Questionnaires handed out on KU's Centennial College
By GARY MURRELL
(Second of a two-part series,)
(Second of a two-part series.) An ultra-modern method of educating underclassmen, the Centennial College, has attracted research projects of the sociology department.
E. Jackson Baur, professor of sociology, is beginning a comprehensive 3-year study, financed by a grant from the Carnegie Foundation, to determine the success of the college.
About 1000 students who live in
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residence halls are filling out questionnaires about themselves and their college experience. The group includes 500 liberal arts freshmen who are not participating in the Centennial College.
INSTEAD OF instructors filling out lengthy reports on students' progress, the students themselves will be invited "to record their observations about the University and provide information on their educational progress at intervals during undergraduate years," Baur said.
Using information from the questionnaires, development of students in the Centennial College will be compared with those not participating.
"Accuracy of findings of the study will depend largely upon cooperation of the students chosen to participate in the research project." Baur explained.
"THE STUDY WILL require several months to complete," he said. "And then we hope to have some trends to work with."
Last week, 350 freshmen had completed questionnaires.
Baur said KU is one of a dozen universities currently experimenting with new methods to overcome fragmentation and alienation of the student body because of tremendous growth in recent years.
HE BELIEVES the research program will reveal that students prefer smaller classes. For
instance, Baur cited the enrollment in Elements of Sociology, a beginning course with 800 students in one section.
"This presents a situation not conducive to a satisfactory educational experience," he said.
A student, he says, is placed among strangers, and he becomes frightened by the complexity of the classroom. This hinders proper intellectual development.
- Fewer students should drop out of the Centennial program; therefore, it would keep the normally marginal students in school.
BAUR SAID the experiment may have two significant advantages over regular classroom arrangement:
Students should become better educated through development of a broader prospective, tolerance, imagination and creativity.
IN ADDITION, the study should reveal strengths and weaknesses of the college to aid in future planning.
Assisting Baur in the project is Joy R. Gold, professor of sociology, five graduate students in sociology, counseling and social psychology, and six undergraduate sociology majors.
Daily Kansan Thursday, October 27, 1966
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