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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, October 19, 1993
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Western Civilization gets fine-tuned for enrollment
Discussion, class joined for spring to ease process
By Kathleen Stolle Kansan staff writer
Western Civilization is being altered this spring, but the change is only cosmetic.
The course's two instructional formats - lecture with discussion and regular classroom - no longer will be
listed under separate course numbers in the timetable.
Bill Sharp, senior instructor, said the purpose of the touch-up was to make the enrollment process more efficient.
"It's been a common complaint that Western Civilization is full, but quite often it hasn't really filled up like people think," he said.
Starting next semester, Western Civilization II will be a synthesis of WC 205 and WC 235. The course will be called WC 205 and will feature 17 sections of the classroom format and three sections of the lecture format with discussion sections.
He said students sometimes listed only one of the two possible course numbers on their enrollment forms. If those sections were closed, students could not automatically switch into the other format because of its separate course number.
Western Civilization I will be undergoing a similar transformation next fall. The course is now listed under two course numbers,WC 204 and WC 234, indicating its lecture and classroom formats. For the spring,the course is listed as WC 204.
Susan Hentges, Minneapolis, Minn. senior, said she thought lumping the two formats together could confuse
students.
"Some people might not be able to differentiate and they might end up in a large lecture," she said. "I thought it was a little confusing, and I've been here for four years."
Sharp said he realized there was a chance for confusion.
"Anytime there's a change in a core requirement like that, there's cause for concern," Sharp said.
He said students in the College o. Liberal Arts and Sciences were sent notification of the change with their enrollment forms, and advisers in the professional schools had been informed as well.
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Lorena Lopez, Nogales, Ariz., graduate student, views art work on display in the gallery of the Kansas Union. An exhibit of student art opened in the gallery yesterday and can be viewed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Larger high school classes to continue to boost enrollment
Art exhibit
Admissions' recruitment helps attract mix of in-state, out-of-state students
By David Stewart Kansan staff writer
With their parents in tow yesterday, they visited KU to see firsthand what being a Jayhawk means.
High school seniors are as sure a sign of autumn as KU home football games and the rapidly coloring leaves that have carpeted campus.
At the admissions office in Strong Hall, a roomful of potential KU students flipped through recruiting pamphlets while waiting for a campus tour.
These scenes have become more common recently. There was a 6 percent increase in the number of freshman applicants for Fall 1993 enrollment compared to last fall, according to a report from the office of institutional research and planning. The report also indicated a 3 percent increase of freshmen enrolled this semester compared to Fall 1992.
More students are expected in the future. Deborah Castrop, director of the office of admissions, said her office anticipated an increase in the total number of freshman applicants for the Fall 1994 semester because of a larger number of high school seniors around the country.
"Our decrease of potential high school senior applicants came about in the early '80s." Castrop said. "The freshman class had decreased steadily in the past few years. This semester's increase has to do with the beginning of stabilization of the number."
Castrop said her staff's goal was not growth of freshmen enrollment but stability.
Most of the office of admissions recruiting efforts are focused on instate applicants, Castrop said.
Although KU focuses on Kansas high school students, Castrop said
"We visit every high school in the state of Kansas each fall," Castrop said. "We try to let Kansas high school counselors know about new programs and trends here at KU."
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admission officials have started to move into areas out of state, including a recent trip to Minneapolis for a college recruitment fair.
"I think we have a good mix of out-of-state students," Castro said. "Out-of-state students bring a diversity to KU. Kansas is a fairly homogeneous population, certainly."
For Fall 1993, about 37 percent of enrolled freshmen came from outside Kansas, with the greatest percentage of out-of-state students from Missouri and Illinois, Castrop said.
The on-going visits to the KU campus often give prospective students the best opportunity to make the decision to apply to the University, said David Anpbler, vice chancellor for academic affairs.
"That's particularly true for students who might not be acquainted with Kansas," Ambler said. "We really believe our recruitment effort to reflect the quality of the program here at KU."
KU is home away from home for many Malaysians
Ambler said that most students are impressed with the setting of the University and its high academic quality
"Going to KU should be a decision made in the head and not in the gut," he said. "They are going to be studying in a setting that will affect the rest of their lives."
Kansan staff writer
By Carlos Telada
When the cold and rain settle over Lawrence, most students wish for sunshine and beaches.
But the 198 KU Malaysian students have left behind the tropical climate of their home for a chance to attend college, said Winston Heng, president of the Malaysian Student Association.
"It's kind of hard for us to get into the local universities, so we study here," said Heng, Sarawak, Malaysia, senior. "They save the classes for native people."
Like many other Malaysian students in the United States, Heng is of Chinese
descent and not considered a native Malays.
Because of this, a large number of Malaysian college students study overseas. According to International Student Services, Malaysians are the second largest group of international students at KU after Chinese students.
Heng said the quota system for Malaysian colleges explained why a nation so remote
could have such presence at U.S. universities.
"In Mississippi, there are 200 Malaysians," he said. "In Nebraska, they have almost 400. This is an average population."
Despite being of Chinese descent, Heng said he considered himself Malaysian. He said Malaysia was made up of native Malays, Chinese and Indians, but all groups shared a common culture.
Heng said the unified culture created the need for the Malaysian Student Association. Founded in 1983, MSA tries to keep its culture alive among KU's Malaysian students and gives them a voice in the University.
"We try to work within groups, but sometimes when you work with just your group of people you can communicate and accomplish things better," Heng said.
Yun Nee Lim, Sabah, Malaysia, junior and vice president of the group, said the group also tried to spread Malaysian culture. She said MSA held events such as Malaysian Culture Night, scheduled for Feb. 19, for the benefit of both Malaysians and Americans.
"We're open to everybody," Lim said. "If they want to learn about the culture, they can come."
Students interested in working in Japan may attend an informational meeting sponsored by the University Placement Center at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Frontier Room of the Burge Union.
A student must have a bachelor's degree or have plans to graduate in December to participate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. The program places students as teaching assistants in Japanese public schools. Students with proficiency in Japanese work as coordinators of international relations, where they may serve as translators or public speakers for a government office. Application materials will be available at the meeting.
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