University Daily Kansan
Thursday, September 18.1975
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MPA program enrollment triples
Staff Writer
By DEBBIE BAUMAN
Enrollment in the graduate program in public administration at the University of Kansas more than tripled this semester. The university's vice president of the public administration program
Comparative enrollment figures showed that the size of the master's degree program jumped from 70 students in the fall of 1974 to 225 students this semester.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH this rapid enrollment growth, the size of the teaching staff for the graduate program also increased. Denhart said. Ten professors in the school have been public administration compared to a teaching staff of six in the fall of 1974.
Denhardt attributed this growth to increased social needs for effective administrative management, particularly in state and local government.
The KU graduate program in public
The graduate program in public administration began at KU in 1947 under the direction of Ekwin O. Stone, then head of the college of education. The centrated program remains within the political science department and offers graduate course work in four areas of concentration, according to Charlene May, a professor of the public administration program.
"There is probably no program better
in the field of city management," he
said.
administration is well-known nationally as a program of high quality and long tradition, particularly in the field or urban management. Denbard said.
More city managers have graduated from KU's public administration program than from all other American universities combined, Denhardt said. Among the KU alumni are the city managers of Dallas, Burbank and Kansas City, Mo.
Denhardt described the job market in public administration as better than that in most other fields today. Because of the reputation of KU's graduate program, he said, few graduates have trouble finding administrative positions.
School of Law that allows a student to obtain admission as a member of the public administration department also offers an office.
STUDENTS MAY CHOOSE to concentrate their graduate work in the fields of general public administration, urban government, state government or health administration, May said. There also is a joint-degree program offered with the
"The increasing complexity of social problems, such as in the areas of ecology and energy, are leading people to look for more structural structures for solutions." Deminghout, mat.
TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT structures no longer fill social needs, and they are often outdated.
The curriculum of the graduate program at KU is constantly expanding into broader areas, intermitting to maintain a clear learning environment of students and faculty, Dennard said.
demand to expand state and local governments with well-trained administrators.
University of Kansas administrators voted yesterday to provide temporary funding for two positions at the Bureau of Child Research.
Child research gets KU money
The bureau, with laboratory facilities at 1043 Indiana St. and offices and classrooms in Haworth Hall, teaches children with severe learning problems. KU students in classes dealing with the education of such students often do practice teaching at the bureau.
"It is crucial to develop a pattern of growth in which students and faculty can grow into new areas together and learn from each other," said Dendhart.
Edward Zamarriva, associate director for administration at the bureau, said the funding was needed because changes in the guidelines for federal grants had eliminated funding for two staff positions: a speechologist and a physical therapist.
Del Shanker, executive vice chancellor,
said the University would fund the positions
for two months while the bureau looks for
other grants to cover the expenses.
Although Shankel said the granting of such temporary monetary support was
Denhardt described the graduate program as a learning community of professors and students who depend on each other as mutual resources.
"Our occupational therapist helps the children with their coordination," he said. "Things like proper movement and control of the fingers, which seem so simple to us, are more difficult." Children. But with these basic skills they will eventually be able to do certain jobs.
Zamarrapa said the two staff members involved were very important because they were the only bureau in speech pathology and occupational therapy.
routine, Zamarripa said he was very relieved to hear of the decision.
The two staff members help children who are mentally retarded or have severe
The speech pathologist works with children who have speech impediments or defects, he said, because the inability to communicate can be a great barrier to education.
"We've been hung in there and somehow managing to keep these people on our staff," he said, "but I don't know what I would done'one怀念 without this or not." He could get some backup money until we can develop funding from some other sources."
"Many students at KU have classes where they come and work with our staff and learn how to teach these children," he said.
"We are all involved in the organized experience of real world situations with potential for conflict and chaos and from which we learn to respond appropriately, learning from experience." Denbark said.
learning disabilities, he said, and they train KU students in speech pathology and occupational therapy.
Ron Calgard, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, said that the bureau's problem was probably only temporary because the federal grants might be renewed or the bureau would find some other external source of money.
Zamarrair said the skills taught to the
were very basic and very important.
STUDENTS ENROLLED in the graduate program are required to complete 36 hours to receive the master's degree in public administration. The course involves two semesters of academic work in which students take 15 hours of general public administration courses and 12 hours of electives in the field of concentration, she explained.
The graduate program in public administration also is available to state government employees in Topeka who desire to attain a master of public administration degree. The program offers 10 graduate courses to 123 government employees in Topeka, the CU graduate program, May said, the Government maintains their state positions and attend classes in Topeka on weekday evenings, she said.
The remaining nine hours of credit are attained through internship work and a final field project report which is submitted near the university. The student described the field project as an extensive research report in an area related to the chosen administrative field. A student interested in urban government structures has taken his field report on labor relations, May said.
KU student health center gets 2-year accreditation
Watkins Memorial Hospital has been awarded two-year accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals.
"The two-year accreditation is the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to a hospital." Martin Wollmann, director, said yesterday.
“It’s an honor to receive the ac-
cordance,” she said. “It is a con-
portantly, it is a critical examination by an
outside agency of facilities and services provided at the hospital."
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Steve Segebrecht, chairman of the Student Health Services Advisory Board, said, 4,200 hospitals in the United States had some form of accreditation. Few university health centers have received the two-year accreditation.
Wollmann said, "To receive accreditation, the hospital must request that the accrediting commission send a team of experts to inspect the hospital facilities."
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Saturday, September 20
McCain Auditorium
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