Reform policies discussed
With the present structure of many requirements in the University which were set up 10 years ago, many students think it's time to do a little analyzing and changing, said Francis Horowitz, director of the department of Human Development and Family Life.
She spoke during on informal discussion among faculty, administrators and students on education and reform in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences last night in the Big 8 Room of the Kansas Union. The meeting was intended to promote communication among students and faculty, said George Laughead, Dodge City junior and chairman of the course-teacher evaluation committee.
The ability of the University of Kansas to make significant changes without substantial financial support was explained by Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. He said that such a situation called for a encompassing method of student activity.
"One can't separate the financial funding of a University from the quality of that University, but financial backing may be separated from the University's structure," Chalmers said.
He said that one may arrive at such an unstructured approach through the autonomy of the faculty, students and schools involved.
Members of an institution may successfully attempt to bring change as long as they work around the edges, but one cannot work into the structure of a University without affecting its development, said Jerry Lewis, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Lear, Lawson prizes awarded by College
The winners of the Veta B. Lear awards for 1969 and the winner of the Paul B. Lawson award for 1969-70 have been announced by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said Delbert Shankel, associate dean of the College. Monday.
The Veta B. Lear awards are given each year to the College student with the highest academic record for their freshman year. This year an unprecedented number of 14 students received an average of 3.0 in 30 hours or more.
Lear award winners are; Margaret A. Earley, Kansas City, Kan. sophomore; Barry W. Homer, Paola sophomore; Linda Susan Legg, Dodge City sophomore; Ann Poppe, Wichita sophomore; Linda Lee Handy, Emporia sophomore; Justin T. Hunt, Conway Springs sophomore; Jerry Steven Morgan, Wichita sophomore; Leonard L. Wall, Overland Park sophomore; Howard C. Harmon, Wichita sophomore; Kenneth Klassen, Overland Park sophomore; Kathryn M. Nemeth, Oberlin sophomore; Lewis Wesselius, Topeka sophomore; Stephen Winters, Wichita sophomore; and Mary Ellen Youle, Kansan City, Mo. sophomore.
The Paul B. Lawson award is awarded every year to the student in the College of Liberal
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Petitions and legal requests continue to be made to administrative committees, said Dennis Embry, Great Bend junior, but many significant changes don't come before the concerned students have left school.
Arts and Sciences who has acheived the most outstanding record for his first three years in the college.
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The 1969-70 winner of the Lawson award is James A. Reaves, Prairie Village senior. The Lear award is given in memory of Veta B. Lear who for many years served as the assistant to the dean of the college of Liberal Arts and Sciences. At the time of her death a group of her friends started a fund through the Endowment Association.
An arrangement is currently being researched to enable discussions and decisions to occur more frequently, Embry said.
The student role in such an arrangement must begin at the base of every group or committee on campus and continue through to the top, said Mrs. Horowitz. An improved level of voting participation of students is only one of the methods to make such an arrangement succeed, she said.
The Lawson award is given in memory of Paul B. Lawson who served as dean of the college of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Requirements of the University, including the language requirement, were discussed. The reconstruction of a system of requirements involves an alteration of responsibility, construction and style, Chalmers said.
Many members of the Educational Policies Committee think it is bad strategy to raise the language requirement alone for change, said Ronald Calgaard, associate professor of economics. Course requirements in English, Western Civilization, and mathematics, for example, are of equal importance for consideration, Lewis said.
A person who is liberally educated ought to be able to handle various areas of knowledge competently, said George Waggoner, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. If he cannot prove his competence through proficiency examinations, he must learn through some form of required system.
There is still a basic fear of letting students go at an education on their own, Calgaard said. He said the faculty felt more confident knowing students are under the same basic curriculum.
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