Monday, May 3, 1965
University Daily Kansan
Page 9
College Will Be Harder to Get Into, Hitt Says
James K. Hitt, KU admissions director and registrar, predicted that getting into a college or university will become increasingly harder as the post-war baby boom hits the campuses across the country.
Hitt, speaking before the annual meeting in Chicago of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
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The bandleader had been hospitalized twice this year for respiratory trouble, stemming from asthma.
(AACRAO), said the problem is even greater than the experts realize.
ACTING AS THE PRESIDENT of AACRAO this year, Hitt said: "I foresee far more students entering the higher education process in the years to come than any of us have ever predicted. All of our projections represent minimum figures, and do not take into account the major social changes and the massive federal interest in the educational process.
Hitt said the expansion in higher education will necessitate increasing the size of every existing institution to its maximum along with the creation of additional educational facilities. He added this would be vital so the post-high school educational needs of all the young people can be adequately cared for.
"THIS EXPANSION will bring with it new challenges and responsibilities for registrars and admissions officers," Hitt said.
He continued, "I foresee the admissions officer of the future accepting greater responsibility for counseling those who apply for admission to his institution. Those whom he cannot accept will no longer be thought as being rejected."
Instead, the admissions officer will accept the obligation for diverting these students to other institutions hat have room for them. Hitt added.
HITT PREDICTED greater dialogue between high schools and colleges, between junior and senior level institutions, and between undergraduate and graduateinstitutions with regard to student transition problems.
"As the entry into the educational process becomes more complex," he said, "institutions that exchange students will get to know each other better, and will take seriously their responsibility for effecting smooth transition of their students."
The admissions officer will exert leadership on the campus to insure that all those who work with the students he has admitted are sensitive to their problems, Hitt said. The officer will gather meaningful data about the students and will distribute this data in usable form to all those who work with the students.
"I FORESEE student data systems which will affect all administrative offices on the campus, and which will tie the Admissions Office and the Registrar's Office closely together," Hitt said. He added that such systems are not dependent upon the number of students enrolled, but upon logical analysis of the needs for student data and the simplest ways of capturing, storing, retrieving, and disturbing it.
Hitt also called for an end to "depersonalization" in the colleges.
"The size of a college or university will not be an index of the
degree to which personal attention may be given to students," he explained.
"A STUDENT is more than an IBM card in the Registrar's Office," Hitt added. It will be up to the officials in the universities and colleges to prove this.
Hitt foresaw better organization and management of the people who work in the admissions offices. He said they will learn to delegate responsibilities, to develop line and staff relationships at all levels, and will perceive more clearly their own roles as executives.
"Finally, I foresee organized programs for training, placement in-service education, and executive development of registrars and staffs." Hitt said.
He added that he saw the AACRAO as the catalyzing and stimulating influence by which these things are recognized and encouraged to happen.
STUDENTS RESERVED SEATS FOR 1965 FOOTBALL
STUDENTS MUST ORDER SEASON TICKETS FOR NEXT FALL'S HOME FOOTBALL GAMES ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING PRIORITY SCHEDULE IF THEY WISH TO SIT IN THEIR CLASS SECTION.
Monday, May 3 Students who will be in the Fall Semester,1965 SENIORS
Tuesday, May 4 Students who will be in the Fall Semester,1965 GRADUATE STUDENTS*
Wednesday, May 5 Students who will be in the Fall Semester,1965 JUNIORS
Thursday, May 6 Students who will be in the Fall Semester,1965 SOPHOMORES
*This category includes current seniors who plan to continue at KU as graduate students and students who are in graduate school now and will return to KU in the fall of 1965 to continue their graduate work. It does not include students who will enter the Medical School in the fall of 1965 as their tickets will be applied for at the Medical Center in Kansas City.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY
Tickets will be applied for at Allen Field House—8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. daily. Enter north doors of the Field House and go down the east corridor; ID CARDS MUST BE PRESENTED AND EACH STUDENT SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PAY A FEE OF $1.50 PER SEASON TICKET AT THIS TIME TO COVER THE COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION. (Any applications for refunds of the $1.50 fee must be made in writing to the Athletic Seating Committee of the All Student Council prior to Sept. 1, 1965).
Orders may be placed according to the above schedule and information for picking up your tickets next fall will be distributed to you during the 1965 Fall enrollment period. Students who fail to apply during their assigned day will not be given priority with their class section. Students who fail to make application this spring will have the same priority as "New Students" in the fall. It is to your advantage to make application for your 1965 student football season ticket this spring.
Group applications, within a priority classification will be limited to not more than twenty-five (25). (Exceptions will be considered in the case of exceptionally large pledge classes or classes within men's or women's residence halls.) It should be noted that independent groups can apply in groups if they so desire. All block applications will be given priority according to the student of lowest classification. The person(s) applying for a group must present ID cards for all members of the group.
After all applications are completed this Spring, a drawing will be held within each priority group to determine seat location. In this way an equal opportunity will be afforded to each student so long as you have made application on your assigned priority date. Individual orders and group orders will each be numbered and carry the same weight in the drawing of lots. The Athletic Seating Committee of the ASC will supervise the drawing of lots soon after the end of the ticket application period.
Season tickets for student spouses who are themselves students may be ordered at the earlier priority of either spouse. Season tickets for student spouses who are not themselves students may be ordered at the time their student spouse orders his or her ticket. The price for all student spouse tickets is $7.50. A price of $6.50 applies to housemothers, whose orders may be placed during any priority period.
New 1965 medical students will apply at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City next fall for their season tickets.
Pep Club members must present evidence of membership to be assigned seats in pep club sections. Members of the University Marching Band will have seats reserved automatically and need not order tickets.
To speed up group applications, arrange ID cards according to the following: A-F, G-L, M-R, S-Z, and present these grouped ID's to the proper tables set up in the East Lobby of Allen Field House.
NOTE: ID Cards Alone Will NOT Admit Students to Football Games Next Fall.
A Reserved Seat Season Ticket Will Be Necessary
ASC ATHLETIC SEATING COMMITTEE