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Thursday, August 26, 1971
University Daily Kansan
Enrollment Load Not Discouraging
New Law Dean Confident
By Melissa Berg
Kensan Staff Writer
The phone rang and the dean swung sharply away, almost pouncing on the receiver. A tool in front of the door said no one answered on the other end.
Such enthusiasm at answering a ringing phone is indicative of his career as president Dickinson Jr. has taken in his new position as dean of KU's law school and he is given the pointment as successor to Lawrence Blades became of
New Law Dean Enthusiastic
Martin Dickinson, a KU grad.
The 33-year-old bespectacled dean is a third generation lawyer. He was trained lawyers. In a recent interview Dickinson outlined plans for preserving another kind of tradition—offering the best options.
His dress-short-sleeved shirt and tie, matched the atmosphere of his office relaxed. He was comfortable, half was spent, but his tone was still energetic. He leaned back in his swair chair and spoke optimistically about coping with the new job. He enrolled and faculty shortages.
Enrollment has zoomed to 485 students, an increase of 200 over two years ago, the dean said. In addition, enrollment actually has increased from 17 to 20.
"This means heavier teacher loads and larger classes for all professors," he said, adding that there were no teaching assistants in the classrooms indicated that the majority of classes would have 80 to 110 students.
In an effort to help alleviate the increased teacher load, the dear
will teach half time and the associate barkley Clark will assume a full teaching load.
assume a fun teaching load.
Dickinson refused to be
discouraged at the situation.
"I have confidence that we'll be able to enlarge the faculty in 1972-73."
Cramped facilities present another problem for the new dean. This building (Green Hall) was built in 1965 for 108 students, "the seating is inadequate, especially in the library," he
The typical student spends much of his time in the library. The American Association for Library Services should be enough seating for two-thirds of the total number of students. We can only accommodate one-third.
Dickinson expressed disappointment that the cramped facilities and staff shortages had allowed her mission to qualified students. Of the 1,400 applicants this year, 200 were selected for the freshman law class. As in many other schools, her foothold in increasing numbers. Dickinson estimated that the percentage of women in each class had doubled over last year from 7 per cent to about 15 per cent.
'The incoming class includes close to 30 women, upping the total in the school to 35 or 40.' Dickson said.
Dickinson said that there had been no particular recruitment program aimed at females, but barriers were being broken by
"When my mother received a law degree from KU in 1928 it was
rather unusual, but today it's a different story. Law firms are taking more women."
Dickinson noted that there weren't any apparent differences between the quality of work in male and female students.
"There's a little more selectivity involved with the females, because only the highest caliber players are eligible. They aren't any more reducent than the guys. If they're going to compete, they're going to have to engage in competition."
Dickinson practiced law in the field of tax and estate planning in Chicago from 1967. He made the switch to the academic world, "because in a practice, you can only represent a small world of people." You can research policies.
Dickinson's record shows his own brand of aggressiveness. For instance, he has an impressive list of acknowsness. He also
The switch has been a beneficial one for students. In 1985, she was named "Best Teacher" in the senior class of the Law School.
Regents Cut 1973 Budget Requests
Although fiscal year 1971-72 is just beginning, budget officials have already been submitted to the Kansas Board of Regents and the governor.
The board chopped KU's request of $45,711,283 to $46,751,007.
In making the cuts the Regents deleted student salary money increases, overtime pay, faculty disability and life insurance, the aeronautics doctoral program, and the law enforcement training center, space building staff, McCollian Lab staff and supplies and statewide expansion. Faculty salary increases requested at 10 per week were requests for classified employees from 10 to 8 per cent
Nevertheless, the board's request, if approved by the governor and the legislature in late 2013, came from the 1972 budget of 1.01 per cent in the total budget and 14.4 per cent in state appropriations.
In October, the Regent's will be willing to bring the Kansas director. His ruling the governor will hold a budget hearing at which cut will be made.
A revised budget will then be prepared by the governor and will be submitted to the department for the final decision on funding.
12 years the percentage of faculty employed in legislature to the University's educational and general operating budget has decreased from 71.5 per cent to 63.3 per cent, and from 46.8 per cent to 32.6 per cent, 12 years the legislature has gone from $45 million to virtually zero, financing new construction of buildings on the Lawrence campus not including repairs for the University building.
This includes both general revenue appropriations and educational building. Educational Building Fund, a state-wide tax levy. The Kansas Union and student health center are financed virtually without government funding.
Although legislative support for the general operating fund, for the Educational Building
The net result is that KU faculty members receive salaries in the lower 10 per cent of all graduates. The number of faculty to students has decreased from 1 for every 15 to for every 25, and students now have only 7.88 sq.f. of classroom space compared to 11.19 sq.f. for 10 years ago.
$1,000 Awards Are Received By 4 Teachers
Flora Wyatt, teaching associate in education, received the $1,000 B. Herner Fink award for outstanding classroom teaching.
Four KU faculty members last commencement received awards of $1,000 each for excellence in teaching.
Robert W. McColl, associate professor of geography and East Asian area studies; John B. Bremner, associate professor of journalism and Elizabeth Avery English, associate professor of English, received $1,000 awards from the Standard Oil Company of Indiana Foundation.
Fund, faculty salaries, space per student and faculty members per student is on the decline, the number of donors and amount of donation to the Endowment and donations are at a record high.
In the 12 month period ending May 1, over 88 million was given to the University by private donors. The funds through the University are intended to provide services and facilities that normally are not
provided by the taxpayers through appropriations. The Program for Progress campaign which netted $19.6 million, still has a balance of about $1.4 billion. The program's cash and plastics for future use.
The Alumni Association has the highest percentage of graduates in the program and is a member of the Big Eight schools of all universities and colleges in
the United States. Gifts this past year from 17,227 donors produced a total of $603,000—another record.
There are three budgets for the University. One is the general revenue fund (applied to) an annual budget, in this year $22% of $22% million. The one most often referred to is the educational and general operating budget, which comes $3 per cent of which comes from legislative support.
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Chalmers is scheduled to speak at 9:40 a.m. Monday in Allen Field House. All classes from the day before have been shortened to a half hour each with the usual 10-minute break in between.
No classes will be held from 9:20 to 10:50 to allow students time to attend Chalmer's address.
Chalmers planned to tell new students that KU represented a new opportunity for them but that they must take advantage of it. Nichols and hand-written draft of the speech Wednesday, Nichols said, and some revisions are expected. The final version would speak for about 20 minutes.
Nichols said Chalmers will make note of the system of student government at KU and will urge student participation.
Nichols said Wednesday that
right budget KU is faced with and will ask for understanding. Paul E. Wilson, professor of aw and University marshal, will introduce Chaimers. Also on the course are Mr. Drew our vice chancellors, the academic deans of the various schools and colleges within the University, the chairman and the executive Senate, the Executive Committee, the presiding officers of the University Senate and of the Faculty Senate and the student president and vice president.
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