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r NOVEMBER 8, 1995 INSIGHT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO VOL. 27, NO. 9 Enrollment jumps, slumps on campus ♦ Department enrollment teeter-totters as overall enrollment increases hy Draeger Martinez While llie campus as a vv ht lie has earned ground in Ihe Kittle lorhodiet. the enrollment war in schools and departments At rc|x >rted last month. California Stale I -nivertity. Frctno't overall fall enrollmeni experienced itt lirtt rise in recent Some took ihe slight increase at a sign that the enrollment heiivorriiaee stemming Irom stale budget cult might finally end. 11>r live of the eight schoolt. however, the cniollmcni ttatittict tend mixed signals. Hie Sclux.l ol I lealth ;uid Social Work. largeM ol the eight w iifi 2.S( IS uixlcrgradu- ate .hkI graduate students, at well as the SchiH.I of Eneineering. smallest with I ..v"2 cnmllces. tigned up fewer ttudents Percent change in ns'; 7.0'; 4.2'; enrollment from 1994 to 1995 ] Undeclared majors W/M Social science IHI Natural sciences ^_Mi^<Hj Health and social work -1.2' < \-\-\-p- -3J59I ■ Education/ human development Business 15.2' H Arts and Humanities -iu.2'; f— Agriculture lt L"" 1 ' 1 1*Imfnrmalwmpra.idtj», Itffut '.his fall than last. w lhc n a. Arts and nil Science added 99 and 73 ttudents, re- spectively. Much of the Arls ;tnd Humanities' increase stemmed from the decision lasi spring to merge the Graphic ;md Interior IX-tign IX-parttiK-m. formerly an ami ol lhe ScImx)I of Agricultural Science ;uid Technology, w ith tlie Art Department. As ihe reorganized Department of An arid Design burgeoned from I lOstudcnis in 1994 to 317 this ye;<r. the Department of Industrial Technology plummeted from 354 students lo 165. Thc other big enrollmeni winner it in undeclared majors, whose r.mkt swelled by 195 since last fall. Some 1.842 ttu- dentt hav e clx »scn 'nc >iv t >l the atw\ e'' at iheir major. lint semester, undeclared majors outnumbered students with the mott popular major, liberal studies, for the fifth straight y e;ir. by a margin of 276 students. When grouped by departments, the results yield further incongruities. Wiliiin the Sid Craig Schiol of Busi- iK'tt.tlK'AcctHinuuKy. Finance aivd Management Departrnenis each tullered reductions. I Inwcv cr. much of the decrease in managemeni majors derives from a re- cl.ittilication of many business ttudentt light graphic by Dan Helmbold ■pre-bustness." I mil business majors nptete certain core classes they automatically listed as "prc-busi- .s" and do not declare majors, lore surprising, business students to have not chosen specialties ♦ New re-entry students will pay $333 less than other students bj .Jennifer I.. Davis Staff Writer Rarely docs California State University. Fresno have a "sale.*' A recent "sale" held by the university to entice college dropouts to come back to *hc campus has added al least 75 stu- dents lo Fresno State enrollment I'..:.. ' In. e" ot- cd K i 13 studenl 411 this fall. Other lop gainers included t Health Science Department, up II io 488. and the Biotog) Depanmc which added 62 cnrollees this fall The master's degree program in i School of Education and I velopment lost 2IS student' Ik- tor part-time Ices. .. savings ot $333 per semester "No one's ever done this before." said Joe Marshall. Associate Vkc President lor Enrollment Services. "Throughout California, the returning student population has been deereas- Marshall said that the slate's sagging economy makes it more difficult for older students lo return 10 sch>«>l The financial incentive, it w as hi iped,»i wild lure them back To be eligible, a former student had to have left school after August, 1W2 The application deadline for Ihe spring semester was Oct. 20. Minerva Escobedo, director of admissions, records and evaluations, said lhat of the applications processed so far. 75 meet the qualifications for the program. "We will send lhc final deiknTunauon as to wheiher they qualify with their registration material," Escobedo said. The program is designed to encourage former students who were turned off by high fees and did not feel moti- v ated to finish. This is an excellent opportunity for ihem lo consider coming back." F.tcobedo said. A prett release was senl out regarding the program, and ads were run in The Fresno Bee lo attract students. Students taking advantage of this program will pay fees like any other full- lime student once the spring * Currently. the cost for a part-time student taking 0-6 units is S573. as compared to S906 for full-lime students taking seven or more units. Dr. Jeannine Raymond, director of institutional research, planning and development, called this program a ** Hands-on Museum planned next to Science Building built a 5 In Wong, dean of the School of Natural Sciences, said the science center would include a full-scale research center. The center may be built on the land now used as the practice field for the inarching hand surrounding lhe Science Building. Bul ihe marching fund need not pack Id Sohey. acting director of develop- inent for tlie school, said no decisions hav e been made for tlie sue of the center. N,. decisions hav e been made at all malolcoiistniv "Wiih projects like this." Sohev said, "if everything falls into place, it's years, and if everything doesn't fall into place, it's decades." Sobcy should know. He helped design and start the National Invention a full-sized biosphere, a public assembly auditorium, a planetarium and a pond teeming with marine life lhat Taking up the most space would be a research center that would be part of the display, "Visitors, in addition to seeing exhibits, would also see researchers working on problems." Sobey taid. •'rival could he the w indovv for uV community lo look into llie university and sec what's really going on." Sobey said. "Here would be a place thai would welcome visitors [and] encourage Dean Wong said the science center would be a hands-on place oi learning. "Wheiher v isitors are 5 yeans old or 50." Wong said, "they could walk through the biosphere and really understand nature and our connection lo i Akro Ohio. .■allec was director of lhe Fresno Metropolitan Museum. Now Sobey works out of a small, barren office on the first floor of the Science Building. He is working toward the fulfillment of a dream. "Il could be that this dies a quiet death and is forgotten." Sobey said. "Bul we hope noi — we hope there is Wong slid the ccnicr\vould be a v alu- able learning tool for schools across the San Joaquin Valley, which would bus students in for day'-long visits. "Students here don't have the opportunities thai sludents in San Francisco or L.A. have." Wong said. He hopes to change that. Wong has already made a campus presentation 10 try and sell the deans of education, engineering, agriculture and extended education on the ben- He has also talked lo lhe Fresno and See MUSEUM, page 4 Latin folk rhythm Insight photo by Paul Martinez South American band Markahuasi delighted crowds with lively Uruguayan and Peruvian folk music, Thursday, by the fountain. This was part of the traditional Day of the Dead, celebrated by many hispanic cultures. Markahuasi also offered South American wares for sale. See ENROLLMENT, page 4 Disabled suffer from budget cuts bv Cathv Brians StaffWriter It's hard to get a**good education under normal circumstances. Think how much harder it would be if a professor's classroom lecture couldn't be heard. "I pay S1.000 to come here and now 1 am told that I cannot get the services I need to graduate." deaf senior Sheila Dibaji said. What she needs is a classroom note- taker or an interpreter to sign io her. Thc going rate for an interpreter is between $6 and S20 per hour. Dibaji is one of six disabled students attending an introductory Disabled Students Services advisory meeting. One of the first concerns is the status of the DSS 1995-96 budget, which is currently in administrative limbo, and its effect on studenls like Dibaji. Dibaji said that Ihe 533 disabled studenls on campus have such different types of disabilities thai it will be hard to determine who will be affected by budget cuts. Learning disabilities, such as dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. account for a large number of disabled students. The rest include the physi- callv handicapped, blind or deaf students. The temporary budget was low, said Robert Lundal. coordinator of DSS. The budget may be cut and the question remains how deep the cuts could be. The DSS operating budget for 1994-95 was $140,000. The Student Resource Center, located See DISABLED, page 4 Debate rages whether to ax remedial education at Fresno State by Guy K. Sharwood today wiiho said„Licn U Fresno Com Serv ices. make it 10 where I am remedial education." a supervisor with the l.e was one of many participants fo- cuting on remedial education and ils future al California Slate University. Fresno. Le met with Fresno Stale stall, educators and representatives of Fresno's diverse community in the Alice Peters Auditorium on Nov. 2. A public hearing on Friday, Nov. 3, at the Centre Plaza Holiday Inn in downtown Fresno rounded out a series of remedial education hearings held across California. l.e emigrated lo the United States from Vietnam. "I took a Vietnamese- Fnglish dictionary as my survival tool." she said. "This is a disaster." said Peter Hoff. senior vice chancellor of academic af- "We n U find ways to help schools Insight photo by David Johnson Community members met at Fresno State where Yvonne Doan and Pao Ly argued in favor of keeping remedial classes. become more effective, and help stu- of Trusii denls to enter without needing remedial education," Hoff said. Ralph Pesqueira, chairman of the Trustee Committee on Educational Policy, said that the goal is to "reduce the likelihood of students needing remedial education." A proposal submitted by the Board is a series of actions hich would support one change in policy: That beginning with the fall semester in 2001. "it will be a condition of admission to the California Stale University thai entering undergraduate studenls must demonstrate readiness to undertake college-level instruction in English and The proposed actions include agreement on standards for graduation from high school, using technology to improve the quality of education, and identifying and employing resources to improve access and preparation. The expected result, as stated in the proposal, would be thai "overall enrollments should improve as a result of these actions, not decline." "The success of the plan would bring in more students." Hoff said. Pesqueira said that the goal is not 10 eliminate remedial education altogether. "Thai is blatantly false " The proposed change would not apply to students requiring F.nglish as a second language, or to re-entry students. The Special Admissions Policv will not be affected. Bernard Goldstein, a trustee with San Francisco Slate, said that the five-year plan is "not etched in concrete." "They wanted a five-year plan in 1983 and in 1986." Goldstein said. "Il didn't work." said "Let's leave- they a proei ■-.•rams the i Gonzalez, who came from a family of farmworkers, never attended high school. But she did enroll in a Bible school. "I fell th love wiih teaching. 1 maintained a 3.0 lo 4.0 grade point .Tver- age." Gonzalez said. "1 uxik remedial courses. For me it was a connection point." Peter Tannenbaum. a mathematics professor, was initially in favor of thc proposal. After volunteering to teach remedial mathematics he changed his "If you have serious standards." Tannenbaum said, "ihey have to make some sense." "My big concern is noi the goal." said Lairrel Hendrix. an English professor. "I ihink the goal is noble. 1 don't think the current proposal is going to solve the problem. "Nowhere do I see attention given the class sizes of K through 12 and community colleges." Hendrix said. "It costs money io keep classes down to size." Goldstein said a meeting of legislators will be held in Sacramento on Nov. 15 to discuss funding issues. Warren Kessler. a philosophy professor, spoke of the societal division between "haves and have*nots," and how this ties in with the issue of education With juvenile crimes, teen suicides and teen pregnancies, the over: riding factor is helplessness, Kessler said. "We can raise admission standards and rot guarantee that our cars are not stolen." Kessler said. "Our society cannot survive on a policy of 'teach ihe best and jail the rest.'" In a paper submitted to the trustees, Kessler said that the "haves," those with education and benefits of prosperity and power, have the most need for remediation of a moral and civic "It is those of us who are already educated that bear the greatest responsibility for letting funding, support See DEBATE, page 4
Object Description
Title | 1995_11 Insight November 1995 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Dept. of Journalism, California State University, Fresno. |
Publication Date | 1995 |
Description | Weekly during the school year. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 8 1969-v. 29, no. 23 (May 13, 1998, issue. Title from masthead. Merged with Daily collegian. |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodials |
Contributors | California State University, Fresno Dept. of Journalism |
Coverage | October 8, 1969 - May 13, 1998 |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35mm |
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Title | 007_Insight Nov 08 1995 p 1 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publication Date | 1995 |
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NOVEMBER 8, 1995
INSIGHT
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
VOL. 27, NO. 9
Enrollment jumps, slumps on campus
♦ Department enrollment
teeter-totters as overall
enrollment increases
hy Draeger Martinez
While llie campus as a vv ht lie has earned
ground in Ihe Kittle lorhodiet. the enrollment war in schools and departments
At rc|x >rted last month. California Stale
I -nivertity. Frctno't overall fall enrollmeni experienced itt lirtt rise in recent
Some took ihe slight increase at a sign
that the enrollment heiivorriiaee stemming
Irom stale budget cult might finally end.
11>r live of the eight schoolt. however,
the cniollmcni ttatittict tend mixed signals.
Hie Sclux.l ol I lealth ;uid Social Work.
largeM ol the eight w iifi 2.S( IS uixlcrgradu-
ate .hkI graduate students, at well as the
SchiH.I of Eneineering. smallest with
I ..v"2 cnmllces. tigned up fewer ttudents
Percent change in
ns';
7.0';
4.2';
enrollment from 1994 to 1995
] Undeclared majors
W/M Social science
IHI Natural sciences
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