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UniversityDailyKansan / Thursday,August29.1991
Computers to help advising process
By Jennifer Bach
Kansas staff writer
Complaining about the University's advising system has become a way of life for some KU students.
Some students say the system is not personal enough, while others say they receive too much attention.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences hopes to improve the advising process by turning the computer center in the basement of Strong Hall into an advising center, said David Manning, systems analyst for the college.
The center will purchase 10 Zenith IBM-compatible computers which will be available to students who want training in their requirements and device schedules.
The new computers, scheduled to be in use for spring pre-enrollment in October, will remain available for personal academic use by students.
Mannering said the system would simplify the process of determining
The students will be able to obtain a
floppy disc from the advising center and put it into the computer," he said. "The computer will analyze their transcripts to insist their desired degree and major."
"It will show on the screen the requirements that have yet to be filled. It will also show which classes are closed or available and which classes need a prerequisite or a professor's approval."
Manninger said there would not be advisers in the advising center to help students enroll, but someone would be there to help students operate the computers.
He said that in the pre-enrolment advising session, advisers would still help students with graduation and long-term personal and career goals.
Manninger said the computers would supplement the advising process and make it more efficient.
"It won't waste time looking through books when the answers can be more readily available on computer," Mannering said.
By allowing the computers to deal with advising technicalities, the counselors have more time to answer questions and goal-oriented issues with students, he said.
He said the computer system would not automatically enroll students in the desired classes. By frequently checking the computer, students could remain up-to-date on the availability of classes.
"Wescoe was very crowed," Mannerning said. "We needed more space. Our idea was if we could get a lab on our server, we could expand our services."
The system, which has been used in the college's advising support center at 4017 Wescoe for four years, has been successful, he said.
He proposed the idea of expanding the lab after staff members at the computer center decided to relinquish control of Strong Hall's computers to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
"If we are able to keep it open weekends and nights, it will help them because they will have more access to receiving help," she said.
Pam Houston, director of the undergraduate center, said the new computer advising center would be beneficial to students who did not have time for
advising with faculty members during office hours.
But, Houston said the computers would not handle advising alone.
"No matter how many computers we supply, I would hope that students be clairvoyant with a human being to discuss their problems and questions," she said.
Paul Marsh, Oladio the senior, said he thought that most students felt advising was difficult. He said some advisers could not to take classes that they may not want.
Marsh said the computer advising center would help eliminate some of these problems and be sufficient help for the new staff. "We were confident about their schedules."
"I think it's helpful as a freshman to see an adviser," he said. "But, I think as a sophomore, junior and senior, you basically know the plan and just need a little help, so the computers would be great."
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■ Watson Library will offer tours and instruction Thursday from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and Friday from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. The tours provide general orientation to the libraries. Stop by the library reference desk or call 684-3347 for more information.
CLARIFICATION
Some information in the chronology of events on Page 3 of yesterday's Kansan needed clarification. KJHK ran the story about the reported Darren Fulcher battery only one day
Kids familiar with food groups
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Kids know their basic food groups, according to a food industry survey released yesterday, but critics say absorbing such knowledge does not necessarily ensure good eating habits.
Teaching children to eat a variety of foods is a smoketree to mask the
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