Universiti, Daily Kansan, August 21, 1980 Page 15
Education
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"The faculty hired on a temporary basis as the enrollment increased are a margin against recession in enrolment," he said.
Because of low salaries-KU ranks fourth in pay among the six universities in its peer group—the University has difficulty keeping some of its professors, particularly in professional schools and in the sciences.
DAVID KRAFT, dean of the School of Engineering, said the loss of faculty to produce industry is very serious because industry faculty are not competitive with the outside.
"There are more people leaving the faculty to go into industry and government."
William Bulgen, chairman of the department of computer science, said, "It is a difficult atmosphere to hire faculty in because of industry. The minimum salary for a Ph.D. in industry is $23,000 and the maximum is $32,000 for a nine-week work load."
If state support declines, the University may be forced to rely more on money from the private sector and federal government grants.
KNAPPER SAID HE did not think the University would be in danger of losing its autonomy by accepting from private industry and foundations.
"We are always working toward increasing our endowment funds," Arno Knapper, professor of business, "We are seeking private funds for research in order to supplement moving expenses and summer salaries."
"That can only be a problem if the school lets it be," he said. "We are losing our autonomy primarily to the federal government. In order for us to accept federal funds, the University should conform to what the government wants."
KU will receive $15,190,000 from the federal government and private sources in fiscal 1981, which is about 12 million of the University's $121 million budget.
Kraft said, "There is always the problem that outside funding could influence how you run your institution, but not all of it is that this happens very infrequently."
Despite the problems facing KU in the 1800s and '90s, the decade may well be the best ever for students because of improved student-faculty ratios, more aggressive recruiting and a curriculum designed to suit students' needs.
"With fewer numbers, we can do our job better," said Gowen. "The enrollment problems will take care of themselves."
"KU is blessed with its favorable demography and its geographic location."
MVERS SAID THAT more pressure admissions department to recruit students.
"The whole admissions business is becoming more competitive," he said. "We are more inclined toward marketing than we were 10 years ago."
Students now, to a greater extent than a decade ago, see the University as a means to gain the skills needed to be employable. Kraft and Bulgrean said that undergraduate enrollment in their departments had doubled since 1975. Faculty members reported the high salaries paid to engineers and computer scientists.
Robert Adams, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said, "I perceive more concern among students about what they are going to be doing after graduation than I did 10 years ago.
GENOVA THOUGHT the enohasis on "practical" courses to get a jou was misplaced.
"A lot of corporations prefer people with liberal arts degrees. They would rather hire someone who has liberal training, then train them," said Genova.
"I think they are more concerned with education and knowledge itself, and also with getting a job."
"And they do better than someone with a narrow specialization in, say, business. Even the outside forces have come to realize that liberal arts, paradoxically, have value in the outside world."
The quest for students and funds at the modern university would have been incomceivable to Plato, 24 centuries ago. Under the wetter of hundreds of courses, government grants and the students' desire for the pot of gold at the entrance the educational rainbow, the existence of a liberal education could be in danger.
With support from the Kansas Legislature and a continuing dedication from the faculty and administration to develop students' minds, KU could survive the time of diminished growth with spirit intact.
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