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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, August 27, 1992
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KU enrollment increases
Graduate student numbers rise business school sees decrease
By Joe Harder
First-day enrollment at the University of Kansas increased nearly 3 percent from last year, an increase mainly due to growth in the graduate program, according to figures released by the Department of Educational Services.
Kansan staff writer
Rather than face a job market stumbling under the weight of a faltering economy, many KU students are entering graduate school, said Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor.
"Certainly the job market is not as good as it has been in the past years, so many students return to grad preparation for that market," he said.
The first-day figure of 27,704, a 678 student increase from last year, is a tally of students enrolled at the University on the first day of classes and is subject to change as students add classes and withdraw.
The University had 5,536 graduate students enrolled on the first day of classes, an increase of 407 over last year's enrollment.
Opening day enrollment increases...again
continue," she said. "With the unemployment rate as it is and so many people trying to find jobs, I didn't want to fight it."
Sean M. Tevis / KANSAN
Janey New, Overland Park graduate student, was one of those who ruler out a job search. She took a long look at the job market and headed for the safety of the School of Business' graduate program after receiving her degree in business administration in Spring 1992.
In other programs, however, the recession has hurt enrollment rather than helped. The undergraduate program at the School of Business decreased by 65 students to 735, a drop because of the economy, said Joe Reitz, director of the school's undergraduate program.
"While I'm in school, I might as well
"I think the recession of the last couple of years has had a dampening effect on the interest in business," he said. "People hear about business mergers and layoffs and say, 'Gee, if the only reason I'm going into business school is to make money, maybe I ought to be thinking about something else.'"
He said part of the decline showed a return to normality from abnormally high levels of enrollment during the late 1980s.
"Students looked at business as a career in which they could make more money than with other professions." he said.
Enrollment shrinkage in the business school and others, such as the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Allied Health, meant increases for other programs.
Source: KU Division of Student Affairs
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences grew by 268 students, an expansion of 2 percent from last year's level of 13.145.
James Muyskens, dean of the college, said he could not speculate on the reason behind the increases.
"The growth is really throughout the college, but what I suppose is most significant is an increase in the sciences," he said.
Black, assistant dean of the School of Social Welfare. But she said she thought the school's nearly 24 percent jump to 617 students was due to more than simply the promise of a job.
A field with expanding opportunities was social work, said Edith
"I think there's certainly a greater awareness among students of their place in helping with social problems," she said.
KU law school reaches record high enrollment of women, minorities
By Muneera Naseer
Kansan staff writer
More students are applying to KU's law program, and record numbers of women and minority students are entering.
This year's applicant pool of over 1,000 students is also the largest applicant pool since 1972. The school offered admission to 292 people.
Diane Lindeman, director of law school admissions, said the number of minority applications had risen in relation to applications from white students. Minority students make up 16.1 percent of the law school, an increase from 10.4 percent last year.
The law school has a record enrollment of 78 women and 27 minority students in this year's entering class.
"I think there are a variety of factors for this large number of enrollment" she said. "Firstly, we have a
Lindeman attributed the increases to a renewed interest in the law field.
Women constitute 46.4 percent of the class, the largest percentage of female enrollment in the school's history and an increase of fivepercent from last year's enrollment.
real quality program at a very affordable cost."
Lindeman also said that the admissions committee did a good job at achieving diversity by reviewing the applicant's files and looking at a diverse pool of applicants.
"I think this is also a reflection of the times and what the future might bring." she said.
Robert Jerry, dean of the law school, said that 20 years ago there was an increase of students applying to graduate schools as an alternative to entering the armed forces. Now he attributed the increase to its wider recognition as a good law school.
Students experience frustrations of KU parking
"The fact that we admitted the smallest number of students from the application pool shows that we were the first choice for a law school for those applicants," he said.
Stacy Campbell, a first-year African-American law student from Overland Park, said he chose the KU law school because of the affordability, the program and the environment.
"KU just seemed to have a personal approach in making me feel like they were interested in me," he said.
University again oversells yellow zones as the race for spaces reaches high gear
Kansan staff writer
By Christine Laue
Kansan staff writer
"I have to get here an hour early so I can feel I can get to class on time." the
After circling the parking lot east of the Computer Center three times, Nancy Pauw finally found a parking space.
Pauw is one of many KU students with yellow parking permits who experience the daily frustration of not finding parking spaces even though they have purchased the $30 and $50 permits. Because the KU Parking Department does not limit how many yellow stickers it sells, the number sold every year exceeds the number of stalls available to students.
Last year there were 7,565 student parking permits sold for the 3,930 parking stalls in yellow zones, said Donna Hultine, assistant director of the parking department. She said the reason for overselling was that all yellow permit owners do not use the spaces at the same time.
Memorial Stadium, and behind Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
"Iid say it's a 20 to 25 percent oversee-
sor." Hutline said. "When you buy a per-
mit, you're not guaranteed a stall."
The two busiest lots are Lot 72,
located between the parking garage
and Burge Union, and Lot 62, east of
the Computer Center. People with
yellow stickers also can park behind
Robinson Center, east and west of
Last year, students lost about 80 spaces because of construction and re-assignment to red zones but gained about 200 this year at the lot behind JRP. About 4,130 stalls are available to students this year.
"There should be no changes this fiscal year," Hutine said. "In the long-run plan, we'd really like to see a parking garage on the northeast side of campus. There's nothing on paper, but it's something we'd like to see."
In the meantime, students with yellow parking permits continue to explore the lots, parking their cars in proper stalls or on adjacent lawns.
Daron J. Bennett/ KANSAN
Some even park in faculty zones. In one area of Lot 62 yesterday, 24 out of almost 40 faculty parking spaces were filled by cars with yellow stickers.
Rory Zschoche, Olathe junior, said she did not want to take the chance of getting a ticket. When she was not able to find a space in Lot 62, she drove to the lot by the Burge Union. It was full too, so she drove to the parking garage.
"This morning it was hell," she said. "You can find a space unless you're early or lucky."
But Zschoche also said she understood why the parking department oversold the number of permits.
With the number of yellow stickers exceeding the number of available spaces in student lots, many students are forced to find other parking places. One student creates an extra parking space yesterday in Lot 62, located near the Computer Center.
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