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University Daily Kansan, September 4, 1981
ACT scores show drop in math
By LIZ HOPPE Staff Reporter
Declining math skills, reflected in college admissions test scores, threaten American leadership in technology, a KU math professor said yesterday.
"There has been a trend over the last 10 years away from mathematics on the secondary level," Fred Van Vleck, professor of mathematics, said.
That trend has inadequately prepared many college freshman for the challenges they meet in college. The majority of math-related jobs after graduation.
The recent trend was reflected in the mathematics American College Testing scores. In 1979-1980, the mean math score was 16.9. Ten years earlier, the college-bound students was 19.5, according to Gerry Johnston an ACT representative.
"Almost all areas are using more math these days, and I think in order to understand it, you have to have a lot of mathematics." Van Vleck said.
COUNSELORS AND administrators in the high schools do not stress the importance of math, Charles Himstedt of the department of mathematics, said.
"In most states the minimum requirement for a diploma is very high."
Mike Browning, supervisor of school services for Lawrence High School,
Hawaii.
"At Lawrence High School, we did a survey, and about 85 percent of our students take one math course in their three years of high school," he said.
By law, students have to take at least one math course in their last four years, but most students take that required course in the ninth grade.
The University of Kansas, only three blocks away, has a pervasive influence on the attitudes people from Lawrence have about their education, he said.
"Generally, kids that come from other high schools to Lawrence High School are not as well prepared in mathematics," Browning said.
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NCAA reply expected soon
By EILEEN MARKEY Staff Reporter
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has not formally responded to the big Eight's request for NCAA reorganization because it failed to provide an official notification of the request, an NCA spokesman said yesterday.
"We need an official communication from the Big Eight explaining their request," Dave Sawyer of AAA public relations director said.
Big Eight executive officers asked the NCAA to convene a special convention to restructure its top division, after a five-hour meeting with Ms. Mo., on Wednesday. They requested the NCAA to respond by Sept. 9.
Cawood said the Big Eight has been using ratification of the College Football Association's television speed reorganization procedures.
"They needed leverage to insure that the reorganization would take
"I don't think there is any scary tactic involved," Marcum said. "I don't think there is any guarantee I can A will go for reorganization."
place," Cawood said. "The CFA gave them that."
Bob Marcum, KU athletic director, disagreed.
The Big Eight schools, who are all members of both the CFA and the NCAA, recently ratified a $180 million television contract with NBC-TV. The NCAA threatened to expel or declare ineligible any school who finalized its contract, and the CFA required schools to withdraw by Sept. 10, or stick with the original contract.
NCAA Division A schools, which include members of the Big Eight, Pacific have and Big 10 conferences, have been complaining about the size of their division for several years.
Marcum said his main concern was the reorganization of Division I-A to reduce the number of participating schools from 180 to 80 or
"What we're interested in is a division of fewer schools," he said. We want schools with similar interest in the careers and finances and similar financial resources."
30, and to balance the division financially.
The criteria for Division I-A football membership includes meeting certain stadium and population figures as well as sponsoring eight sports, including football.
According to Cawood, a clause in the criteria, referred to as the "Ivy League Clause," allows schools to meet all the criteria. A without meeting all the criteria.
"When the current Division I-A adopted that criteria they also adopted what became a big loophole," Cawood said. "When they (the Division I-A members) voted on it, they thought it would only let in about eight schools, instead it let in 45."
To change the "Ivy League Chause" and any NCAA rules, the NCAA would have to call a special convention.
Watson inventory: it's not 'impossible'
By CYNTHIA HRENCHIR Staff Reporter
Many said they were attempting the impossible.
Ruth Hurst didn't agree. With the assistance of part-time help and students, she has begun a complete inventory of Walson Library.
"Sometimes it reminds you of a scavenger hunt," said Hurst, data entry supervisor at Watson. "You are looking at some call number and think, 'It just possibly could be here.' You go on a hunch."
culation librarian, sent a questionnaire to major libraries all over the country explaining what the library was doing and asking for suggestions. She said that many responded, 'that's impossible.'
Hurst said Cliff Haka, Watson cir-
"They told us that it would take three years for the Dewes," Hurst said. "We are over three-fourths of the way done, and it only took one-and-a-half."
It must not have affected her or her staff much.
"We want to have the catalogue resemble what there actually is," she said. "If the patron matches the book he be more sure that it is on the shelves."
wish to accomplish, Hurst said. They intend to find books reportedly lost, those that have been mishelped and those who plan to catch books marked incorrectly.
Staff members have many goals they
"It is a clean clean-up of the stacks," said Starlet Scott, one of Hurst's assistants. "We feel we really accomplished something."
And there are other books on shelves for which the library has no record.
There are 1,118,033 books in Watson's catalogue records, Hurst said.
When the Dewey Decimal-catalogued books are completed, the staff then is scheduled to move on to the Library of Congress sections.
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