University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, February 17, 1988
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Business school enrollment off sharply
Kansan staff writers
By Julie Adam and
Cfanges in KU professional school enrollment from spring '87 to spring '88
Twentieth-day enrollment figures showed that the School of Business had the greatest fluctuation among the professional schools in its spring enrollment.
Architecture & Urban Design +3%
Business -10%
Education +3%
Engineering -2%
Fine Arts +4%
Graduate -0.6%
Journalism -3%
Law -0.6%
Pharmacy +4%
Social Welfare -2%
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| | Business -10% | Education +3% | Engineering -2% | Fine Arts +4% | Graduate -0.6% | Journalism -3% | Law -0.6% | Pharmacy +4% | Social Welfare -2% |
Enrollment in the KU School of Business this semester decreased about 10 percent from a year ago, dropping from 1.010 to 907 students.
David Shulenberger, associate dean of academic affairs in the School of Business, said the school on its own target of about 400 for this semester.
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He said the school had been tightening its admissions policy because of budget and faculty cuts. By fall 1969, the school wants only 720 students; by spring 1969, the school had 64 faculty members; in spring 1966, it had 48 faculty members.
"We're trying to get some balance between faculty and students," Shulenberger said.
Spring enrollment at the University of Kansas Medical Center decreased 6 percent, but James Cooney, dean of allied health at the Med Center, said the figures did not accrue the enrollment levels. Some of the classes at the Med Center began after 20th-day figures were compiled.
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VVe're trying to get some balance between faculty and students.'
School of Business
David Shulenberger associate dean of academic affairs School of Business
Cooney predicted that when the final enrollment count at the Med Center was tabulated, the figures would show an increase.
The School of Medicine at the Med Center showed a 2-percent decrease in morbidity.
D. Kay Clawson, executive vice chancellor of the Med Center, said that the drop in that school's numbers was due to the Med Center's reducing the entering class size from 200 to 175 two years ago.
In nursing, the decrease was 26
students, from 261 last year to 235
this year.
getting fewer applications from nursing students, Clawson said.
The School of Engineering experienced a 2 percent drop, or a loss of 34 students.
Carl Locke, dean of engineering, said enrollment in engineering had been on the decline since 1983 but had relatively stable this year.
He said that he would like to see engineering enrollment stay steady but that the school is experiencing an overload of students in relation to faculty in the aerospace, electrical and computer engineering departments.
The School of Journalism also experienced a 3-percent drop in enrollment. from 765 to 740.
Dana Leibengood, associate dean of journalism, said the school had hoped to decrease its enrollment. He said the decrease was a result of a change in the overall grade point average required for admission.
Starting with freshmen admitted to
KU in the fall of 1984, the admissions requirement changed from a 2.0 GPA to a 2.5 GPA. Leibengood said the reduced number of eligible students would keep the school's enrollment stable.
The School of Fine Arts enrollment increased by almost 4 percent, or 40 students. Peter Thompson, dean of fine arts, said the school had been anticipating the increase.
"It's not such a big increase that it is going to cause a significant problem," he said.
In the School of Architecture and Urban Design, enrollment increased about 3 percent from last spring's figures. Lois Clark, assistant dean of architecture and urban design, said the school's enrollment usually didn't change dramatically.
"Our enrollments remain constant because admissions are controlled," she said.
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determined by the mother's attending physician, she said, based on the health of the mother and the age of the fetus.
Until 1970, when the Kansas criminal codes were revised, abortions were illegal. The current statutes regarding homicide do not address the issue of when a fetus becomes a human being for purposes of the statutes.
Wilkinson cited a 1962 Kansas Supreme Court decision that decided that an unborn child was covered by the civil wrongful death laws.
Never too late for procrastinators: Center helps students break habit
"The Legislature always intended that a viable human fetus is capable of surviving until it dies."
"Nowhere is specific reference to the unborn child; the stability, he said.
Wichita attorney Michael Barbara, representing Trudell, disputed the contention that the Legislature rejected the children in the homicide statutes.
By Mario Talkington
He also said an overwhelming majority of states have decided that unless the law includes specific language covering fetuses, criminal laws would not cover them.
Special to the Kansan
Joe Mosher had several weeks to prepare for his chemistry test last semester, but he put off studying until the night before the exam. Mosher was up that entire night, rushing desperately to absorb enough information to get a passing grade.
"It was pure hell." Mosher, St. Louis freshman said, "I was so tired the next day. I got a 'D' in the course because I flunked that exam."
Like Mosher, many KU students put off doing their classwork, waiting until the last few days to complete an assignment or study for a test.
Debbie Gruver, Garden City junior, said she put everything off until the last minute. "When I was a freshman, I had three papers due the same day. I did them all the night before."
Gruver said that problems with procrastination sometimes prevented her from reaching her
academic potential.
"You always get done what you have to have done, but you can tell that it could've been a lot better," she said.
Students with poor study habits like procrastination can turn to the Student Assistance Center, 121 Strong Hall, for help. Students can either attend workshops sponsored by the center or talk individually with assistance center counselors.
Sara Martin, assistant director of the center, said that studying in brief, frequent sessions rather than in length "cram" sessions usually helped students perform better in class.
"Most of us have an attention span for one kind of activity for 30 minutes to an hour. At that point, we need a break to replenish our ability to concentrate," she said. "Complete concentration is very hard to maintain."
Martin said that viewing larger projects, such as term papers and
final exams, as a combination of smaller tasks also helped students combat the temptation of putting off studying.
"We procrastinate tasks that we perceive as overwhelming," she said. "If it's too big, you can't think about it. You should break it into small enough parts that you're not afraid to start it."
Martin said that students should make a schedule to complete the summer.
"It's not easy when you first start because most of us don't like that kind of regimentation," she said. "Eventually, it becomes habitual and you find that you actually have more flexibility in your schedule."
Martin said a regular study schedu-
se also prevent a all-night study
session.
"It's not a good idea to stay up all night.
You fool yourself up for days."
The Student Assistance Center has study skills workshops scheduled throughout the semester.
Poor weather slows work at Snow Hall
By Donna Stokes
Kansan staff writer
The first phase of Snow Hall renovations should be completed in July, even though cold and snowy weather has slowed construction.
Larry Kietzman, owner of Kietzman Construction Co. of Topeka, said that workers had lost about 30 days during the last three months because of the weather but that completion won't be delayed.
Kietzmian Construction Co. is currently working on Phase I of the renovations, which involves constructing an elevator shaft, an entrance on the southwest side of the building and a stairwell and fire escape on the northeast side of the building.
Phase I of the renovations, mainly to the northeast wing of Snow, will cost $1.2 million. The wing was built in 1961.
Doug Riat, assistant director for construction administration, said, "It was a very tight budget, but we are still operating under it."
When finished, floors four and five will be primarily classrooms, Riat said. There will also be a few offices for teachers' assistants.
Spot heaters and plastic barriers to keep the snow out have helped workers continue to work during bitter cold weather and two recent snowstorms.
Charlie Brown, project manager, said construction continued
through the bad weather. It set them back a little bit but not a lot, he said.
"All of the concrete work is done," said Brown. "We're starting on the interior now."
Areas being poured had to be heated and covered to allow the concrete to cure. Kietzman said
Kietzmant said, "All of the walls have been done, the elevator shaft, landings and the east stairwell also have been poured. Now we are framing classrooms on the fourth and fifth floors, which are part of Phase I."
"We had to do one pour at a time," he said. "It took about five to seven days for each floor, and the weather added time in between that."
Brown also said that stone for the new elevator shaft and the northeast concrete stair tower had been selected and approved by the project's architects. The stone is an Indiana limestone.
Riat said he expected the stone to be approved by the University.
Phase II will involve the demolition and remodeling of the old wing, built in 1929.
After both phases are complete, Snow will house the mathematics and computer science departments. The biological science division, which has a few departments in Snow, will be moved to Haworth Hall.
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when they were involved in study abroad programs.
New graduation requirements also have affected the number of students in math courses. As part of the early and continuous enrollment requirement, freshmen must enroll in math by their second semester and remain enrolled in math courses until they pass Math 101 or Math 102.
The number of math students in remedial math, Math 002, increased to 1,035 students. This spring 1,035 students in Math 101, compared with 620 last year.
Philip Montgomery, director of pre-calculus mathematics, said the math department was coping as well as it could. He said that he was not surprised by the increases because of the new freshman requirement.
Spanish 104 enrollment increased from 394 last spring to 518 this spring. Carothers said an additional 450 students had not been able to enroll in the course.
"We were expecting to have a big
Spanish 108 has 656 enrolled this semester, an increase from 531 last spring. Spanish 212 and 216 also had enrollment increases.
enrollment increase this year," Montgomery said.
Robert Spires, chairman of Spanish and Portuguese, said the increase meant the department was having difficulties finding classroom space. He said he also expected Spanish courses are also offered in the evenings, he said.
Spires said that juniors were being allowed into courses they needed to meet graduation requirements but that many freshmen and sophomores were being turned away, causing a backlog of students.
"Each year, it's building up larger and larger," he said.
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