from Kazakhstan, a republic of the Commonwealth of Independent States, sees his stay in the United States as an adventure.
Karymsakov, who served for five years as an officer in the Border Guard of the Soviet Union and graduated from the Soviet military academy with honors, earned the opportunity to participate in the exchange based on his academic merit and English proficiency.
Karymsakov, who primarily is taking political science courses, described his professors as brilliant and his KU peers as industrious.
one of the peculiarities I could feel right away. People study hard, because they pay for school. I can understand that."
Karymsakov said that people in the United States seemed curious about life in the former Soviet Union but that only a small amount
of news was available to the general public about affairs in the Commonwealth of Independent States. He also said he can understand people's confusion regarding his homeland.
"When I say I'm from Kazakhstan,
people say, 'What? Where?' I say,
really."
'OK, you can call me Russian, I'm Russian,'" the Kazakh said with a shrug.
In fact, nearly 40 percent of Kazakhstan's population is Russian, another 40 percent is Kazakh and
Story continued, Page 2.
Mortar Board celebrates
Members of the KU chapter of Mortar Board, a service organization for college seniors, celebrated the national group's 75th anniversary Saturday.
Measles case concerns Watkins' staff
See story, Page 3.
By Vicki Bode
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
A KU student diagnosed with measles Feb. 8 has some authorities worried about the possibility of an outbreak at the University.
"We are acting as if this could be a problem because if it gets out of control, it is going to be far more difficult to treat," said Greg Crawford, director of public information at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. "There are incidents where the person transmitting it doesn't even realize they have got measles."
The case is the first diagnosed in Kansas and its four surrounding states in 1983. It also is the first time in three years that the staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center has diagnosed the disease, said Charles
Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins.
"We are concerned about where the student contracted this and if she has given it to anyone else," he said. "Usually when you have one case you will have other cases, so it is puzzling."
The student, an Oliver Hall resident, has returned to her home in Johnson County, Yockey said.
Watkins' staff vaccinated some students living in Olivier last week, he said. Only students that had not received a second vaccination since 1980 were given a shot.
"If no other cases appear within 10 days then we can believe it was just an isolated case," he said.
Students who received a second vaccination after 1980 do not need to be vaccinated. Yockey said.
Crawford said that the health department vaccinated some people in Johnson
County.
He said that measles was highly contagious. A person can contract the disease through airborne droplets, such as those released through coughing and sneezing or by direct contact with an infected individual.
Crawford said that measles was uncommon, but that there had been an increase in cases nationwide in the past five years. One person died of the disease in 1900 in Kansas. Only one of every 1,000 cases results in death, he said.
"We have seen an increase in cases because many preschool-age children aren't vaccinated," Crawford said. "Measles has been so uncommon because of vaccinations that many parents mistakenly think measles doesn't exist any more."
Measles symptoms
The symptoms of measles are difficult to confirm. The initial symptoms are similar to head colds: fever, sore throat and muscle aches. A red rash appears on the forehead and then spreads down the body.
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