10A SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996
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KU officials change focus of enrollment
- KU is striving to increase the quality and quantity of students.
BY TIM CARPENTER
JOURNAL-WORLD WRITER
In the next month or so, Kansas University will be enrolling a new director of admissions in an aggressive student recruiting effort.
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KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway said so.
Proof of his desire to shake up student recruitment was the dismissal in June of Deborah Boulware, admissions director since 1991.
Enrollment on KU's Lawrence campus had fallen every year she was on the job.
Hemenway said he was interested in more than filling classrooms with warm bodies.
"I believe you ought to be able to say to every assembled freshman class, 'You are the best freshman class, academically speaking, that's ever been at this institution. Don't feel badly about it, but next year there will be a better class.'"
"If the university will recruit in that way, it will become a better university," he said.
The interim admissions director is
Kathryn Tuttle, director of KU's new student orientation program. She has declined to be a candidate for the position, but a permanent successor may be appointed by Sept. 1.
In the late 1980s, KU was swimming in students. The university had more than faculty could handle. Students were packed to the rafters in dormitories. Recruiting back then was more reactionary than proactive.
"I believe you ought to be able to say to every assembled freshman class, 'You are the best freshman class, academically speaking, that's ever been at this institution. Don't feel badly about it, but next year there will be a better class.'"
— KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway
It's a different story now. As KU's tuition has climbed, fewer nonresidents have enrolled. Dorm rooms stand empty.
Kansans have plenty of college options other than KU, and they're taking advantage of them. KU is now forced to engage in serious recruiting.
Hemenway said the state's best and brightest high school graduates will know KU wants to count them among Jayhawk loyalists.
Meanwhile, a new program has been devised to intensify recruitment and retention of second-tier students. The Mt. Oread Program will target students with ACT scores from 27 to 31. An
Telephone calls to potential students are the rule instead of the exception, he said.
existing honors program takes care of students with an ACT above 31.
"We found some of our brightest students didn't feel as challenged as they wanted to be." Provost David Shulenburer said.
These lower-scoring students will be offered scholarships, small classes and faculty mentoring, he said.
Shulenburger said he was disappointed that only two-thirds of KU applicants with 27-31 ACT marks enrolled at KU. In addition, one-third of students in the test-score group who did enroll didn't
"For 32 percent ... not to earn a KU degree borders on the ridiculous." Shulenburger said.
KU enrollment last fall was 27,639,a407-student drop from fall1995.
That reflected a decline of 300 students on the Lawrence campus, which includes the Regents Center in Overland Park, and 107 students at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
Robert Stark, Regents Center dean, said KU's decline would
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latory board directed by the State Board of Education, is taking a very different way of doing licensing." Gallagher said.
"Instead of certification, it is
being called 'licensing. Instead of 209 certificates, there will be approximately 28. The standards board will be taking a document that was given to it by a subcommittee and taking it back out into the state to talk about it and review it. And by July 1 of next year, it will be before the State Board of Ed to approve. That will impact the schools and colleges of ed in this state the most."
Although this is not the first time that there have been changes for the standards of teaching, Gallagher's advice to students is to be aware of how
sorry we've changed, so you'll have to stay another three years."
While a new standard in licensing
would have implications for current teachers renewing their licenses, Gallagher said it wouldn't have a great effect on any current students in the School of Education.
"Last year we were No.1 and this year No.2. Aside from being scientific, it's reputation as well, but No.1 or No.2 out of 220 programs is not bad, and then the whole school is 20th."
"What is in effect when you come in is what your program is," Gallagher said.
Karen Gallagher, dean of the School of Education
such changes could affect them
"We would never say 'Well, I'm
"What you do (as an administrator) is work to make sure your program responds (to such changes) and then you help your students with that transition," Gallagher said. "So, that they will not only have that license but they will have the skills they will need to be successful in the classroom."
Gallagher advises any incoming KU freshmen to
seek the advice of an advisor to get a jump on required courses.
"They need to contact us to sit down and let us explain exactly the kinds of requirements it's going to take to be successful to enter at the end of your sophomore year," Gallagher said.
Gallagher said a great credit to the university is KU's special教
cation department's No. 2 ranking (out of 223 schools of education) received in a spring issue of U.S. News and World Report. The entire School of Education ranked 20th.
*Last year we were No. 1 and this year No. 2. Aside from being
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"We're very proud of both the faculty and the students and the graduates."
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