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The Daily Collegian
Tuesday, March 13,1990 Page 3
Expansion planned nationwide
College campuses ready to start construction for future
By Amy Hudson
College Press Service
After more than a decade of thinking
sma]l, many college campuses say they
are starting to construct new buildings
andlmprovetheiroklones. Some schools
are planning to build whole new cam¬
puses.
The reversal "Is partly in response to
the tremendous growth projections," said
Barry Dorsey of the higher education in
Virginia, where no fewer than six schools
- the University of Virginia (UVa)', Vir¬
ginia Tech, Mary Washington College.
James Madison. Radford and George
Mason universities - want to expand.
NaUonwide, schools as diverse as
Blueileld State College in West Virginia.
Milwaukee Area Technical College in
Wisconsin, Nassau Community College
in New Yorkand the University of Wash¬
ington also want to be bigger.
The huge, nine-campus University of
California system settled plans in Feb-
niaiy to build.three new campuses.
The prospective college building boom
is a stark contrast to the late 1970s and
1980s when schools, worried about
predicted enrollment drops and strapped
by cuts in federal construction funding,
generally shied from spending on build¬
ings. Fewwere built. A series of reports
warned many college campuses were
"crumbling" because they were ill-main¬
tained.
Students at Bluefleld State's Green¬
brier Community Center, twohoursaway
from the main campus, for example,
found themselves attending class In a
renovated gym.
Dorm overcrowding so severe that
some students are ternporariiy forced to
live in nearby hotels and motels has
become common at hundreds of cam¬
puses during the past decade.
One dorm at Centenary College in
Louisiana, according to a February edi-
torialin The Conglomerate, the student
newspaper, is plagued by overheating,
another by "unfriendly particles of as¬
bestos." "ffllh" and "moldy showers."
At Tennessee State University, frus¬
trated students conducted a Sit-in
through the last week of February to
protest cockroaches and a lack of hot
water in their dorms.
At the same Ume, the National Center
for Education Statistics finally made it
official by announcing that college en-
rollment nationwide had Increased again,
reaching 13.5 million students for the
1989-90 school year.
The increase wraps up decade in
which more and more people attended
higher education instituUons. The trend
was the exact opposite ofwhat demogra¬
phers, noting a decline In the number of
18-year-olds in the population, had
predicted.
Now they are predicting big jumps in
the 1990s.
In Virginia, demographers foresee a
population boom for the state between
1995 and 2005 that will lift freshman
enrollment by 36 percent
UVa and Virginia Tech have teamed
up to propose building "Wood row Wil son
College" in'the northern part of the state,
where most ofthe populauon growth is
expected. Likewise, George Mason offi¬
cials want tobuild additional campuses
that would fall between.a whole new
cqllege and an extension.
Mary Washington officials want to
build a graduate center that would
"broker" courses from the state's gradu¬
ate institutions. At Radford, officials
want to build a separate "College for
Global Studies."
At James Madison, workis underway
to build a "College of Applied Science"
that would have its own academic 3,truc-
ture.
While the last expansionist movement
ofthe 1960s and early 1970s was funded
by the federal government . this time
around insUtuUons are having to tem¬
per their needs with thelrability to come
up with necessary money.
Most ambitious is the University of
California, which has plans to build
three more campuses to accomodate an
extra 67.000 students by the end ofthe
century. The first campus would be
built in the central part of the state,
where there aren't any UC campuses.
The other two would then be builtin the
northern and southern regions.
All ofthis though, depends on money
Califomians in June will voteon whether
See IMPROVEMENTS. pageS
Kennel
Bookstore
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| Full-Text-Search | The Daily Collegian Tuesday, March 13,1990 Page 3 Expansion planned nationwide College campuses ready to start construction for future By Amy Hudson College Press Service After more than a decade of thinking sma]l, many college campuses say they are starting to construct new buildings andlmprovetheiroklones. Some schools are planning to build whole new cam¬ puses. The reversal "Is partly in response to the tremendous growth projections," said Barry Dorsey of the higher education in Virginia, where no fewer than six schools - the University of Virginia (UVa)', Vir¬ ginia Tech, Mary Washington College. James Madison. Radford and George Mason universities - want to expand. NaUonwide, schools as diverse as Blueileld State College in West Virginia. Milwaukee Area Technical College in Wisconsin, Nassau Community College in New Yorkand the University of Wash¬ ington also want to be bigger. The huge, nine-campus University of California system settled plans in Feb- niaiy to build.three new campuses. The prospective college building boom is a stark contrast to the late 1970s and 1980s when schools, worried about predicted enrollment drops and strapped by cuts in federal construction funding, generally shied from spending on build¬ ings. Fewwere built. A series of reports warned many college campuses were "crumbling" because they were ill-main¬ tained. Students at Bluefleld State's Green¬ brier Community Center, twohoursaway from the main campus, for example, found themselves attending class In a renovated gym. Dorm overcrowding so severe that some students are ternporariiy forced to live in nearby hotels and motels has become common at hundreds of cam¬ puses during the past decade. One dorm at Centenary College in Louisiana, according to a February edi- torialin The Conglomerate, the student newspaper, is plagued by overheating, another by "unfriendly particles of as¬ bestos." "ffllh" and "moldy showers." At Tennessee State University, frus¬ trated students conducted a Sit-in through the last week of February to protest cockroaches and a lack of hot water in their dorms. At the same Ume, the National Center for Education Statistics finally made it official by announcing that college en- rollment nationwide had Increased again, reaching 13.5 million students for the 1989-90 school year. The increase wraps up decade in which more and more people attended higher education instituUons. The trend was the exact opposite ofwhat demogra¬ phers, noting a decline In the number of 18-year-olds in the population, had predicted. Now they are predicting big jumps in the 1990s. In Virginia, demographers foresee a population boom for the state between 1995 and 2005 that will lift freshman enrollment by 36 percent UVa and Virginia Tech have teamed up to propose building "Wood row Wil son College" in'the northern part of the state, where most ofthe populauon growth is expected. Likewise, George Mason offi¬ cials want tobuild additional campuses that would fall between.a whole new cqllege and an extension. Mary Washington officials want to build a graduate center that would "broker" courses from the state's gradu¬ ate institutions. At Radford, officials want to build a separate "College for Global Studies." At James Madison, workis underway to build a "College of Applied Science" that would have its own academic 3,truc- ture. While the last expansionist movement ofthe 1960s and early 1970s was funded by the federal government . this time around insUtuUons are having to tem¬ per their needs with thelrability to come up with necessary money. Most ambitious is the University of California, which has plans to build three more campuses to accomodate an extra 67.000 students by the end ofthe century. The first campus would be built in the central part of the state, where there aren't any UC campuses. The other two would then be builtin the northern and southern regions. All ofthis though, depends on money Califomians in June will voteon whether See IMPROVEMENTS. pageS Kennel Bookstore |
