University Daily Kansan/Friday, January 20, 1989
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KU faculty member up for chancellor post
by Merceda Ares
Kansan staff writer
r rances Horowitz, associate vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service, is up for a chancellor position.
service, is up for a chancellor position.
But it is not at the University of Kansas.
But it is not at the University of Kansas. Herowitz is one of five people being considered at the university to be a Boiler, according to two Boulder newspapers.
The position would be for chancellor of the Boulder campus, one of four University of Colorado campuses.
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However, Horowitz denied that she was
considering the position.
considering the plan he talked to them," Horowitz said yesterday.
said Monday. The Daily Camera, the Boulder daily publication, the Colorado Daily, the university's paper, have both reported that Horowitz is one of five finalists for the position.
Leslie Ainhoa, public relations representative at Colorado, said that all five finalists have been invited to campus for interviews over the next two weeks.
over the next two weeks.
An 18-member search committee will recommend three to five of the finalists to Gordon Gee, president of the university, by
The Daily Camera, the Boulder daily paper, and the Colorado Daily, the university's paper, have both reported that Horowitz is one of five finalists for the position.
the first week of February. The final choice must be approved by the Colorado Board of Regents.
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Howitzow, a native New Yorker, earned her bachelor's degree from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, and earned a master's degree from Goucher College, Towson, Md. She received a doctorate in developmental psychology from Iowa State University.
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The chancellor's term begins in the sum
Horowitz came to KU in 1961 as research associate with the Bureau of Child Research. She was named associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1975
of Liber at Arts and Arts,
Horowitz obtained her current title, dean of
the graduate school and vice chancellor for
research, graduate studies and public service, in 1978.
In 1983, she was selected to serve as a member of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
merce board of directions.
The other four finalists for the Colorado chancellor's position accorded to the two Boulder pads; are Robert M. Berdah, vice president of academics at the University of Illinois; Jim Corbidge, actions chancellor at Colorado; Raymond L. Orbach, provo of the college of letters and science at the University of California at Los Angeles; and Albert C. Yates, executive vice president and provo of Washington State University.
Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare, speaks at "New Issues in Adult Sexuality," a brown bag luncheon on adult life-cycle issues at the Kansas Union. Dailey said that sex was a major part of life and that people should be informed about it at an early age.
Sexual revolution hasn't changed adults' awareness, professor says
AIDS, conservatism, poor education prevent advancement
by S.B. Achelpohl
Kansan staff writer
Adult sexuality awareness has not made the strides that many thought it would after the changes in sexual openness of the 1960s and '70s, a KU professor said yesterday.
"There's not a whole lot that's new in adult sexuality," said Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare.
welfare.
Dailey spoke at a brown bag lunchcheon, "New Issues in Adult Sexuality," in Alcove H of the Kansas Union.
"Today, our society looks a lot like it did in the 1960s sexually," he said. "We still live in a very Victorian society. People don't understand why their sex lives are so painful if society went through a sexual revolution in the 1960s."
through a sexual revolution in the 1960s. Dailey, also a therapist and author, said he had noticed only moderate progress toward healthier sexuality since the 60s and 70s. He said AIDS and poor sexuality education in schools and homes helped slow down the swing to sexual openness, without
"We can't talk about sexuality today without talking about AIDS," he said. "AIDS is having a big impact on attitudes towards sexuality. People are staying in bad relationships to avoid the risks of being single and sexually active — risks which
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We can't talk about sexuality today without talking about AIDS. AIDS is having a big impact on attitudes toward sexuality. People are staying in bad relationships to avoid the risks of being single and sexually active - risks which include AIDS. The word 'life-threatening' has had tremendous consequences.'
- Dennis Dailey professor of social welfare
into sexual activity. Sex education has lacked the progressiveness to advance attitudes about sexuality, partly because of the new conservatism in society in recent years.
Carl Thor, research associate at the University Transportation Center, who attended the luncheon, said AIDS was going to have a big effect on adult sexuality because it introduced the threat of death into sexual activity.
include AIDS. The word 'life-threatening' has had tremendous consequences."
Dailev said.
"I don't think our attitudes toward sex education have changed at all," he said. "As a society, as families, institutions and organizations, we should be getting better at providing our children with ground with respect to sexuality — background that prepares them for healthy adult sexuality. Very few kids get sex education in their homes, at the most 10 percent. They get reproductive education in school, but not education towards developing their sexuality."
Dailey said improper sex education in the early years was difficult to offset later in life.
"I'm still incensed at the notion that, in my graduate level course on human sexuality, I have a room full of people who are taking their first course in human sexuality," he said. "Isn't this just a little too late?"
Sexism also continued to play a large role in the sexuality problems among adults, Dailey said.
"I can't say I've seen changing in sex roles," he said. "I still see some very sexist attitudes."
In addition to his teaching position, Dailey has edited a book, "The Sexually Unusual, A Guide to Understanding and Helping," and developed videotapes to help clients discover and enhance their sexuality.
Program may ease rural nursing bind
by Max Evans Kansan staff writer
A proposed nursing scholarship program scheduled to begin in August could bring relief to many medically understaffed areas of Kansas, a spokesman for a state nurses' association said.
"It has a tremendous amount of potential," said Terri Roberts, executive director for the Kansas State Nurses' Association, speaking of the $435,000 Nursing Scholarship Program proposed by Gov. Mike Hayden on Dec. 30. "It's going to attract people who, financially, would not be able to go to school." Roberts said.
The proposed program would make available 250 scholarships for the 1989-90 school year, with a maximum of $3,500 a scholarship. Roberts said it would be a matching program in which the state of Kansas would pay for half of each scholarship while the remainder would be paid by a sponsoring hospital or nursing home.
The recipient of the scholarship would sign a contract with the sponsoring institution, agreeing to serve upon graduation as a nurse for the hospital or nursing home. The length of service would be negotiable.
of service Wounded. Under Hayden's proposal, 200 scholarships would be made available to nursing students in any of the public or private nursing schools in Kansas, including the University of Kansas Medical Center. Of the 200, at least half would go to students recruited by hospitals and nursing homes in rural areas, and the remainder could be sponsored by any health care facility in the state, rural or otherwise.
or other 50 scholarships would be available for licensed practical nurses enrolled in community colleges.
Hayden's proposal has been criticized by some who think that the program is not a long-term solution and that the new proposal is a repeat of other programs already offered.
But Eleanor Sullivan, dean of nursing at the Med Center, is optimistic about Hayden's proposal.
lobot Hayden's proposal "It's very innovative and progressive," she said.
Sullivan said that other similar programs in Kansas had helped lessen the severity of the nursing shortage locally.
"Those plans have already helped draw people into the nursing profession," Sullivan said. "In the last 10 years, the number of students enrolling in Kansas nursing schools has risen by 25 percent."
Another objection to the proposal is that students receiving the scholarships will move after serving the contracted time in a rural area.
Sullivan disagrees.
Silliman taught,
"We're beginning to attract more older students who develop roots in an area and are not likely to leave after having spent time in one location," she said.
tion, she said. According to the American Nurses' Association, the demand for nurses in Kansas still surpasses the supply, despite many new incentives in the nursing profession.
nursing proctesters. Cathy Koeppen, spokesman for the American Nurses' Association, said there were three reasons for the increased demand for nurses nationwide.
"The increase in AIDS patients has put a tremendous strain on health care services, plus the entire population is getting older, and older people need more health care." Koeppen said. "People are also living longer because of the increase in medical technology, and people are needed to fill these new positions."
School Board to discuss ways to meet increased enrollment
by Stan Diel
Kansan stan writer
The Lawrence School Board will decide on Monday to deal with the impending increase in secondary school enrollment.
The board's options include building a second high school and changing the junior high schools into middle schools, or building both an addition to the existing Lawrence High School and a new junior high.
A third option is the "mid-high" concept, which would place seventh and eighth graders in the current junior high school buildings, ninth and 10th graders in the current high school building, and 11th and 12th graders in a new building, said board member Mary Loveland.
a 2 percent annual growth in the city's population, she said.
population, she said. "There's a bulge in the grade schools that's about to hit the junior high schools," she said.
Ken Fisher, assistant supervisor for business and facilities, said the number of the existing high school and the construction of a new junior high would be the least expensive option, at $8.6 million.
if the school board chooses the new high school option, the cost would be between $20 million and $25 million. Fisher said. That would mean a proposed 10-13 mile levy increase depending on how long a financing period is used. A mil levy is a tax of one-tenth of a cent on each taxable dollar of appraised property value.
Anber Mary Loveland. The expansion is needed because of