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University Daily Kansan, August 30, 1983
KU administrators aim to use road trips to boost University
By PAUL SEVART Staff Reporter
University of Kansas administrators have put together a road show to inform Kansas communities about the University and its programs.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig said yesterday that more than 100 talks in 50 communities about the University and its importance to the future of Kansas would be given throughout the state in the next five months.
The talks will be delivered by the University's top 25 academic administrators from the Lawrence, Kansas City and Wichita campuses, Budig said.
Keith Nitcher, director of business affairs, said the visits were being financed by private contributions and involved no expense to the University. The office of university relations helping to coordinate the KKU Association is identifying alumni in communities that might be interested in inviting a speaker.
BUDIG SAID, "This program is in direct response to alumni and faculty members who believe the time is right for a major educational effort on a statewide basis. I believe they are correct.
"We are convinced that this intensive
effort will have a very early and favorable impact on KU and the other state universities. It will underscore our desire to be highly visible and accessible throughout the state, nifftain it with our presence, and will articulate our program needs and explain ways in which we can be even more effective."
Max Lucas, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, gave the first talk of the series on Aug. 3, at a luncheon meeting of the Kiwis Club in Great Bend. He spoke about the University, and about the School of Architecture and Urban Design. Lucas also answered questions on a radio program after the luncheon.
LUCAS SAID he discussed some of the accomplishments and public service efforts of the University and of the School, and how they had been affected by the budget rescission.
"The people appreciated the fact that someone from the University would come out to speak to them," Lucas said. "It probably developed some good will."
The talks are not meant to be a pitch for contributions. Lucas said.
"I spoke in terms of accom-
phishments of the University as a whole
and of the School in particular," he said. "I didn't talk at all about contributions. As far as I know, that has never been mentioned at all, ever."
never been mentioned.
"My impression was that this is a program to get our administration out around the state and tell the people some things that are going on at the University. Not many people have a chance to hear what goes on in the different schools."
She said that 24 or 25 people in the state had expressed interest in having a University representative come to their towns to speak; they were interested in a variety of topics, from ensuring that the community is informed about health issues familiar with the University to talks on high technology, medical care or women in higher education.
ROBIN EVERSOLE, university relations director, said the next talk in the series would be delivered Sept. 14 in El Dorado by Del Brinkman, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
care or work.
Eversole said 50 of the talks are to be scheduled this semester; dates have been set in 11 communities. Tentative dates are set in Wichita and Topeka, she said, and efforts are also being made to schedule talks in the Kansas City area.
KU prepares for accreditation study
By GINA K. THORNBURG Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas will begin studying itself in preparation for its regular accreditation review next fall and will offer courses on Institutions of Higher Education.
the intensive self-study will begin in a few weeks, said Jeanette Johnson, assistant to the executive vice chancellor.
cebor. The commission, sent by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, will visit KU next fall to evaluate the University's academic programs.
Johnson said a KU steering committee, which has not yet been appointed, would write a lengthy self-analysis of
KU was last reviewed in 1975, Johnson said. At the time, KU received a 10-year accreditation, the longest a university can receive.
the University's organization, objectives, instruction and future.
If the commission's evaluation team decides that the University has significant problems, it could decide to shorten the accreditation, Johnson
THE TEAM will be composed of faculty and administrators from universities in the North Central Association, Johnson said.
IF KU is not reaccredited, the University will have difficulty obtaining federal grants or attracting students and faculty, said Jerry Hutchison, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs.
"Not having accreditation is a very serious matter," he said.
The steering committee, which will represent all sectors of the University, will collect and analyze data on the sport that will be sent to the commission.
Johnson said that the data would include students' educational experiences at KU as they had been recorded on questionnaires returned by students over the past 10 years.
Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, said the information and views obtained through the self-study were the most valuable part of the accredited process.
"It's also an educational process for the people who become involved with it," she said. "We get a chance to stand back and realize that we're here and where we're going."
JOHNSON AGREED, saying the accreditation process would provide a chance for KU to review itself.
rine written report drafted from the
revised team be submitted to the
evaluation team
After the evaluation team has read the study and visited KU, it will send its own report back to KU, she said. The University then told her that any factual errors or protest any conclusions that are thought to be unwarranted.
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By CHRISTY FISHER Staff Reporter
When the state's Report Every Drunk-Driver Immediately program installed a statewide to1 free hotline and a monthlong phone calls a month flooded the hotline.
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But in January, the number of calls dropped to 85 a month when larger communities installed 911 emergency numbers.
According to REDI officials, out of 1,136 phone calls made to the hotline, state and local law officials made 26 arrests. They stopped 162 drivers after being alerted by a dispatcher working for the hotline.
"I know they don't sound impressive, "I bring 26 drunk drivers off the road is important," said MaJ. Stuart Elliot of the Kansas Highway Patrol."If you get one drink off the road, it may be because who won't be involved in an accident."
Although the statistics might not seem impressive to some, advocates of the federally financed program say they are.
Alcohol was involved in 37 percent of all fatal accidents in Kansas last year, according to the highway patrol. Alcohol caused accidents, 162 were alcohol-related.
Nebraska and Colorado, which both have older REDI programs, reported more phone calls last year than Kansas.
In 1962, the Nebraska REDI program reported 2,838 calls, which led to 1,837 vehicles being stopped and 1,428 arrests. In Colorado, REDI reported
8,278 calls, which led to 1,636 contacts and 958 arrests.
REDI advocates in Kansas attribute the larger number of arrests in Nebraska and Colorado to differences in the programs.
REDI has hotline
Under the Kansas program, citizens are asked to report possible drunken drivers to the REDI hotline in Salina at 1:00-332 REDI A dispatcher in Salina then notifies law enforcement officials near the area where the alleged drunken driver was seen. REDI also will begin promoting the 911 emergency number with its program.
Although the Kansas REDI program will notify authorities about possible drunken drivers, Elliot said, the program does not keep track of action taken by local law enforcement officials. Colorado and Nebraska encourage keeping local records on file, officials in both states said.
"The Kansas figures don't represent the correct number of arrests," he said "Those are only known directly to the toll-free number."
In all, 11,588 people were arrested in Kansas last year for drunken driving. In maintaining their reports, the Colorado State Highway Patrol uses a computerized database to can be reported to the REDI dispatcher monthly. Like Kansas, Nebraska asks for volunteer cooperation.
Bruce Beale, director for the Kansas Community Alcohol Safety Action Project, said that following up on the number of arrests would increase expenses for the Kansas program.
"Our program costs less than $125 a month to operate the phone line plus publicity costs. If we would call all 1,136 departments back long distance, the cost of our current have been made, it would become extremely expensive," he said.
candy Norwood, administrative assistant for the safety action project, said that another reason Kansas RED1 program had a smaller arrest rate than Nebraka and Colorado was not intended as an arrest program.
In the past year, the number of DWI arrests in the state has increased 13 percent, and the number of fatalities has decreased 15 percent.
"The program suffers from a lot of misconceptions. It's not an arrest program. It is a public awareness program. Our main goal is, number one, to get into the public's consciousness; and, number two, to give people an opportunity to do something about it." Norwood said.
"Last year the national fatality rate dropped 10 percent, and Kansas is about 5 percent ahead of the national average. I don't give the REDI program complete credit but I do feel it is a factor. This is the first time a number of lives have been saved on the state's highways." Beaulé said
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