UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, April 4,1997
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Fewer students in athletic courses
By Ann Marchand
Kansan staff writer
Aside from costing the University of Kansas an extra $1.23 million this year, linear tuition has harmed enrollment in recreational and honors courses
Sandra Wick, assistant director of the Honors Program, said that the new payment system had forced students' attitudes to become more consumer-oriented and that she noticed definitive changes in the way students now viewed the enrollment process.
"I think that in a lot of non-quantifiable ways, the quality of education has been affected," Wick said. "It is sort of an attitude change from 'What courses can I take that sound interesting to me?' to 'What courses can I afford?"
Under the old system, students paid a flat rat if they took 12 or more hours. Students now pay by the credit hour for every class they take.
Honors administrators were not alone in their concern about the effects of lineartuition.
"We were down about 13 percent," said Wayne Osness, chairman of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation department.
Osness said that some advanced class sections did not have the required 12 students enrolled and had to be canceled.
Osness said he suspected that the decline in HPER's enrollment was largely due to out-of-state students. These students have to pay $275.65 per credit hour. At this cost, it could be more affordable to join a gym than enroll in an athletics class.
Since Fall 1992, average enrollment of undergraduate students declined one-half of a credit hour. Average enrollment for all students, including undergraduate, graduate and law divisions, fell.45 credit hours during the same time.
Wick said that although the drop was relatively small, linear tuition had significantly affected students' attitudes.
"You figure out your 124 hours and what you can afford, and you pay for it, and you're out of here," she said. "It
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The graph shows the average number of hours taken in the fall and spring semesters.
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has really affected students' entertaining the notion of getting a double major."
But Lindy Eakin, associate provost,
defended linear tuition.
"One of the things we had hoped
would happen is that it would reduce the number of add-drops, and it appears that happened," he said. "What we have to do now is be better at managing financially and planning on the administrative side."
KU museums to offer Explore Galore
By Osvaldo Munoz and Andrew
Humphrey
Special to the Kansan
People who haven't seen fossils from the Kansas River, watched a video about underwater archaeology or learned about the art of weaving and rug design of the Navajo culture will have a chance on Sunday, Museum Dav.
The 17th annual event will celebrate the contributions of KU museums to the community and their role in preserving natural and cultural heritage.
It will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Natural History Museum, the Museum of Anthropology, the Spencer Museum of Art and the Wilcox Classical Museum. The event is free.
Museum Day's theme this year is Explore Galore.
Lori Eklund, education services coordinator for the art museum, said that the event was intended to be family-oriented but that activities might interest KU students.
"There will be gallery activities for all age levels," she said.
Lauren Ritterbush, acting public education coordinator for the anthropology museum, said visitors would have an activities sheet, which parents could use to help guide their children through exhibits and special activities, including a treasure hunt.
"And that's simply designed to get people to get into the exhibits and see a little about them," Ritterbush said. "Museum Day is pretty hectic so we can't expect them to get a chance to really explore each of the exhibits in their entirety."
tutor for the Natural History Museum, said the hope among all who had worked on the event was to have a good response from the community.
Beth Huerter, membership and vis
"It's fun interacting with all the families and the questions that they have," she said. "This adds new energy to the museum."
The anticipated number of visitors varies from 35 at the Wilcox Classical Museum to as many as 800 at the Natural History Museum.
Huerter said the number of participants depended on their interests and the weather.
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