1987_11 The Daily Collegian November 1987

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ectures explore Fresno's future
Joseph Was« Fresno is able to mobilize its talents to        He stressed in his talk on economic    vice president for Academic Al
By Joseph Wang
StaffWriter t
Fresno has historical firsts and
achievements as well as a bright future,
according to a symposium held on cam-
■ Friday Jo explore Fresno's past and
pusFrii
future.
The symposium, coordinated by Dr.
Ibrahim Abou-Ghorra, a CSUF pro¬
fessor of psychology, presented tha
audience with the visions of seven busi¬
ness, education and community leaders
in terms of politics, economics, educa¬
tion, tourism and media in Fresno.
"Fresno is the capital of Central Cali¬
fornia, the capital of agriculture in the
world, and also the leading activist of
democracy and human rights," said
Abou-Ghorra in an opening presentation
of "The visionary Pioneering Spirit of
He added that with all of this heritage,
Fresno is able to mobilize its talents to
invent a future of significant worth not
only to the community and the state, but
also to the country and the world.
"Our visionary pioneering spirit will
usher us into the glorious promise of the
21st century." "V
Abou-Ghorra stressed that Fresno has
become known for its contributions in
the fields of agricultural products, world
radio and the liberal movements.
He also said that the scrapers used in
agriculture, originally invented in Fres¬
no and adopted in different parts of the
world, as well as the radio program,
"The Radio Forum of Better Under¬
standing," have become Fresno's unique
pioneering achievement
Dan Whitehurst, president of the
Fresno Economic Development Cor¬
poration, predicted that with the low
cost of housing and high quality of Ufa,
He stressed in his talk on economic
visions that Fresno's economic growth
needs to concentrate on the manu¬
facturing and food processing areas, as
agriculture becomes less labor-intensive.
He added that Fresno should utilize
and emphasize the importance of hu¬
man resources to educate children to
meet the needs of the labor force in the
future. .    i '
Karen Humphrey, a member of the
Fresno City Council, during her speech
on political visions, stressed that more
and more citizens are taking part in the
operation of politics.  /^
She added that /with its wealth of
ethnic diversity and friendly country
lifestyle, Fresno has\a bright future in
politics. \_—
"We are the future. We are^n an infor¬
mation society and we are moving into
an increasingly information-oriented
society," said Dr. Judith Kuipers, CSUF
vice president for Academic Affairs.   .
She stressed in her talk on educational
visions that education needs more
critical, analytical, holistic and system
thinkers; that schools must teach stu¬
dents greater skills and learning strate¬
gy to operate in the new century.
She also stressed the importance of
human resources in education, adding,
"We do have technology in this society.
What we are lacking is resources—the
tremendous capacity of human re¬
sources.
Stan Okin, president of Wonder
Valley Ranch Resort, talked on tourism
visions and its future in Fresno. "Tour¬
ism can have tremendous impact on
Fresno because Fresno could be the next
Palm Springs or San Francisco,"
He added that the heat in Fresno can
turn out to be a beneficial factor for
attracting tourists who like to enjoy
sunshine.
Enrdtlment rises in spite of/predictions
(CPS>—Bucking predictions by de¬
mographers, preliminary reports from
admissions offices indicate enrollment at
the nation's colleges and universities has
increased again this fall.
"Informally, the sense I get is that en¬
rollment is not decreasing. Our hunch is
that it's up," said Elaine El-Khawas of
the American Council on Education.
Smaller schools as well as huge uni¬
versities seem to be increasing in size.
Giants like the universities of Texas,
Oklahoma, Indiana and Michigan State
have reported enrollment hikes in recent
weeks.
So have other campuses—public and
private—like Christopher Newport Col-
lege(in Virginia), the universities of New
Orleans and Portland and Illinois Wes-
leyan.
None of it was supposed to happen.
Demographers   ^predicted     college
body counts would fall 15 to 20 percent while 3—Iowa Montana and Alas-
through this decade because there are ka—-expect modest decreases. Ten
fewerl8 to 20 year-olds—the people .states have not yet filed their head
who  typically  go   to   college—in   the counts.
population.
For the seventh straight fall, however,
the decline has not materialized.
In fact, enrollment has increased.
"Instead of declines in enrollment, many
cam pus'presidents are having to think
about limiting enrollment" said Allan W.
Ostar, president of the American
Association of State Colleges and Uni-
venrities(AASCU).
The Texas Higher Education Coor¬
dinating Board, for instance, met Oct. 2
to discuss limiting enrollment at some
state campuses.
AASCU counted 22 states tha,t have
claimed increased enrollments so far
this faJJ, ranging from 2 to 10 percent.
Fifteen states report stable enrollments,
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Although data is not yet available for
private schools, Paul Goodwin of the Na¬
tional Association of Independent Col-
legesand Universities (NAICU) said,
"The demographers are wrong."
"We keep hearing about enrollment
increases at the more selective insti¬
tutions, and the number of applications
to private institutions was up last year.
But we don't know about the thousands
of private schools not in the top of
echelons yet," Goodwin said.   • f
Scattered reports suggest some of the
smaller private colleges are also doing
well.
Oklahoma Baptist University's en¬
rollment rose 8.5 percent, for exampk,
while'St. Olaf College, an independent^
campus in Minnesota, broke its 1981
enrollment record this fall.
College Bound, a higher education
newsletter, reported last week that
many top colleges were flooded with
applications and never had tp^-adnr'
students from their waiting lists th]
year.
Campuses, various experts say, can
think "older" students, better recruiting
of high school students and anti-
dropout programs for the continuing
enrollment surprise of 1987.
St. Olaf Vice President Bruce Moe
attributed his school's increase to
improved "student retention prograrns,"
while in Missouri, Stephens College
admissions officers cited the same
reasons for keeping enrollments from
falling.
"Although there are no official sta-
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