Received FEB 2 9 1988 DOCUMENTS 4 f I UGA LIBRARIES Snowy North Georgia College Volume 24 Thoughts and Action The Making of Presidents Perspective WellLiked More Wanted Nearly all of us can recall the period in our lives the exact day even we grew up That day we think has arrived for the monthly publication of the Georgia Board of Regents It took a while 23 years 58 days 11 hours to the best of our calculations but The System Summary has grown up It is now System magazine The format may have changed but the publications primary mission is the same report on the activities of the Regents Only now were trying to expand the reporting of those activities as well as the coverage of various campus happenings and education issues Why the change Especially just two years after the revamped newsletter format Two reasons The first is that the previous format change was long overdue The System Summary looked the same in 1985 as it did in 1965 and from a purely visual perspective it needed to be brought into modern times The second reason involves the changes that have taken place in the University System Take size for example In 1964 at the Summarys inception the System was composed of 20 public colleges and universities Today it has 34 It From this lC TTiEsjm BUDGET souh Brunswick College Begins First Year 1964 is hard to imagine that 23 years from now the System will have added another 14 institutions that 48 public colleges and universities will be under the Board of Regents The point to all this arithmetic is that the University System probably will not grow physically over the next 23 years as it has over the past 23 years Rather it will grow is growing in other ways Enrollment continues to rise at a steady if slower pace Research contracts have soared above and beyond respectability And the recent resurgence of attention toward higher education means the quality of programs will continue to grow improve In short the University System of Georgia is in a period of dynamic change You can see it in the kinds of leaders recently appointed Knapp at UGA Crecine at Tech Wallace at Augusta Brown at Columbus Henry at Georgia Southern You can see it in the initiatives being taken in nursing and teacher education You can see it in the enthusiasm surrounding the Special Funding Initiative being considered by the General Assembly After much deliberation we de to this System Summary The New Home Economics 1987 cided that the University System had reached a point where The System Summary was no longer the best way to chronicle all of this activity A survey backed our suppositions The fact that we received a 44 percent response rate we had been anticipating 25 percent showed that indeed more than a few people seemed interested in the publication After some number crunching we came to a single general conclusion about the Summary wellliked more wanted System will give more There will be some adjustments at first some fumbling in the dark But we promise to deliver a publication that keeps you up to date on the Boards actions as well as what people are doing at other schools in the System A University System such as ours deserves such a publication Kay Miller Executive Editor Michabj Baxter Editor to this 1988 January Thoughts and Action The Making ol Presidents New Faces on the Board BLly MfTl Snaurtf North Georgia Cottele I 2 System T Cover Story JanuaryA Working Month Snow and ice cover the state and Chancellor Propst delivers his second annual State of the System address Cover photo by Marc Outright Tribute to a Leader Friends colleagues remember Middle Georgia College President Louis Alderman who died in DecemberPage 5 Charting a Course Executive Vice Chancellor David Spence unveils a longrange planning proposal for the University SystemPage 6 Wanted Handyman Facilities on Sapelo Island require 16 million worth of attentionPage 10 New Faces Gov Harris appoints two new RegentsPage 11 Board action8 Buildings Grounds10 This month in the System11 News Follow the Leaders In 31 days three System colleges experience changes in presidenciesboth interim and permanent Brooke left office December 31 to take a position in the Systems central office as special assistant to the chancellor a post he will hold until June 30 During the two weeks Leadership changed hands at three University System colleges in December and January as Chancellor H Dean Propst appointed three acting presidents and the Board elected a president for Columbus College For two of the colleges Columbus and Savannah a change in presidents was expected But at Middle Georgia College it came suddenly with the death of Dr Louis C Alderman whose battle with cancer ended December 13 The death of Dr Alderman who served as president for more than 23 years brought sadness to the Middle Georgia campus the Cochran Georgia community and elsewhere see sidebar He was replaced temporarily by Dr Fretwell G Crider Middle Georgias dean of administration Columbus College is getting a new president who starts work immediately Dr Frank D Brown was elected president at the January Board meeting after serving as vice president for business and finance at the college since June 1981 His predecessor Dr Francis between Dr Brookes departure and Dr Browns induction the college was in the hands of Dr William LeNoir acting vice president for academic affairs who was named acting president on January 4 The final presidential appointment was made at a January 8 news conference in Savannah continued on page 4 JanuaryFebruary 1988 3 News Leaders from page 3 when Chancellor Propst named Dr Wiley S Bolden acting president of Savannah State College Dr Bolden comes to Savannah State from Georgia State University and will serve in an interim capacity until a replacement is found for President Wendell G Rayburn who leaves February 1 to become president of Lincoln University This winters round of presidential appointments is only the latest in an 18month period of great transition in the University System Five colleges Georgia State Medical College of Georgia Darton College Middle Georgia College and Savannah State still face leadership changes either temporary or permanent Excluding any further developments a total of 10 schools will have undergone some presidential turnover between January 11987 and July 11988 nearly onethird of the University System The election of Dr Brown as president of Columbus College was greeted with widespread optimism His familiarity with the campus and its operations as well as his rapport with the faculty and administration no doubt contributed greatly to his candidacy He brings to the position concrete ideas for the colleges future a set of proposals he terms The Five Rs for Columbus College As vice president for business and finance Dr Brown has overseen development and business affairs for the college One of his greatest successes was coordinating the schools first capital fund campaign which raised more than 6 million in pledges and gifts a full 50 percent over the Columbus College President Frank Brown original goal of 4 million Dr Brown came to Columbus College six years ago from the University of Houston where he served for two and a half years as assistant vice chancellor and interim vice chancellor of finance and operations Before that he had a fouryear stint as associate executive director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education a job that gave him experience in legislative and budgetary matters affecting public colleges and universities He has also worked for IBM His collegiate career spans four institutions At Northwestern Mississippi Junior College he earned an associate degree in business administration at the University of Southern Mississippi he received a BS in business administration at the University of Alabama he received an MBA in economics and at Florida State University he earned a Ph D in higher education Dr Brown takes over the reigns from Dr William LeNoir who served one of the briefest terms of acting president in the history of the System One Columbus newspaper joked that Dr LeNoir should be given an Academy Award because he returns to the post of acting vice president for academic affairs and was once acting dean of the School of Science Meanwhile Middle Georgia College is under the temporary guidance of Dr Fretwell Crider a physical chemist who has served three University System institutions in the past 23 years Prior to coming to MGC in 1973 Dr Crider was dean of the college at Gordon Junior College for two years and head of the chemistry physics department at Armstrong A Busy Month 31 days of presidential developments changes DECEMBER 1987 JANUARY 1988 I 13 Middle Georgia College Pres Alderman dies l 15 Application Deadline for Medical College of Georgia presidency I 31 Columbus College Pres Brooke heads to central office New Years Day 4 Middle Georgia Columbus acting presidents named 8 Savannah State acting president named 13 Frank Brown named president of Columbus College 4 System State for eight years He began his academic career at Armstrong by getting an AA degree in liberal arts at what was then Armstrong Junior College Dr Crider also holds a BS degree in chemistry and a doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of North Carolina Dr Crider expressed positive sentiments about the future of Cochrans twoyear college I think we have a wonderful school here he said Dr Alderman contributed a great deal to the reputation we have and I hope to carry on that tradition The journey from Atlanta to Savannah should be a joyous one for Dr Wiley S Bolden who takes over the 97yearold college on February 1 as acting president A professor emeritus of educational foundations Dr Bolden has a lengthy and distinguished academic career both in and out of the System He taught at Georgia State for 17 years before retiring last June He has also directed a twoyear role and scope study at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and has been associate director for research and evaluation at the Southeastern Education Laboratory Dr Bolden began a lifetime of educationrelated work as principal of an Alabama high school in 1939 Three years later he went on to teach high school science and mathematics again in Alabama and later to Clark College in Atlanta where he taught psychology and chaired the education and psychology department g TRIBUTE Death in the Family Louis Cleveland Alderman Jr 19241987 Gracious Honorable Devoted These are the words most used to describe the late Dr Louis Alderman Jr Middle Georgia Colleges president of more than 23 years who died December 13 after a long illness He was 63 Dr Alderman came to Middle Georgia College in 1964 from the University of Kentucky where he had served as director of Henderson College for five years Prior to then he had overseen University of Georgia centers in Rome Savannah and Columbus News of Dr Aldermans death was greeted with sadness nearly everywhere He exemplified a kind of consistency and work ethic that gave many of us in the University System great pride remarked Chancellor H Dean Propst His death is a great loss for the System and for the entire Cochran community Louis was the most Christian man I have ever seen said Newell Nesmith a Cochran attorney and longtime friend of the late president We amended the name of our Sunday school class to honor him It was called the Jake Morris class after a former Middle Georgia College coach but we renamed it the MorrisAlderman class Louis Cleveland Alderman Jr was a native of Douglas Georgia and a graduate of South Georgia College At the age of 25 he began his career in higher education as a biology teacher at the University of Georgia He earned an AB degree from Emory University an MS degree from the University of Georgia and an EdD degree from Auburn University and did graduate study at Columbia University Harvard University and in thePhilippines He was past president of the Georgia Association of Colleges and the Georgia Association of Junior Colleges as well as an active leader in the middle Georgia community where he served on numerous boards and participated in several organizations One of these was the Cochran Rotary Club an outfit to which Dr Alderman gave much time and energy He served as president and district governor and Those who knew him Newell Nesmith Cochran attorney longtime friend and neighbor He had a high moral character and integrity beyond reproach He taught his children those qualitites also If you were looking for a Southern gentlemen you couldnt find any better than Louis Alder Dr Reed Crumbliss minister First Baptist Church of Cochran Louis was strongly oriented to the past to traditions He was deeply rooted not only in his religion but in the history of our country as well He had impeccable morals was always very gracious very kind Even in disagreement he was willing to listen and accommodate the feelings of the other party Dr S Walter Martin former acting chancellor and Valdosta St president He was an exceptionally fine educator a friendly and genial person I always felt that he was a very fine addition to the University System received two fellowships from the club He was equally active in the First Baptist Church of Cochran where he taught a Bible class and was past chairman of the Board of Deacons JanuaryFebruary 1988 5 Cover Story Getting on Track in January One could say that January is a shirt sleeves month not because of the weather of course but because of the renewed sense of vigor that accompanies Januarys cold winds The sense of purpose of getting back on track after the holidays Its always been that way January is a month for setting priorities for sticking to New Years resolutions even if only for a little while It is a month for reflecting on the preceding year and anticipating the next It is a month to begin getting things done January 1988 was no exception though there was at least one delay It came in the early days in the form of ice and sleet and snow For a while nature brought back the holidays and put that sense of purpose on hold Schools closed People stayed away from the office for a few more days Remembering to date checks 88 instead of 87 suddenly if temporarily seemed harder But soon the sun came out and the shirt sleeves were rolled up Again January Time to get to work In government the action was especially noticeable If there is a single month in the year that people actually see government it is January the month of grand inaugurations and convened assemblies and new agendas Leaders lay their plans for the year on the table The people evaluate last years efforts Together an invisible partnership is forged to prepare a course of action for the future both immediate and longterm The University System was by no means exempt from the process a fact most evident on January 13 the day Chancellor H Dean Propst gave his State of the System address to the Board of Regents The 35minute speech served to reflect on past accomplishments update last years agenda and outline goals and objectives for 1988 It was warmly received partly because the man delivering it conveyed the feeling that yes some good things have taken place in the University System but there is much to be done if this System is to become truly outstanding And the 15 Regents two of whom were attending their first meeting appeared ready indeed eager to get back to work One could even sense a rolling of the sleeves STATE F IT El IS SYSTEM Excerpts from Chancellor Propsts 1988 State of the System address It does not seem possible that a year has passed since last I reported comprehensively to you It has been a year that has seen some major developments affecting the University System of Georgia which I believe have strengthened the System as it continues to develop into one of the most preeminent in the country Dr Propst noted some accomplishments on the System level including a record fall 1987 enrollment of 153562 students a number that confounds national projections of declines He also cited the record amount of 228 million in research grants and contracts received by the 34 colleges and universities in the System 6 System The chancellor also noted the division of responsibilities among System institutions saying we have been able to avoid the error of spreading our resources so thinly that we sacrifice the opportunity for real excellence at any level We can take justifiable pride in what our universities have accomplished and are accomplishing All four universities were mentioned for their laurels in different areas Georgia State Universitys College of Education was cited for recent achievements including an innovative project for preparing high school principals Georgia Techs academic record both among faculty and students drew praise as did research efforts underway at the Medical College of Georgia The University of Georgia was highlighted for various accomplishments including outstanding faculty One of the major and forwardlooking thrusts of our senior colleges is the increasing attention that is being given to international affairs No longer can the United States focus on internal economic competition We are in a situation dominated by international competition Eight senior colleges were singled out for specific efforts to internationalize the curriculum and expand the intellectual boundaries of their students beyond the United States They are Armstrong State Georgia Southern Georgia Southwestern Kennesaw Southern Tech Valdosta State West Georgia and Albany State The Systems twoyear colleges continue to serve the state at a high level of excellence The enormous variety of activities at these institutions is illustrated by the following examples Specifically mentioned for noteworthy activities were nine twoyear colleges Abraham Baldwin Atlanta Junior DeKalb Floyd Gainesville Middle Georgia South Georgia Waycross and Emanuel County The arts was one area prominently represented at twoyear colleges according to the chancellor especially at Gainesville Abraham Baldwin and Middle Georgia The 1987 calendar year was in many respects a watershed year for the University System best illustrated by the changing face of leadership and by the emerging commitment of the Board of Regents to achieving national preeminence for public higher education in Georgia Dr Propst noted the changing of the guard at the four universities saying the consequences could affect System leadership to the beginning of a new century The calibre of the new presidents at the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech showed the national perception of the University System The chancellor also praised the newly elected presi dents of Augusta College and Georgia Southern College These changes in leadership were matched in importance by the development of our Special Funding Initiative proposal The initiative concept is complementary to the changing face of leadership in public higher education in the state Both look forward to the future of the state and its continued progress Both illustrate the importance that the Board of Regents places on its role in the overall strategy for continuing improvement of the welfare of the people of Georgia The Special Funding Initiative was also included in the chancellors report to the Board at the end of the January 13 meeting Earlier in the day Gov Harris had recommended that the General Assembly allocate 10 million in the University Systems FY89 budget for the first year of the initiative This amount is a good start Dr Propst told the Regents I could not be more delighted because this is a tight budget year and it must have taken some hard looking to find that money Other University Continued on page 11 Charting A Course Two of the 10 points in Chancellor Propsts 1988 agenda involve assessment and planning evaluating the actions of the System and its units and drawing up battleplans to combat future problems They are areas that have grown in importance in recent years and if current discussions are any indication people will be hearing more about them in the years to come The Regents themselves heard a good bit about planning and assessment at the January 12 Board meeting In his first report to the Board since his appointment last August Executive Vice Chancellor David Spence talked about assessment and issued a draft proposal for implementing more longrange planning in the University System If the actions of the proposal are carried out Dr Spence said the University System can someday reach a point of being the very best in the country Planning is not a new concept but it has gained a new dimension in the past couple of years We have always planned for growth and the need for more buildings Dr Spence told the Board but now were planning for improvement as well Were planning to improve the quality of the services offered in those buildings The current proposal calls for a mobilization of efforts in all quarters Overseeing the activity will be two committees a Steering Committee made up of educators from the central office and System institutions and a Regents Planning Committee composed of Board members who will receive information from the Steering Committee to help develop a final plan Other specially appointed groups will likely be appointed to provide information to both of the committees JanuaryFebruary 1988 7 Board Action Prime Time Programming The Regents approve 10 degreerelated items Valdosta State and UGA pull the biggest numbers Ten items relating to degree programs won Board approval in January including four external degree programs involving Valdosta State College The University of Georgia also benefited from the January action by securing Regent approval of four new degree programs At Valdosta State the new external programs will help students majoring in early childhood education at colleges in Bainbridge and Waycross as well as potential students at the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base The formats for the early childhood programs with Bainbridge College and Waycross College are similar Both will be under the bachelor of science in education degree and will be taught by Valdosta State faculty members on the campuses of the twoyear colleges The programs basic curricula are the same as the material taught at Valdosta State The Kings Bay external programs will enable Navy personnel veterans and civilians to pursue a bachelor of general studies degree and a master of public administration degree A survey of South Georgians revealed 75 students expressed interest in a general studies program at Kings Bay Requirements for admission are the same as those at VSC and students must complete 183 hours of academic work in an approved programs of study including one of two tracks of 90hour concentrations The MPA degree which is expected to attract 40 students per year will help develop management skills for people in government agencies business and nonprofit organizations Classes will meet three out of every five weekends to accommodate military personnel Among the four degree programs that will be initiated this spring at the Univer Januarys Academic Temperature Twelve Degrees APPROVED 1 PhD in lifespan developmen tal psychology UGA 2 EdD in instructional technology UGA 3 Master of Mass Communica tion UGA 4 BA in Linguistics UGA 5 BSEd in early childhood education Valdosta State and Bainbridge College 6 BSEd in early childhood education Valdosta State and Waycross College 7 Bachelor of General Studies Valdosta State at Kings Bay Naval Sub Base 8 Master of public administration Valdosta State at Kings Bay Naval Sub Base 9 MEd in French Georgia Southern 10 MEd in Spanish Georgia Southern 11 MEd in German Georgia Southern DISCONTINUED 1 Transfer program in dental hygiene under A A degree Darton College sity of Georgia is an EdD degree in instructional technology a rapidly emerging discipline in behavioral sciences Instructional technology is a field that encompasses the use of electronic equipment to aid in educational activities Much of the technology today is computerbased and graduates can go on to careers as consultants or training officers UGA faculty members teaching instructional technology at the university have a national reputation in the field The university is now one of two southeastern institutions offering a doctoral program in the field Another UGA doctoral program that won approval in January is a PhD program in lifespan developmental psychology a field that encompasses the psychological study of humans from infancy to late adulthood Demand for the new program was partially evident through the high percentage of ads for developmental psychologists listed in the January 1986 issue of American Psychological Association APA Monitor UGA officials also noted that student demand for such a program in the Southeast appears to be strong especially at the university where national visibility can be developed with existing resources The other two programs approved for the University of Georgia in January were a master of mass communication degree and a bachelor of arts degree in linguistics The masters degree will help round out the universitys offerings in the communications field since it does not require a written thesis The programs primary goal is to enhance professional training and to further prepare students for careers in the mass media field as opposed to academic careers In communications graduate education UGA currently offers an MA in journalism and mass communication both of which are thesis programs The new MMC program is expected to draw 30 students in the first year The new major in linguistics under the BA degree at the university is designed to teach students the methods of language analysis Such methods can be applied to computerbased translation and foreign language instruction UGA already has a masters and a doctoral program in linguistics The new undergraduate program is the first of its kind in Georgia and just one of three in the Southeast Valdosta State and the University of Georgia werent the only System schools to see degree action in January Three new foreign language majors under the MEd degree at Georgia Southern won approval and Darton College will discontinue a transfer program in dental hygiene Georgia Southern officials cited the increase in foreign language requirements from colleges and universities in Georgia and across the country as the primary reason for offering EdD degrees in French Spanish and German under the department of secondary education Although student interest in all three languages at Georgia Southern is high college educators have noted a growing interest across the state in German see sidebar They are anticipating 28 students to enter the three masters programs in the first year 12 in the French and Spanish concentrations and four in the German concentration The discontinued dental hygiene program at Darton College falls under the associate of arts degree College officials said a lack of enrollment and some confusion concerning the AS degree program in dental hygiene contributed to its elimination The Regents decided on several other matters in January including the naming of a library at the Medical College of Georgia The building was named for Dr Robert D Greenblatt who worked at the medical college for more than 50 years in numerous capacities including chairman of the first independent Department of Endocrinology in the country Dr Greenblatt also conducted several important research efforts at the university a cooperative education agreement between Augusta College and the U S General Accounting Office The program will begin winter quarter 1988 a change in The Policy Manual that allows for all University System employees to sit in on noncredit classes provided they regis ter as auditors Previously only faculty members could sit in on such classes authorization to the University of Georgia to accept and sell 676 shares of Gannett Company stock to establish a Gannett Video Editing Suite at the Henry W Grady School of Journalism Gannett donated the 25688 worth of stock for that expressed purpose approval of Chancellor Propsts addition to the FY88 supplemental budget request The request was changed to include a 6 million request to partially finance construction of the Institute of Paper Chemistry IPC at Georgia Techan established research organization moving to Tech from Wisconsin The IPC will ultimately require 15 million to purchase land and build facilities German gains strength in Georgia The Boards approval of a new MEd degree in German at Georgia Southern College was born out of a growing student interest in the language in Georgia and elsewhere While French and Spanish still have a commanding lead in the competition for the attention of high schools students there are signs that German is gaining Why the renewed interest One reason is that the West German government has done a tremendous amount of promoting the language and the culture says Dr Lowell Bouma head of Georgia Southerns foreign langauge department In fact some of the other languages are even a little jealous of the attention Part of those promotional efforts is the governments deployment of Horst Bussiek a cultural emissary working with Georgias Department of Education to spread the word about Germany Bussiek who arrived in September for a threeyear mission visits high schools across the state showing slides and talking with students and teachers about life in Germany Another factor according to Dr Bouma is the presence of the Goethe Institute in Atlanta Goethe pronounced Gorta is one of several such institutes around the country designed to foster an interest in German and provide information for students and instructional materials for teachers The institute offers classes in German as well For the German language the new attention is long overdue Says Bussiek I think students have perceived German to be harder than French or Spanish which of course is not true We also have our history to overcome Dr Bouma agrees The country is basically trying to dispel the images of Nazism and Hogans Heroes he notes Some people still dont realize that its not the country that it once was JanuaryFebruary 1988 9 Buildings Grounds Sapelo Facilities Need A Facelift Facilities at the University Systemoperated Marine Institute on Sapelo Island are in need of more than 16 million in repairs according to a report issued in January by Vice Chancellor for Facilities Frederick Branch Speaking before the Committee on Buildings and Grounds Branch said he visited the Georgia coastal island on January 5 and toured all Institutecontrolled facilities except mobile homes The total of major repairs of facilities leased to the Board of Regents is approximately 1675000 Branch said Given the fact that those buildings date back to 1920 or so they are in excellent shape Branch said They are sound buildings The house can exist for some time without major repairs The South End mansion will require the most work Replacing the water pipes rewiring the electrical system and refurbishing the exterior walls tile deck roof and inside will cost about 985000 Branch said Other necessary repairs include 350000 for asbestos removal from the main house and the lab building and 107000 for fire safety improvements in the lab building Not included in the total is a project proposed by Institute Director James Alberts which would convert the auditorium to a library and develop a moderatesized group meeting space in the Main Office and Storage Building Such a project would cost between an estimated 250000 and 300000 Four projects in the University System including the 32 million bioscience building at the University of Georgia won approval for budget increases at the January 13 Board meeting The low base bid for the bioscience building was 838655 less than the 32 million project bud get thus allowing UGA to reinstate amenities that previously had been taken out because of higher architect estimates A second UGA project also received an increase in January The renovation of the animal resources space in the universitys College of Veterinary Medicine was expanded to include a student lounge and foyer The 147000 necessary to increase the scope of the project will come from the university At Georgia Southern College the Lakeside Cafe project was increased from 900000 to 12 million to provide more space Administrators at the Statesboro school which is the fastestgrowing college in the System sought to allow for more seating in the cafeteria The required 300000 will come out of auxiliary funds The vocationaltechnical building under construction at Clayton State College received authorization for a 120000 increase due to items omitted during the architects estimates Other buildings and grounds items approved in January include two nonexclusive easements at Macon College and the University of Georgia The one at Macon College is an agreement with the MaconBibb County Water and Sewage Authority the one at UGA is with Georgia Power demolition of a twostory garage apartment at UGA The structure which is used for storage is in poor condition appointment of an Atlanta architectural firm Allain Associates to design plans for the 48 million library project at Albany State College an agreement between Kennesaw College and PBS Building Systems Inc that allows the college to lease 24 building modules totaling 17280 square feet allocation of just more than 2 million in FY88 MRR funds Of that amount West Georgia receives 12 million to remove asbestos from the education center Fort Valley State receives 400000 to remove asbestos in the Hubbard Education Building Albany State receives 350000 to build parking areas and a new entrance drive and Armstrong State and Savannah State receives 70000 for landscaping g The South End Mansion on Sapelo Island 985000 needed for repairs 10 System Photo Courtesy of The University of Georgia People New On Board The January meeting of the Board of Regents featured two new faces thanks to Gov Joe Frank Harris prompt selection of two prominent Atlantans to replace outgoing Regents Marie Dodd and John Skandalakis Deen Day Smith a businesswoman and civic leader and Barry Phillips an attorney were sworn in December 31 in the governors office Both will serve sevenyear terms as atlarge members I had decided it was best this year to name the Regents right away Gov Harris told officers of the Board and other visitors at the induction We have a blueribbon group of people who serve on the Board of Regents Maybe Im a little biased but I think the group over there now is the best thats been there since 1932 Regent Smith is chairman of the board of Cecil B Day Investment Company an Atlanta corporation that was founded by her late husband She serves on numerous boards and community organizations including First Union National Bank and the Atlanta Arts Alliance She is especially active in ecological and environmental organizations most notably as president of the Garden Club of Georgia member of the Georgia Conservancy the Audubon Society and trustee of the National Wildflower Research Center Regent Barry Phillips has been a partner in the Atlanta law firm of Kilpatrick Cody since 1960 including chairman of the board for the past five years He has been involved in the shaping of both Atlanta and Georgia by serving several commissions and organizations among them Central Atlanta Progress Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Business Council of Georgia and Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau He is also active in the University of Georgia Foundation and in various professional organizations Both Regents graduated from University System institutions Phillips holds AB and LLB degrees from the University of Georgia while Smith graduated from Georgia State University Their appointment to the Board brought a reshuffling of committee assignments Regent Edgar Rhodes will chair the Committee on Education while Regent W Lamar Cousins will preside over the Committee on Health Professions Regents Phillips and Smith will serve on the education and research and extension committees H State of the System from page 7 Systemrelated items recommended by the governor include full funding of the Formula for Excellence a 25 percent costofliving salary increase the first four projects on the capital outlay list and the second phase of a tuition break for graduate teaching and research assistants The agenda before us for 1988 is as full as that for 1987 has been The best higher education is a dynamic organism It is in a constant state of flux It is alive with new ideas It is not afraid to take risks It is seldom satisfied with what is preferring to concentrate on what can be Dr Propst then went on to outline ten items for the 1988 agenda including Continued emphasis on finding the best leadership for the Medical College of Georgia Georgia State Savannah State Darton College and Middle Georgia College Completion of a longrange planning process for the System that will clearly define where we are where we need to go and the strategies for getting there Expanding of the regional concept of System operations which unites schools in different geographic areas to provide service to those areas Continued efforts to avoid duplication of research and programs in the System Development of modes of assessment at both the System and institutional levels to show that we do indeed produce what we promise Development of a faculty recognition program for outstanding members Initiation of a program of training and crosstraining of the Central Office staff Continued emphasis on the relationship between public higher education and economic development without sacrificing the commitment to the highest of academic values E This month in the System JANUARY 1971 Savannah State College President Howard Jordan Jr is named vice chancellor for services for the University System JANUARY 1978 Dale Lick dean of the School of Sciences at Old Dominion University is elected president of Georgia Southern College JANUARY 1982 Armstrong State President Henry Ashmore resigns to take a position with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools JanuaryFebruary 1988 11 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS INSTITUTIONS AND PRESIDENTS Jackie M Ward Atlanta Chair Joseph D Greene Thomson Vice Chairman John Henry Anderson Jr Hawkinsville James E Brown Dalton W Lamar Cousins Marietta William T Divine Jr Albany Thomas H Frier Sr Douglas H Dean Propst Chancellor David S Spence Executive Vice Chancellor Henry G Neal Executive Secretary Jacob H Wamsley Vice ChancellorFiscal Affairs and Treasurer Frederick O Branch Vice ChancellorFacilities Arthur Dunning Vice Chancellor for Services and Minority Affairs Thomas F McDonald Vice ChancellorStudent Services Haskin R Pounds Vice ChancellorResearch and Planning Michael Moore Interim Assistant Vice ChancellorPlanning T Don Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsPersonnel Arthur M Gignilliat Jr Savannah Elridge W McMillan Atlanta Barry Phillips Atlanta Edgar L Rhodes Bremen John W Robinson Jr Winder Deen Day Smith Atlanta William B Turner Columbus Carolyn D Yancey Atlanta Anne Flowers Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Gordon M Funk Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsAccounting Systems and Procedures Mary Ann Hickman Assistant Vice Chancellor Affirmative Action H Guy Jenkins Jr Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities Thomas E Mann Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities David M Morgan Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Roger Mosshart Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsBudgets J Pete Silver Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Joseph J Szutz Assistant Vice Chancellor Research Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta John Patrick Crecine Georgia State University Atlanta Noah Langdale Jr Leave William M Suttles Acting Medical College of Georgia Augusta Judson C Hickey Acting University of Georgia Athens Charles B Knapp Albany State College Albany Billy C Black Armstrong State College Savannah Robert A Burnett Augusta College Augusta Richard S Wallace Clayton State College Morrow Harry S Downs Columbus College Columbus Frank D Brown Fort Valley State College Fort Valley Luther Burse Georgia College Milledgeville Edwin G Speir Jr Georgia Southern College Statesboro Nicholas Henry Georgia Southwestern College Americus William H Capitan Kennesaw College Marietta Betty L Siegel North Georgia College Dahlonega John H Owen Savannah State College Savannah Wendell G Rayburn Southern College of Technology Marietta Stephen R Cheshier Valdosta State College Valdosta Hugh C Bailey West Georgia College Carrollton Maurice K Townsend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton Wayne C Curtis Atlanta Junior College Atlanta Edwin A Thompson Bainbridge College Bainbridge Edward D Mobley Brunswick College Brunswick John W Teel Dalton College Dalton Derrell C Roberts Darton College Albany B R Tilley DeKalb College Decatur Marvin M Cole Emanuel County Junior College Swainsboro Willie D Gunn Floyd College Rome David B McCorkle Gainesville College Gainesville J Foster Watkins Gordon College Barnesville Jerry M Williamson Macon College Macon S Aaron Hyatt Middle Georgia College Cochran Fretwell G Crider Acting South Georgia College Douglas Edward D Jackson Jr Waycross College Waycross James M Dye STAFF OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS System Magazine is published monthly by the Office of Public Relations and Information Services Board of Regents University System of Georgia 244 Washington St SW Atlanta Georgia 30334 404 6562250 Change of address notices should include the old and new addresses with ZIP codes Cost 2650Quantity 15000 Executive Editor Kay Miller Editor Michael J Baxter Staff Writer Laura A McClammy The University System of Georgia offers equal educational and employment opportunities OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 244 Washington Street SW Atlanta Georgia 30334 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED NonProfit Organization US POSTAGE PAID ATLANTA GA Permit No 342 3360000 0 FA LIBRARY T UNIVERSITY UF GEORGIA STATE DOCUMENTS ATHENS GA 30602 From top UGA research Georgia Tech partnership coastal Georgia activity The Centers of Attention GEORGIA TECH Received MAR Z Z 1988 DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES Perspective Sexual Harassment Out of the Closet By Dr Mary Ann Hickman Affirmative Action officer Sexual harassment is a 20th century term but not a 20th century problem In the past it was generally ignored ignored by women who felt shame guilt isolation or fear of retaliation Today sexual harassment remains a serious social problem affecting more than a few men and women A 1976 survey conducted by Redbook magazine reported that 88 percent of 9000 respondents said they had experienced sexual harassment Surveys conducted by Harvard University and others have supported Redbooks findings Sexual harassment transcends all age racial socioeconomic academic and occupational groups Although women are not the only victims of sexual harassment as the surveys documented they encounter it more frequently than men because men hold most positions of power But it is important to remember that sexual harassment also includes the abuse of authority by women over men or by members of the same sex against each other Just what constitutes sexual harassment The term itself encompasses a wide range of behavior It can be verbal visual or physical It can be blatant as in the suggestion that a student could receive a higher grade if a sexual favor is granted Or it can be covert such as unwanted attention attempts to change a professional relationship into a personal one Specifically sexual harassment can constitute sexist remarks about ones clothing body or sexual activities sexist jokes teasing and indecent language verbal harassment or abuse subtle pressure for sexual favors physical assault or contact touching patting or pinching leering or gesturing Sexual harassment also creates an atmosphere not conducive to working teaching or learning and it is particularly odious in the academic setting It not only betrays the special bond between professor and student but also exploits the power inherent in an instructors relationship with his or her students In the University System sexual harassment has received more attention in recent years At its March 1981 meeting the Board of Regents adopted a policy prohibiting sexual harassment a dictum which defined sexual harassment with language that basically followed the definition outlined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1980 The policy also goes beyond employment specifying that sexual harassment simply will not be tolerated in an academic environment Other measures have followed the Boards policy in recent years Sexual harassment has been more openly discussed and recognized The past three years have brought Systemwide conferences at Georgia State and Jekyll Island seminars whereby affirmative action officers at all 34 institutions gathered to discuss ways to eradicate the problem Last year marked one of the most active periods to date in dealing with sexual harassment It began with Chancellor Propst citing the development of programs to deal with sexual harassment as one of the Systems 14 goals for 1987 Shortly thereafter each University System institution was asked to submit a plan to the chancellor detailing that schools policy on sexual harassment procedures for handling complaints and a description of how faculty staff and students were to be informed of the seriousness of sexual harassment The plans have been reviewed and they will be updated as needed While sexual harassment is out of the closet the academic com munitys responsibility of recognizing its effects and preventing it remains Only when those in power unite with those who are vulnerable will the practice diminish and hopefully disappear Q Dr Mary Ann Hickman has been an official with the University Systems central office for 14 years The Board of Regents policy on sexual harassment Federal law provides that it shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any employer because of the sex of any person to discharge without cause to refuse to hire or otherwise discriminate against any person with respect to any matter directly or indirectly related to employment or academic standing Harassment of an employee on the basis of sex violates the federal law Sexual harassment of employees or students in the University System is prohibited and shall subject the offender to dismissal or other sanctions after compliance with procedural due process requirements Unwelcome sexual advancements requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when A Submission to such conduct is made explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individuals employment or academic standing or B Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for employment or academic decisions affecting an individual or C Such conduct unreasonably interferes with an individuals work or academic performance or creates an intimidating hostile or offensive working or academic environment T able of Contents Before the Board Columbus College President Frank D Brown introduces his Five Rs agendaPage 5 In the Spotlight The second annual Academic Recognition Day is a hit for 34 studentsPage 6 Around the System A gator stalks Macon College while the University of Georgia greets four ClydesdalesPage 15 Cover Story Where Are They Now Recent years have brought an influx of centers and institutes to the System An update on some of the enterprises of latePage 8 Board action7 Buildings Grounds13 People14 Cover photo credits Walker Montgomery UGA top Emory Medicine Magazine middle Coastal Georgia Center bottom News The Students Speak The topics of their thoughts Health insurance faculty evaluations and the core curriculum to name a few Judy Donaldson is a student at a twoyear college in the University System and she has her sights set on transferring to Georgia Southern after her sophomore year Fine her academic advisors tell her But when transfer time rolls around Judy not her real name changes her mind She wants to go to the University of Georgia There are problems she is told namely she hasnt followed the proper core curriculum sequence to go to UGA She must either stick to her original plan of transferring to Georgia Southern or return to her twoyear college for another 15 hours of core courses The above example is just one case study presented to the Board of Regents in February by members of the Student Advisory Council an organization of student leaders founded 20 years ago to act as a voice for students in the University System The example was designed to illustrate the students perceived need for better coordination of the transferability of credits between System institutions and it was one of eight specific proposals put forth to the Board by SAC in February Indeed the council was wellrepresented at the February meeting Eighteen of SACs 70 or so members were present and seven of them took turns reviewing individual proposals with the Regents Their presentation culminated a year of meetings and conferences at West Georgia College DeKalb College Georgia Tech and Jekyll Island This group thought long and hard about the proposals before you said Vice Chancellor for Student Services Tom McDonald While the students expressed concern about various academic matters including the acceptance of continued on page 4 FebruaryMarch 1988 3 News SCORECARD How the Student Advisory Council fared in 198687 1 Elective option of computer course in Area IV of the Core Curriculum Idea of being included in the core was rejected by various academic committees of the Advisory Council but computer literacy and basic courses still available 2 Regents Intern Program Possibility of implementation under Governors Intern Program but stipends and academic credit need more study 3 Projected Class Offerings Many chief academic officers in the System are considering publishing more projected offerings already done at some institutions 4 Definition of Degree Credit Hours in relation to Regents Test Clarified by a new Board policy passed last March 5 Substance Education and Awareness Program Approved by the Board last March 6 Review of Minimum Standards for Campus Security Personnel Referred to fiscal affairs office and discussed with System officers of fiscal affairs Security officers who have not met standards set in the Georgia Police Officers Standards and Training Act POST cannot carry weapons or make arrests 7 Removal of T grades from official transcripts Academic and records and admissions committees disapproved of the idea revised proposal submitted by SAC in February 1987 8 Rising tuition costs Presented to the Board as a growing concern The Students Speak continued credits they seemed most interested in topics relating to their health Half of the eight proposals involve the physical and emotional wellbeing of students at the 34 public colleges and universities in the System and two of them included recommendations regarding AIDS One of the most ambitious suggestions concerned health insurance for students Students may find themselves in one of two situations explained Buddy Cawley president of the student government at the Medical College of Georgia They either lose their coverage under their parents when they turn 25 or their parents may be unemployed or underinsured The rising average age of University System students Cawley said prompted SAC to recommend the Board establish a task force to study the feasibility of a Systemwide health plan Another healthrelated matter on the students minds was alcohol awareness a topic that has been discussed by the council over the past few years We would like to see students educated on alcohol before they go on campus remarked Telaina Williams a Georgia Southern student Specifically wed like to Student Advisori Council Chairman Skip Purdy On the whole student governments in the System suffer from apathy 4 System I talk to them during freshman orientation before they go to parties and start drinking Such an approach has worked well at Georgia Southern Williams told the Regents Other proposals presented to the Board included a recommendation that incomplete grades I grades be redesignated Administrative Incompltes and Student Incompltes thus indicating whether the student or instructor was responsible for the incomplete grade a suggestion that passing the Regents Test not be a condition of transfer to System institutions The students would prefer outside transferees with 60 hours or more be allowed up to two quarters at the new institution before having to take the test a proposed strengthening of faculty evaluation standards through six suggested means including a requirement that teachers evaluate themselves a recommendation that the Board reiterate the transferability of core courses in Areas I II and III and better coordinate Area IV core curriculum programs Steps were taken in this area last year through several meetings of academic officials Although the students were thorough in the preparation and presentation of their proposals their activity in the organization is not necessarily representative of student activity on campuses On the whole student governments in the University System suffer from apathy says Skip Purdy a Georgia Tech student and chairman of the council Often there is a group of key people who become active in the government and who make it work Purdy adds that North Georgia College is a model example of how involvement in student government can be effective Seventyfive percent of their student body vote in their elections he says As a result they get good people running and the government is responsive to the students n Frank Browns Five Rs An Rx for Columbus Colleges Future He spoke for less than 10 minutes but in that brief amount of time Columbus College President Frank D Brown painted a vivid picture of where that college is today and what needs to be done to guide the school into the future The outpouring of support from the community signals the feeling that the college is on its way to more positive days Dr Brown told an audience of Regents students educators and lawmakers at the February 9 Board meeting There is good reason to be optimistic about the future of Columbus College After expressing gratitude for the trust shown in all quarters Dr Brown discussed some of the issues confronting Columbus College These are much less formidable than some of the challenges we have faced in the past he said but they are challenges nevertheless Chief among them is student enrollment which has dropped every year for more than a decade Dr Brown said that while he didnt have any excuses for the decline in enrollment he did have some reasons the phasing out of the GI Bill a drop in commuting high school students in Columbus and limits placed on recruitment from being on the GeorgiaAlabama border The newly elected president who has served as the colleges vice president for finance and business operations for the past 66 Some of our colleagues in the community have withdrawn from active participation in the college We hope to bring them back in 99 six and a half years also outlined his plan for improvement which he calls The Five Rs for Columbus College He cited the plans major tenets Restoration of the balance of academic programs Id like to continue a commitment to liberal arts and sciences on our campus Dr Brown said and showcase them to gather support for those areas Restatementrededication of the mission of Columbus College We want to complete efforts to help define the mission of the college In this we will involve all segments of the college community Respect for the sound advice and judgment of the faculty My management style will be consulting collegial Im in favor of open discussion to improve communication overall Recognition of outstanding academic programs so that they receive the attention they deserve Rekindling the fires of the community Some of our colleagues have withdrawn from active participation in the college Well be making every effort to bring them back in Before closing Dr Brown offered insight as to what kind of presidency he would have I pledge to you an administration that conducts its affairs in the sunshine but will not hang its dirty laundry in public he said and I promise you an administration that plays a team role in the University System but will not hesitate to speak out on issues of concern FebruaryMarch 1988 5 Feature A Day to Remember February 41988 To the outsider it may have seemed like just another dinner party Conversation filled the rooms of the stately home Neatly attired guests mingled freely at first then later balanced linen napkins and plates of chicken rice and vegetables on their laps The partys host circulated deftly through the crowd stopping to exchange pleasantries or perhaps tell a joke Yet for all its outward appearances there was nothing ordinary about the affair The principal guests were 34 college students and they were attending dinner at the home of the chancellor of the University System of Georgia The occasion was held to honor each one for succeeding grandly in a single endeavor being a college student At the chancellors dinner the recognition was just beginning There would be more accolades the next day February 4 the second annual Academic Recognition Day The day began with breakfast atop the James H Sloppy Floyd tower where the guests were greeted by Board Chair Jackie Ward and Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller The troup then headed across the street to the state capitol to meet legislators pose for photographs shake hands with the governor and stand before the full House and Senate The students were a diverse lot Most were women a statistic indicative of the widening malefemale gap in the System The ratio has increased by half a percentage point each year for the past three years and now stands at 53 female 47 male They ranged in age from early 20s to early 50s One student Floyd Colleges Melissa Rutledge is pursuing an elementary education degree while raising four children and helping her husband with his pest control business Joining the students were parents spouses college presidents and in one instance a daughter The whole idea was very nice says Georgia State University student Edward McQuade I was glad to see academics get honored like that Another student Dalton Colleges Julia Butterfield agrees I thought it was marvelous I especially enjoyed being on the floor of the House and Senate It was wonderful that they would take time out of their busy day to recognize us K Ft Governor Zell Miller addresses 34 System students at the Academic Recognition Day breakfast atop the Floyd Tower in Atlanta 6 System Board Action Acting Up At Ga Southwestern Americus college will soon offer BA degree in dramatic arts Students in southwest Georgia will soon have a chance to support their theatrical talents with an academic degree as the Board approved a new major in dramatic arts under the Bachelor of Arts degree at Georgia Southwestern College The program will be launched this spring and it is designed not only to train students for theatrical arts but teach them to be better communicators as well thus preparing them for jobs in com Ga Southern Gets Organized Georgia Southern College secured Board approval of a new reorganization plan in February that renamed one of the colleges five schools and moved the home economics division The School of Health Physical Education Recreation and Nursing was rechristened the School of Health and Professional Studies The Division of Home Economics moved into the newly named school from the School of Arts and Sciences and the physical education department was renamed the Department of Sport Science and Physical Education The reorganization received much discussion in the education committee and the Regents approved the reshuffling under the conditions that it be monitored by the central office and updated next year Board Reappoints 29 Presidents February is the month of presidential appointments in the University System this year 29 munications mass media and fine arts A degree in dramatic arts is fairly common in the Southeast although no college near Georgia presidents were reappointed to oneyear terms Boards action excludes those who have announced plans to leave in 1988 Darton Colleges BR Tilley and those serving as acting presidents GSUs William Suttles Savannah States Wiley Bolden Middle Georgias Fretwell Crider and MCGs Judson Hickey Acting appointments continue until successors to the positions are named Building Named at ABAC The forestry building at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College was renamed the Yow Forestry and Wildlife Building to honor an Abraham Baldwin educator who served the college for 32 years Vernon Yow a professor emeritus of forestry and former head of the forestry department at Abraham Baldwin was an active member of the Tifton community as well as an respected academician He retired from higher education in 1982 and died last December Yow influenced countless generations of foresters in Georgia the Southeast and the Southwestern offers such a program Many students active in the theatre at GSW were leaving for colleges and universities with dramatic arts programs To help support the new program officials at the Americus college eventually would like to upgrade Georgia Southwesterns Experimental Theatre a project that will cost approximately 42000 No other funds will be needed to launch the new BA United States said one college administrator As a teacher in the field of forestry he had no superiors and few peers Ga Tech GSU Get New Chairs Chairs at two universities were approved in February to honor two distinguished Atlantans who have invested greatly albeit differently into Georgia State and Georgia Tech CocaCola magnate George W Woodruff received double honors at Georgia Tech as the university created a George W Woodruff Chair in Mechanical Engineering and named the corresponding school the George W Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering At Georgia State a request was granted to establish a Thomas B Bowles Jr Chair of Actuarial Science Bowles is a vice president of the management consulting firm of Towers Perrin Forster Crosby and a renowned authority in actuarial science Funds for the George W Woodruff Chair and the Thomas B Bowles Jr Chair are already on hand at both Georgia Tech and Georgia State FebruaryMarch 1988 7 Centers of Attention Just what are they up to anyway limpse into the hypothetical past It is 1820 and a young inventorprofessor in Delaware is wondering why it takes so long to get mail As he ponders the thought he reflects on other inconveniences of modern communication Suddenly he has an idea What if man could somehow talk over distances through some mechanical contraption Through the use of wires and electrical impulses He broaches the notion with administrators at his workplace the University of Delaware They scratch their heads Maybe hes on to something Another idea Why not study the feasibility of such an invention by investing in research And incorporate young students into the learning process Perhaps with the right approach an organized effort on the part of the university along with money from government and business this bright young professor could come up with such a communication device And so papers are signed hands are pumped backs are slapped Two years later the universitys Center for the Study of Communication Over the Miles comes up with the telephone a full 25 years before the birth of Alexander Graham Bell On the surface the hypothetical example may seem absurd But who knows Who knows what possibilities were missed in the absence of such organized efforts these things we now call centers and institutes Though colleges and universities have always been rich sources of information and research outside the classroom they havent always consolidated or formalized their ventures Centers and institutes are still relatively new phenomena though one wonders why they werent thought of sooner These days everyone seems to want to be to have the center of attention An example Last January President Reagan proposed that the National Science Foundation spend 30 million to create 15 to 20 new science and technology centers Not even on Wall Street have the presidents words had such an impact Almost immediately colleges and universities around the country scrambled to issue requests for funds By the December 1987 deadline NSF had received 340 comprehensive proposals and just as many requests for planning other proposals A spokesman with NSF said this month that out of the first 287 proposals received they had yet to finish studying them two were from Georgia The University System of Georgia likewise has seen a proliferation of centers and institutes in recent years especially in this decade The formation of the Georgia Research Consortium by Gov Joe Frank Harris in 1983 certainly helped the cause The Consortium is designed to combine state and private funding to create centers of excellence in research that have direct economic impact on the state Both public and private colleges and universities particpate in the Consortium and to date several such centers have been funded Activity outside the consortium is up too The University of Georgias 198788 catalog lists 44 centers and institutes not to mention other kinds of coalitions that combine instruction research and service under one roof But while the number is growing the centers themselves continue to exist mostly at universities and senior colleges since those institutions are more involved in research It is difficult to say exactly how many centers and institutes currently exist in the University System because many of them are in a state of transition Some are in the process of being formed either in the idea stage or in a formal proposal Others are in a state of expiration their mission having been completed or their funding ceased There is a distinct difference though between centers and institutes Institutes require the approval of the Board before their establishment explains Chancellor H Dean Propst while centers do not As such institutes in the System are generally overseen by the vice chancellor for academic affairs Centers and institutes are by no means formed as loosely as the aforementioned University of Delawares hypothetical Center for the Study of Communication Over the Miles That is people do not simply scratch their heads and create such organizations Rather they must meet certain criteria guidelines that vary at each institution After plans have been made the Board reviews institute proposals as need approval items and center proposals as information items Activities at each institute or center are usually reported to the college president once a year often within the annual report of the department affiliated with the organization Ordinarily centers and institutes are ready to go by the time the Regents review them in proposal form Occasionally however some unforeseen diffi 8 System culties arise as in the instance of the Center for Future Studies and Research at Georgia State University Organizers were detailed and thorough in planning the center which was reviewed by the Board last spring but they have run into an unexpected obstacle finding the right director Were trying to get someone with the right combination of time desire and expertise says Dr Francis Rushing associate dean of research in GSUs College of Business Administration That someone has to have the ability to do two things sell ideas and generate funds Indeed raising money can be the biggest hurdle to clear Some good ideas for centers have gone unrealized because the finances simply werent there either government money was unavailable or the private sector wasnt interested In the long haul something has to be in place to attract funding Dr Rushing says You have to have a strong organization to build a credible story In some instances funding can be lost in fierce competition At the same meeting in which the Board reviewed plans for GSUs Center for Future Studies the Regents also looked over a new Dental Research Center at the Medical College of Georgia While that center today is thriving one of its proposed components an Oral Biology Research Center never got off the ground According to Dr Thomas Dirksen director of MCGs Dental Research Center the proposed oral biology center lost out on 5 million in funding from the National Institute of Dental Research which was awarding four universities around the country 1 million a year for five years to start oral biology centers Fifteen schools competed Dr Dirksen says five of which had more than 20 years of 1 millionplus research in oral biology While the loss brought disappointment it by no means discouraged the activities of the Dental Research Center It is uncertain as to what extent centers and institutes will continue to multiply in the University System partly because they bring with them additional administrative costs A recent study released by the U S Department of Education noted that 20 cents of every dollar spent at colleges and universities in the 198485 academic year went toward administrative costs up from 177 cents in 197475 The report also said the number of nonteaching professionals at universities increased from 194 percent in the mid1970s to 232 percent three years ago Such statistics dont necessarily indicate a possible reversal of the centerinstitute trend but they do point out that high administrative costs will be a factor in all kinds of future decisions A researcher at the University of Georgias Complex Carbohydrate Research Center And just what are the University Systems centers and institutes up to A complete summary of their activities is impossible activities at some of the larger ones defy summary anyway but we did manage to compile an update on some of the ones that have passed the Board in the last few years a sort of Where Are They Now listing The organizations that follow are not necessarily the biggest or busiest centers They are a sampling a group that highlights the variety of missions of such organizations throughout the University System Trouser Tech Advanced Apparel Manufacturing Technology Demonstration Center Southern College of Technology I Georgia Tech Georgia Tech brought its researchdevelopment and administrative expertise Southern Tech provided its urbanrural location and handson experience Together the two are launching a venture that will play a key role in the economic development of the entire region according to Larry Haddock director of the Advanced Apparel Manufacturing Technology Demonstration Center Housed in a 16 million building at Southern Tech that will be finished by August the center will be the site of some impressive work in textile manufacturing research work that will benefit the 500 or so cutandsew companies in Georgia and their 80000 employees The federal governments Defense Logistics Agency which makes uniforms for the postal service forestry service and military figures prominently in the centers activities The agency awarded Georgia Tech and Southern Tech a 4 million grant to develop stateoftheart technology for apparel production The research we do will increase the amount of continued next page FebruaryMarch 1988 9 Photo courtesy of Emory Medicine magaziJ Centers of Attention continued mechanization at the 1500 companies in the Southeast making garments for the government Haddock says He uses utility trousers as an example The center wont be making trousers but it will develop computerized methods to monitor the production of pants from the design stage to the shipping stage These methods include designing the trousers on a computer screen marking the fabric using a cutting laser or computerized knife to cut the material even attaching zippers and belt loops on the assembly line Georgia Tech will handle the centers administration and research and development contracts as well as maintain an information service to keep the industry uptodate on the centers activities Southern Tech will actually run the demonstration center Students at both institutions are involved too At Georgia Tech theyre drawing interior plans and picking out equipment while Southern Tech students are coming up with compatible computer systems and ways to implement the technology Best of Both Worlds EmoryGeorgia Tech Biomedical Technology Research Center Georgia Tech Only ten months old this joint enterprise between two Atlanta institutions is already a model of cooperation and partnership Both Emory and Georgia Tech saw a need for doing this says codirector Dr Don Giddens a Regents professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech Research in medicine and engineering began at the grass roots level and Georgia Tech engineer Art Koblasz left and Emory physician Alan Harben are developing an exercise bicycle for cardiac and stroke patientsone of the efforts at the EmoryGeorgia Tech Biomedical Technology Center both of us wanted to get together in a more formal way Each university provides a director research scientists and facilities The two directors preside over an internal advisory board of six professors who offer advice and evaluate projects They will soon be aided by a Council of Fellows a group of business community and academic leaders who will help formulate goals promote awareness and develop fundraising Both institutions will provide 200000 annually for the first three years to get the center going According to Dr Giddens the center will not concentrate on a single key project Right now were trying to fund a variety of small projects to see which direction we will grow in and where the real talent lies he says After two waves of proposals the center has allotted money to 15 seed projects each of which has at least one researcher from each institution The centers biggest advantage is that each university benefits greatly from the others strengths Through the marriage of medical technology and engineering innovation researchers at the center will be working in such areas as artificial intelligence in medicine fetal monitoring and magnetic resonance imaging getting information about the body from computerized images of tissues and organs Power Bills Center for the Study of Regulated Industry Georgia State University GSUs finance department is the impetus behind the CSRI and department chairman Dr Victor Andrews is the centers principal architect Why finance Much of what goes on between utilities and the academic world takes place in finance Dr Andrews explains That includes the areas of finance economics and accounting as well as law The idea to create a center to study regulated industry came four years ago when the university discussed such a possibility with Georgia Power The utility already had research contracts with Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia according to Dr Andrews and they made known their interest in helping Georgia States College of Business Administration What followed was a fiveyear agreement that brought 50000 a year to the center Some other regulated companies followed Georgia Powers lead including Contel and Southern Bell Essentially the CSRI has three missions Professors and post doctoral students perform research including a working paper series that is reprinted in journals and forwarded to public service commissions and libraries across the country The center also sponsors a speakers series featuring nationally recognized figures in the study of regulated industry and faculty members give their time as consultants to regulated companies and expert witnesses in hearings involving utilities 10 System Dr Andrews hopes the department soon will add a fulltime professor of regulated industry and create a curriculum for a degree program The degree could be a hybrid between the business college and the law school he suggests perhaps combining highlevel economics finance and law CrimeBusters Criminal Justice Institute Albany State College Born from the University Systems desegregation plan the Criminal Justice Institute has been a resounding success at Albany State Criminal justice was a good focal point for desegregation initially says Dr Hugh Phillips director of the institute because most of the criminal justice in this country has been whitedominated At Albany State its beautiful how this institute has worked out A new building at Albany State gives the institute a hand in solving crime A complete crime lab in which the city of Albany will conduct its criminal investigations through blood typing forensic medicine and crimerelated genetic work is under development As a result students will actually see criminal investigations unfold before their eyes The lab should be finished by April While cooperating with Albany law enforcement is one of the centers major tenets so is its relationship with the legal system We even have a courtroom here in the building Dr Phillips says As a matter of fact thats what sold me when I came down here from the University of Maine in October 1986 The courtroom he says serves to show accused criminals and victims what court is like before the actual trial Many perpetrators and victims will do one of two things in court Theyll either freeze or theyll take a toocasual attitude Thats because they havent experienced a courtroom before Dr Phillips adds Already the institute has produced tangible benefits better job opportunities for graduates more faculty involvement in the community and a soontobepublished newsletter for people in criminal justice There are more results to come too Dr Phillips says he expects the number of criminal justice students to triple in the next five years The reason Support from the college and community I think the state was good to give us the shell the building and the lab he says but now its the reponsibility of the director and the faculty to make it work The administration faculty and a really excited student body has made the institute what it is UGADOECCRC Complex Carbohydrate Research Center University of Georgia In October 1985 two widely respected researchers and 16 of their associates came to Athens from the University of Colorado to launch a major research effort in the study of complex carbohydrates molecules that contain sugars made up of carbon hydrogen and oxygen With 1 million worth of equipment in tow they were men and women with a mission Two and a half years later they are well on the road to national and international renown The University of GeorgiaDepartment of Education Complex Carbohydrate Research Center UGADOE CCRC is an organization of 17 graduate students 13 postdoctoral research associates and 20 staff members steeped in the intricate study of these chemical compounds Most of the research is pure in nature but the potential for tangible applied results is very real Among the possibilities are new insecticides composed of natural elements and a different and better understanding of the AIDS virus Dr Peter Albersheim and Dr Alan Darvill are the centers founders and current codirectors Three other prominent faculty members work with them in the center Dr Richard Cummings and Dr Joseph Mendicino from the biological sciences division and Dr Herman Van Halbeek an expert on the use of nuclear magnetic spectroscopy A fourth member Dr Bernd Meyer will join them shortly from West Germany where he has become a world expert on the three dimensional structures of complex carbohydrates Dr Van Halbeek is currently studying the structural change in the glycoproteins found in mucus which should eventually lead to a better understanding of the causes of cystic fibrosis His work is just one of continued next page The Newcomer The very fact that centers and institutes are organized entities is often helpful in attracting money from government business and professional organizations Such is the case for the Medical College of Georgias Center for the Study of Occupational Therapy the newest enterprise to join the ranks of centers and institutes in the System Says Dr Nancy Prendergast the centers primary visionary Having a focus certainly helps when youre talking to sources of funding because you have a better chance when youre not just saying Were here in a department please give us money Occupational therapy which is one of three basic kinds of medical therapies deals with helping patients learn how to cope with new maladies in their daytoday activities Were the splint makers Dr Prendergast says and she means it literally and figuratively Occupational therapists may design specialized splints for say someone who injured a hand in an accident Or they might redesign a kitchen for a paralyzed stroke victim teach an amputee how to get through life with one arm or work with school systems to reduce the stress of students with behavioral disorders The center will research how occupational therapy is taught and how curriculum relates to the practice We wont be doing any direct patient care Dr Prendergast says but there will be some clinical research involved for students She adds that the center will be competing in March for one of three fairly sizable threeyear grants from the American Occupational Therapy Association meaning the timing of the center couldnt have been better Centers of Attention continued several key research projects contributing greatly to the universitys rise as a worldclass institution Wide Open Research Dental Research Center Medical College of Georgia This entity of MCGs School of Dentistry is barely a year old but its researchers are busy investigating among other things the effects of fluoride on osteoporosis and ways to make more dependable dental materials The centers overall mission is to improve the oral health status of the citizens of Georgia and the nation but that doesnt mean MCG researchers will be hiding in your bathroom at night to make sure you flossed Our concept is to go out to industry says Dr Thomas Dirksen MCGs associate dean for biological sciences and director of the center We want to become more active in product testing and product development Dr Dirksen chairs an executive committee made up of seven research directors Together they work with an advisory board of industry and foundation leaders to address the needs of the dental industry The kinds of research taking place at the center are to say the least interesting One research director studies new kinds of jawbone implants that would hold dentures and crowns for people who have lost teeth another investigates the temporalmandibular joint a source of great pain for some and another conducts periodontal research to gain a better understanding of gum tissue The center also performs numerous other activities including consulting promoting recruiting faculty and staff and sponsoring an annual symposium Dr Dirksen says the center is also involved in pilot projectinterim project funding allotting money to 12 System At left Willie Miller a student in the Center for Transportation Studies says the centers certificate program has helped him in his job help young researchers start a project or keep a project going after funding has been interrupted Movers and Shakers Center for Transportation Studies Coastal Georgia Center for Continuing Education Armstrong StateSavannah State This place has taken up a lot of my time two nights a week for a couple of years says Willie Miller a continuing education student at the Coastal Georgia Center But Im glad Im doing it It makes me know my job a little bit better Miller an employee with Gulfstream Corporation is referring to the certificate program within the Center for Transportation Studies He is just one of 400 employees in the freightcarrying industry who have passed through the centers doors in the past three years Only a fraction of them have earned transportation certificates through a series of noncredit courses but all of them have shored up their knowledge of the industry The name sounds as if it provides additional education for all kinds of people in the transportation industry bus drivers token takers train conductors Not so Transportation in this instance signifies shippers handlers custom house brokers freight forwarders and workers in the railroad and trucking industries The center offers topnotch job enrichment for those employed or contemplating employment in the transportation industry says Dr Virginia White director of program development for the center In many cases I have seen immediate job opportunities and benefits become available to students as a result of their training at the center Dr White worked with Gary Norsworthy of the Coastal Georgia Center to create the CTS in the fall of 1984 It came about as the need for such an enterprise was recognized she recalls We found that there was a whole segment of the population that wasnt being served Many of those she says were women specifically working women in their 30s who are attracted by the opportunities in continuing education and the potential salary enhancement Courses are taught by people working in the transportation industry the men and women who see the daytoday operations This industry is so specialized that you just cant bring in a polished manager with training skills Dr White explains E3 Building Grounds Goin South Wisconsins Institute of Paper Chemistry heads to Georgia Tech The news that day in late December 1987 was not insignificant The Institute of Paper Chemistry an established and respected research organization in Wisconsin that has helped this countrys pulp and paper industry for 57 years announced it had found a new home It would be heading south to Georgia Specifically to the Georgia Institute of Technology The governor of Georgia was delighted The institutes relocation will further strengthen and diversify our economy said Gov Joe Frank Harris In fact we anticipate that the Institute will attract more investment and create jobs in the paper industry for years to come His sentiments were echoed on the pages of newspapers and by officials with the University System at Georgia Board Acts on Two items relating to facilities at the Medical College of Georgia won approval at the February Board meeting The first concerned the Ambulatory Surgery Procedure Center and Talmadge Wing Lobby of the MCG Hospital and Clinics Following the recommendation of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds the Regents approved a budget increase in the architectural contract from 12 million to 22 million The medical college had submitted the original estimate before the architects preliminary design had been submitted The Regents also approved the Tech and in the state legislature Georgia seemed an ideal location for the institute The states 86 billion pulp and paper industry is the largest in the nation and Georgias 28 paper mills and 80000 employees turn out 7 million tons of paper and board products each year Likewise Georgia Techs national reputation and location in Atlanta a major transportation hub made it the perfect choice for the IPC The latest development in the IPCs relocation came in February when the Regents authorized design of a facility that will house the institute It is estimated that bringing the IPC to Georgia will cost 30 million half of which will be funded from companies belonging to the institute Design fees for the institute will be paid by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation MCG Projects selection of an architect for the proposed 177 million Ambulatory Care Center and proposed 193 million Specialized Care Center two components of the Facilities Master Plan presented by MCG last year The Atlanta architectural firm of JovaDanielsBusby Inc was awarded the contract The Board also learned of MCGs plans to merge the two centers into a single site a decision that followed meetings between college officials and a team of consultants specializing in space allocation By sharing a location the two projects will avoid duplicating expensive diagnostic and treatment equipment as well as cut down on the amount of travel for staff and patients In other February Buildings and Grounds action the Board authorized a 40year lease agreement involving the University of Georgia and the U S Department of Agriculture The department will lease one acre at the Georgia Experiment Station to build greenhouses and headhouses tabled a request for an 8 million parking deck at Georgia State University for further study granted a 500000 budget increase for cafeteria renovation at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics Higher construction costs prompted the increase An architectural contract with Elmer L Perry ATA in Augusta was also approved approved the demolition of a house at North Georgia College The 65yearold house was Dahlonegas Senior Center for 10 years and is now rundown approved a rental agreement that allows the University Employees Federal Credit Union at UGA to rent space in the universitys Building No 2628 for five months The union will pay 150 a month for the 1132 square feet of space authorized two nonexclusive easements The first at the University of Georgia gave the Georgia Natural Gas Company a strip of land for a gas main The second granted the city of Statesboro two plots of land at Georgia Southern College for a deep well and water line allocated 480600 in FY88 MRR funds Of that amount North Georgia College was awarded 225000 for an addition to the Physical Education Building Gordon College received 67000 for drainage improvements in the administration building and 125000 for swimming pool renovation and Georgia College won 63600 for the renovation of Porter Hall Q FebruaryMarch 1988 13 People A Final Tribute The Regents posthumously award the late Dr Louis Alderman the title president emeritus The Board of Regents in February paid a final tribute to the late Dr Louis C Alderman Middle Georgia Colleges president of 23 years by designating him president emeritus and professor emeritus of natural science and mathematics The title one of nine emeritus appointments made this month commemorates Dr Aldermans 38 years of service to the University System of Georgia In addition to serving as MGC president he was director of the University of Georgias Savannah Center Rome Center and Columbus Center if Two University of Georgia professors received high professional honors in February as the Board awarded a professorship to one and named the other to a distinguished chair Dr Carl Hoveland a professor of agronomy at the university since 1981 was named Terrell Distinguished Professor of Food Science Dr Hoveland who has been with the university since 1981 holds BS and MS degrees from the University of Wisconsin and a PhD from the University of Florida He has also taught at Auburn University and the University of Horida James B Kau a UGA professor of real estate for eight years was awarded the third C Herman and Mary Terry Distinguished Chair in business administration effective March 1 A graduate of the University of Wisconsin BS MA PhD Dr Kau has served as visiting associate professor of finance at the University of Illinois and was a visiting scholar and visiting professor of finance and real estate at the University of CaliforniaBerkeley Other February administrative appointments include Robert W Comer who was named head of the oral diagnosis and patient services department at the Medical College of Georgia Dr Comer currently coordinates patient care and is an associate professor of restorative dentistry and oral medicine He earned a BS degree from Clemson University an MA degree from Hoveland Kau the University of Georgia and a DMD degree from the Medical University of South Carolina Linda A Cihak who was named registrar at Georgia Southwestern College after serving as director of admissions at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health for two years Cihak was previously registrar at Southeastern University Gallaudet College and Charles County Community College where she earned her AA degree Kihak also holds a BS degree from Western Michigan University and an MA degree from Central Michigan University Margaret E Gray who was appointed chairperson of the Division of Nursing following a twoyear stint as assistant professor of UGAs graduate nursing program Dr Gray served in various nursingrelated capacities in Virginia including educational director for the Virginia State Board of Nursing She earned a BSN degree from Columbia Unviersity an MSN degree from the University of Maryland and an EdD from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University st Other emeritus appointments for the month of February included four at the University of Georgia Thomas Daniel Aaron Jr who retired from UGA on December 31 after 32 years with the university was named professor emeritus and associate director emeritus of agricultural economics Hiram Collier Barksdale was named professor emeritus of marketing and distribution at UGA he retired December 31 after 35 years at the university Clyde Everett Noble who will retire June 11 after 24 years in UGAs psychology department was appointed professor emeritus of psychology Bert O Richmond whose 19 years with the university culminates with the title professor emeritus of counseling and human development services Other February emeritus appointments include Dr Louis J Zahn who was named professor emeritus of modern languages at Georgia Tech following his January 1 retirement William H McCamon who retired December 31 after 38 years at the Middle Georgia College and was named director emeritus of administration and professor emeritus of education and psychology Waschek Brownlee who was appointed professor emeritus of fine arts at DeKalb College after 23 years with the college and James T Webb whose title of comptroller emeritus follows 30 years of service to Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Q 14 System Around the System A rare glimpse of the alligator stalking Macon College UGA President Charles Knapp with new friends MACON COLLEGE Later Gator Okay I admit it maybe Ive dragged this gatormania thing out for a bit too long But hey we alligators need some publicity too It seems other ponddwellers get movies named after them you know Howard the Duck and Crocodile Dundee But when it comes to my species either you go the extra mile to get noticed or you spend the rest of your life wallowing in anonymity Thats why I moved into this pond near Macon College Im hoping some film producer will take a chance and make me a star So far Spielberg is not in sight but I have managed to create quite a stir in the community Officials thought they would catch me and ship me off to a wildlife management area before I went into winter hibernation but I was too clever Now those hapless warriors at the Game and Fish Commission will have to wait until spring to try again I know Ill have to leave the pond someday but Im putting it off as long as I can 1 like it here There is food aplenty The campus newspaper even noted that the duck population seems to be dwindling with each passing day Gee Howard I extend to you my deepest sympathies for the loss of your relatives And while Im opening up Ive got a message for those of you who throw rocks at me and the few who have tried to turn me into luggage Do you know what life is like inside the mouth of an alligator If past protests are any indication it isnt very pleasant Heed my warning I will defend myself if provoked Id also like to thank Macon College students and members of the faculty and staff who have lobbied to let me remain as the colleges mascot GEORGIA TECH Bowled Over For six months they said nothing Not a word a wink or a nod Their secrecy even drew praise from the Atlanta Constitution which said their zipped lips commend them for public service at the highest and most sensitive levels They were the members of Georgia Techs 1987 College Bowl team and they took the ball all the way to the national finals only to be stung in the end by the University of Minnesota The team managed to win a war of words however The final contest took place last June and because the sponsoring Disney Channel slotted a December broadcast both Georgia Tech and Minnesota were asked to keep quiet for six months Second place did bring its share of rewards There were accolades and salutations on campus as well as from the Board of Regents in February There was also national recognition the likes of which a Tech team has not seen since the NCAA Final Four a few years ago And then there was the money 5000 of it which went toward scholarships UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Bonnie Clydes The University of Georgia may have to install new elevators intends to comply with maximum capacity weight restrictions of 3000 pounds Why The college has admitted four new classmates who weigh in at a hefty 2000 pounds apiece The newcomers are a team of Clydesdale horses donated to the university by Bank South When Heritage Bank recently merged with Bank South Heritages promotional Clydesdales needed a new home We wanted to find a place where these beautiful horses would be of value and be well cared for says Bob Ridgway president of Bank South in Athens The University of Georgia turned out to be the perfect new home for them And where do four Clydesdales at a major university sleep Although they are presently being kept in the universitys horse breeding barn theyll soon be moved to quarters with star billing Kenny Rogers Beaverdam Farm in Athens which the university is leasing from the singer No word yet as to whether UGA the Bulldog is seeing red and black with jealousy Laura A McClatmny FebruaryMarch 1988 15 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS INSTITUTIONS AND PRESIDENTS Jackie M Ward Atlanta Chair Joseph D Greene Thomson Vice Chairman John Henry Anderson Jr Hawkinsville James E Brown Dalton W Lamar Cousins Marietta William T Divine Jr Albany Thomas H Frier Sr Douglas H Dean Propst Chancellor David S Spence Executive Vice Chancellor Henry G Neal Executive Secretary Jacob H Wamsley Vice ChancellorFiscal Affairs and Treasurer Frederick O Branch Vice ChancellorFacilities Arthur Dunning Vice Chancellor for Services and Minority Affairs Thomas F McDonald Vice ChancellorStudent Services Haskin R Pounds Vice ChancellorResearch and Planning Michael Moore Interim Assistant Vice ChancellorPlanning Arthur M Gignilliat Jr Savannah Elridge W McMillan Atlanta Barry Phillips Atlanta Edgar L Rhodes Bremen John W Robinson Jr Winder Deen Day Smith Atlanta William B Turner Columbus Carolyn D Yancey Atlanta Anne Flowers Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Gordon M Funk Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsAccounting Systems and Procedures Mary Ann Hickman Assistant Vice Chancellor Affirmative Action H Guy Jenkins Jr Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities Thomas E Mann Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities David M Morgan Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Roger Mosshart Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsBudgets J Pete Silver Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta John Patrick Crecine Georgia State University Atlanta Noah Langdale Jr Leave William M Suttles Acting Medical College of Georgia Augusta Judson C Hickey Acting University of Georgia Athens Charles B Knapp Albany State College Albany Billy C Black Armstrong State College Savannah Robert A Burnett Augusta College Augusta Richard S Wallace Clayton State College Morrow Harry S Downs Columbus College Columbus Frank D Brown Fort Valley State College Fort Valley Luther Burse Georgia Southern College Statesboro Nicholas Henry Georgia Southwestern College Americus William H Capitan Kennesaw College Marietta Betty L Siegel North Georgia College Dahlonega John H Owen Savannah State College Savannah Wendell G Rayburn Southern College of Technology Marietta Stephen R Cheshier Valdosta State College Valdosta Hugh C Bailey West Georgia College Carrollton Maurice K Townsend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tif ton Wayne C Curtis Atlanta Junior College Atlanta Edwin A Thompson Brunswick College Brunswick John W Teel Dalton College Dalton Derrell C Roberts Darton College Albany B R Tilley DeKalb College Decatur Marvin M Cole Emanuel County Junior College Swainsboro Willie D Gunn Floyd College Rome David B McCorkle Gainesville College Gainesville J Foster Watkins Gordon College Barnesville Jerry M Williamson Macon College Macon S Aaron Hyatt Middle Georgia College Cochran Fretwell G Crider Acting South Georgia College Douglas Edward D Jackson Jr STAFF OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 244 Washington Street SW Atlanta Georgia 30334 NonProfit Organization US POSTAGE PAID ATLANTA GA Permit No 342 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED 360000 0 FA LIBRARY niveksit f Georgia STATE DOCUMENTS ATHENS GA 30602 The Magazine of the University System of Georgia MarchApril 1988 Volume 24 No 3 ASSESSMENT Putting Together a Picture of Effectiveness MW Sizing up the 88 legislature Break for border colleges Receiveo DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIE Perspective An Idea Whose Time Has Come By Dr Joseph J Szutz Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research The cover story of this issue of System magazine examines the assessment movement the collective efforts underway in higher education to determine how well students are learning and to demonstrate how well colleges and universities are fulfilling their avowed purposes With this new attention comes the need to consider the place of assessment its origins and probable impact in the higher education picture Institutional assessment is in part a response to the modern need to know and understand more about how critical functions work and how they might work better It is also partly a logical outgrowth of education a profession dedicated to the creation transmission and preservation of knowledge and information In some quarters however there exists a suspicion that assessment is merely a fad In higher education as in government business and industry a number of innovative movements have come and gone So too might institutional assessment come and go but the suspicion that it is a fad clouds the issue and hampers the progress of implementation On the other hand there are several good reasons to believe that the assessment of institutional effectiveness is not a fad but a significant longterm trend in higher education First the impetus to engage in outcome based selfassessment comes from the highest leadership authority the nations governors legislatures state higher education executives and regional accreditation associations Second there is a moral authority behind the movement that has been articulated by such qualified participants and observers as Bok of Harvard Bennett of the Department of Education and Boyer of the Carnegie Foundation Third the interest of our governmental leaders is motivated by the intimate relationship between higher education quality and competitive success and prosperity a motive that requires no elaboration Waiting for all the commotion to subside will result in missed opportunities and lost advantages Fourth the interest of higher education leadership in assessment is related to the ongoing quest for a revitalized general education curriculum Fifth the current momentum of institutional assessment is a direct outgrowth of the public school reform movement that has impacted all 50 states over the last 10 years Except in a few states the higher education effectiveness initiative has not yet brought mandated changes Although such a development remains a possibility in any state we in higher education can avoid it by taking the initiative ourselves Finally a growing number of institutions are enhancing their reputations and creating a competitive edge by demonstrating their effectiveness The time may be coming when institutions unable to show evidence of quality will find themselves at a disadvantage in recruiting and retaining students and faculty attracting external funding and so forth Any or all of the foregoing reasons would seem to suggest that institutional assessment is an activity with fundamental value and longterm potential Waiting for all the commotion to subside and assessment to disappear will almost certainly result in missed opportunities and lost advantages Even if the word assessment one day becomes merely a term associated with a historical movement it is very probable that its proven practices will have become an integral part of the conduct of higher education b Dr Joseph Szutz served with the University System of South Texas before joining the central office in 1986 This month in the System March 1970 The Regents vote to make Southern Technical Institute a fouryear college March 1974 Edwin A Thompson an official with Atlanta Public Schools is named president of Atlanta Junior College March 1986 Southern Regional Education Board Vice President David Spence presents a report to the Board concluding that Georgia Tech serves the engineering needs of nearly all Georgia students 2 System Cover Story A New Direction The assessment movement has colleges and universities taking a new look at themselves Page 8 Welcome Matriculation Nonresident fees are waived for outofstate students neighboring nine border collegesPage 6 MillionDollar Seat Augusta College names an eminent scholars chairPage 7 Say Goodbye Nineteen retiring faculty members at Georgia State University receive emeritus titlesPage 14 Around the System Diary of a professor Students try college for freePage 13 News A Very Good Year The 1988 session of the Georgia General Assembly yields some important legislation for the System ending as usual had a sense of drama It came late Monday night March 7 on the eve of Super Tuesday and the Board of Regents March meeting Papers fluttered to the carpet in the stately chambers of the state capitol a rain of celebration House Speaker Tom Murphy readied himself for his annual jog down the aisle Lieutenant Gov Zell Miller prepared to go home And when gavel met block in the Georgia General Assembly that night one of the most beneficial legislative sessions for the University System in the Boards 56year history was over The 1988 legislative session brought more than answered prayers for the Systems 34 colleges and universities It signified a new working relationship be tween lawmakers and public higher education officials a partnership whose joint efforts brought a new attention to Georgias higher education needs and the Systems role in the states economic growth Indeed the actions of this years legislature indicate that the link between the University System and economic development in Georgia is one that will likely be strengthened in the coming years Several of the Systems projects funded this year the Institute of Paper Chemistry for example are evidence of mutual support between education and industry thus reinforcing a different aspect of one of the Systems three primary missions service Continued MarchApril 1988 3 News Governor Joe Frank Flarris and wife Elizabeth enter the Senate chambers during the 1988 General Assembly session Legislative Session continued There were several key pieces of legislation passed in the 40 days of the General Assembly not the least of which was the Systems FY89 state appropriation of 813 million Of that amount 671 million will be used for resident instruction at the 34 institutions an increase of 41 million over last years appropriation The FY89 budget did not bring full funding of the Systems Formula for Excellence because of an acrosstheboard cut in equipment funding for all state agencies In the Systems case the cut was 12 million and the cut will come from quality improvement funding recommended by the governor at the level of 84 million a 454000 increase over last years allocation Thus the net reduction from quality improvement was only 746000 Also included in the Systems budget this year for the first time ever was the 10 million Special Funding Initiative the first installment of a fiveyear quality improvement package proposed by Chancellor H Dean Propst last September I think we were most fortunate to have the support of the governor and the General Assembly for the Special Funding Initiative the chancellor told the Board in his monthly report That money will enable us to reduce the studentfaculty ratios and make improvements in many areas such as nursing education and teacher education A specific breakdown for the Special Funding Initiative is still being prepared by the chancellors staff A preliminary indication of how the 10 million will be spent came in Dr Propsts appearance in February before a joint session of the House and Senate appropriations committees In that address he outlined a tentative breakdown that included 1 million each for nursing and teacher education to implement some of the recommendations proposed in recent reports 15 million each for the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech 500000 each for Georgia State University and the Medical College of Georgia 25 million for equipment and library expenditures to be allocated on a competitive basis The institutions ability to secure matching funds for equipment will be the overriding factor in how the money is distributed 500000 for at least two foreign languageculture centers and 500000 for two research and development centers in South Georgia 500000 to go toward more baccalaureate programs in underserved areas of the state including BrunswickKings Bay southwest Georgia and the I75 corridor north of Atlanta Though they were perhaps the biggest victories the funding formula and the Special Funding Initiative were not the only important items to win the support of the states lawmakers The FY89 budget also included a 15 percent step increase and a 25 4 System percent costofliving adjustment for System employees to be allocated at the individual institutions Graduate teaching and research assistants will soon get a break as the legislature awarded 22 million for the second phase of a plan to reduce their college costs to just 25 per quarter a move that Chancellor Propst noted would make our stipends competitive with those around the country There were other key allocations too such as 11 million for the Teachers Retirement System 750000 for the DeKalb College warehouse and 52370 for repairs at the Marine Institute The FY88 supplemental budget bill also brought muchneeded funds for numerous projects in the University System Bond funding was provided for four capital outlay projects totaling 457 million The projects were a 227 million science building at Georgia State a 95 million business administration computer science building at Kennesaw College a 6 million library at Albany State a 45 million continuing educationpublic service building at Gainesville College and 3 million for new dormitories at Georgia Southern College Other items in the supplemental budget bill included 6 million in bonds for the Institute of Paper Chemistry a research organization moving to Georgia from Wisconsin and 10 million in bonds for the Manufacturing Research Center a project of the Georgia Research Consortium Georgia Tech will be the home of both projects While the Systems legislative package is comprised chiefly of budgetrelated items there were at least two other significant pieces of legislation passed this year amendments to the open records and open meetings laws Changes in both laws were mostly clarifications of what constitutes open meetings and how individuals can attain access to public records Some exceptions to the open meeting legislation include various advisory and academic committees of the University System all Board meetings and Board committee meetings however remain open The Open Records Act was changed to reflect recent court decisions in statutes It essentially clarifies access to and cost of records and preserves the confidentiality of educational records rn Call for Help The Systems health insurance plan is again headed for hard times The University Systems health insurance plan is again in danger of running out of money and System officials must act soon to correct an imbalance between claims and reserves according to a report to the Board in March by T Don Davis assistant vice chancellor for fiscal affairs Were to the point where weve got to make some hard fast decisions Davis told the Regents finance and business committee He explained that the System plan which covers 31 institutions had experienced a 214 percent increase in claims over the past year a statistic that negates last Julys 20 percent rate increase Without additional money reserves in the Systems benefits plan could be depleted by next fall Davis said The financial crunch in health insurance comes despite several actions taken in the past 14 months Last years increase in employee rates was complemented by a rise in the states contributions to the plan which came from the FY 87 supplemental budget bill There have been other costsaving measures too such as the preadmission concurrent psychiatric review program created last year to help derail runaway psychiatric claims and the University Systems switch from Equitable to Aetna a move designed to reduce administrative costs Though all of the measures helped they have failed to offset spiraling health care costs and the increase in claims Discussion at the March 8 finance committee meeting centered on possible solutions to the problem of dwindling reserves One idea is to introduce a preadmission review procedure which would hopefully help control unnecessary admissions and unnecessarily lengthy admissions This review process will probably be in place January 1 1989 Continued on page 15 Board to Consider Merger of Colleges The Board of Regents in March directed Chancellor Propst to conduct a study examining the possibilities of combining Albany State College with Darton College and Armstrong State College with Savannah State College under new administrative structures The directive came during the chancellors report to the Board on the status of presidential searches at Darton and Savannah State Darton President B R Tilley is retiring in June and Savannah State President Wendell Rayburn resigned in February Chancellor Propst is currently planning to present an interim report on the merger possibilities to the Board in April The Chancellor also planned to visit Albany and Savannah to meet with various constituencies of the colleges to receive their reactions He was to be accompanied by Regents Arthur Gignilliat in Savannah and William Divine in Albany The Savannah visit was scheduled for late March and the Albany meetings were slated for early April MarchApril 1988 5 Board Action Break at the Border The Regents eliminate nonresident fees for some outofstate neighbors One student a recent high school graduate lives five minutes from Columbus College She signs up for three classes pays her 734 in tuition and begins her academic career Another graduating high school student lives in Lawrenceville Georgia and he too chooses Columbus College He enrolls in three classes and tears a check for 364 Student A lives almost next door to the campus student B 150 miles away Yet the first student must pay twice as much in tuition Why Because student A lives in Alabama At least that used to be the case The Board of Regents in March took a major step toward eliminating this kind of disparity by waiving nonresident fees for students living in outofstate counties bordering on Georgia counties with System colleges and centers in them The Boards action came rather suddenly The item originally was on the finance and business committees agenda for discussion on March 8 but after studying five proposals the Regents decided to approve a policy at the March 9 meeting The policy goes into effect summer quarter The news was immediately welcomed on the campuses of nine colleges with counties bordering other states Based on figures from last fall quarter the 66 By waiving the fee we will pick up more than enough students to cover losses in revenue Jacob Wamsley in revenue Wamsley explained The policy was one of five alternatives discussed by the finance committee Other possibilities included waiving the nonresident fees for Metropolitan Statistical Areas MSAs or eliminating them for students who live outofstate but work in Georgia After considerable discussion however the Regents decided that the contiguous county alternative was sound and could be implemented immediately Six of the nine colleges affected were senior colleges Armstrong State Savannah State Columbus College Valdosta State West Georgia and Augusta College Three other institutions Bainbridge College Dalton College and Floyd College also benefit from the waiving of fees In a separate action the Regents also voted to eliminate additional charges for classes at offcampus locations In many instances its cheaper to have classes offcampus anyway because of rentfree buildings and other costsaving measures Wamsley noted move will save an estimated 127 students approximately 86000 in extra fees Those savings also translate into 86000 in losses for the nine border colleges but Vice Chancellor for Fiscal Affairs Jacob Wamsley pointed out that such losses could be easily recovered By waiving the fee we will probably pick up more than enoueh students to cover losses Eminent Domain Augusta Colleges efforts to create a 1 million chair finally pay off Augusta College became the first senior college in the University System to establish an eminent scholars chair after the Regents in March approved a 1 million chair to be named for the late William S Morris a former chairman of the Board The college edged out three other senior colleges competing for the chair by raising 750000 to be matched by 250000 in state money Out of Augustas 750000 portion twothirds came from Morris grandson William S Morris III and the remainder came from the Augusta College Foundation The elder Morris who was publisher and president of the Augusta Chronicle had a distinguished career as a business and political leader He served on numerous key commissions advisory boards and professional organizations and was elected to a term in the state House of Representatives Augusta Colleges new eminent scholars chair wasnt the only namerelated item on the Boards agenda in March The Regents also rechristened new campus projects at Georgia State University and Kennesaw College and deferred the renaming of Atlanta Junior College and Emanuel County Junior College The computer center at GSU was renamed the William H Wells Computer Center after the centers first director who worked at the university for 24 years before his death in 1976 At Kennesaw a part of the library was named the Bentley Special CollectionsRare Book Gallery in honor of Fred Bentley a former state legislator and member of the colleges Board of Trustees The two twoyear colleges had sought to be renamed Atlanta College Atlanta Junior College and East Georgia College Emanuel County but the Regents remanded those proposals for further consideration They will likely be brought up again at the Boards April meeting at Fort Valley State College The Regents approved several other items in March including seven affecting Buildings and Grounds Among their decisions were approval of an AS degree program in various areas between Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and the Moultrie Area Technical Institute The cooperative program requires students to complete 45 hours of core curriculum and one of six selected Moultrie Tech courses All classes will be taught at Moultrie Tech authorization of cooperative education agreements between Fort Valley State and the US Customs Service and the Soil Conservation Service establishment of the CM and Bernice C Stripling Fund at the University of Georgia which will provide loans to students in the School of Forestry who as high school seniors were active in the 4H Society authorization of UGAs vice president for business and finance to update terms of the universitys Lamar Dodd Professorial Chair of Art which was created in 1970 authorization to convert a loan fund at Georgia College to a scholarship fund for children of employees at Thomaston Mills approval of the creation of a 400000 endowed scholarship fund at Savannah State College Half of the amount will come from the federal government the remainder is a matching donation from General Motors approval of the demolition of a vacant engineering technology building and the acceptance of a 150000 weight training building at Georgia Southern College The Board also authorized a 10 million continuing education center at the Statesboro college a project currently listed as number 10 on the capital outlay priority list approval of a rental agreement at the University of Georgia that allows a private company to lease space in the Chicopee Complex to develop and distribute computer software and provide desktop publishing services approval of a rental agreement at South Georgia College that allows the city of Douglas to lease the old college golf course The city will develop the golf course into something useful for the college allocation of 230000 in FY87 MRR funds to the University of Georgia for the remodeling of the biological sciences buildings greenhouse area MarchApril 1988 7 The Picture of Health Assessment has higher education taking a long critical look in the mirror By Michael J Baxter Lets start with the word okay Because youre going to be seeing it a good bit in this article and youre going to be hearing about it more and more in the months to come As words go it probably hasnt been an integral part of your vocabulary That is you never used it when you were a kid and as an adult you most likely havent brought it up much at the dinner table either Its not an especially aesthetic word some would say its downright bland But it has its merits For one its not to hard to say five times real fast And its a credible term a good word to use just before pushing your eyeglasses up a little on the bridge of your nose But thats irrelevant The point is its a term that now commands the attention of faculty administrators and other officials working in higher education The word assessment To most people assessment is just another way of saying evaluation appraisal measurement Assessment Sizing up something Looking at it from all sides Checking it studying it figuring out what it does what it means how it works how well it works Oh sure Assessment On the campuses of colleges and universities assessment takes on a variety of meanings and connotations In some quarters the word immediately sparks a flame of hope Assessment A way of looking at ourselves taking the picture of our health Helping us to be better To others it triggers concern anxiety even fear Assessment Shiver Will somebody assess me and think Im not doing my job For two brisk days in late February assessment was the topic of conversation at the Radisson Inn and Conference Center near downtown Atlanta A University System workshop on the subject the first of its kind drew more than 180 educators from the Systems 34 public colleges and universities They attended seminars group discussions and luncheons And when they returned to their campuses they brought with them a better understanding of how to evaluate their performance as the twoyear and fouryear mentors of student in this state What is assessment Its a diagnosis of the strengths and weaknesses of students Its a process that helps show outside bodies that a particular college or university is doing a good job educating its students Its a method of defining what is expected of colleges and universities and a way of documenting their success so they can improve Its a moving target says one expert Its a generic term says another Its a buzzword says a selfdescribed realist Assessment is in fact all of the above It just 8 System Bryant Morton Dr Joseph Szutz Georgia is in many ways at the forefront of the movement depends on who you ask More than that it is a hot sometimes hotly debated issue in higher education Assessment is not altogether foreign to us either We assess ourselves every morning in the bathroom mirror Some days we like what we see other days we do not Sometimes we take action to improve our appearance Occasionally that action is the result of an outside remark or suggestion And therein lies the delicacy of the assessment issue criticism From another person critical remarks are never pleasant Even worse is someone elses confirmation of our own selfcriticism But criticism and assessment are necessary tools for improvement and most of us genuinely want to be better tomorrow than we are today Thats why making our own changes taking our own initiative works best for us on the days we decide we dont like the image in the mirror Much of the talk about assessment still takes place in long sentences In other words the concept is most often discussed in theoretical and academic terms Here in Georgia however thoughtful discussion is giving way to action Assessment once a topic relegated to a blackboard or a spiral bound notebook is being taken more seriously for reasons that come from outside as well as from within And it is safe to say that assessment is here for good Origins of the term Its not as if the concept were new Colleges and universities in the University System for years have evaluated students through different means even if not under a specific comprehensive program Weve had what you might call dimensions of assessment explains Dr Joseph Szutz the University Systems assistant vice chancellor for research They exist in the form of the basic skills exam developmental studies and the Regents Test Too assessment through licensing procedures has long been in place for students studying nursing teaching law and other professions But while the idea is not new the way colleges and universities judge their performance is changing It has expanded and taken on new dimensions The biggest development has been the shift in focus from input to output determining how much and how well students have learned rather than simply evaluating teaching methods faculty credentials campus facilities or other resources This movement has been underway for some time but it gathered much of its current momentum about a year and a half ago when educators and lawmakers began to take a more critical look at the products of colleges and universities In August of 1986 a catalyst for greater attention to assessment came in a landmark report from the National Governors Associations Task Force on College Quality Pointedly called A Time for Results the report came out forcefully for greater accountability from institutions of higher learning Those sentiments were reinforced by higher education leaders the following year when a task force of the State Higher Education Executive Officers SHEEO published its own report Although those developments helped prompt Georgias public institutions to reconsider how they were faring none had as much impact as a change in how the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools SACS accredits its institutions It used to be that SACS looked primarily at resources and reputation Dr Szutz says Their accreditation standards consisted of the number of books in the library the proportion of PhDs on the faculty various factors relating to facilities and so forth But in 1986 the organization added a criterion called institutional effectiveness They wanted evidence of effective performance Elements of assessment were also included in the five other sections of the accreditation criContinued MarchApril 1988 9 Bryant Morton A Success Story Whos leading the way in assessment So far that question is impossible to answer Only a few states most notably New Jersey Tennessee Colorado Missouri Florida have adopted or considered statewide policies on measuring how well students learn Georgia is among the group of states on the move and one college in the University System is being tapped for advice by others pondering new forms of selfappraisal The college is Clayton State College and it has been working for the past five years to develop a system of monitoring the progress of each student throughout his or her college career This form of personal contact when formally begun next fall will enable the college to get a better idea of what its students are learning and how well the teaching process works Clayton States assessment efforts were outlined at the University Systems February workshop We are in the elementary stages of achieving the goals we set out to achieve said President Harry Downs and we may be in that stage for some time But the important thing is that the faculty members are willing to work toward those goals Metaphorically Clayton States approach can be likened to one of the many hardwood trees on its campus The programs trunk is the general education curriculum the two years of coursework that every student must take Through a process that concentrates on individual students rather than academic programs faculty members will assess how well students develop two kinds of skills and understand six perspectives areas of knowledge relating to general education coursework Both the skills and perspectives branch out into various modes or specific areas for evaluation Likewise the modes have their branches a set of criteria for each mode And each criterion has its leaves or ratings of excellent satisfactory needs improvement and unsatisfactory If all of this sounds highly theoretical then consider this example David Duncan is a Clayton State student taking English 111 a necessary composition course in the core curriculum As in any freshman comp course he does his assignments takes his exams and gets a grade at the end of the quarter But in addition to being graded he is monitored on how well he learns both of the two assessmentrelated skills communication and critical thinking and a number of the perspectives In evaluating say Davids critical thinking Clayton State President Harry Downs at the workshop skill his English professor will look at how well he satisfies two modes problem solving and inquiry To measure how David fares in the inquiry mode for example the professor decides how well David approaches his work identifies and interprets information applies principles and expresses his conclusions In other words did David do an excellent job A satisfactory job Or does he need to improve Clayton States ambitious assessment program was born in 1982 when 15 or so faculty members in the humanities called for an intensive plan to assess students taking general education classes Dr Elliot McElroy who heads the general studies department was instrumental in spearheading the movement He asked other faculty members to give him a list of what they expected out of students who had taken 20 hours of humanitiesrecalls Jim Doig a philosophy professor The following year the college received a 250000 grant from the Fund for the Improvement of PostSecondary Education FIPSE and three months later a steering committee was formed to begin looking at possibilities The steering committee created eight councils one for each skill and perspective and in the summer of 1985 the councils issued their first drafts of what they would like students to know by the end of their general education Those proposals were studied for the next 18 months before field testing began and that is where the college is today By next fall officials plan to have the first of three stages in place 10 System Bryant Morton Picture of Health Continued teria used by SACS Suddenly the Systems 34 colleges and universities were obliged to rethink how they measured their performance These changes ultimately led to this years workshop on assessment Held Feburary 2425 the conference attracted presidents chief academic officers and various deans from all over the System Outside experts were on hand too and sessions ranged from a basic primer on assessment to a case study report on Clayton State Colleges efforts in measuring student achievement see accompanying story Perhaps most importantly the workshop enabled educators and administrators to talk openly and raise questions about impending changes in measuring their performance The workshop highlighted two basic methods for measuring an institutions effectiveness student assessment in which students are assessed individually and program assessment whereby specific programs are studied to see how students perform collectively How is success measured Some ways include entranceexit exams student surveys licensure exam results and surveys of employers Most agreed that the key to any assessment process is a combination of these and other methods Why all the talk While assessment has won many converts in academe many are still wary of it Thats partly because it remains an unknown entity The word assessment has come to mean different things to different people and some are unsure of what it means to them if it is a threat or if it will help them improve and get ahead Colleges and universities start programs of selfevaluation because either they have been told to do so or because they have been prescient enough to foresee potential rewards In the University System both motives were responsible for a renewed look at assessment As Dr Szutz notes some forms of measuring student outcomes were already in place the Regents Test for instance shows some really prophetic action on the part of the Board of Regents 15 years ago he says and SACS had revised its accreditation criteria At this point the fears expressed by faculty members and others are varied I think what is most threatening is the shift from an input mentality to an output mentality Dr Szutz says Instead of say a professor proclaiming Heres what Im going to do and how I will proceed his or her performance will now be assessed on how well a student actually learned the material Their concern is an understandable reaction There are other concerns too Some worry that the findings from assessment might be misused presented in an invalid comparison of statistics or used to support an unfair conclusion Others are afraid that a habit of teaching to the test might slowly develop as in cases of high schools preparing students specifically for the SAT or ACT And then there is concern about the workload To assess a single program may require checking and rechecking numerous criteria processing forms and grading addi While assessment has won many converts in academe many are still wary of itpartly because it remains an unknown entity tional exams not to mention other tasks that require faculty expertise and manpower The workshop served to air those concerns and others In these early uncertain stages of developing specific plans for documenting effectiveness officials are carefully laying the groundwork before launching programs a formidable task to be sure As for the need for assessment the concepts chief proponents and architects state a simple case We simply cant afford not to assess What do they mean by that Aside from complying with the demands for accountability from state legislatures or accreditation agencies they mean higher education has reached a point where outside criticism coupled Continued March April 1988 11 Bryant Morton continued with the need to grow and prosper has prompted a realistic need to know how were doing At the February workshop both Chancellor H Dean Propst and Board Chair Jackie Ward presented some reasons why colleges and universities in the System should begin programs of assessment see sidebars In a recent issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education educator James Daughdrill lists three others First assessment brings the focus of higher education back to education particularly the quality of education Second it helps define and differentiate between institutions thus enabling each to distinguish its own mission Finally it reemphasizes the critical role of the faculty in the education process This third reason is especially important Dr Daughdrill says because the faculty has been out of the education spotlight for several decades The 1950s he observes was considered by many to be the decade of the faculty since there were more available jobs than PhDs The following decades directed attention to other quarters students in the 60s administrators in the 70s trustees in the 80s And what about the 90s I predict that the 1990s will be a time when faculty members and teaching will return to their rightful places at the height of higher education Dr Daughdrill writes Getting there however will require thorough selfexamination and considerable planning for the long run things that Americans as a people sometimes find hard to do We long for the immediate solution the quick fix Assessment and planning dont work that way They require us to take action now for results that we might not fully appreciate or even understand for several years But given the challenges facing higher education in the future and for that matter the problems facing this country such a combination of evaluation and planning is the kind of battleplan most agree is necessary And after the initial rough patches have been smoothed the problems worked out who knows Perhaps others will learn something new from Georgias colleges and universities Georgia is in many ways at the forefront of this movement Dr Szutz says I doubt that there are 10 other states that have in place a rising junior test policy such as the one we have Our institutions have already shown a great concern for their students through the basic skills exam and developmental studies and with this new approach to assessment our System has a great chance to improve the quality of the education it offers its students as well as its national standing ra The University System workshop on assessment featured a luncheon each day and the 180 or so guests listened to two different but provocative speakers Below are brief excerpts from remarks made by Board Chair Jackie Ward and Chancellor H Dean Propst Board Chair Jackie Ward on five reasons to assess students andor programs An enterprise devoted to virtually all forms of knowledge should possess sufficient knowledge about its own outcomes so that it can defend itself from criticism A statement attributed to President Derek Bok of Harvard says Without critical selfexamination no human endeavor can possibly make sustained progress Therefore staying on the leading edge of a constantly expanding knowledge base demands that an institution make sustained progress and thus critical selfexamination Third sustained progress implies improvement To continue operation without improvement is not in my opinion a viable option Fourth there is an element of duty and ethics in knowing what and how well were doing My final reason has to do with change and progress in a broader context Our region is today called the New South and Georgia is a prominent leader in the region as such we must be able to prove we can do better than the flybynight operators and outofstate colleges and to demonstrate that a Georgia higher education is as good as the best and better than the rest Chancellor H Dean Propst on the best attitude toward assessment I think when we come under question the worst thing we can do our worst reaction is to be defensive We really have nothing to be particularly defensive about The old cliche that a good offense is the best defense I think is appropriate for us when we deal in the area under discussion And so we must not stick our heads in the sand when criticism comes to us I think we must evaluate it carefully on its merits and then respond as effectively as we can respond Around the System Armstrong States Konrad Klemens right Ready to jam Abraham Baldwin student Joan King Free tuition is great ARMSTRONG STATE COLLEGE All That Jazz The combo got a marvelous response from the audience At the end many of the students several of whom had brought their instruments surrounded the band asking for autographs requesting information about playing jazz It was probably an hour before we were able to leave So writes Dr James Anderson head of Armstrong States fine arts department in a journal kept during an excursion last fall to South America Anderson three jazz musicians from the college and Randy Reese director of Armstrong States jazz ensemble spent eight days concertizing and holding workshops in Colombia The trip was an engaging exchange of culture between the two countries We were invited to a jazz club afterwards and upon arriving found that several of the Colombian students followed us there the conversations about jazz continued Since there was no one performing in the club some of the students left to bring back instruments the combo along with the students ended up jamming until 230 in the morning The sharing of American jazz with South American students through an artist exchange program is part of a grand plan designed by Lucho Pacini a 66yearold retired architect living in Hilton Head South Carolina When not in South America raising money for the foundation or working out exchange details Pacini operates the small nonprofit organization from the Armstrong State campus I was invited to direct a rehearsal of the Bogota Municipal Concert Band whose members are fulltime musicians funded entirely by the city They turned out to be fairly good musicians but very short on funds to buy new music They play the same music over and over Portmans Music Co in Savannah has just donated three large boxes of band music for me to send to them ABRAHAM BALDWIN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Free Time If it werent for this program I probably wouldnt even be here That is the testimonial of Joan Tucker King a student at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and her words probably ring true for 150 other students who have participated in the colleges free quarter program In an effort to give potential students a taste of college life Abraham Baldwin developed the inventive incentive plan last spring The college offers qualified applicants the opportunity to take an academic course worth five hours of credit for free As reported in the February 1987 System Summary the college foots the bill for everything from matriculation and tuition fees to textbooks and parking stickers an offer most find irresistible All those years I could have gone to college King says the fear of not succeeding kept me from attending The incentive grant program gave me the opportunity to overcome my fear King heard about the incentive program from a friend and worked up the courage to try a course in accounting Now in her fourth quarter at Abraham Baldwin and aiming for a business administration degree she no longer questions her abilities A wife and the mother of three sons she is active in several honors organizations and participates in the colleges workstudy program as an assistant in the registrars office She also managed a 384 grade point average from 21 credit hours in winter quarter Kings boss Registrar and Admissions Director Garth Webb agrees the program is helpful For many people the hardest thing about taking a college class is making that first step he says Through the incentive program we help them make that step Other colleges are following Abraham Baldwins lead in tuition breaks for nontraditional students MarchApril 1988 13 People GSU Exodus Emeritus titles are awarded to 19 faculty members By all accounts they are passing the torch this year at Georgia State University The institution which is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary began its 198788 academic year with a change in presidents when Dr Noah Langdale took a oneyear leave of absence to conduct a study of the University System He was replaced temporarily by William M Suttles until a permanent successor is found Now comes the departure of other lions longtime faculty members recently retired or soon to be leaving The March meeting of the Board of Regents brought emeritus titles for 19 Georgia State faculty members whose combined years of service to the institution exceeds four and a half centuries Subtracted from todays date their total tenure takes man back to a time when people were just figuring out the world was not flat Perhaps the most significant of the GSU emeritus honorees is Dr Kenneth England an English professor who once joked that retirement would lead him to go sit in a wheat field somewhere and rot Dr England will leave Georgia State for his wheat field after spring quarter culminating a distinguished 36year tenure at the university His career began in 1952 when he arrived as an assistant professor in English at what was then Georgia State College of Business Administration Five years later he was named assistant dean of students and in 1962 he became dean of students a position he held for 11 years Two longtime GSU insurance professors were also among those receiving emeritus titles in March Dr John W Hall and Dr Dugald W Hudson will leave this year after serving 32 and 30 years respectively at the university Both taught insurance in the department of risk management and insurance and Dr Hall chaired the department for almost 20 years Below is an alphabetical listing of the 16 other Georgia State faculty members receiving emeritus appointments William D Amis a professor of sociology who will retire in July after 33 years at GSU Richard H Barbe a professor of educational administration who will retire in August after 22 years of service Harold E Davis a research professor of communication who leaves in June after 23 years at Georgia State Julio M Duarte a foreign languages professor who will retire in June after 22 years at the university Elton A Eason an assistant professor of mathematics whose 29 years at Georgia State ended in retirement last December William A Evans an associate professor of English who retired last June GSU English Professor England Leaving after 36 years after 25 years of service M J Fagan a Regents professor of psychology who will leave in June after 30 years at GSU Donald S Gingrich an associate professor of music who served 16 years before retiring last June Betsy P Graham an associate professor of communication who will retire in June after 14 years at Georgia State John S Henderson an economics professor whose 24 years at the university will end in retirement in June Leonard J Lucito a professor of special education who retired in December after 17 years of service Malcolm A Murray a geography professor who will retire in June after 20 years at GSU John Schneider a professor of music who retired in December following 21 years of teaching at Georgia State Irma L Shepherd a psychology professor who will retire in May after 26 years at the university Charles E Thompson an associate professor of education whose 19 years of service ended last August in retirement and Harding B Young a professor of management who retired last June after 18 years at GSU Georgia States 19 emeritus appointments only accounted for a little more than half of all emeritus titles conferred in March Georgia Tech had six five of whom came from the department of physical education and recreation and there were others A breakdown Georgia Tech Byron A Gilbreath associate professor of physical education recreation 30 years Johnny C Hyder 14 System Georgia State University associate professor of physical education recreation 34 years James H McAuley associate professor of physical education recreation 33 years Tommy Plaxico associate professor of physical education recreation 37 years Lyle VVelser professor of physical education recreation 24 years and Louis J Zahn professor of modern languages 22 years Armstrong State College Aurelia Doris Robinson associate professor of education 14 years Columbus College Mary V Blackmon professor of physical education 28 years University of Georgia Arthur E Alper professor of education 19 years Phyllis Jenkins Barrow assistant professor of sociology 24 years Thomas Allan Burton professor of education 19 years Evan Kell Heaton professor of food science 38 years and John Joseph Powers professor of food science 36 years Southern College of Technology Walter B Hinton associate professor of English 19 years Health Insurance continued Another probable action will be a request from the FY90 supplemental budget for an injection of funds to correct the plans cash flow problems That request might be matched by another increase in employee contributions to the plan Finally officials might also consider a possible increase in the maximum amount of health costs paid in a single year The current amount is 5000 explained Jacob Wamsley vice chancellor for fiscal affairs and anything over the amount the Systems plan pays 100 percent of the cost That 5000 figure is an old figure so we might look into going up to 10000 or even higher GSU dean named North Georgia academic North Georgia College will be getting a new vice president for academic affairs in July as the Board approved the appointment of Dr Delmas J Allen to the position Dr Allen is currently associate dean of the College of Health Sciences at Georgia State University a position he has held since 1986 His post at North Georgia College will include teaching biology in addition to his academic affairs duties Dr Allen also served the Medical College of Ohio for 10 years starting in 1975 as an assistant professor of biology He eventually worked his way up to acting dean of that universitys School of Allied Health His educational background includes two degrees a BS and an MS in biology from the American University of Beirut Dr Allen also has a BA from the University of North Carolina and a PhD from the University of North Dakota Two appointments at the University of Georgia and Dalton College were also approved by the Regents in March At UGA Sandra G Gustavson was named head of the insurancelegal studiesreal estate department after serving as acting head since 1986 She has been with UGA since 1981 and has BS MS and PhD degrees from the University of Illinois where she also taught for three years Dalton College will get a new comptroller in April with the approval of Thomas E Godbee Georgia Southern Colleges director of accounting for the past eight years to the position Godbee was an accountant and grants and contracts officer at Georgia Southern in the 1970s and he also had a twoyear stint as a marketing representative for Occidental Petroleum Corporation Four University System faculty members were among the eight individuals and organizations receiving special medallions as part of the Governors Awards in the humanities in February Dr Charles M Hudson an anthropology professor at the University of Georgia Dr Clara Krug an associate professor of French at Georgia Southern College Dr John S Lupoid a history professor at Columbus College and Dr Luetta Milledge head of the humanities department at Savannah State College The awards recognize those who have contributed greatly to Georgias cultural heritage and values through creative disciplines The state of Georgia lost one of its most dedicated servants in early March with the death of attorney Philip H Alston Jr a former member of the Board of Regents Regent Alston died March 2 after a brief illness He was 76 He served on the Board from February 1971 to May 1973 resigning before his first sevenyear term was up because of the pressure of other civic and political endeavors He was a graduate of the University of Georgia and cofounder of the universitys foundation Delmas J Allen MarchApril 1988 15 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA Jackie M Ward Atlanta Chair Joseph D Greene Thomson Vice Chairman John Henry Anderson Jr Hawkinsville James E Brown Dalton W Lamar Cousins Marietta William T Divine Jr Albany Thomas H Frier Sr Douglas H Dean Propst Chancellor David S Spence Executive Vice Chancellor Henry G Neal Executive Secretary Jacob H Wamsley Vice ChancellorFiscal Affairs and Treasurer Frederick O Branch Vice ChancellorFacilities Arthur Dunning Vice Chancellor for Services and Minority Affairs Thomas F McDonald Vice ChancellorStudent Services Haskin R Pounds Vice ChancellorResearch and Planning Michael Moore Interim Assistant Vice ChancellorPlanning T Don Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsPersonnel Arthur M Gignilliat Jr Savannah Elridge W McMillan Atlanta Barry Phillips Atlanta Edgar L Rhodes Bremen John W Robinson Jr Winder Deen Day Smith Atlanta William B Turner Columbus Carolyn D Yancey Atlanta Anne Flowers Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Gordon M Funk Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsAccounting Systems and Procedures Mary Ann Hickman Assistant Vice Chancellor Affirmative Action H Guy Jenkins Jr Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities Thomas E Mann Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities David M Morgan Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Roger Mosshart Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsBudgets J Pete Silver Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Joseph J Szutz Assistant Vice Chancellor Research Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta John Patrick Crecine Georgia State University Atlanta Noah Langdale Jr Leave William M Suttles Acting Medical College of Georgia Augusta Judson C Hickey Acting University of Georgia Athens Charles B Knapp Albany State College Albany Billy C Black Armstrong State College Savannah Robert A Burnett Augusta College Augusta Richard S Wallace Clayton State College Morrow Harry S Downs Columbus College Columbus Frank D Brown Fort Valley State College Fort Valley Luther Burse Georgia College Milledgeville Edwin G Speir Jr Georgia Southern College Statesboro Nicholas Henry Georgia Southwestern College Americus William H Capitan Kennesaw College Marietta Betty L Siegel North Georgia College Dahlonega John H Owen Savannah State College Savannah Wiley S Bolden Acting Southern College of Technology Marietta Stephen R Cheshier Valdosta State College Valdosta Hugh C Bailey West Georgia College Carrollton Maurice K Townsend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton Wayne C Curtis Atlanta Junior College Atlanta Edwin A Thompson Bainbridge College Ba inbridge Edward D Mobley Brunswick College Brunswick John W Teel Dalton College Dalton Derrell C Roberts Darton College Albany B R Tilley DeKalb College Decatur Marvin M Cole Emanuel County Junior College Swainsboro Willie D Gunn Floyd College Rome David B McCorkle Gainesville College Gainesville J Foster Watkins Gordon College Barnesville Jerry M Williamson Macon College Macon S Aaron Hyatt Middle Georgia College Cochran Fretwell G Crider Acting South Georgia College Douglas Edward D Jackson Jr Waycross College Waycross James M Dye STAFF OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS System Magazine is published monthly by the Office of Public Relations and Information Services Board of Regents University System of Georgia 244 Washington St SW Atlanta Georgia 30334 404 6562250 Change of address notices should include the old and new addresses with ZIP codes Cost 2650Quantity 15000 Executive Editor Kay Miller Editor Michael J Baxter Staff Writer Laura A McClammy The University System of Georgia offers equal educational and employment opportunities OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 244 Washington Street SW Atlanta Georgia 30334 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED OOvRLI Volume 24 No 4 RecelvtcF JUN 10 1988 DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES Special Section PROMOTIONS Perspective On Being Extraordinary By Brooks Hunnicutt Nontraditional student I have been asked to say a few words about being a nontraditional student Is that what I am I sure dont feel nontraditional Well lets see I am 43 years old and came back to college after a 23year absence I guess that does make me a little out of the ordinary I tried college once in the 1960s but left in 1965 to work in the music business as a backup vocalist I was there during San Franciscos HaightAshbury heyday I had the privilege of performing with Stephen Stills in New Yorks Central Park before 100000 people I sang with Helen Reddy in a Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth in Sidney Australia So what am I doing back in college Well there came a time when I asked myself what life would be like living handtomouth as a background singer at the age of 50 See in 19811 had grown weary of the music business I moved back to Georgia and began working as a secretary at large corporations Soon I found myself wondering if that was all I would ever be I went through a severe midlife crisis At one point I even felt that life was probably over for me But one sunny fall afternoon my attitude changed I was accompanying a friend with a sick horse to the University of Georgia and my interest in the academic world was stimulated by a day spent with Dr Paul Hoffman head of the universitys large animal veterinary school Soon I was asking myself questions Could I make it through college and get good grades Or was I too old How would I fit work school and study time into my schedule Would I look foolish to younger students And above all in what field would I major I wasnt concerned about my age per se but then again I didnt have time to waste going in the wrong direction I could either take courses that would be thoroughly enjoyable or pick a degree program and begin working on it I reentered Georgia State University in 1984 with great trepidation I was intimidated by everything from the very act of starting school again to finding my way around that incredible maze of a campus Once I had decided to go back to school I only had to go to the registrars office and say I wanted to return And voila I was back I met with a counselor right away and began planning my curriculum A quick study of which courses and professors were most difficult or time consuming taught me to balance my courseload My experiences at Georgia State as well as my relationships with other nontraditional students have led me to some conclusions about how we are different from younger more traditional students First I believe that we are more concerned about the decision of whether to take classes for fun or work hard for a degree Those of us who choose the latter work with the utmost diligence and purpose We must make more of an effort to deal with the cost of money and time because we have lived long enough to appreciate both For similar reasons I think we also do a more thorough job of planning our programs whereas many traditional students may wander through their coursework making vague statements along the way about when they might graduate Thats understandable after all this is their time in life to do that But we nontraditionals generally want to know what is required for a degree and we make a beeline for it Finally I believe that nontraditional students are probably much clearer about why we are in school For the most part the grades we make are more deliberate intentional There are those of us who want to do just enough to get a degree and are happy with Bs and Cs And then there are those who know that getting into graduate school demands much more and we aim for the highest limits of our ability to make the deans list each quarter Whatever our goals are I believe that we nontraditional students share at least one important belief We very much appreciate the opportunity and privilege of attending college Brooks Hunnicutt is a senior at Georgia State majoring in psychology Ii This month in the System APRIL 1968 The Regents approve the establishment of a junior college in Floyd County to be opened in the fall of 1970 APRIL 1976 Kennesaw Junior College is awarded fouryear status to begin the following fall quarter APRIL 1985 Dr S Aaron Hyatt an administrator at Western Carolina University is elected president of Macon Junior College 2 System Cover Story Back to School As more and more nontraditional students appear on campus the System makes adjustments Page 10 Saturday School Beginning next fall Georgia State will offer classes on the weekend Page 15 Hired Hands Two key vice chancellor positions are filledPage 8 At Last A Name Atlanta Junior College and Emanuel County Junior College receive new monikersPage 15 Moving On Up 396 are promoted cover photograph by Margaret Barrett Page 16 Board Action M Everythings i as the Regents It seemed oddly appropriate that the Board of Regents should talk about money so much in the lush green setting of Fort Valley State College a 93yearold instititution located in pastoral middle Georgia But the situation was more coincidental than ironic really The Regents customarily take one of their biannual oncampus meetings in April which also happens to be the month of much financial thought and discussion a time for allocations and budgets and planning And it seemed even more appropriate that the very fa oney Ta ipraises tuition healt discuss a number offim cility in which they met the C W Pettigrew Farm and Community Life Center also happens to be one of the Systems most impressive building accomplishments in recent years The tasks at hand were many varied There was a tuition hike to consider never a pleasant assignment There were state appropriations to allocate along with the new 10 million Special Funding Initiative There were salary increases to discuss dispense And finally there was this business with the Systems health insur Ik h insurance incial matters ance plan which has fallen on hard times recently and will need yet another injection of funds to remain solvent in the coming year The biggest order of business was the approval of how much state appropriation should go to each of the 34 System colleges and universities and a number of Systemrelated entities The Georgia General Assembly this year awarded the University System 813 million for resident instruction other activities and various line item activities That amount continued AprilMay 1988 3 Money Talk continued represented a 403 million or 525 percent increase over FY88 Broken down the appropriation translates as such Resident instruction nearly 671 million up 77 percent over last year State money in this category will go to the operating budgets for all 34 institutions and other items such as the Major Repair Replacement MRR fund and the Systems computing network One reason for the substantial increase over last year The Special Funding Initiative a 10 million quality improvement fund that is the first installment in a fiveyear plan proposed by the chancellor last fall Other activities 1268 million up 36 percent over FY88 The state appropriation will go toward 21 items pertaining to the University System such as the central office budget the Georgia Tech Research Institute the Medical College of Georgia Hospitals and Clinics and the Agricultural Experiment Station Amounts for all but two items were increased over last year Line item appropriation 152 million down 45 percent from FY88 Three areas authority lease rentals eminent scholars program and the research consortium were not funded this year The authority lease rental payments are no longer required since all outstanding bonds of the Georgia Education Authority University were defeased with FY88 funds One part of the resident instruction appropriation will go toward quality improvement More than 72 million is earmarked this year for that purpose an amount that was adjusted from the governors original recommendation of 84 million The 84 million figure signified a 454000 increase over FY88 but an acrosstheboard cut in equipment funding for all state agencies 12 million in the Systems case brought the quality improvement fund down to 72 million That amount was distributed judiciously to all 34 colleges and universities State Allocation RESIDENT INSTRUCTION INSTITUTION APPROPRIATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT Georgia Inst of Technology 69270438 1377500 Georgia State University 84227409 617500 Medical College of Georgia 62128334 617500 University of Georgia 168864945 1377500 Albany State College 10339318 112700 Armstrong State College 8573354 86300 Augusta College 10141806 105100 Clayton State College 7371185 72600 Columbus College 13490896 140000 Fort Valley State College 11211168 137300 Georgia College 11624636 102600 Georgia Southern College 25912789 298100 Georgia Southwestern College 8268780 85500 Kennesaw College 16634958 170600 North Georgia College 7256264 72600 Savannah State College 10408520 119500 Southern College of Technology 12253127 787500 Valdosta State College 17443349 179100 West Georgia College 17725946 183300 Abraham Baldwin 6740275 63200 Atlanta Junior College 3666902 41600 Bainbridge College 2285483 20800 Brunswick College 3543898 36000 Dalton College 3615322 37600 Darton College 4697042 46400 DeKalb College 11689050 100000 Emanuel County Junior College 1605483 13600 Floyd College 3744661 36000 Gainesville College 4280185 35200 Gordon College 3306904 27200 Macon College 5463232 48800 Middle Georgia College 5491717 46400 South Georgia College 4215038 41600 Waycross College 1754098 16800 Major Repairs Replacement 20304983 Resident Instruction Reserve 923389 Special Desegregation Funds 315000 Univ Sys Computer Network 200000 Special Funding Initiative 10000000 Total Resident Instruction 670989884 7254000 4 System Special Funding The Special Funding Initiative prompted extensive discussion and even excitement at the April meeting as Chancellor Propst presented its most detailed breakdown to date The fund will be divided among the following seven categories or subinitiatives 1 Universitylevel Initiative 4 million As pledged by the chancellor in earlier appearances before the house and senate appropriations committees 15 million is targeted for both Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia while Georgia State and the Medical College of Georgia will receive 500000 each 2 Equipment Matching Initiative 25 million The chancellor is still developing specific guidelines but the fund will be allocated through a competitive process based in part by an institutions ability to secure matching funds from other sources 3 NursingHealth Care Program Initiative 1 million Approximately twothirds of the funds will go to seven senior colleges with health care programs the remainder is slated for five twoyear colleges The institutions will decide how the money will be spent though the Board recommended that it be used mostly for additional faculty in programs show ing promise of increased enrollments Among the senior colleges Armstrong State and Georgia College garnered the largest portions 4 Teacher Education Initiative 1 million Four senior colleges Georgia College Georgia Southern Valdosta State and West Georgia will receive 225000 each to develop teacher education centers in cooperation with other institutions The remaining 100000 is slated for a professional development center 5 NonUniversity Research and Development Initiative 500000 Georgia Southern and Valdosta continued Tuition Matriculation EFFECTIVE SUMMER QUARTER 1988 198788 Fees 198889 Fees UNIVERSITY LEVEL Georgia Tech MATRICULATION NONRESIDENT MATRICULATION NONRESIDENT FullTime 487 Qtr 1187 Qtr 506 Qtr 1234 Qtr Less than 12 QCH Georgia State 40 QCH 99 QCH 42 QCH 103 QCH Law 52 QCH 104 QCH 63 SCH 126SCH All Others Medical College 32 QCH 79 QCH 3350 QCH 82 QCH Medical and Dental All Others 1168 Qtr 2335 Qtr 1 214 Qtr 2428 Qtr FullTime 487 Qtr 973 Qtr 506 Qtr 1012 Qtr Less than 12 QCH University of Georgia Forestry 40 QCH 81 QCH 42 QCH 84 QCH FullTime 576 Qtr 1151 Qtr 600 Qtr 1197 Qtr Less than 12 QCH Law 48 QCH 96 QCH 50 QCH 99 QCH FullTime 907 Sem 1814 Sem 944 Sem 1886 Sem Less than 12 SCH Veterinary Medicine 75 SCH 151SCH 79 SCH 157SCH Full Time 666 Qtr 693 Qtr Less than 12 QCH Pharmacy 55 QCH 57 QCH FullTime 565 Qtr 1129 Qtr 588 Qtr 1174 Qtr Less than 12 QCH All Others 47 QCH 94 QCH 49 QCH 97 QCH FullTime 487 Qtr 973 Qtr 506 Qtr 1012 Qtr Less than 12 QCH SENIOR COLLEGES 40 QCH 81 QCH 42 QCH 84 QCH FullTime 367 Qtr 734 Qtr 382 Qtr 763 Qtr Less than 12 QCH TWOYEAR COLLEGES 31 QCH 63 QCH 32 QCH 64 QCH DeKalb College 18 QCH 30 QCH 19 QCH 31 QCH FullTime 278 Qtr 526 Qtr 289 Qtr 547 Qtr Less than 12 QCH GRADUATE TEACHING RESEARCH ASSISTANTS All Institutions 24 QCH 45 QCH 25 QCH 25 Qtr 45 QCH AprilMay 1988 5 Buildings and Grounds Georgia State to stargaze at Georgia state park Hard Labor Creek State Park is a quiet refuge just 40 miles east of Atlanta near the tiny town of Rutledge Georgia It is an area of relatively flat terrain mercifully sequestered from industrial and residential growth A perfect place to pitch a tent for the weekend Its also a perfect place to build an observatory And thats just what Georgia State University plans to do this year The Regents in April took the first step toward that goal by approving an agreement between GSU and the states Department of Natural Resources The pact allows Georgia State to borrow half an acre of land at the park to build a 250000 observatory housing two telescopes a 16inch model recently donated to the university by the National Science Foundation and a 30inch scope owned by Agnes Scott College According to Dr Harold McAlister chairman of GSUs astronomy department Hard Labor Creek is an ideal sight for stargazing Its lack of industrial growth means fewer lights that distort observation he says The park is also heavily patrolled by rangers thus providing an additional buffer in terms of security Dr McAlister says Georgia State will build the facility using funds already on hand at the university and a 150000 allocation from the MRR fund The observatory will be used for training graduate and undergraduate students in the astrophysics and physical science programs as well as conducting research some of it in conjunction with CHARA the universitys proposed 10 million Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy Agnes Scott students and faculty will also have access to the observatory The plans have already been drawn up and construction is expected to begin this spring Dr McAlister says that when the observatory is completed sometime this fall it not only will be the most powerful astronomical research facility in the state but comparable to any other facility in the Southeast In other buildings and grounds action the Board authorized an easement between Fort Valley State College and Mr Roosevelt Arnold who granted the college a plot of land for a storm drain line approved a rental agreement that allows the Medical College of Georgia Foundation to rent space from the medical college The foundation will pay 24492 a year for the 112900 square feet of storage and warehouse space approved a rental agreement that allows Georgia Southern College to rent a modular classroom building from SpaceMaster International Inc Georgia Southern will pay 26816 a month for the 33840 square feet of space approved the purchase of property in Augusta for the Medical College of Georgia at a price of 200000 which will come from interest on hand at the institution appointed the Atlanta architectural firm of Robert and Company to design plans for the construction of the Institute of Paper Chemistry at Georgia Tech The projects budget is 20 million allocated 750000 in FY88 MRR funds Of that amount Fort Valley State College will get 300000 to help finance the renovation of Hubbard Education Center and Middle Georgia College will receive 450000 for asbestos removal in Georgia Hall Money Talk continued State will divide the money to create centers in cooperation with neighboring institutions 6 Foreign LanguageCulture Initiative 500000 Four senior colleges Georgia Southern Valdosta State Columbus College and Georgia Southwestern will use the money to enhance the teaching of foreign languages and to promote economic development The money will go toward new programs as well as existing programs 7 Extension Program Initiative 500000 More than half of this segment 300000 to be exact is yet to be allocated but a recommendation will likely come at the May Board meeting Of the remaining 200000 half will go to programs at Fort Valley States Farm and Community Life Center 75000 will be directed to the Dublin Center for an MBA program and 25000 will go to the Brunswick Center Upping the Ante Increases in the amounts allocated to colleges and universities in the System werent the only increases approved in April however The Board also tackled the issue of some other raises in salaries health insurance contributions and student fees and for the most part the outlook was positive the news good Strangely it was a 4 percent acrosstheboard increase in student matriculation that was welcomed news at the meeting Such increases nationally are averaging between 6 and 8 percent this year a figure that is down from last year but still well above the inflation rate of 4 percent And considering that the state appropriation is up 525 percent it appeared that student contributions might go up by as much perhaps more But the appropriation is largely based on enrollments two years earlier in this instance 198687 and because enrollment grew in FY88 and and is projected to grow in FY89 System institutions now find themselves better off than the FY87 base had indicated Thus 6 System the increase in student charges was held to the relatively modest figure of 4 percent Another bit of good news matriculation for graduate research and teaching assistants was cut to a flat 25 per quarter thanks to an allocation from the state Accompanying the tuition increase were hikes in some student fees none of which was especially acute Eight institutions raised student activity fees and six of those raised athletic fees too Another six out of 16 colleges increased student health fees For the second consecutive year the General Assembly appropriated enough money for an average salary increase of 4 percent for System employees and the Board adopted the same guidelines as last year for the distribution of pay raises Of that 4 percent 25 percent is to provide funding for promotions merit increases and adjustments in pay levels to meet local market conditions The remaining 15 percent is a costofliving increase to be allocated by the presidents of the institutions essentially to all employees Another increase involved the Systems health plan Effective this July employees covered by the plan must pay an additional 9 percent a figure matched by a 9 percent increase in the states contribution It is still not certain whether the plan will be able to remain solvent throughout FY89 and a second increase may be necessary The Regents approved a number of other finance and education agenda items in April including The renaming of Georgia Techs Grant Field as Bobby Dodd Stadium in honor of the man who coached Tech football teams to 13 bowl games in 22 seasons The actual playing surface however remains Grant Field The naming of a student center at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College The center is now the J Lamar Branch Student Center in honor of one of the colleges most faithful alumni Branch who made his talents and prestige available to every president at Abraham Baldwin died in March The creation of a special education major under the Specialist in Education EdS degree at Georgia State University The program will replace three existing EdS programs to provide continuity and greater opportunities for special education majors A reorganization of Georgia Southern Colleges School of Education Some departments were eliminated others combined to create new divisions and still others created The schools faculty members who will be reassigned to departments under the new structure generally supported the reorganization The discontinuation of four programs at Augusta College They were the career program in secretarial science under the AS degree the business education and office administration majors under the BBA degree and the art education major under the Fiscal Affairs Vice Chancellor Wamsley a busy man in April BFA degree A change in The Policy Manual to correct a typographical error in a policy approved in January Employees at an institution may attend classes as auditors without registering a phrase omitted from the policy passed in January A food service contract between Gordon College and The Seiler Corporation Board updated on possible mergers The possibility of merging Armstrong State with Savannah State and Darton College with Albany State was again discussed in April as alumni representatives from all four colleges presented their views to the Board and Chancellor H Dean Propst updated the Regents on the progress of a report studying prospective plans for the colleges Because of the diversity of the population there are diverse needs the chancellor told the Regents I think that we are joined in one basic need that over whelms diversity and that is how best to provide educational opportunities for all of our citizens I will promise to you that as I reach a conclusion on what I will recommend one factor will be the overriding consideration How best can we educate the individuals who come to us for education in the state of Georgia I do not wish a hasty decision on this matter but I think we need to make an expeditious decision What we do as a Board and what I do as chancellor must not betray the interests of the students April May 1988 7 People Pair for the Big Leagues Chancellor Propst fills two vice chancellor positions with proven leaders The past nine months have been a period of great change in the University Systems upper levels of leadership Because of one officials promotion anothers departure and the unexpected death of two others four vice chancellor positions have experienced turnover But with two key appointments in April it appears that the transition is over By a unanimous vote the Regents approved the appointments of two officials from within the System to become the new vice chancellors for academic affairs and information technology Dr Anne Flowers who has served the System for the past three years as assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs was named to that offices vice chancellor post replacing W Ray Cleere Dr James B Mathews an academic computing official at the Medical College of Georgia was appointed to the information technology position which was last held by the late Dr James L Carmon The academic affairs post had been vacant since the departure last December of Dr Cleere who resigned to become commissioner of Mississippis university system The information technology position was previously an assistant vice chancellor position but according to Chancellor H Dean Propst we wanted to upgrade it because of the growing importance in the relationship between academics and computing The office had been open since the death of Dr Carmon in August 1986 For Chancellor Propst the recent hirings are especially significant With the filling of these two vacancies we have now assembled a firstclass leadership team for the University System he said Both have thorough expertise in their areas and both are diligent and communicative administrators Theyre the right people to get the job done Dr Flowers becomes the first woman in the Boards 56year history to serve as vice chancellor for academic affairs a position that also makes her the highest ranking female official in the University System While an assistant vice chancellor she was instrumental in moving the areas of nursing education and teacher education to the forefront of attention in Georgia In 1986 she helped form an external review committee to study teacher education and last year she chaired a coordinating committee that investigated the states nursing shortage and its correlation to higher education Both committees issued key reports on recommended changes in nursing and teacher education at Georgias public colleges and universities Her career to date has combined administration ex perience with a firsthand understanding of teaching She came to the central office in 1985 from Georgia Southern College where she taught education and served as dean of the education school for five years Before then she chaired the education department at Duke University and served as associate dean of the arts and sciences college Her classroom experience began in 1949 when as a recent graduate of Florida State University she began teaching at an elementary school in Dothan Alabama A few years later she moved to Dalton Georgia and taught high school English and social studies eventually moving up to assistant principal at Dalton High School She spent her summers pursuing a masters in education degree at Auburn University In 1961 she took two years off to earn an EdD degree from Duke University and after graduation headed to Columbia College to teach education and later serve as dean of the college In 1972 she returned to Duke again to teach and eventually to serve as associate dean of arts and sciences Along the way there was one year of teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University in 196869 Most of Dr James Mathews career has centered on the Medical College of Georgia He first came to MCG in 1967 as a senior systems engineer a position that was actually a joint appointment with his alma mater Georgia Tech Dr Mathews progressed at the medical college through the ranks of assistant director and associate director of the health systems engineering division director of the systems and computing services division and chief of health systems and computing sciences In January 1986 he became chief of academic computing and last November he was named head of institutional research Throughout his tenure at MCG Dr Mathews taught numerous classes in the information and management sciences His academic career spans 11 years first as a BIE student at Georgia Tech from 195661 and later as an MSIE and PhD graduate from 196470 at Georgia Tech R Flowers Mathews 8 System Appointments New dean of business named at Augusta Martha K Farmer arrived at Augusta College in 1966 as an accounting instructor equipped with two degrees from the University of Alabama and some experience teaching junior high school Twentytwo years later she still teaches accounting though today she is Dr Martha Farmer This month she became the first woman to head either a school or department of business at the college The Board in April named Dr Farmer dean of Augustas School of Business Administration and in so doing they approved a candidate who brings continuity and specific goals to the job She has been acting dean of the business school since 1986 and during that time she has set into motion specific plans for steering the school into the future There are two major weaknesses in business administration programs in general she says First I think they should be broader and doing a better job of integrating liberal arts into the curriculum Second they need to bridge the gap between theory and practice The school has been working on remedying both problems since Dr Farmer took over in 1986 on an interim basis We have a very good relationship with the School of Arts and Sciences and a good board of advisors to help us with the first problem she says and weve also worked on the second area by establishing a visiting executive program and an executiveinresidence program Dr Farmer earned BS and MSC degrees from Alabama and a PhD from the University of South Carolina The University of Georgia had three administrative appointments in April including Tommy Nakayama the new head of the food science and technology division Dr Nakayama was director of the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program CRSP he holds MS and PhD degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and an MS from the University of Minnesota The two other UGA appointments were Roy Paul Martin who was designated chairperson of the counseling and educational psychology division and David Beach Beasley head of the agricultural engineering department Dr Martin who has BA and MA degrees from the University of New Mexico and a PhD from the University of Texas was previously acting head of the educational psychology department Dr Beasley comes to the university from Purdue where he was an associate professor of agricultural engineering He earned BS and MS degrees from Mississippi State and a PhD from Purdue Other administrative appointments in April include Dennis Dailey Murphy BA JD MEd PhD degrees from the University of Florida head of the government department at Armstrong State College Craig Douglas Smith BA from Elmhurst College MEd and PhD from the University of Florida head of the special education department at Georgia College John E Oliver BBA PhD from Georgia State MBA from Valdosta State head of the management and information systems department at Valdosta State College Ronald E Jones BS MS from Auburn University PhD from the University of Tennessee chairperson of the agriculture forestry and home economics division at Abraham Baldwin Kyle L Hathcox BS and PhD from North Texas State University head of the mathematics department at Gordon College and Parker F Davis BS from East Tennessee State University MEd from Georgia Southern College registrar at Macon College Emeriti W Ray Cleere awarded emeritus title The Board of Regents got a chance to honor an old friend and colleague at its April meeting as Dr William Ray Cleere the University Systems vice chancellor for academic affairs for five years was awarded emeritus status Dr Cleere who left the System in December was named vice president emeritus and professor emeritus after serving Valdosta State College for 10 years as vice president for academic affairs Dr Cleere arrived at Valdosta State in 1970 as a professor of psychology He was named dean of the education school that year and in 1972 was appointed vice president for academic affairs Dr Cleere officially retired March 31 after 21 years of service to the University System The Regents conferred 13 other emeritus appointments in April the following six of which were from the University of Georgia Marion Hoyt Montgomery Jr a professor of English who retired last June following 33 years at UGA George Octavius Marshall an English professor whose 32 years at UGA ended last June Herbert Max Vines a professor of horticulture who served 20 years before retiring last September John Wesley Shrum a professor of instruction who retired in August following 20 years at UGA Helen W Taylor an associate professor of business education who retired in April after 18 years and William L Colville whose 17 years as professor of agronomy ended in April in retirement Other April emeritus appointments include John A Boole Jr professor of biology at Georgia Southern College 33 years Charles L Christmas an associate professor of mathematics and computer science at Georgia Southern 29 years Sturgis McKeever professor of biology at Georgia Southern 25 years Fanner AprilMay 1988 9 How about a band for the nontraditional students The 25andover set juggle work family home and college with a little help from the University System By Michael J Baxter his is a story about Joe Lee Sweat a 72yearold retired railroad worker who lives in Waycross Georgia and who just cant seem to get enough education When he left the railroad industry in 1978 Sweat headed straight for Waycross College to earn an associate degree in business He never stopped Ten years later he is still at Waycross College studying for his fifth degree this time in nursing In between he picked up degrees in foreign languages predentistry and computer science Does that mean he wants to be a nurse A Spanish teacher A dentist Im not sure he says wryly an answer that delights those who know him in Waycross This is also a story about Teresa Stinson 39 a selfemployed assistant to a court reporter and a sophomore at Columbus College Two decades ago she was a typical 60s rebellious youth I thought I knew everything and I had a real bad attitude about school I was so bored in high school that I didnt want any part of college So she got a job got married Years passed Her life began to stagnate Then one day just like that I got to the point where I was complaining so much about what I was doing that I simply de cided to go back to school Finally this is a story about Jewell Gerdeen Dyer whose academic career was interrupted in the 60s by the Vietnam War After coming home he remained in the army working as an air traffic controller and then as a washing machine repairman One day I realized that I really wanted to write and do something creative he recalls so I came back to Atlanta to go to Georgia State With the help of veterans benefits he finished his BA degree in two years and went straight from the university to the world copy desk at the Atlanta journalConstitution where legend has it he is indispensible because hes the only one who can identify the president of Pakistan in a photograph There are many more stories about University System students like Dyer Stinson and Sweat Collect them and you have a much larger story one about a new breed of student in higher education This breed does not yet have a universally identifiable name they are called adult working students or reentry students or nontraditional students and the only statistical characteristic they share is that they are 25 years old or older But thats not to say they arent easily identified on college campuses throughout the country Theyre the ones with briefcases and business suits or worry lines and crows feet And theirs is a story worth telling 10 System Its difficult to chart the growth of these nontraditionals NTs for short or even say how many of them are on college campuses today It wasnt until recently that most states Georgia among them began breaking down student populations into age groups so yesterdays records are hard to come by There is even some discrepancy between national surveys A 1987 periodical published by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education CASE asserts that 36 percent of all college students in the country are 25 or over a figure that differs sharply from a College Board report published last month which puts the number at 45 percent In Georgias University System 33 percent approximately 50000 of all students are 25 or over These NTs are everywhere in big cities and small communities and there are enough of them to warrant the wide variety of programs and services already in place to make life at a public college in Georgia a little easier for them Why Go Back Just why are so many adults in college One reason is that all students are staying in college longer due to the rising cost of a college education and the fact that more students require additional education developmental studies and the like Fouryear degrees are no longer the rule Another factor has been changes in society that have opened the doors to a broader range of students Many of these changes affect women who account for 61 percent of all parttime NTs in the System Some like 32yearold Debbie Aman a Columbus College student go back to school because they are either joining the work force or scaling the heights of a career I was married for eight years and then got divorced she says After the divorce I knew right away that I didnt want to work at Burger King for the rest of my life I wanted something more Other returning women may be empty nest mothers with high personal goals and a desire for personal enrichment above and beyond continuing education But whether the reasons are personal or professional nearly all returning women today are more aware of the possibilities and opportunities available to them The womens movement has had a great deal to do with their returning to college says Dr Mary Ann Hickman the Systems affirmative action officer Its also stressed today that all of us need our own identity not just as the wife of soandso or the mother of three children That may be true but many still must overcome any number of fears and apprehensions before enrolling in college At first the whole thing was terrifying says Teresa Stinson I was partly intimidated by the prospect of competing with 18yearolds and partly afraid of going back after 20 years because I didnt know how to study Others admit to being easily discouraged in the beginning Says Aman I almost quit after the first day because I had trouble with registration For many returning students fear is matched by a fierce determination to succeed I knew right away that I would be the oldest one in the class says Roberta Cook an Armstrong State business student in her 40s but I tried not to let the magnitude of the experience bog me down I thought I would rather try and fail than not try at all Gerdeen Dyers motivation was more personal I saw my wife working very hard he says while I was spending all my time studying taking four classes a quarter Not having a job was sort of a guilt factor so I felt I had no excuse for not doing well Sometimes however determination brings unrealistic expectations Stinson confesses that if I didnt get all As my first two quarters Id be in hysterics Sue Leslie a history professor at Macon College and herself a former nontraditional student at Georgia College counsels NTs about the dangers of toohigh expectations Many of them think they can do it all make all As be a perfect parent and work eight hours a day she says I tell them If youre used to a spotless house youd better realize that theres not always going to be time to clean it That was something Columbus Colleges Aman had learned through experience I found that the house comes last as long as we have clean plates A Little Help from Friends Fortunately for all of the pressures and anxieties surrounding a return to college there is help On the state level various amenities such as grace periods for taking the SAT and free tuition for students over 62 are already in place At the individual colleges and continued Where the NTs Are System colleges with the highest and lowest percentages of students 25 and over 1 Medical College of Georgia 58 2 Waycross College 45 3 Macon College 44 4 Columbus College 42 5 Augusta College 41 Bainbridge College 41 32 Georgia Tech 18 33 Georgia Southern 17 34 Albany State 12 AprilMay 1988 11 t How about continued ahand universities the kinds of services offered are numerous and farreaching Most of these services have to do with recruitment since the most difficult part about going back is getting up the courage to turn thought into action Not surprisingly many of the recruitment activities come in the form of selfhelp seminars and refresher courses Of these three colleges in the System are engaged in especially noteworthy practices Theirs are not necessarily the best or most comprehensive programs but they exemplify different successful approaches to helping students from the start The first is Macon College which five years ago launched its Getting Started program a 90minute quarterly seminar that draws anywhere from 50 to 100 people interested in going back to college The college parades admissions officials faculty members and some current older students before the prospective NTs to help alleviate the usual concerns about starting an education We basically try to convince the older students that they wont be sitting in a classroom surrounded entirely by 18yearolds says Larry Stinson the colleges director of community relations Also worthy of attention is Columbus Colleges Adult Reentry Program which was also created five years ago but didnt really get going until the arrival in 1985 of Linda Gabrielson the programs current coordinator Adults interested in the college can come in off the street and have a oneonone conference with Gabrielson who will answer their questions ask them their goals and review their options and possible obstacles Like Macon College Columbus also uses the testimonials of current nontraditionals to help persuade prospective students Those who want to take their interest one step further may sign up for a nineweek continuing education refresher course on reading writing and mathematics The best part is if they pass the class and get accepted they can apply the course to three hours of credit Gabrielson says And then there is Bainbridge Colleges new Systematic Training and Evaluation Program or STEP A service of the colleges Career Development Center STEP is a threeweek course for single parents and displaced homemakers who have no marketable skills Bainbridge residents fitting this profile take tests set goals work on selfimage and personal development and learn about job markets The first group of prospective students graduated in March and all expressed an interest in enrolling in a degree program Several of them however will need developmental studies first says Vonnie Ivester STEPS coordinator They also might have a lot of other obstacles to overcome such as financial aid or child care Tuition incentives are another way of helping nontraditional students go back to school Bainbridge has nearly 200000 in grant money from the Job Training Partnership Act to help economically disadvantaged students much of that will go to NTs who account for 41 percent of the colleges total enrollment At Waycross College a 6060 Plan was initiated last fall that picks up half the tab for students who have been out of college for more than five years A similar program has been underway at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College for more than a year and numerous other schools throughout the System offer their own financial aid programs to help NTs Extra Support Once these students sign up for classes what then Are they left to fend for themselves while the colleges continue to work toward improving enrollments by recruiting more nontraditional students Hardly In most cases the institutions strive to maintain comfort and convenience for their new students Many offer career and personal counseling services because as Linda Gabrielson notes these students need more confidencebuilding than younger more traditional students As for convenience Macon College is just one school bringing education to the students The college conducts credit and noncredit courses at a downtown center an old movie theater that was renovated by a local businessman Employees in the business district can catch a quick class in accounting before going to work in the morning or heading home at night Ironically the amenity that is perhaps most sought after by NTs is also the one most absent on campuses in the University System child care Some colleges have day care for their employees and a few students but only Georgia State has a comprehensive program serving mostly students 12 System The universitys facilities are indeed impressive Children frolic on a colorful playground and in several wellequipped child care rooms Three snacks and two meals a day are prepared in a kitchen and a makeshift clinic is a sanctuary for skinned knees and headaches GSUs Child Development Center also provides practical experience for students in art nutrition nursing psychology and early childhood education The child care rooms even have adjoining observation rooms with oneway mirrors allowing for education practicums and research A lack of space and funding are the two primary reasons for a lack of child care for the offspring of students But colleges in the System are finding ways to offer NTs a helping hand in other areas One is Kennesaw Colleges Lifelong Learning Center an operation created in February 1987 out of a growing demand for support for older students A group called Students Over the Traditional Age SOTA lobbied for four years to get a meeting place for NTs at Kennesaw Their efforts paid off they now have a fully furnished lounge area complete with refrigerator microwave and coffeemaker Phone numbers are exchanged for a carpool program and babysitting pool Literature is available from departments all over campus Lunch bag seminars are wellattended Because of the center Kennesaw NTs are better off today than they were four years ago Georgia State is in the process of starting something similar The university has long been populated with adult working students and in recent years it has stepped up support for its 8500 or so NTs For several years weve had an hourlong dialogue at orientation exclusively for returning students says Alice Young GSUs dean for student services It kept continued MRS A sorority for the Mrs As sororities go Mu Rho Sigma is anything but typical For one there are no barefoot candlelight initiation ceremonies Stuffed bears and addabead necklaces are rare And its members are less inclined to participate in fraternitysponsored quaff contests or sexy legs parades Thats not to say the sorority whose chapters are largely comprised of nontraditional students is marmish Its members span all ages and they are generally a lively and active bunch with two things in common they are either married or formerly married and they are serious about succeeding in college Though founded nearly a quarter of a century ago at Georgia State University Mu Rho Sigma is still somewhat fledgling as a national sorority It has chapters in just three states South Carolina Georgia and Mississippi In the University System only two schools Georgia State and Kennesaw currently have chapters The number used to be higher but a combined lack of interest and support over the years forced chapters to close at Augusta Georgia Southern West Georgia and the University of Georgia But there are signs that Mu Rho Sigma is staging something of a comeback in this state partly because of the increasing presence of nontraditional students The Georgia Southern chapter is being revived this May with five members ready to pledge Brenau College is considering reactivation And the sororitys board of trustees is approaching Clayton State College about possibly starting a group there The Georgia State chapter however continues to thrive the most thus exemplifying the sororitys potential for acting as a support group for adult mar ried students Weve won the GSU Scholarship Award highest grade point average every year since 1967 says former President Terrie Clark and were involved in many of the same activities as the other sororities Those include fundraising for philanthropies the GSU Child Development Center the Battered Womens Shelter and participating in the universitys Greek Week and homecoming festivities To what do the sisters owe their success Its a consensus among us that we do well because weve lived in the real world Clark says Our sisters also have excellent organizational skills and a positive attitude toward whatever they do As for other Greek organizations I think were fairly respected by them Clark adds that it is sometimes difficult socializing with other fraternities and sororities mostly because of a lack of interest on their part Im not sure why but theyre sometimes reluctant to get together with us for social functions she says There have been a couple of instances where phone calls were not returned But we also plan our own activities such as bowling night or pool parties Though all kinds of women belong to MRS there is one group that is excluded nontraditional females who have never been married a contingency that includes a growing number of unmarried parents Some of us have a good deal in common with those who belong to the sorority says one such GSU student except weve never been married Jean Fallom chairman of the sororitys board of trustees acknowledges that Mu Rho Sigma may have to change with the times I dont see why those people shouldnt be allowed to join she says After all they are going through many of the same things as we are They too are struggling to survive It would require a change in our charter though we havent been approached by unmarried parents yet AprilMay 1988 13 How about ahand continued getting bigger and bigger until it reached the point where the classroom we used would fill up and we would have students out in the hall That led Young to begin campaigning for a Center for Returning Adults an area on campus where nontraditionals can go to socialize Were trying to create an environment that is academically and personally supportive she says On a campus such as ours the thing we miss the most is a collegial setting for adult students Her vision of a lounge area resembles the one already in place at Kennesaw Interestingly the least amount of support for nontraditional students appears to come from their student leaders Even on campuses with the highest percentages of students 25 and over NTs have little interest or involvement in student governments As a result they are largely unrepresented and receive few benefits Georgia States SGA is an example a few years ago its leadership positions for graduate and night students were eliminated because of a lack of interest Instead social support comes from specialized groups such as the universitys Mu Rho Sigma sorority which caters to married or formerly married women see sidebar The situation is similar at Armstrong State where an independent student organization called Women of Worth WOW or MOM upside down has current NTs helping incoming older students make the transition Is it Enough A good bit of activity benefiting NTs is already taking place throughout the System but considering that one out of every three students on a System campus is 25 and over is it enough There are more things we should be doing says Dr Grace Martin head of Armstrong States psychology department Dr Martin and a colleague Dr Donald Super recently completed a study of adult reentry women whom she says are too often not looked at in a healthy positive perspective The study drew two conclusions The first is that since 1952 working women have been placed into three categories homemaker traditionalist and pioneer The study suggested a fourth category reentry The survey also recommended that higher education take a better look at career development counseling because as Dr Martin says it is geared mostly toward younger more traditional students The College Boards Carol Aslanian agrees Even in admissions everything is targeted for younger students the group just coming out of high school Dr Martin adds that the System should consider an entire second program for night students The relationship between NTs and their younger counterparts might well be examined too On the surface the advantages of having older students in the classroom are obvious after all they bring a life GSUs Child Development Center The exception not the rule time of experiences to class discussions Too more lively discussions enhance the overall learning experience and more importantly contribute to interaction between age groups Yet there is also a bit of fallout in the relationship between nontraditionals and younger students NTs often have scarcely concealed contempt for thenyounger classmates who they might readily dismiss as naive frivolous and entirely unappreciative of educational opportunities Says one Younger students take their education for granted and do nothing but complain about having to study and take tests Such generalizations are made on the other side of the coin as well Few younger students have any idea about how difficult it is for a 40yearold mother to set foot in a classroom They also may resent an NT for being what they consider a teachers pet that is participating too much or having unbridled enthusiasm about being back in school I had one middleaged woman in a history class says a 22yearold DeKalb College student and she would ask for more homework It drove us crazy We used to roll our eyes whenever she spoke in class Why do the two groups sometimes view each other with wariness Because we dont do anything to sensitize either group Dr Hickman says The differences are never addressed in class and neither group is informed about where the other is coming from Such issues will receive more attention in the future if the number of nontraditional students continues to grow Eventually a time may come when adult students become the new traditional students If that happens several changes will probably take place The general populations apprehensions about going back to school will be eradicated Resources will be redirected from recruitment to services such as child care and more amenities for night students And enrollments will continue to grow despite a decline in the number of 18yearolds For now however nontraditional students are still in the storytelling stage At least there are indications that people are beginning to listen ra 14 System News Double Schedule Weekends were made for classes at G SU And vice versa THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 3 WORK if percent work fulltime or parttime and similar programs have worked well at a number of other colleges and universities many of them urban San Francisco State for example had 1200 weekend students enrolled in fall 1986 Dr Brewer notes There are others who have been very successful too such as the University of Alabama at Birmingham No exact enrollment projections have been made but Dr Brewer estimates that 20 classes in the weekend schedules first quarter will attract maybe 300 to 400 students Q There are two prevailing attitudes toward weekends One is that they are sacred brief respites from the rigors of this world a time for doing nothing more than hammock lounging or fly fishing The other is that they are precious for their wideopen time schedules a chance to take care of matters left over from the impossible fiveday work week Georgia State University will soon have something for people of both persuasions For the weekend fly fishers there are the standard Monday thru Friday classes both day and night And beginning next fall the overachievers will be able to sign up for any of 20 classes on the weekends At Georgia State its tentatively called Weekend Schedule and its a fairly common phenomenon at urban colleges and universities The quarters may be a little longer the week a bit more hectic but the chance to get started on a degree program will be a boon for many nontraditional students who have the desire but not the time for higher education Were going to start small with some courses that fit neatly into peoples degree programs says Vice President for Academic Affairs Thomas Brewer At first it will just be classes on Saturdays But if it develops fully well have core curriculum undergraduate and graduate classes available Dr Brewer adds that the number of courses is expected to double by fall quarter 1989 The university didnt conduct a comprehensive marketing survey before creating the weekend schedule because it wasnt really necessary Georgia State has a high number of nontraditional students the average undergraduate age is 27 and nearly 80 Emanuel County Junior College and Atlanta Junior College ended their ninemonth quest for new names in April when the Board approved the submitted names of East Georgia College and Atlanta Metropolitan College The action completed a change in identity for 12 twoyear colleges that began last June when the Board voted to drop the word junior from the names of all such colleges in the System The Regents June action had excluded Albany Junior College Atlanta Junior College and Emanuel County Junior College because it was thought that dropping the word junior would cause those institutions to be confused with other colleges namely Albany State Atlanta University and Emmanuel College Albany Juniors identity dilemma was resolved in December when the Regents approved the name Darton College At the same meeting Atlanta Junior had proposed being renamed Atlanta Metropolitan College but that suggestion was tabled because it implied support from the city of Atlanta However it was eventually reasoned that Atlanta Metropolitan College was more suitable than other names being considered by a task force At East Georgia College a committee composed of 10 foundation members three students three faculty members and two administrators reviewed numerous recommendations Some came as a result of a request in the Swainsboro Blade by Gerald Hooks the colleges public relations director The committee met four times says Don Wilson East Georgias registrar Its funny because the name that was originally considered for the college when it was founded was East Georgia College AprilMay 1988 15 t has become one of the rites of spring right up there with spectacular flower shows the Masters Tournament and the opening of baseball season It is the promotion of faculty members in the University System a yearly occasion that brings the elevation of approximately 5 percent of the Systems 7500 or so faculty Following the Boards April meeting in Fort Valley 396 various faculty members moved up in the ranks Their names appear below C b Georgia Institute of Technology Regents Professor Gaylord K Thomas PhD electrical engineering second 3year term Uzi Landman DSc physics Hugh D Ratliff PhD industrial and systems engineering Leon Zalkow PhD chemistry second 3year term Professor Naresh K Malhotra PhD management Leon F McGinnis PhD industrial and systems engineering Ernst P Stephan PhD mathematics Dorothy Yancy PhD social science Ajit P Yoganathan PhD chemical engineering Associate Professor Terry C Blum PhD management Kevin Francis Brennan PhD electrical engineering John A Buck PhD electrical engineering Mark A Clements PhD electrical engineering T Govindaraj PhD industrial and systems engineering Kenneth Jacob Knoespel PhD English Charles W Mulford Jr PhD management Francis Joseph Schork PhD chemical engineering Carol A Senf PhD English Paul G Steffes PhD electrical engineering Benson Tongue PhD mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Ronald Mendola MF A music Librarian Brenda J Prather MA Rank 2 Georgia Tech Research Institute Principal Research AEST William P Cooke IV MSEE electronics and computer systems Charles J Krebs MSEE systems engineering Senior Research AEST Arthur L Brown MBA economic development Richard P Dobb JD Charles A Duke BS technolgy applications Edward P Ellington MBA economic development Linda L Harkness MS radar and instrumentation Kenneth E Johnson BS economic development Paul J Middendorf BS economic development John J Mills MS economic development John H Myers MA architecture Michael O Rodgers MS geophysical sciences Barry R Sharp BEE systems and techniques Timothy S Smith BME systems and techniques Johanna S Thomas PhD economic development Terry E Tibbitts MSEE systems engineering George R Whitley MSEE systems and techniques Research AEST II Lincoln S Bates MJ economic development Roderick A Beard MBA systems engineering George J Bradley III BEE radar and instrumentation Paul H Cleveland BEE John Henry Dillard MS Kevin P Downes MPh economic development Timothy S Floyd MS electrical engineering Christopher B Fowler B BA systems engineering David R Henderson MSEE energy and materials sciences Ronald R Hutchins BS information and computer sciences David E Jacobs BS eco 16 System nomic development Robert R Kerr MSEE systems and techniques Anita MacDonald MSEE electronics and computer systems William G Nulty MSIE industrial and systems engineering Ann E ONeill MBA economic development William I Pinion MS electromagnetics Paul F Pritchett BEE electromagnetics Cecelia Ruby Scheer BS radar and instrumentation Winfred E Strickland Jr MS information and computer sciences Katherine P Taylor BSEE radar and instrumentation Deborah W Thomas MS systems engineering Albert M Vineyard Jr BEET systems and techniques Jack C Wallace MS electronics and computer systems Philip D West BS systems engineering Susan P Williams BS systems and techniques Georgia State University Professor Beverly J Armento EdD curriculum and instruction John B Corgel PhD real estate Timothy J Crimmins PhD history Frank J Hall PhD mathematics and computer science C G Luckhardt PhD philosophy William H Nelson PhD physics and astronomy Carolyn L Robison PhD library Richard B Ruback PhD psychology Associate Professor Judy D Brinson JD law Maria L Bullen PhD accounting Richard E Edwards PhD communication James G Emshoff PhD psychology Teryl K Frey PhD biology George M Guess PhD public administration Anna W Haun DA music Steven J Kaminshine JD law Elizabeth F Mistretta PhD community health and nursing Roger L Presley MSLS library Christine A Rosenbloom MEd health sciences Matthew C Roudane PhD English Jonathan Schneer PhD history Comeill A Stephens JD law Cherian S Thachenkary PhD decision sciences Kathryn R Urbonya JD law Marolyn C Wells PhD counseling Patrick Wiseman PhD law Assistant Professor Defloris M Baldwin PhD adult nursing Caroline A Blumenthal MEd library Joyce M Buis PhD health and recreation Lana M Chase MN psychiatricmental health nursing Elizabeth H Daniels M N community health nursing Bonnie Johnson Fritz MEd counseling Anna V Lambros MA foreign languages Ptlene Minick MN adult nursing Medical College of Georgia Regents Professor Margaret L Kirby PhD anatomy Gary Milton Whitford PhD oral biology second 3year term Professor Richard L Borison PhD psychiatry and health behavior Bashir A Chaudhary MBBS medicine Gene L Colbom PhD anatomy Katherine A Evans EdD occupational therapy Joseph F Johnston MD anethesiology Warren B Karp PhD pediatrics Eva J MertzFairhurst DDS restorative dentistry Douglas C Smith DDS restorative dentistry Edwin R Wallace IV MD psychiatry and health behavior Adjunct Professor George W Lucas MD surgery Associate Professor Jerry D Allison PhD radiology Gretchen B Caughman PhD oral biology Morris J Cohen EdD neurology David B Flannery MD pediatrics Paul D Forney MD family medicine Vadivel Ganapathy PhD cell and molecular biology Jett C McCann MSLS library Kimford J Meador MD neurology John W Richards Jr MD family medicine Benjamin O Spurlock BA pathology Curt M Steinhart MD pediatrics Mason P Thompson MD family medicine Maureen R Killeen PhD mental health nursing Assistant Professor David L Anders MD medicine Robert H Durant PhD pediatrics Terry A Henner MA library Laura L Hooker MEd respiratory therapy Linda A Streit MS adult nursing George W Williams Jr MD obstetrics and gynecology Medical College of Georgia Research Senior Research AEST David E Steflik EdD oral pathology Research AEST I Gwendolyn P Gore MS medicine Sandra B Leonard MS medicine University of Georgia Professor Larry Lee Benyshek PhD animal science Paul Flavis Bertrand PhD plant pathology Khorsand Bondari PhD entomology Joseph Henry Bouton PhD agronomy Bruce K Britton PhD psychology Hubert JanPeing Chen PhD statistics and computer science Alan Darvill PhD biochemistry Ronny Rush Duncan PhD agronomy Thomas George Dyer PhD school services Thomas A Eaton JD law Simon J Gatrell PhD English William G Graziano PhD psychology Larry Dewain Guthrie PhD animal science James Brantley Harris EdD extension education Sylvia J Hillyard MFA drama and theatre Robert Edward Hodson PhD microbiology ChungLiang Huang PhD agricultural economics William Calhoun Hurst PhD food science and technology Richard Don Jones PhD animal science Walter Ronald Lane Jr ABJ journalism and mass communications Jerome Stewart Legge Jr PhD political science ChorPang Lo PhD geography Carmen Chaves McClendon PhD romance languages Richard B Meagher PhD genetics Andy S Nasisse MFA art Wade Lowry Nutter PhD forest resources Anthony D Pellegrini PhD elementary education Robert Walter Placek EdD music Joseph Philip Riley PhD instruction Peter Carmichael Ruenitz PhD pharmacy Peter Jay Shedd JD business administration Susette Talarico PhD political science Roger Bradley Winston Jr PhD educational foundations Robert Edward Wyatt PhD botany Jonathon Arnold PhD statistics and computer science Mary Ellen Blackburn PhD home economics Steven Andrew Brandt PhD anthropology Fitzroy Dennis Bullock PhD agronomy David R Butler PhD geography Ronald L Clark PhD accounting Sharon Lynn CrowellDavis PhD anatomy and radiology Richard Dale Cummings PhD biochemistry Judith Ann Davenport PhD social work Michael A Duncan PhD chemistry Carolyn Lee Ehardt PhD anthropology Horace Lavem Farlowe MA art Claiborne Van C Glover II PhD biochemistry Denise K Glynn PhD elementary eduation Melvin R Hall PhD horticulture Charles Thomas Holmes EdD school services Michael A Horvat EdD physical education and recreation Mary Ann Johnson PhD home economics Richard N Johnson EdS art Nancy M Kason PhD romance languages Renee L Kaswan DVM small animal medicine Gerard W Krewer MS horticulture Gary Lautenschlager PhD psychology Allan E Macleod MA journalism and mass communications James H McGregor PhD comparative literature Linda Medleau DVM small animal medicine William P Miller PhD agronomy Walter Franklin Owsley PhD animal science William Little Ramsey Jr MLA environmental design Anna V Agbay Resurreccin PhD food science and technology Paula J Schwanenflugel PhD educational foundations Barbara A Selcer DVM anatomy and radiology Lawrence J Shimkets Jr PhD microbiology George MA Stanic PhD elementary education Robert Lawton Stewart PhD animal science Anne Landoy Sweaney PhD home economics Thiab R Taha PhD computer science Sidney Alan Thompson PhD agricultural engineering Hazel Jean Youn Wetzstein PhD horticulture Mark Fredrick Wheeler PhD physical education and recreation William B Whitman PhD microbiology Kirk Willis PhD history Richard L Zimdars DMA music Adjunct Associate Professor Catharina YW Ang PhD food science and technology Assistant Professor Martha Self Burpitt MFA home economics Librarian Arnold Erich Balk MB A Rank 4 Judith J Kelly MALS Rank 3 Helen H Wilkes MLN Rank 3 William F Coscarelli MLS Rank 2 Stephen O Fowkles MLS Rank 2 Martha T Hughes MALS Rank 2 Neil R Hughes AMLS Rank 2 Marlena M Wald MLS Rank 2 University of Georgia Research Associate Research Scientist Ronald Tsutomu Nagao PhD botany Senior Public Service Associate Wanda Jean Grogan PhD home economics Melvin B Hill Jr JD institute of government Public Service Associate LeQuita Reese Booth PhD business administration Ernestine Moody Copas EdD educational foundations Elizabeth J Gatewood PhD institute of business Margaret Susan Herrman PhD institute of government Albany State College Professor Lee William Formwalt PhD history and political science Ora Evelyn Lockley EdD natural sciences Rosa Mae Tift EdD developmental studies Betty Jean Washington PhD natural sciences Associate Professor Linda B Akanbi EdD curriculum and instruction Assistant Professor Richard H Miller MBA allied health Armstrong State College Professor Dennis Dailey Murphy PhD government Richard C Raymond PhD language and literature Associate Professor Elliot Howard Palefsky EdD psychology George B Pruden Jr PhD history Lorie Roth PhD language and literature Elwin R Tilson EdD health professions Assistant Professor Caroline C Fleming MHS dental hygiene John G Jensen MFA fine arts Linda G Jensen MFA fine arts Augusta College Professor Constance S Skalak EdD nursing Associate Professor William Marion Dodd EdD developmental studies Judith Elaine Gordon PhD biology AprilMay 1988 17 Steven Leonard Greenquist MFA fine arts Jeanne Lavon Jensen PhD political science and philosophy Mary F Mobley PhD business administration Robert A Reeves PhD psychology William F Toole MM fine arts Assistant Professor Stanley Greg Fite MEd health and physical eduation Columbus College Professor William S Birkhead PhD biology William L Chappell Jr PhD political science Joseph D George PhD clinical programs Terry D Norris PhD criminal justice Associate Professor Ethel S Amos PhD nursing Otho L Crawford JD criminal justice Walter P Gerlach PhD mathematical sciences Natalie W Kruger MM music Dorothy S Sutherland MEd clinical programs Ronald L Wirt MM music Assistant Professor James H Hiers BS allied health Clayton State College Assistant Professor Marion F Key EdS developmental studies Barbara G King EdS developmental studies Alice A Stathis MA developmental studies Rheda Yvonne C Wanstreet MST developmental studies Fort Valley State College Associate Professor Johnny Carter PhD agriculture Assistant Professor Bobby Dickey MFA fine arts Dorothy Ellen Hardman MEd English Roger H Kitchens EdD developmental studies Larry Lewis EdD developmental studies Jennie B West MSW social work and criminal justice Georgia College Professor Lucrefia Coleman Mathis EdD management William F McDaniel PhD psychology William W Powell PhD curriculum and instruction Thomas K Pritchett DBA marketing Alice Mae M Smith PhD mathematics and computer science Martha L Turner PhD history and geography Associate Professor Barbara Jeanne Clinton EdD business information systems and communications John F Lindsay Jr PhD psychology Assistant Professor Mary Jean Land MA English and speech Georgia Southern College Professor Frank French PhD biology Sandra L Gallemore EdD sports science and physical education Paul R I inda Medleau was promoted to professor at the University of Georgia Mary Mobley moved up to associate professor at Augusta College Larry Lewis was promoted to assistant professor at Fort Valley State College Kleinginna Jr PhD psychology Douglas A Nettleton PhD economics Richard Tichich MFA art Associate Professor Jerrold M Michaelson PhD music Sue Mullins Moore PhD sociology and anthropology Douglass H Thomson PhD English and philosophy Nancy A Wagner PhD accounting Robert A Wells EdD management Duane A Wickiser MME music Assistant Professor Penelope B Collins MSN nursing Sue Fleuren EdS vocational and adult education Donna Hodnicki MN nursing Sharon Dee Homer MSN nursing Curtis Eugene Ricker DA developmental studies Georgia Southwestern College Professor Bruce A Middlebrooks EdD education Michael A Urda PhD psychology and sociology Earl W Woodward EdD education Associate Professor Michael E Bohleber PhD business administration Richard E Seaver PhD fine arts Assistant Professor Adam W Smith III MS physical education Thomas L Wheeler MEd developmental studies Kennesaw College Professor Michael D Curley PhD economics and finance Ann W Ellis PhD history Willoughby G Jarrell PhD political science Joseph Donald Meeks MM music Judith Ann Mitchell PhD curriculum and instruction Fay H Rodgers DBA accounting Thomas Allan Scott PhD history Betty Ann Smith PhD political science Diane Leigh Willey PhD curriculum and instruction Associate Professor Robert Gene Barrier PhD English Donald Joseph Fay AM English Barry Martin Franklin PhD curriculum and instruction Randall B Goodwin PhD economics and finance Vanice W Roberts MSN nursing Donald Devere Russ PhD English Donald Jackson Sparks MEd mathematics Bonnie L E P Stivers PhD accounting Patrick L Taylor PhD visual arts North Georgia College Associate Professor Hinton S Amerson MBA business administration Lester Eugene Conyers Jr MEd business administration Percy Coleman Jones EdD physical education Southern College of Technology Professor Carol M Bamum PhD humanities and social sciences Associate Professor Fred D Hartfield MS applied computer science Joan McCoy PhD humanities and social sciences Susan R Morrow PhD humanities and social sciences Maurice Loren Northcutt MSCE civil engineering technology George Waller Robinson PhD physics and chemistry Rebecca H Rutherfoord EdD applied computer science Julio Santander MSME mechanical enginnering technology Jose L Vinelli PhD mathematics Charles J Weeks PhD humanities and social sciences James B Whitenton PhD physics and chemistry Sanford M Wiener MS mathematics Savannah State College Professor Annette K Brock PhD social and behavioral sciences Victor William Lomax PhD accounting information service and finance George Thomas MS developmental studies Daniel L Washington social and behavioral sciences Associate Professor Frank Ellis MS recreation Timothy B Goodwin MS developmental studies Joan D S Green MA developmental studies Lancy C Jen MAT developmental studies Thomas R Kozel PhD biology Karen P Penick MEd developmental studies 18 System Valdosta State College Professor Roberta L Clegg PhD nursing Sandra D Croll PhD earlymiddle childhood and reading education Thomas Earle Dasher PhD English James B McMath EdD business and vocational education Earl Swank EdD secondary education Associate Professor Deborah J Baber EdD physical education and athletics Susan F Brown MSN nursing Monojit Ghosal PhD accounting and finance Martha A Leake PhD physics astronomy and geology Robert O Michael PhD edcuational administration and supervision Lester W Plumly PhD marketing and economics Jana Lynn Ross MSN nursing Robbie J Strickland EdD secondary education Assistant Professor Patricia K Bezona MS developmental studies Therese M Consolini MS special education West Georgia College Professor Robert Howard Claxton PhD history Paul Edward Masters Jr PhD political science Betty Lee McVaigh EdD physical education and recreation Virginia Ann Ruskell MLS library Claude Gerald Sanders PhD geography Associate Professor Bonnie B Bar MSN nursing Sara Elizabeth Griffies MLN library Assistant Professor Chester M Rzadkiewicz PhD history Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Professor Gaye Elissa Elder PhD humanities Caroline S Helms PhD social science Harold Paulk Henderson PhD social science Associate Professor Donald Leroy Massey MEd science and mathematics Richard L Payne MS agriculture forestry and home economics Assistant Professor Kip Errol Hall MS forestry and home economics Bainbridge College Professor Raymond Lee Chambers PhD social science Associate Professor Donnie Fordham EdS vocationaltechnical Charles Holmes PhD social science Roger L Ivey PhD vocationaltechnical Brunswick College Professor Diane M Goodrich PhD nursing Eugene P Keferl PhD natural science and mathematics Ronald Howell Ridgley PhD social science Associate Professor Watson L Holloway PhD humanities Stanley J Lokken PhD natural science and mathematics Dalton College Professor Harlan Lee Chapman EdD business administration Darton College Professor Donald Cook PhD sciencemathematics Lynn P McNeil PhD humanities Walter Glenn Merritt PhD sciencemathematics Associate Professor Juanita B Palmer MN nursing Assistant Professor Carolyn W Gay MSIS business DeKalb College Professor Richard B Clow PhD history William C Gray Jr LLB economics Assistant Professor Janet R Bacon MAT developmental studies Rosemary D Cox MA English Mary Deming MS developmental studies Kaleen K Dixon MAT osa Mae Tift was promoted to professor at Albany State Carolyn Gray moved up to assistant professor at Darton Leon McGinnis was promoted to professor at Georgia Tech mathematics Harold D Tiller MEd mathcomputer sciences East Georgia College Associate Professor George Marvin Baker MEd science and mathematics Harvey E Netterville PhD humanities Floyd College Associate Professor Leigh W Callan MS natural science and mathematics Gainesville College Associate Professor Deborah M Bolding MEd natural sciences and mathematics Linda C Langston MA social science Priscilla J Rankin MSLS learning resources Assistant Professor Lisa L Watson MEd physical education Gordon College Assistant Professor Cheryl H Reeves MEd developmental studies Macon College Professor Douglas Lee Jordan EdD education Kay Elizabeth Kelly EdD humanities Lawrence Frank Mobley PhD humanities James Wesley Simpson PhD developmental studies Associate Professor Diane Marie Craine PhD nursing John B Kimbro MA social science Assistant Professor Ellen Ruth Cohen MA natural sciences and mathematics Samuel T Jackson MEd developmental studies Middle Georgia College Professor John Dahlman Pasto PhD natural science and mathematics Associate Professor Harold Brantley Cline Jr DA social sciences Tracy Edgar Daugherty PhD humanities David Michael Head PhD social sciences Julia M Lucas EdS social sciences Ralph Harvey Purser Jr MST humanities Assistant Professor Wyndall Ray Simmons AM developmental studies South Georgia College Assistant Professor Janice M Macquinn MS nursing Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Professor Roger B Hanson PhD AprilMay 1988 19 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS INSTITUTUIONS and presidents Jackie M Ward Atlanta Arthur M Gigniluat Jr Georgia Institute of Georgia Southern College Brunswick College Chair Savannah Technology Statesboro Brunswick Joseph D Greene Thomson Elridge W McMillan Atlanta Atlanta Nicholas Henry John W Teel Vice Chairman Barry Phillips Atlanta John Patrick Crecine John Henry Anderson Jr Edgar L Rhodes Bremen Georgia Southwestern Dalton College Hawkinsville John W Robinson Jr Winder Georgia State University College Dalton James E Brown Dalton Deen Day Smith Atlanta Atlanta Americus Derrell C Roberts W Lamar Cousins Marietta William B Turner Columbus Noah Langdale Jr William H Capitan Wiluam T Divine Jr Albany Carolyn D Yancey Atlanta Leave Darton College Thomas H Frier Sr Douglas William M Suttles Kennesaw College Albany Acting Marietta B R Tilley STAFF BOARD OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS Medical College of Georgia Betty L Siegel DeKalb College H Dean Propst T Don Davis Augusta North Georgia College Decatur Chancellor Assistant Vice Chancellor Judson C Hickey Dahlonega Marvin M Cole Fiscal Affairs Personnel Acting John H Owen David S Spence East Georgia College Executive Vice Chancellor Gordon M Funk University of Georgia Savannah State College Swainsboro Assistant Vice Chancellor Athens Savannah Willie D Gunn Henry G Neal Fiscal AffairsAccounting Charles B Knapp Wendell G Rayburn Executive Secretary Systems and Procedures Floyd College Albany State College Southern College of Rome Jacob H Wamsley Mary Ann Hickman Albany Technology David B McCorkle Vice ChancellorFiscal Assistant Vice Chancellor Billy C Black Marietta Affairs and Treasurer Affirmative Action Stephen R Cheshier Gainesville College Armstrong State College Gainesville Anne Flowers H Guy Jenkins Jr Savannah Valdosta State College J Foster Watkins Vice Chancellor Assistant Vice Chancellor Robert A Burnett Valdosta Academic Affairs Facilities Hugh C Bailey Gordon College Augusta College Bamesville Frederick O Branch Thomas E Mann Augusta West Georgia College Jerry M Williamson Vice ChancellorFacilities Assistant Vice Chancellor Richard S Wallace Carrollton Facilities Maurice K Townsend Macon College Arthur Dunning Clayton State College MLacon Vice Chancellor for Services David M Morgan Morrow Abraham Baldwin S Aaron Hyatt and Minority Affairs Assistant Vice Chancellor Harry S Downs Agricultural College Academic Affairs Tifton Middle Georgia College Thomas F McDonald Columbus College Wayne C Curtis Cochran Vice ChancellorStudent Roger Mosshart Columbus Fretwell G Crider Services Assistant Vice Chancellor Frank D Brown Atlanta Metropolitan Acting Fiscal AffairsBudgets College Haskin R Pounds Fort Valley State College Atlanta South Georgia College Vice ChancellorResearch J Pete Silver Fort Valley Edwin A Thompson Douglas and Planning Assistant Vice Chancellor Luther Burse Edward D Jackson Jr Academic Affairs Bainbridge College Michael Moore Georgia College Bainbridge Waycross College Interim Assistant Vice Joseph J Szutz Milledgeville Edward D Mobley Waycross ChancellorPlanning Assistant Vice Chancellor Edwin G Speir Jr James M Dye Research System Magazine is published monthly by the Office of Public Executive Editor Kay Miller Relations and Information Services Board of Regents Univer Editor Michael J Baxter sity System of Georgia 244 Washington St SW Atlanta Staff Writer Laura A McClammv Georgia 30334 404 6562250 Change of address notices should include the old and new addresses with ZIP codes The University System of Georgia offers equal educational and Lost 65Uyuantity 15000 employment opportunities 1 OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 244 Washington Street SW Atlanta Georgia 30334 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED NonProfit Organization US POSTAGE PAID ATLANTA GA Permit No 342 3378500 0 FA UNI V F GEKGIA ACQUISITION DiV ATHENS GA 30602 Studies ytCOVMNTAi ALSO Report on college mergers GSUs Facilities Master Plan Tenure DOCUMENTS THE A look BRIDGE TO COLLEGE at developmental studies after 14 years Received JUN 3 0 1988 GJ ksoasw Pi Sc1 ms The Magazine of the University System of Georgia MayJane 1988 Volume 24 No 5 Perspective Dispelling False Notions By Dr David Morgan Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Two decades ago the University System was faced with a major issue how to respond to the increasing number of prospective college students who were underprepared for collegelevel work Several options were available 1 Refuse admission to the underprepared and thereby deny them access to higher education 2 Grant provisional admission and allow students to enroll in regular courses where they would probably fail 3 Grant provisional admission and allow students to enroll in regular courses and succeed by lowering academic standards 4 Grant provisional admission and require students to complete their collegelevel preparation in developmental studies classes prior to entering regular coursework It was this fourth choice that the Board of Regents officially adopted in 1973 This option accomplished the dual aims of providing access to underprepared students and maintaining the integrity of the Systems core curriculum Although Georgia to date is one of only a handful of states that have mandatory developmental programs the 30 to 40 percent of freshmen who are required to enroll in at least one developmental studies area compares favorably with other states In Tennessee for instance fully half of the students need developmental work As developmental studies enters its 15th year of existence several misperceptions remain about what it is and what purpose it serves There is a greater need to focus on the impact of developmental studies Developmental studies is clearly not a literacy program True the DS program does help students develop skills in reading and comprehending texts writing beginning essays and papers and in doing mathematical problems However it should be made clear that the skills being developed are those necessary for success in collegelevel studies Nor is the program targeted mostly toward high school dropouts Developmental studies is actually geared toward high school graduates students who for one reason or another failed to This month in the System MAY 1968 The Regents elect John W Teel as president of Brunswick Junior College MAY 1972 A cooperative agreement is approved between the Board and the state Board for Vocational Education to extend votech education to junior colleges in the System MAY 1981 The first graduate programs for Albany State College were approved by the Regents gain sufficient skills to succeed in college Some of those unfamiliar with developmental studies also believe that students once enrolled in developmental studies can take as much time as they need to hone their collegelevel skills The truth is that the University System allows students four quarters to exit their developmental studies areas of deficiencies prior to an initial suspension Some institutions restrict students to a shorter time period As explained in the accompanying cover story a number of significant events will impact the DS program in the next several years Among these are the Quality Basic Education Act the College Preparatory Curriculum CPC and the Systems new career associate degree the associate of applied science or AAS degree which in some instances may not require the same level of rigor as do transfer associate degrees Because of these changes there is a greater need to focus on the impact of developmental studies For example more research is needed regarding the types of students who enter DS courses Likewise it will be important to analyze the extent to which students completing the CPC need any additional DS work The curriculum and instructional modes best suited to different groups of students will also require further study as will the success rate of DS students in their degree programs Such efforts when implemented will result in refining the DS program so that the University System and public alike will have a better understanding of and support for developmental studies Dr Morgan is the central office liaison to the developmental studies program 2 System Cover Story A Ladder of Learning The Systems 14yearold developmental studies program faces a new set of challenges Page 10 Dr President Francis Tedesco an educator and licensed practitioner will take over the helm at the Medical College of GeorgiaPage 5 The Master Plan A look at Georgia State University in the year 2013Page 6 Around the System Math Meet Court Champs Southern ScepterPage 13 Board Action7 Administrative Appointments 16 Emeriti17 Special Section Tenure18 News Separate In Savannah and Albany is no longer It wasnt the first time the matter had been studied discussed considered But it may very well be the last The matter was the possible merging of Savannah State College and Armstrong State College in Savannah and Albany State College and Darton College in Albany Two months ago the Board directed Chancellor H Dean Propst to prepare a study looking into the prospective consolidations That study was presented to the Regents this month and it was summarized in a 45minute address by the chancellor that concluded with a dual recommendation Do not merge the institutions but take steps to promote greater cooperation between them both in programs and communication Following the chancellors summary members of the Board discussed the report and voted to terminate No Sequel To merge or not to merge the question study of the merger question They also directed the chancellor to study the development of regional consortia of institutions to increase services The report itself was a thorough document 62 pages of statistical information legal precedents case studies and historical profiles of the four colleges It also included a summary of comments and questions raised by constituents of the four colleges during meetings with Chancellor Propst and Regents William Divine and Arthur Gignilliat the Board members representing Albany and Savannah respectively In his summary Chancellor Propst also shared some personal observations from his 10 years as a professor and administrator at Armstrong State College 19691979 Those 10 years brought me to a Continued MayJune 1988 3 Separate No Sequel continued realization that there were not just complexities but layers of complexities underlying the issue of merging traditionally black and predominantly white institutions he told the Board The loyalty of those who support the traditionally black institutions is in many ways of greater depth than the loyalty of those who attended other types of institutions Historically the traditionally black institution has been a social a cultural a political and an intellectual oasis in a broader society that either did not or seemed not to care Other types of institutions have not served that broad a function The report marks the second time the merger possibility has been discussed in Albany and the fourth time it has been considered for Savannah The 1978 desegregation plan first brought the question into the spotlight for all four institutions after that condolidating the Savannah schools was studied in 1982 by a chamber of commerce group and again in 1983 by a committee appointed by then Chancellor Vernon Crawford This time however the Regents put the question to rest though Regent Elridge McMillan cautioned that doing so should not mean business as usual for the colleges One of the historic and pervasive problems is that by leaving those institutions alone we take that literally McMillan said I can see right now what might happen a few years down the line There will be attempts to duplicate programs We have to be very vigilant and monitor the situation closely As a result the chancellor will form groups in Albany and Savannah to coordinate and promote the services offered by colleges in each city According to Dr Propst these coordinating councils will consist of administrative and faculty representatives of the two institutions in each city They will be charged with developing recommendations that will strengthen academic offerings and develop cooperative responses to community needs The chancellor also recommended that efforts be intensified to develop a sectional response to area needs in public higher education The recommendations to promote a spirit of cooperation between the colleges in each city actually reinforce one of Dr Propsts earliest goals as chancellor Back in 1986 he met with college presidents from around the state to form cooperative groups in five regions a strategy engineered to enhance joint efforts between colleges in a number of programs both academic and nonacademic In working with those groups the chancellor laid the groundwork for the Special Funding Initiative a quality improvement package that targets underserved areas of the state and employs joint responses to regional problems With the proposals resulting from this months consolidation study those efforts will be stepped up in Savannah and Albany The decision to intensify cooperation was clearly preferable to merging the colleges Chancellor Propst An Excerpt A Chancellor H Dean Propst Ls I listened intently to those who spoke to us in Albany and Savannah I heard beneath the emotion and behind the sometimes selfserving statements about power and control a common theme do not take away our opportunity and that of our children to improve through education Don t do anything that will diminish that opportunity Among many of our black constituents there is a genuine fear that the economically socially culturally and educationally disadvantaged among us will not be cast aside in the name of economy Among many of our nonblack constituents there is a genuine fear that somehow what is currently good will be lost in any reconfiguration of institutions Perhaps both fears are without justification but they are nevertheless real named nine disadvantages of consolidation among them the potential loss of black role models a false economy of operation and the possible erosion of identity of the traditionally black institutions In addition he cited two case studies where the impact of consolidation was immediate negative and severe The first example was a merger of programs between Savannah State and Armstrong State in 1979 The two colleges had previously implemented a Joint Graduate Studies program that enabled students to pursue MEd and MBA degrees with onehalf of each curriculum offered on each campus In 1978 however the Office of Civil Rights deemed that the program was not an effective means of achieving desegregation And so the teacher education program was moved to Armstrong State while Savannah State undertook the MBA program What followed was a sharp decline in enrollment in both programs In the eight years since the programs were merged an increasing number of black students have enrolled in Savannah States business administration program while enrollment of white students has fallen The exact opposite happened in Armstrong States teacher education program black enrollment fell 50 percent while white enrollment increased sharply Chancellor Propst also cited a 1978 courtordered consolidation of traditionally black Tennessee State University with predominantly white University of TennesseeNashville The merger brought a mass exodus of students both black and white from the new institution A year after the consolidation student enrollment had plummeted 22 percent Nearly all of those leaving were white a trend that has continued Today nine years later white enrollment is off 53 per Continued on page 8 4 System Calling Dr Tedesco The Regents turn to a young energetic educator and physician to guide the Medical College of Georgia into the future His goal was to bring a new kind of youth and vision to the presidencies at Georgias four public universities and with the naming of a new president of the Medical College of Georgia it is clear that Chancellor H Dean Propst is sticking to his game plan At its May meeting the Board voted unanimously to appoint Dr Francis Tedesco MCGs 44yearold interim dean of the medical school as president of the 160yearold institution Dr Tedesco who also heads the colleges gastroenterology section will officially take over as president on July 1 Acting President Judson C Hickey will retire after serving MCG in that capacity since last year when President Jesse Steinfeld stepped down because of health problems According to Chancellor Propst Dr Tedescos strength in three areas academics research and administration all contributed to his selection He will bring to the presidency outstanding academic credentials valuable experience and perhaps most importantly a sense of humaneness that will serve him well in his new position Dr Propst says Those sentiments are shared by members of the presidential search committee and by many on the campus of the medical college Some of Dr Tedescos priorities for the medical college include intensifying research efforts and carrying out the facilities master plan developed last year Being president at this time is a great opportunity he says MCG has done an outstanding job educating its students and in providing patient care What we need to do now is reemphasize our research goals and become a working partner with other universities in the state We must also become more competitive for private and corporate research dollars While at the medical college Dr Tedesco has taught medicine and served as vice president for clinical activities His academic abilities are matched by his expertise in the field of gastroenterology the study of the stomach and intestines he has been described as a brilliant specialist and was consulted by President Reagans physicians last year when the president had cancer surgery Prior to coming to MCG in 1978 Dr Tedesco spent three years at the University of Miami where he taught medicine and served as codirector of the clinical research unit His career also includes teaching medicine in St Louis and Philadelphia Dr Tedesco has also acted as a consultant for the Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Fort Gordon and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington He has been especially active in communications his vitae cites that he has authored or coauthored more than 18 books served on several editorial boards for medical journals and been published in more than 100 refereed journals A graduate of Fairfield University with a BS degree Dr Tedesco went on to earn an MD degree from the St Louis University School of Medicine He interned and did his residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and also did a fellowship in gastroenterology at Washington University School of Medicine In other news pertaining to university presidencies Board Chair Jackie Ward appointed a Regents Presidential Selection Committee for Georgia State University Regent Elridge McMillan will head the committee and Regents Deen Day Smith Barry Phillips Carolyn Yancey and Jackie Ward will serve The selection process is expected to begin this fall Dr Francis Tedesco MCGs new president left with Regent foseph Greene at a press conference this month MayJune1988 5 Board Action Mapping Out A Future Georgia States new Facilities Master Plan paints a picture of ambitious growth For a little while it was like peering into a crystal ball at Georgia State University in the year 2013 Through the mist those present at the meeting of the Boards buildings and grounds committee could see an aerial view of an urban campus twothirds larger and with at least nine more buildings than the one today They could see an improved plaza system minimizing the contact students would have with traffic And they could see almost as if in a dream adequate parking What those in the room on May 10 were seeing however was not a crystal ball It was Georgia States Facilities Master Plan a 34page document projecting the universitys land and building needs over the next quarter of a century The future campus envisioned by university officials is a far better organized and accessible place a point made evident in the report which asserts that much of the current campus land use is inefficient and disorganized In addition to easier access improved parking and new facilities GSU officials seek to increase the amount of property by 67 percent over the next 25 years from its current 25 acres to nearly 43 acres A large part of Georgia States present campus limitations have to do with its location in downtown Atlanta where surrounding property is costly and often difficult to acquire As a result the university is forced to build upward a practice that makes its buildings more expensive than those on other campuses And with space at a premium there is not much room for large plots of grass and flowers students must escape to a small nearby park if they wish to read Descartes under a tree Such problems are historical in nature at GSU The report notes that the explosive enrollment growth during the 1960s and early 1970s left the university in an unprecedented facilities deficit from which it is still recovering In a 40minute presentation before the Board Acting President William Suttles added his own observation I have seen this university grow I have seen it flourish And I have seen it use a shoehorn to get people into classrooms The universitys Office of Campus Planning prepared the Continued on page 8 6 System Names in the News Departments chairs even a program get new monikers in May It was enough to make one consider switching to a career in signmaking Five colleges in the University System renamed various entities on their campuses in May most of them out of gratitude to individuals who contributed in some way to the growth of the institutions The lone exception came at Georgia College where all of the colleges external degree programs offered at the Macon College campus were placed under a single moniker The Macon Residence Center The move was designed to provide consistency in how the programs were presented to the public Georgia College currently offers external programs at established centers in Dublin Forsyth and Warner Robins as well as on the Macon campus But according to Dr Ralph Flemphill vice president for academic affairs the programs in Macon were causing some confusion After five years experience Dr Flemphill says it became apparent that wherever we designated the programs as resident centers the media and public paid more attention to them Dr Hemphill adds that the naming of the center does not reflect any new programs or a new administrative umbrella Georgia State University was the first of four schools to redesignate oncampus entities in honor of prestigious men The universitys hotel restaurant and travel administration HRTA department already considered one of the strongest in the country was upgraded to a School of Hospitality and then named in honor of Cecil B Day founder of Days Inns of America Day a chief proponent of HRTA at Georgia State had built his company into the sixth largest hotel chain in the United States before his death in 1978 Also receiving new names in May were The fine arts complex at North Georgia College The complex was redesignated the John L Nix Mountain Cultural Center after one of the most generous benefactors in the area Nix who owned a John Nix North Georgia benefactor general store near Cleveland Georgia was a successful merchant and businessman who gave to numerous causes that benefited his church and the mountain region His son initiated a trust fund at North Georgia to preserve mountain cultural traditions and foster appreciation of the role of the arts in society The music department at Columbus College The department was renamed the Schwob Department of Music in honor of a family that has supported music programs at Columbus College for many years In 1985 the Schwob Foundation donated 100000 to help build a fine arts hall at the college it has also sponsored music scholarships faculty salary supplements and equipment A chair at the Georgia Institute of Technology President John Patrick Crecine requested that a chair be established in the memo Continued on next page Finance and Business FY89 Scholarships Allocated in May A total of 800000 in scholarship money was allocated to colleges in the University System in May as the Board approved distribution of Regents Opportunity Grants and Regents Scholarships for fiscal year 1989 As in previous years the Georgia General Assembly appropriated 600000 in opportunity grants to be divided among the four universities and 15 senior colleges The Regents Scholarships which will be allocated to all institutions total 200000 an amount unchanged since the programs inception 12 years ago The General Assembly allotted 600000 for opportunity grants The Regents Opportunity Grants were started in 1979 as part of the University Systems desegregation plan The money was to go to economically disadvantaged students says Dr Thomas McDonald vice chancellor for student services Mostly the fund enables minority students to go into occupations previously not open to them such as engineering medicine and law The grants were allocated in virtually the same manner as last year The four universities received 77 percent of the total appropriation or 460000 Of that amount the Medical College of Georgia will receive the most 140000 Among the senior colleges Fort Valley State garners the largest sum 20000 Georgia Southern and Augusta College each will get 17500 Allocation of the Regents Scholarships is based on headcount enrollment of Georgia residents from last fall quarter As a result UGA received the largest portion 32300 followed by Georgia State 29600 and DeKalb College 12800 gj MayJune 1988 7 Master Plan continued current plan Georgia States first in 10 years in accordance with guidelines put forth by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools SACS The proposal places a threebuilding library complex at the core of the campus surrounded in part by classroom buildings From there the universitys seven colleges would be set in practical locations Buildings housing the law school and publicurban affairs college for example would be near the state capital and government complex and the health sciences college would be across the street from Grady Hospital Much of the discussion about the plan at the meeting centered on the universitys College of Law which is suffering from a shortage of space According to Dean Margaret Knowles the law schools fiveyear period of provisional accreditation expires next February If permanent accreditation is to be granted the university will need more classrooms and contiguous library space by then Georgia State is currently seeking money from MRR funds to finance the expansion Just how much GSU will be able to expand in the downtown vicinity is uncertain Jack Worrell the planning offices director says that the university is working with Central Atlanta Progress a downtown planning organization in coordinating the possible acquisition of land where there are overlapping interests Were also meeting with the city of Atlanta and talk Names continued ry of J Erskine Love Jr a Tech graduate and founder of Printpack Inc Love was a great benefactor of Georgia Tech before his death in February 1987 he chaired the 140 million centennial campaign and was twice honored as a distinguished alumnus The chair will officially be known as the J Erskine Love Jr Institute Chair in Engineering In other May action the Regents voted to establish a music program under the doctor of philosophy degree at the University of Georgia Beginning next fall the university will become the fifth institution in the southeast to offer a PhD pro gram in music Research will be an integral part of the program approve a set of revised statutes at UGA The statutes were first reviewed carefully by Chancellor Propst and Executive Secretary Henry Neal they were found to be consistent with current organization and administrative process at the university appoint Larry E Price to the Teachers Retirement System Board of Trustees Dr Price was named last year to complete the unexpired term of Dr George O Marshall who retired The appointment is for three years increase Georgia Techs student activity fee from 35 to 38 effective summer quarter ra ing with various state agencies he says Other buildings and grounds items approved by the Board in May include a rental agreement allowing the city of Barnesville to rent 575 acres of land from Gordon College The city will be responsible for maintaining the land which currently contains a ballfield two pavilions and a swimming pool a property purchase for the Medical College of Georgia that authorizes MCG to buy a medical arts building from the Physicians Practice Group for 12 million The building will be used temporarily for those in the soontobedemolished Sydenstricker Wing later it will be used as a portion of the future Ambulatory Care Center a rental agreement that allows Kennesaw College to rent two temporary buildings to be used as classrooms for one year authorization of a 1 million outdoor swimming pool to be built at Georgia Tech and the naming of Heery Engineering Atlanta as the architectural firm Merger continued cent and black enrollment is down 17 percent The chancellor used these case studies and other more abbreviated examples to illustrate a larger point that such consolidations have succeeded virtually nowhere Mergers he observed often appear to work on paper but not in practice Basically we are confronted with an issue that brings into direct opposition that which seems dictated by logic and that which is pragmatically workable he told the Board It is an issue in which the ideal is confronted by the real It is an issue in which action may seem bold and courageous to some and foolhardy and thoughtless to others 8 System Around the System Steadman The Mace Ace Members coaches of GSUs moot court team at May meeting GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Americas Team Forget LA Law If you want to see a group of hotshot young lawyers or lawyerstobe actually then tune in to Georgia State Universitys moot court team In January they took no prisoners at the nations most prestigious moot court competition winning the national championship over the University of South Texas The victory brought the teams three members L Craig Dowdy Rebecca Jones and Linda Birchall something close to celebrity status First they were honored during two days of special appearances in early February one before Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young at City Hall and another before the Georgia General Assembly And then this month they were recognized before the Board of Regents and given a round of sincere applause The competition began late last summer when moot court teams from 150 law schools across the nation began preparing briefs and ar guments Fourteen regional champions and an equal number of runnersup went on to argue their cases based on three actual cases pending Supreme Court review in a mock suit before a ninemember bench partly composed of judges from district courts and the US Court of Appeals The victory marked the first time in the competitions 38year history that a Georgia law school captured top honors To get there Georgia State had to edge out local rivals UGA Emory and Mercer as well as some regional and national heavyweights There is no word yet however on the possibility of a madeforTV movie on the experience GEORGIA SOUTHERN COLLEGE Mace Ace When Pat Steadman cut and kilndried a stick of American walnut vowing to save it for the right project the Georgia Southern College art professor didnt know that 30 years would pass before that project finally came along Those who were present at the April 29 inau guration of Dr Nicholas Henry Georgia Southerns tenth president may have caught a glimpse of that treasured slab of wood in the form of a newly created ceremonial mace or scepter carried at the head of a 400member procession Most of the maces used for such occasions are gemstudded scepters of precious metal usually commissioned from jewelers and costing 5000 or more For Georgia Southerns two and a half foot mace however unparalleled originality far outweighs dollar value It boasts bronze casts of Georgia magnolia leafs and a small ballast stone discovered by Steadman that is believed to have come from a colonial British ship Such a work did not come easily Steadman labored for six weeks to get the mace just right DEKALB COLLEGE Math Meet Computer technology is one area in which advancements occur so rapidly that what is the latest innovation one day might well be outmoded the next The same holds true for education where keeping current is absolutely vital for colleges and universities To help those teaching mathematics keep up to date DeKalb College in midMay hosted a twoday conference on Current Trends in TwoYear College Mathematics Eighty participants from throughout the System attended the conference which was designed to examine where mathematics education is headed in the twoyear setting An impressive array of noted national speakers was also on hand to discuss such topics as the impact of technology on twoyear college mathematics and the use of computer graphing to enhance the teaching and learning of calculus According to DeKalb assistant professor Linda Exley this spotlight on mathematics education is a something of a bold new venture Its a first for this particular subject in our System she says and we hope to continue it each year with the presentation of papers and the presence of national speakers MarchApril 1988 9 D Still bridging a gap in By Kay Miller and Michael J Baxter For Brian it was a bridge to a better place a better life Flashback to the summer of 1985 He is free an unchained spirit full of adolescent exuberance Reveling in the most glorious time of a young mans life the summer after the senior year in high school The daily routines are about as rigorous as those of a deposed leader in exile Wake up late go to the pool play a little volleyball or pickup basketball Shower then work for a few hours at a local Tenneco store Then go out His senior year in high school had been equally carefree There were classes but not the stuff of mindbending consequence He laughs now when he recalls the typical workday Spanish Pottery Industrial arts Economics for teens The days began with study hall and ended with open campus a program that permitted working seniors to leave school early There were senior antics weekend parties the prom The charmed life of Brian wasnt to change in the summer Except except at the end Something happened One by one his friends began to disappear His best buddies his support group the people he had grown up with were suddenly gone He was alone It was midSeptember They all went to college he says And right then the smile vanishes The weeks tumbled past Brian thought long and hard about his life during his nights at the convenience store He pondered his options The army It might give him some discipline College No he was too dumb A trade school Yes Hed learn to be an electrician Make good money too And yet his boss had said something last week about moving him up to assistant manager The ponderous nights at Tenneco along with conversations with his mom and a close friend whom he looked up to as a role model got Brian thinking By early November he had reached a decision He would apply to college If they didnt take him then hed join the army They took him with one exception Brian would have to walk the bridge They said I first had to enroll in developmental studies he recalls At least he wouldnt be walking the bridge alone That year 10000 other entering freshmen in Georgia would walk with him crossing the gap in learning to the University System Its a true story Brian enrolled in a developmental studies DS program at a university in the System Two quarters later he was out of the program and into the regular curriculum Today hes a sophomore 10 System PMENTAL DIES n learning 14 years later some kind of coherent basic skills program became increasingly apparent in the 1960s a decade that brought waves of new students to the University System a good number of which lacked the educational skills necessary for collegelevel work Many of these were minority students who because of the Civil Rights Movement were granted new access to higher education Continued The times have changed An emphasis on quality has increased the number of developmental studies students such as these at UGA working parttime as a courier and making decent grades Its funny he says because when I was in high school all I wanted to do was get out And when I was out I wanted to get back in the classroom I just didnt think I could A parent and friend no doubt had much to do with Brians decision They gave him encouragement and support But what about this other factor this bridge called developmental studies To that he utters a testimonial that DS administrators faculty and supporters relish hearing If it werent for developmental studies I wouldnt be here HOW IT GOT HERE Basic skills programs may not be as old as mankind but in this country they do go back to the mid1800s according to a 1986 SREB report In Georgia the roots of basic skills offerings can be traced to the flood of veterans entering college after World War II Armed with financial aid benefits from the federal government they needed only to refine their collegelevel skills before beginning their quests for a degree The manner in which these veterans were provided with refresher courses was rather informal Colleges and universities on their own offered a smattering of selfhelp classes and special programs And so it went for the next 25 years The need for Tracing the History Dates of key changes in the developmental studies program 1973 Board approves special studies 1974 Programs first classes implemented 1982 Name changed to developmental studies 1986 Audits of all DS programs mandated 1987 Revised condensed policy approved MayJune 1988 11 DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES continued As a result the Board of Regents funded a trial program at junior colleges in Albany Kennesaw and south Georgia Under the title Summer Program for Educational Enrichment and Development it featured what were then considered creative methods for helping underprepared students New classes focusing on math reading writing and speech were featured Specialized counselors and personal tutors were introduced Experimental approaches were tried and the ones that worked were eventually implemented at other schools in the System It was these programs that ultimately led to an organized plan of remediation in 1973 That year the Board adopted the Special Studies program a uniform basic skills plan that began the following year The policy established minimum SAT scores to screen students and installed the Comparative Guidance and Placement CGP test as the determinant for entering and exiting the program In its first 12 years the policy was amended only twice The first time came in 1976 when the CGP was dropped in favor of the Basic Skills Exam a test developed by the University System that measured students in particular categories reading math and English Then in 1982 the program underwent another more cosmetic alteration The name special studies which reminded many people of special education was changed to developmental studies This period of quiet existence temporarily ended in 1986 when the program came under several months of intensive examination It began at the University of Georgia amid charges that athletes in developmental studies were being given preferential treatment in several areas Following a wellpublicized civil suit the central office undertook the task of auditing DS programs at all 33 institutions to see if such a practice favoritism was predominant throughout the System Ca Lveme Cooper Brunswick College We help a great number of kids across this state It was not the auditors learned But something else was widespread a variety of interpretations of the 1973 policy Two months later the Board revised and condensed that policy A separate set of administrative procedures soon followed The Regents wanted to give the institutions a clearer direction as to the intent of the Boards policy says David Morgan assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs The move drew praise from many of the administrators of developmental studies I thought the separation of policies and procedures was especially helpful says John Britt who chairs Georgia Colleges DS department Previously it was sometimes confusing Any change in procedures meant a change in the policy Though few colleges J I I and universities needed M I to implement major 7 I changes nearly all of I them fine tuned their proB I grams The University of mi I I Georgia for example beW II gan involving the registrars office in recordkeeping paid closer attention to admissions procedures and created a system of due process for DS students At Georgia Southern College a new team effort for monitoring records was forged among the DS department registrar and computing systems division Other colleges report similar adjustments to improve their operations As a result the DS machinery is now welloiled and prepared to meet new challenges According to several department heads one of the biggest challenges is getting ready for an anticipated increase in DS enrollment this fall Some program administrators expect more students because of recent efforts to improve quality a small irony considering that average SAT scores for incoming DS students have jumped 60 points over the last five years The upgrading of collegelevel work such as the phasing out of lower division math courses outside the core curriculum is one qualityrelated effort that will likely affect DS enrollment Students who dont have the proper skills to pass upgraded courses will need reinforcement Other efforts come in the form of policy changes Entering students now need higher SAT scores to exempt de 12 System V velopmental studies and they face a set of more stringent entrance requirements this fall These requirements called the College Preparatory Curriculum CPC have also brought about a significant change in testing Beginning this summer the Basic Skills Exam will be replaced by the Collegiate Placement Exam CPE a test with minimum standards higher than those of the BSE At a recent conference of DS department heads and faculty at Jekyll Island this change in testing was the topic of much discussion There were a lot of concerns about the CPE says Laverne Cooper head of developmental studies at Brunswick College and 198889 chairperson of the DS academic committee At Brunswick were looking at it and making sure were doing in our classes whats needed to pass that test Weve had to revamp one of our math DS courses because it doesnt have geometry and the CPE does WHY ITS NEEDED After weathering intense scrutiny two years ago developmental studies in effect won a new vote of confidence in the University System Nevertheless there are people in all quarters who still believe developmental studies has no place in higher education As Dr Morgan points out one reason is that several misconceptions continue to surround the program see Perspective section page 2 Some say that a lack of communication both on the part of the System and the individual institutions has something to do with the programs image problem We simply have not gotten out the message that developmental studies is needed in Georgia says Wayne Antenen acting department head at the University of Georgia If you look at the clientele that the System serves the need for developmental studies is so apparent By that Dr Antenen means that the two kinds of undergraduate students most often served by the states public colleges recent high school graduates in Georgia and returning nontraditional students are often prime candidates for developmental studies The numbers support his assertion Four out of every 10 entering freshmen come unprepared for collegelevel work and as reported Wayne Antenen UGA We simply have not gotten the message out that developmental studies is needed in Georgia last month in System the number of returning adults who need refresher courses remains high The primary reason for offering developmental studies is twofold preserve access maintain quality Granted it sounds a bit like an advertising slogan Cant you see the billboards Big bold letters Georgias University System Preserving Access Maintaining Quality But a closer look reveals that there really is no better way to put it As mentioned earlier one of the original tenets of developmental studies was to provide access to more students in the 1960s That still holds true today Developmental studies offers an opportunity to students who otherwise could not handle collegelevel work And at a time when the collegegoing rate in Georgia is low developmental studies has become especially important Without the program that rate would be even lower The obvious question that comes to mind is Why are so many students coming to college unprepared One reason is that too many opportunities remain for students like Brian to take easy courses during the senior year of high school And there have been changes in society that have caused students to place a lesser value on education ie the creeping presence of drugs in high school the growing number of teen pregnancies an intensifying competition for the attention of adolescents in a mediaoriented culture The list goes on Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Anne Flowers notes that there are other factors some of which are out of a students grasp that contribute to a lack of success in high school You have to consider things such as the number of high school students who work or who may have had illnesses in the family she observes The number of firstgeneration college students who come from households that place little emphasis on the need for academic habits is higher than you would think too Dr Flowers adds another point To a certain extent basic skills are changing as well The new CPC entrance requirements include a new level of sophistication in reading and writing that Continued MayJune 1988 13 DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES continued wasnt there before Were also finding that people simply arent writing as much in this age of advanced technology Some opponents of developmental studies say preserving access need not be a reason for offering such programs at senior colleges or universities They believe higher educa tion should give unprepared students an opportunity provided that the opportunity take place at twoyear colleges However as Georgia State DS Director Joan Elifson says There are two problems with that kind of thinking First not all of the cities in the state have twoyear colleges within the reach of students so access would still be denied And second developmental studies at any school is geared toward that institutions regular freshman and core curriculum classes Transfering DS courses is sometimes difficult just as transfering other courses is sometimes difficult Oddly enough many of those at senior colleges and universities who contend that teaching developmental studies on their campuses is inappropriate also have in their classes students who successfully exited the program Exit rates of all DS students arent available but those who eventually exit do so quickly After one quarter MATH 51 ENGLISH 58 READING 64 After two quarters MATH ENGLISH READING First quarter core curriculum passing rate for DS graduates MATH 70 ENGLISH 71 SOCIAL SCIENCE 82 so many people still see developmental studies as a place for students who arent very bright That assumption couldnt be more false says Brenda Armbrecht coordinator of developmental studies at DeKalb College What the program is all about is taking a student who is deficient not dumb but deficient and helping that person adjust to collegelevel work Judy Brown who heads the program at Clayton State College agrees and takes Dr Armbrechts point a step further What were doing is trying to get these students to maximize the strengths they already have Were teaching them how to learn Then they can transfer their abilities their strengths to other courses These twin purposes preserving access and maintaining quality actually add up to a higher reason for offering remedial education social responsibility We have an obligation to educate and train as many Georgians as we can says Mary Ann Hickman the Systems affirmative action officer Anytime we add to the abilities of an individual we make that individual a better person I think its a program we will always have 81 85 87 many of them who for reasons of their success in the DS program have more confidence and take a more serious approach to their work Thats what I remind some professors says Brunswick Colleges Laverne Cooper I say You wouldnt have a job if it werent for these students Which raises the issue of quality Despite a widespread perception that teaching basic skills means teaching students how to read basic sentences add numbers and write their names developmental studies has a distinct relationship to quality in higher education The program allows us to keep our standards says Dr Morgan If we didnt have developmental studies wed either have more students dropping out of college or wed have to make the classes easier It can be a difficult point to grasp partly because KEEPING THE COMMITMENT Dr Hickmans words reflect a pervading sentiment in the University System that developmental studies will be needed for generations to come and that the Board of Regents will remain committed to the program as long as the need exists If the past is any indication such a commitment will succeed only with the continuing dedication of the men and women who administer and teach developmental studies In fact it is the faculty that gives the DS program its heart They are the ones who see these students every day and so they are the ones who are tapped into the pulse of the progress being made Such a vantage point brings its share of rewards A lot of DS teachers find that their field represents a greater challenge Dr Brown says Their students require more from instruction and a lot of instructors find that very gratifying Another professor puts it differently I dont think my col System leagues in history or physics can say they see quite as much progress in a student as I see Most of my students want so badly to succeed Invariably department heads and faculty talk with great pride about the number of students who like Brian exit the program and go on to a better life All have at their forefront of their minds a case study or living example to recount Annie Russell who has taught developmental studies at East Georgia College for 15 years tells a story that although extreme typifies the conviction and enthusiasm shared by her colleagues I had one student come in here who couldnt even write a sentence she says but he persevered He passed English 101102 the Regents Test and even made the Honors List one quarter Now he has a very good job Some statistics however paint a slightly less encouraging picture of student persistence A recent student retention report prepared by the Systems research and planning office yields a couple of sobering conclusions The first is that a higher proportion of firsttime fulltime regularly admitted freshmen than fulltime DS students stay in school from the first to second year 82 to 63 percent a gap that widens in the second and third years And secondly fouryear retention rates of fulltime freshmen are twice that of similar DS students 62 to 31 percent Yet such numbers if viewed from a different perspective can also be considered somewhat encouraging The percentage of DS students who stick with college whatever the number represents a population who without developmental studies would never have had an opportunity to get a college education in Georgia Likewise it is reasonable to assume that of the percentage of students who dropped out at least some enriched their lives through the experience however brief of attending college As for the number of DS students who go on to graduation those statistics are hard to come by Student retention in the University System has only been measured since 1983 and most students are in school for five years or longer Next years retention report will present the first clues to grad uation rates for DS students The 1987 annual report of developmental studies in the System presents some other encouraging statistics Of those who eventually exit developmental studies the overwhelming majority do so by the first or second quarters In math the figure was 51 percent after one quarter and 81 percent after two quarters The numbers for English and reading were even higher 58 and 85 percent for English 64 and 87 percent for reading That same report also indicated that students who had completed DS requirements performed well on the first core curriculum course in each area 71 percent passed English 70 percent passed math and 82 percent passed their first social science course The concept of a higher education without a need for developmental studies is at least today Utopian There are still problems at the elementary and secondary levels of education that are resulting in a lack of readiness for college though the prospects for improvement are brighter today than they were a few years ago The University System is already working hard to improve teacher education a longterm solution for improving the quality of education at the other levels Encouraging students to follow the Systems CPC will also contribute to their state of preparation by the time they reach college Finally the full effects of education reform begun in 1983 the Quality Basic Education Act have yet to be felt when fully implemented the program can only help improve basic education overall Today however this much is clear There will probably be a lingering need for developmental studies for generations to come because there will always be some students who are late bloomers who have other interests at the time of their early education or who change their minds about college at a later age At least they will not be alone Developmental studies will be there to help them bridge the gap in learning and provide immeasurable enlightenment rn David Morgan central office The program allows us to keep our academic standards high MayJune 1988 15 People Tech Legend John Hooper departs for retirement taking with him an emeritus appointment Thirtyone years ago John Hooper began his career with Georgia Tech as a graduate teaching assistant after earning his masters degree from the institute two years earlier Next month that tenure will come to an end as Dr Hooper leaves Georgia Tech for early retirement His long and distinguished career in the University System was recognized this month when the Board honored him with the title of Regents professor emeritus While at Georgia Tech Dr Hooper taught electrical engineering for nearly a quarter of a century In fact his entire career was spent on the Tech campus except for seven years in the 1970s when he left to serve as associate vice chancellor and later vice chancellor of the University System John was a dedicated professional faculty member and technician recalls former Chancellor Vernon Crawford who himself served as vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Tech He was also a gifted and prolific engineer and an absolute jewel to work with During his last six years at Georgia Tech Dr Hooper occupied two other key positions From 198286 he served as director of the Microelectronics Research Center a post he left to become acting vice president for academic affairs while Henry Bourne served as acting president Dr Hooper has already embarked on a journey out of the country getting a headstart on retirement plans that will include extensive travel and relocation to a remote home somewhere out in the country according to Jean Wilson an assistant to the dean of electrical engineering Three other Georgia Tech faculty members were awarded emeritus appointments in May Richard C Johnson a principal research engineer who retired in March after 31 years at Georgia Tech the late Robert Shreeves an associate professor of civil engineering who died April 23 and Thomas M White Jr a professor of electrical engineering who will retire in June after 40 years at Tech In all a total of 20 faculty members received emeritus status in May Here is a breakdown of their names departments and time of service Medical College of Georgia Raymond C Bard vice president and professor of biology 21 years Steve Kolas professor of oral pathology 20 years William R Wedge professor of dentistry 20 years Fortner Vice Chancellor John Hooper now emeritus University of Georgia Grady Vaughn Calvert assistant professor of animal science 33 years Homer Chassel Cooper associate professor of sociology 24 years Otho Marion Hale professor of animal science 35 years Gene Marion Simons professor of music 18 years Valdosta State College Webster W Teague professor of music 32 years Annetta W Copeland assistant professor of anthropology sociology and criminal justice 12 years Chauncey S Elkins professor of marketing and economics 16 years Lougenia G Gabard assistant professor of business and vocational education12 years Irma F Jewell associate professor of nursing 12 years Beth W McRae assistant professor of communication arts 20 years Jane T Shelton assistant professor of history 18 years Dalton College Lorenz Nathaniel Gregg associate professor of business administration 18 years South Georgia College Louise P Clara division chair and professor of humanities 11 years Four emeritus appointments from the Boards April meeting were inadvertently omitted from the April May issue of System They are included below Sarah Lee Patram associate professor of nursing at North Georgia College 10 years the late James Thurman Bass registrar and director of admissions at Macon College for 14 years William Edward Coyle professor of government at Armstrong State College 30 years and John Francis Newman professor of government at Armstrong State 22 years 16 System Gary Meek Administrative Appointments Prokasy named to academic affairs post The University of Georgia will soon get a new vice president for academic affairs as the Board in May approved the selection of William F Prokasy to the post Dr Prokasy who takes the academic affairs helm on July 1 is currently dean of the arts and sciences college at the University of Illinois a position he has held since 1980 He also teaches psychology at Illinois and will continue to teach at UGA His other professional experience includes 12 years at the University of Utah where he served as dean of the social and behavioral science college and acting dean of the social work graduate school Dr Prokasy holds a BA degree from BaldwinWallace College an MA degree from Kent State Univer sity and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin The University of Georgia also had four faculty designated as alumni distinguished professors May They included Dr Wyatt W Anderson a genetics professor Dr John Thomas Algeo an English professor Dr Roy Joseph Martin a professor of home economics and Dr Hardy Malcolm Edwards Jr a professor of poultry science Other administrative appointments approved at the May meeting include David J OConnell head of foreign languages at GSU Fred Barnabei vice president for student affairs at Augusta Ronald L May dean of academic and student services at Waycross Joseph A Murphy dean of education at Augusta Ronald D Tallman dean of history political science and philosophy at Augusta George R St Pierre dean of technology at Southern Tech John F Dietrich dean of student affairs at Dalton and Ronald L Swofford chair of humanities at DeKalb Tech professor in national spotlight Packing classes Georgia Techs Yancy She says she was surprised when she first learned of her impending national recognition But those who know Georgia Tech Professor Dorothy Yancy her students and her colleagues probably werent at all fazed when they opened a recent issue of Newsweek magazines On Campus edition to find Dr Yancy among six faculty members nationwide whose packed classes have become campus legend The magazine which is distributed on campuses across the country asked its student correspondents to sniff out the most popular professors At Georgia Tech student reporter James Cage thought of Dr Yancy right away I had a lot of really good professors my first quarter here Cage says but she stood out And when I asked other faculty members for their suggestions her name kept coming up The article notes that Dr Yancy is renowned for her ability to teach not by coddling people but by stretching them She is also praised for her capacity for communicating with all kinds of people Says one colleague She has the respect and trust of both the black students on campus and the Tech administration allowing her to provide a kind of dialogue How did Dr Yancy feel about being recognized I was so excited about it she says Ive even had people at other schools call me to tell me they saw the story One other person no doubt shared Dr Yancys pride her husband Robert a former Regents Fellow and current dean of the technology management department at Southern Tech Nearly any one of the 7000 physicians belonging to the Medical Association of Georgia could have been elected president of the prestigious 139yearold organization It just so happened that the one who did get elected was none other than a professor at the Medical College of Georgia Dr Joseph P Bailey Jr an Augusta rheumatologist and Charbonnier Professor of Medicine at MCG was recently installed as president of the MAG at the organizations annual meeting in Savannah He adds that office to his numerous other professional membership and leadership positions Dr Bailey has been on the faculty of the medical college for 27 years Some corrections from two past issues of System magazine In the story Eminent Domain that appeared in the MarchApril issue it was reported that William S Morris once served as chairman of the Board of Regents He served the Board twice as a Regent but not as chairman In the same story we should have said William S Morris III was the elder Morris son not grandson In the FebruaryMarch issue we omitted the college to which Margaret E Gray was appointed she will chair the nursing division at Georgia Southwestern College Also Dr Gray comes to GSW from Virginia State not the University of Georgia MayJune 1988 17 Twohundred and ninetythree professors associate professors and assistant professors in the University System were awarded tenure status in May up 40 from last years number Names of those selected for tenure beginning July 1 are listed below Georgia Institute of Technology Terry C Blum Lawrence Andrew Bottomley John A Buck Mark A Clements John H Elton Jack M Feldman Marco Frascari Robert E Fulton T Govindaraj Robert C Liden David L McDowell Odette M Morphy Gregory Hight Nobles Edward M Perdue David A Peters H Randall Roark Peter H Rogers Rajarshi Roy Timothy A Salthouse Arnold Schneider Francis Joseph Schork Carol A Sent Paul G Steffes Benson Tongue Georgia State University Delmas J Allen Ronald W Blasi David B Center Benoit Deschamps Richard E Edwards James G Emshoff Howard V Epstein Teryl K Frey Anna W Haun Marjorie Fine Knowles Ernest R Larkins Donald F May Elizabeth F Mistretta Theodore H Poister Jonathan Schneer Cherian S Thachenkary Medical College of Georgia Gail C Anderson E Gerald Bennett W Franklin Caughman Robert S Crumrine Jacquelyn H Dennison David B Flannery Linda M Flavin Sarah H Gueldner Margaret F Guill Mary S Leffell Jett C McCann Billy J Powell David W Shelton Jack D Zwemer University of Georgia Robert B Armstrong Scott E Atkinson Ishwarasa V Basawa Steven Andrew Brandt Gale A Buchanan Fitzroy Dennis Bullock Ronald Michael Cervero Ronald L Clark Sharon Lynn CrowellDavis Richard Dale Cummings Rodney King Dishman Michael A Duncan Helen H Epps Horace Lavern Farlowe Conrad C Fink Richard J Fox Claiborne Van C Glover II K Denise Glynn Melvin R Hall James Lewis Hamrick III Eugene C Hargrove Charles Thomas Holmes Michael A Horvat Charles Robert Johnson Richard N Johnson Nancy M Kason Gerard W Krewer Kenneth Stuart Latimer Gary Lautenschlager Beverly Lindsay ChorPang Lo Allan E Macleod Bryan William Maw William S McFeely James H McGregor Lois K Miller William P Miller Russell B Milliken Charles W Mims Stephen Olejnik Walter Franklin Owsley Lyman Ray Patterson William Little Ramsey Jr Jack E Razor Anna V Agbay Resurreccin Paul Micjael Roman Robert Scott Rumely Paula J Schwanenflugel Barbara A Selcer Robert Lome Shewfelt Lawrence J Shimkets Jr Edward G Simpson Jr James C Smith George MA Stanic Robert Lawton Stewart William W Swan Anne Landoy Sweaney Thiab R Taha Patrick T Terenzini Sidney Alan Thompson William E Timberlake Scott S Weinberg Hazel Jean Youn Wetzstein Mark Fredrick Wheeler William B Whitman Kirk Willis Richard L Zimdars Albany State College Linda B Akanbi Maurice Elliard Marzine Green Jr Oliver Jones Rosemarie MundyShephard Sharon Lynn Tucker James Donald Williams Armstrong State College James N Anderson Lawrence E Babits Herbert F Galloway Jr Sigmund N Hudson Lorie Roth Augusta College William Marion Dodd Shirley A Hermitage Steven R Mansfield Mary F Mobley Grace G Newsome Robert A Reeves William F Toole Terence F Wharton Clayton State College Geraldine C Fells David Arthur Ludley Fredric R Plachy Lois W Powell James Granger Ricks Gladys G Whitehead Columbus College Richard G Gibson Marlene P MitchellTibbs Ronald L Wirt Fort Valley State College Linda L Abrams Nathaniel Baker Brown Jr Johnny Carter Charles Magee Clarence W Moore Gerald T Walker Georgia College Barbara Jeanne Clinton Edmund J Coombe Nancy B Culberson Leta M Holder Gregory John Jarvie Donald Albert King John F Lindsay Jr Kathryn T Powell Georgia Southern College Thomas Louis Case James B Claiborne Carl W Gooding Lynda S Hamilton Eleanor J James Jerry Lafferty Paul Stephen Miko John W Miller Victor Richard Persico Margaret A Pierce Tomsye Dale Purvis Donald L Thompson Douglass H Thomson Amberys R Whittle Georgia Southwestern College Burchard D Carter Lee Ann Dalzell Richard E Seaver Kennesaw College Michael D Curley G Steven Everett Beverly J Farnsworth Gene W Henssler Robert W Hill Beverly F Mitchell Frank Joseph Pintozzi Ralph J Rascati Gary B Roberts Barbara Jean Stevenson Bonnie L E P Stivers Armen Tashchian Patrick L Taylor Paula P Yow North Georgia College Hinton S Amerson Jane Carol Blankenship Joe Clayton Chapman Alice E Harkins Margaret Gault Opitz Linda R Roberts Cecelia Beth Scott Savannah State College Drusilla Ice Thomas R Kozel 18 System Victor William Lomaz Louise P McDonald Southern College of Technology Carol M Barnum Patricia DeJarnett Robert N Dreyer Bruce Thomas Eure Charles N Gebhard RA Harbort Fred D Hartfield Rebecca Kelly Joan McCoy Susan R Morrow Maurice Loren Northcutt George Waller Robinson Robert W Robinson Rebecca H Rutherfoord Philip C Rymers Julio Santander Michael G Thackston Jose L Vinelli Charles J Weeks James B Whitenton Sanford M Wiener Robert James Yancy Valdosta State College Dennis A Bogyo Thomas Earle Dasher Moses Hardin Ann K Lackey Roger H Lamprey Martha A Leake J L Love Donnie J McGahee Bernie Patterson James W Peterson Roy H Rowe Jr Earl Swank Stanley Miller Tullos David W Winder Jane E Zahner West Georgia College Dianne A Atwater Bonnie B Bar David H Hovey Cecilia C Lee Karen H Smith Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Patricia S Barber Earl M Bennett Robbie Joy Conger Pattie Sue Garrett Richard L Payne Bainbridge College Eldon Elmore Eckard Donnie Fordham Barbara L Frieling Roger L Ivey Brunswick College Deborah B Dowdy Dalton College Dennis Gary Cook Linda W Cooper Michael P Hoff Michael A Jordan Horton E Presley Darton College Frances Delores Barber Ann T Engram Patricia P Hotz Betty Ann Page Elizabeth J Ragsdale Rebecca L Reviere DeKalb College Thomas J Anderson Linda H Boyd Faye L Clark Raymond P Cowan Willard L Dickinson Rose S Dismer F Lane Hardy Jane W Herndon Mary B Hinely Samuel K Laffoday Orval D LeJeune Willa M McGarity Judith A Michna Joan B Murray Pearl K Peavy Jacqueline T Poythress George Sanko Susan M Thomas Anne Tidmore Perry Lamar York East Georgia College David G Gribbin and James A Stevenson Gainesville College Deborah M Bolding and Priscilla J Rankin Gordon College Luanne McCrary Fowler and Edgar Hutchinson Johnson Macon College Diane Marie Craine Kathryn G Gatins Franklin Eugene Jordan Walter Henry Robitzsch Middle Georgia College Tracy Edgar Daugherty James P King and Ronald Bartlett Marchman ANNOUNCEMENT Nominations now open for the Warren Akin IV Award recognizing outstanding service in the promotion of academic freedom in higher education A selection committee is now accepting nominations for the award which will be presented this fall at the meeting of the Georgia Conference The committee welcomes nominations of anyone professors administrators attorneys legislators except current state officials or conference officers The recipients name will be added to a plaque displayed in Floyd Colleges campus library Nomination forms are available by writing William Shropshire Oglethorpe University Atlanta GA 30319 MayJune 1988 19 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS INSTITUTIONS AND PRESIDENTS Jackie M Ward Atlanta Chair Joseph D Greene Thomson Vice Chairman John Henry Anderson Jr Hawkinsville James E Brown Dalton W Lamar Cousins Marietta William T Divine Jr Albany Thomas H Frier Sr Douglas H Dean Propst Chancellor David S Spence Executive Vice Chancellor Henry G Neal Executive Secretary Jacob H Wamsley Vice ChancellorFiscal Affairs and Treasurer Anne Flowers Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Frederick O Branch Vice ChancellorFacilities Arthur Dunning Vice Chancellor for Services and Minority Affairs James B Mathews Vice Chancellornformation Technology Thomas F McDonald Vice ChancellorStudent Sendees Haskin R Pounds Vice ChancellorResearch and Planning Michael Moore Interim Assistant Vice ChancellorPlanning Arthur M Gignilliat Jr Savannah Elridge W McMillan Atlanta Barry Phillips Atlanta Edgar L Rhodes Bremen John W Robinson Jr Winder Deen Day Smith Atlanta William B Turner Columbus Carolyn D Yancey Atlanta T Don Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsPersonnel Gordon M Funk Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsAccounting Systems and Procedures Mary Ann Hickman Assistant Vice Chancellor Affirmative Action H Guy Jenkins Jr Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities Thomas E Mann Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities David M Morgan Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Roger Mosshart Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsBudgets J Pete Silver Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Joseph J Szutz Assistant Vice Chancellor Research Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta John Patrick Crecine Georgia State University Atlanta Noah Langdale Jr Leave William M Suttles Acting Medical College of Georgia Augusta Judson C Hickey Acting University of Georgia Athens Charles B Knapp Albany State College Albany Billy C 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342 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED 3378500 0 FA UNIV OF GEORGIA ACQUISITION DIV ATHENS GA 30602 Perspective Front Row Center By Jim Anderson Class of 1988 As I sat through Georgia Techs graduation ceremonies the morning of Saturday June 111 was amazed at how calm I was and how easily I was able to pay attention to the ceremony and graduation speaker Senator Wyche Fowler I was almost detached from it all hearing and understanding everything perfectly but feeling no tension or anxiety My thoughts wandered somewhat as I scanned the audience for my parents and friends but I was not bored I found that unusual not because of any previous experience with Senator Fowler but because I have been bored at every graduation I have ever attended My vantage point on the court of the Alexander Memorial Coliseum may have been one reason I was able to maintain interest in the ceremony Out of a crowd of about 900 graduates I was front row center Such a prime seat had nothing to do with high standing in my class or status on the Tech campus really rather we were arranged alphabetically first by discipline and then by name and I just happened to get the seat directly in front of the podium Senator Fowlers message rang clear to me Fie spoke on the importance of being a good citizen and on the principles of democracy His speech I was later told by people in the audience was fairly long for a commencement address a thought that hadnt occurred to me for though my mind wandered a bit I understood and appreciated his message I think the theme of Senator Fowlers address was wellsuited A good dose of political patriotism was not at all out of place for a college graduation Though the format of his speech was predictable new life new beginning new responsibilities etc I didnt resent it A good dose of political patriotism was not at all out of place and I think we would have been surprised if we didnt hear something along the lines of what he said Lining up with fellow graduates in my major I had some of the feelings of sorrow that come with seeing people for what may be the last time Such emotions however were far from overwhelming It wasnt at all like high school where nearly every friend graduates with you at Tech many of the students participate in the coop program and take longer than 12 academic quarters to finish This meant that some of my friends from classes were already gone or had yet to leave I cant say that I felt the anxiety of leaving a familiar place and embarking on an uncertain career either since I am headed for graduate school at Georgia Tech And so I didnt feel relieved at having escaped Tech as many of my classmates did Still I enjoyed the whole affair The atmosphere on graduation day was certainly festive and the numerous pairs of bloodshot eyes told me that many students had spent the previous night celebrating People joked about how easily such a formal ceremony could be disrupted getting to the front of line for example and turning the wrong way to lead everyone astray And there was the typical graduation morning humor about the goofy hats and the prospect of the whole affair being a big hoax that they really werent going to let us march But above all there was a great sense of accomplishment among the graduates and it was good to see thousands of people gathered in the coliseum to watch our little party Of course it wouldnt have been a graduation ceremony if I didnt at some point ask myself bias all the trouble and all the work been worth it I suspect that nearly all of us asked ourselves that question and came to the same conclusion I did Yes Jim Anderson served as editor of the Technique Georgia Techs student newspaper for the 198788 year This month in the System JUNE 1966 Henry G Neal an attorney and state official is elected Executive Secretary of the Board succeeding L R Siebert who served in that capacity for 32 years JUNE 1974 An organizational structure for Atlanta Junior College wins Board approval JUNE 1985 Vernon Crawford is designated professor emeritus and vice president emeritus just prior to his retirement from the System on July 1 2 System Changing of the Guard Regents Joseph Greene and Edgar Rhodes are elected officers for the 198889 year r6c 4 Os Page 5 AddAState Kennesaw College officials seek to upgrade the institutions image with a name change Page 6 Cover Story Speech Speech es A sampler of commencement hope and wisdom from System campuses Page 8 In Good Hands Acting presidents are named for a couple of twoyear collegesPage 14 Board Action6 Around the System13 Administrative Appointments 14 Emeriti15 News Poi A Friends colleag The man in the painting appeared relaxed poised thoughtful From behind the glasses the eyes were recognizably halfmast set in their familiar expression of wisdom Just a trace of a smile spread across the lips as if he were about to disarm his visitor with a bit of selfdeprecating humor He sat in a chair clad in a robe of academia a garment of scholars A rendition of his former residence adorned a wall in the background The portrait to at least one observer anyway conveyed a sense rtrait of A s Chancellt ues turn out to honor Vl of distinction knowledge venerability and a hint of mischief Behold the seventh chancellor of the University System of Georgia Dr Vernon Crawford Soon he will be hanged in the Board room a droll prospect that may have crossed Dr Crawfords mind during the 45minute tribute to him at the June 7 meeting of the Regents in Atlanta Former and current Regents staff members presidents and chancellors packed the Board room to honor Dr Crawford for his five years as chancellor of the System from lan or irnon Crawford 1979 to 1984 The oil portrait which was unveiled to sincere applause may have been the occasion for the gathering but it was Dr Crawford who was the main attraction Before and after the unveiling well wishers sought him out to exchange jokes or recount old stories During the ceremony he and his wife Helen flanked the cloaked canvas and listened to several speeches and one resolution commemorating his years of service Continued JuneJuly 1988 3 Pam Prouty Former Chancellor Vernon Crawford Soon to be hanged in the Board room Portrait continued Board Chair Jackie Ward spoke first and extolled Dr Crawfords sense of mission during his tenure as chancellor Vernon although your accomplishments and portrait will provide lasting memories I personally will remember you for being a great advocate of education she remarked Through thought word and deed you championed the need for an educated society This portrait does not salute the end to a career but the contributions to date of one who is still contributing competing doing Chancellor Propst spoke on behalf of the Systems central office staff and Clayton State College President Harry Downs represented all college presidents in his address to Dr Crawford Executive Secretary Henry G Neal read a resolution praising Dr Crawfords leadership as chancellor The portrait unveiling brought many of those in the room back a few years to a time when the System was shifting its focus from keeping up with rapid growth to maintaining and improving the quality of higher education in Georgia Dr Crawfords tenure brought many accomplishments not the least of which was the development of the Formula for Excellence method of funding the System Based on past rather than projected enrollments the formula allowed for greater consistency in budget requests and provided additional money for improvement The Crawford years also saw the creation of a definitive core curriculum and a new law school at Georgia State as well as the birth of external degree programs When the ceremony was over the man himself rose to offer his thanks I am overwhelmed to be in the company of these distinguished Georgians he told the assemblage Before becoming chancellor I had many misconceptions about the Regents and I was happy to have them removed While I served Helen and I made many close friends among the Regents and staff The painting was the result of months of work by Atlanta artist Ouida Canaday who also painted the portrait of former Chancellor George Simpson that hangs in the Board room m 1 Only the beginning From the looks of things the new president of the Medical College of Georgia is a man ready indeed eager to get things done In June Dr Francis Tedesco spoke briefly to the body that selected him outlining his primary goals and priorities for taking MCG into the next decade I can assure you that the future of the Medical College of Georgia is as bright as the past has been Dr Tedesco told the Board of Regents No principle is more important to MCG than academic excellence Dr Tedesco who was selected last month to succeed Jesse Steinfeld noted some of the medical colleges accomplishments in recent years including the growth in number of research grants and contracts and black faculty members However I believe this is only the beginning he said We need to continue to recruit more black faculty and we want to continue to develop our research activities Some of the other areas Dr Tedesco said would be improved include relationships with other universities and colleges space and equipment acquisition and the internal method of allocating resources But such priorities he emphasized will not come at the expense of instruction We want The new president addresses the Board in June students to learn to develop critical thinking skills in technology he said and we want to go beyond computer literacy to true computer competency Chancellor H Dean Propst praised the selection of Dr Tedesco sayingUnder Dr Tedescos leadership we are confident the medical college will proceed to a new day 4 System Margaret Barrett Edgar Rhodes Newly elected chairman Joseph Greene Diligent diplomatic Passing the Gavel Vice Chairman Joseph Greene is elected to the Boards top spot for 198889 If the June meeting is any indication next years Board of Regents will be led by a man whom others will enthusiastically support Evidence of that assertion was prominent at the June 8 session which brought the election of Joseph Greene an insurance executive from Thomson Georgia and this years vice chairman of the Board to the chairmanship for the 198889 year Family and friends were on hand to lend him moral support His fellow Regents voted unanimously to elect him to the post Finally his colleagues and members of the central office staff endorsed him through a round of applause For Greene 47 being elected chairman is the latest in a lifetime of accomplishments He joined the Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Company in 1959 as a salesman and over the years he worked his way up to executive vice president and chief marketing officer In 1971 he became the first black elected official in McDuffie County when voted to the county school board a post he held for the next 13 years In 1984 he gave up the seat when Gov Joe Frank Harris named him to the Board of Regents as an atlarge member It was Greenes diligence and diplomatic approach to matters that contributed to his being named vice chairman last year Such fortune and opportunity however have not always come easily in his lifetime Graduating from a segregated high school 30 years ago there were only three public colleges in Georgia open to me because of my color Greene said in his remarks to the Board And these three were closed to me because I did not have the money to attend them Throughout his professional career Greene has remained dedicated to worthwhile causes in the Thomson and Augusta communities He is active in a number of philanthropic organizations Red Cross United Way Easter Seal Society to name a few as well as civic organizations such as Civic Club Rotary Club and Boy Scouts n The New VC Those who know Regent Edgar Rhodes know that though he speaks softly and deliberately his words carry great weight sincerity and occasionally humor For that his colleagues on the Board appreciate him And when they unanimously elected him vice chairman for next year he thanked them with characteristic humility It pleases me to no end that you would ask me to serve as vice chairman Rhodes told his fellow Regents I had no idea when I joined this Board that you would someday consider me for this position Rhodes a vice president of the City Lumber Company in Bremen Georgia has chaired the Boards education committee since the departure this year of Regent Marie Dodd He is a consummate activist in his community serving on such organizations as the Bremen City Council Bremen School Board and the First National Bank of Haralson County He is also a Vice Chairman charter member of the local Rotary Club and belongs to the area hospital authority Rhodes was sworn in to the Board early in 1985 as a representative of the sixth district He is a graduate of the University of Georgia where he earned a BSA degree in 1938 But despite his years of experience in business and community he may be in for some new experiences as a leader on the Board After Rhodes was elected vice chairman Board Chair Jackie Ward told him Edgar I offer you my sincere condolences JuneJuly 1988 5 Board Action Kenn State Kennesaw College becomes the latest institution to change its name Lately it seems that name changing in the University System has become something of an epidemic Last year the Systems twoyear colleges dropped the words junior and community in an effort to upgrade their overall image The move however left three institutions in a bind because of conflicts with other schools in their communities Those three embarked on quests for new names that in one instance lasted nearly a year Now comes Kennesaw College which in June became the latest institution and the first fouryear college of late to undergo a transformation of title to Kennesaw State College The idea according to a college spokesperson had been in the works for nearly two years but was only now presented to the Board partly because the twoyear college name changes were not completed until two months ago The timing of the colleges name change is significant for one other reason This summer Kennesaw State will kick off a yearlong celebration of its 25th anniversary as a member of the University System Under the theme The Silver Jubilee the celebration will commemorate the growth of the college from a twoyear school of 1400 students to a fouryear college of 8000 students The jubilee will peak in late October when Kennesaw State celebrates Founders Day Why the name change The primary reason is that college supporters believed that the name Kennesaw State conveyed a higher level of instructional mission It has been just a few years since Kennesaw dropped junior from its own name and officials wanted to avoid any potential confusion about its status Before submitting the proposal to the Regents college officials discussed the idea with faculty staff alumni students and supporters in the community After several meetings and an extensive survey the change won widespread support ra Dublin Degree The MBA is coming to Dublin Georgia In response to growing requests for additional business education at the Dublin Resident Center a University System entity of external programs from Georgia College and East Georgia College the Board in June established a masters in business administration program at the center Georgia College which has administered the undergraduate business program for the past three years will oversee the masters degree as well Estimates place first quarter enrollment in the new MBA program between 30 and 50 students an unusually high number for a new degree offering Dublin is currently one of the largest metropolitan areas in the state not served by graduate instruction in business by the University System Academic Cleanup Two colleges cut loose academic programs in June due to poor enrollment and other factors Kennesaw State College discontinued seven majors under the AS degree and three majors under the BS degree all of which were related to the computer science aspects of business administration A lack of student and faculty interest in recent years led to the discontinuation of the programs Under the AS degree the college cancelled majors in accounting business administration secretarial science computer programming data processing teacher assistance and social services The BS majors that were dropped include accounting secretarial science and data processing At Georgia Southern College the junior high school major under the BSEd degree was discontinued because of a lack of teacher certification in that particular area and because student teaching experiences could be conducted through the colleges secondary education program No one has majored in junior high school education in three years at Georgia Southern 2 New Programs Two new degree programs at Georgia State University won Board approval in June thus allowing students to gain a higher understanding of sport science and choose between two kinds of economics education The new sport science major comes under the PhD degree and will prepare students for careers in teaching and research The major which is expected to draw eight students in the first year will have two concentrations exercise physiology and biomechanics Continued Special The creation of a BS degree in economics enables GSU students to study a quantitative approach to economics in addition to the qualitative approach already offered under the BA degree The program is designed to provide flexibility and depth of preparation to students making career choices or considering graduate study Pair of Prof Posts Foundations at Georgia Tech and Georgia State are now financing two new prestigious faculty positions one at each university The Georgia Tech Foundation will contribute 75000 per year for the next five years to create the Melvin Kranzberg Professorship of the Plistory of Technology in honor of Melvin Kranzberg a former Callaway Professor of the History of Technology Dr Kranzberg is a renowned scholar in that field Occupying the Kranzberg Professorship will be Bruce Sinclair a professor of history and sociology at the University of Toronto At Georgia State a special position was established for GSU President Noah Langdale whose oneyear leave of absence from the university ends July 1 Dr Langdale will become a distinguished university research professor a post that will be funded by both the university and the GSU Foundation In other June action the Regents established a Lois Dowdle Cobb Scholarship Fund at the University of Georgia The fund will benefit students in the College of Home Economics changed the name of the James H Porter Merit Scholarship Because of a conflict with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation over use of the word merit the Porter fund will be renamed the James H Porter Academic Scholarship 0 Corrections In the April issue we should have noted that Anna Lambros at GSU holds a PhD In the May issue we should have reported that Ronald Tollman was named dean of the arts and sciences school at Augusta College Buildings and Grounds Wish List The Regents review a tentative summary of System building priorities for 1990 Winter quarter 1988 It is a weekday at Clayton State College and every room on campus is filled During the daytime hours 96 percent of all classrooms are occupied by academic classes leaving little room left over for continuing education courses At night the predicament is much the same To combat the situation the college turns to area high schools for continuing ed classroom support and adds more weekend classes to carry the load Such remedies however are only temporary and so Clayton State is seeking to construct a 45 million continuing education building complete with computer labs and conference rooms The idea has been in the works for a few years and in June it was just one of 101 million worth of projects on a tentative capital outlay list presented to the Regents If unchanged the list of 16 projects will go to the General Assembly next year with the Systems proposed budget Topping the list is a 65 million addition to the student center at the Southern College of Technology an item that ranked third in priority last year but was temporarily moved down by lawmakers appropriating money from the states supplemental budget A 4 million student center addition at Savannah State College is currently second on the list and the Clayton State continuing education building is third The only college in the System to have two projects on this years tentative list is Georgia Southern College which is bracing itself for another major increase in student enrollment this fall Georgia Southerns proposed 10 million continuing education center ranks sixth on the list while its proposed 165 million academic building is listed 16th in priority Just where the General Assembly will draw the line on projects is anyones guess Last year legislators awarded 457 million in capital outlay funds for five projects four of which appeared on the Regentspriority list Of that amount 227 million went to build a science building at Georgia State 95 million for a business administrationcomputer science building at Kennesaw State 6 million for a library at Albany State 45 million for a continuing education building at Gainesville College and 3 million for new dormitories at Georgia Southern The Georgia Southern project was the one not on the priority list because the Statesboro school learned at the last minute that it qualified for federal matching funds In other buildings and grounds action the Board approved a schematic design and funding plan for expanding Georgia State Universitys law school within the Urban Life Building As reported last month the expansion is necessary to provide more classrooms and contiguous library space for the law school which faces accreditation review later this year Approximately 1 million in FY89 MRR funds and 31 million in FY90 MRR funds will be required for the expansion Regent James Brown dissented in the vote the demolition of three old houses on the campus of Augusta College Their location will be paved to put up a parking lot a rental agreement between Gordon College and the Lamar County Board of Education that would allow the county to rent seven and a half acres of land for 1 a year The agreement is actually a continuation of a 1982 agreement that permits the county to use the football field stadium and softball field on the property for high school athletics JuneJuly 1988 7 distractions Rigorous final exams had to be passed else there would be no marching Job opportunities had to be considered A vacation beckoned But then came the day and when we slipped on our gown and affixed our mortar board the feeling hit us We were about to graduate The years of intense mental exercise and social indulgence were over about to be culminated in this splendid pageant before the watchful eyes of our parents friends and nextdoor neighbors We thought about the mortar board How high would it go We wished wed practiced the toss We would have been secure in the knowledge that it would soar far above anyone elses at the exact moment of jubilation confident that ours would be the most convincing demonstration of celebratory prowess But that moment was still miles away So was the handshake the embracing of the diploma the switching of the tassel right to left Or left to right That longawaited sequence of collective triumph was separated still by a river of rhetoric flowing from the mouth of the only person between us and posterity The graduation speaker To this day we can still see him We can still hear his lofty phrases rebounding off the walls floor and ceiling of the great auditorium The words of paternal sagacious advice echo in our minds ringing as true today as they did then Lets see What did he say Oh yes Be yourselves No that wasnt it Be true to yourselves Or was it be true to others No no It was respect others Or respect yourselves Or make peace Embrace change Endorse humanity Vote Republican Do not go gently into the good days and nights that he ahead We sigh puzzled Our recollection was that the rhetoric Potomac had been easily crossed that although the auditorium was excrutiatingly hot and although we were impatient for the E REMEMBER OUR GRADUATION AT FIRST THE prospect of strolling down the aisles to the noble rhythms of Pomp and Circumstance had seemed so remote particularly in the days before the ceremony There were the usual handshakediplomatasselmortar board choreograph we had paid attention The graduation speaker had been good The words had actually meant something We had listened perhaps because nobody was making us listen and we had felt a sort of uplifting feeling So why then did the message fade We ask around learn that we are not alone Nobody seems to remember the essence of hisher commencement address Some dont recall the speaker In fact the aspect of the ceremony most easily recalled is just how high the mortar board went And yet we find that year after year the words of a select number of baccalaureate addresses are duly noted carefully preserved for some other day The weekly news magazines run twopage excerpts of some of the more noteworthy speakers the authors and actors historians and politicians cartoonists and activists NBC CBS and ABC wrap up at least one newscast with sound bites of commencement wisdom caution challenge and inspiration For a little while anyway the en tire country bends an ear perhaps to evoke once again those feelings of anticipation and exhilaration we experienced when we were young just minutes before we made the final walk We suppose then that this recording of thoughts and ideas is of some importance The words of this years commencement speakers at colleges in the University System should be preserved if only to be enjoyed for now They should be noted even if seldom recalled later for their heartfelt quality and occasional ability to inspire the listener or reader Perhaps we will look back someday at these words and find ourselves a little surprised that these were the topics most talked about in the late 1980s that this was the eloquence that ushered the class of 1988 into full adulthood And maybe just maybe well get that feeling all over again Charlayne HunterGault Anchor McNeilLehrer Report University of Georgia June 11 There may be a tendency on the part of some of you to regard the journey here today as a casual undertaking I hope not For my journey to this place of graduation was no casual undertaking And just as I experienced the heady feeling of being a part of the continuum of American history on this day 25 years ago it is no less the case with you today The University of Georgia historically unique in its role as a training ground for the states tree shakers and jelly makers to quote another son of the South found itself established as one of the first battlegrounds of a new South one that cannot be denied even as it is still aborning Which means that you too as much as Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes are pioneers Now pioneering has always been an unsettling experience Residence is taken up in an unfamiliar universe Old habits of mind must be discarded often at the risk of pushing ahead without compensating replacements This would fit a popular definition of courage but in my mind it is really a question of acknowledging the guiding principles of fundamental human decency and then living by them I am convinced that the presence of more black faculty members at the University of Georgia will not only attract more black students to this campus but move this place our place into a new phase in its pioneering history A place that could be a model for a more perfect union It really is our turn Walker Montgomery i Joel Cowan DeveloperChairman of Growth Strategies Commission Clayton State College June 11 Youve been given an education but you didnt pay for that education And your parents didnt pay for that education It really cost somebody else three times what youve paid to give you what youve learned And so youve got to put something back Our state is woefully behind in the field of education We cant get from point A to point B without a vast improvement in our educational system Its not just spending money but spending it smarter You must insist upon that Finally I think its important that you have some set of values and beliefs I hope they would be in the religious context but they should at least be in some form If you dont include in your lifestyle a time each day of meditation to me thats prayer but to you it can be meditation then you cant plan your life effectively You need some time thats purely reflective and you need asystem of values and ethics in your own being Georgia Soutl Bo Ginn Georgia Southern Photo Alonzo Crim Former US congressman Georgia Southern College June 11 Eras seem to pass during the span of a persons life No less will be true of yours In fact the changes during your lifetime will probably be even more dramatic Your generation likely will harness the power of superconductivity and unlock the secrets of cancer and AIDS New challenges will face you not just the ones that we know about today but others that we can only imagine that may involve our concepts of time and communications You are entering a new era where you choose your profession or perhaps I should say your first profession Your careers will be longer than those of my generation because you will live longer and be healthier The career you choose now may not be the one from which you will retire in fact it probably wont be New careers may present themselves to you in the decades ahead that dont even exist today just as the computer age had not arrived when I departed this campus 32 years ago You will be forced to change dramatically in order to keep up with the world in which you live To encourage my son not to let that dreadful possibility happen to him when he graduated from Georgia Southern I gave him a gold medallion on which I had engraved these words Take a Stand Make a Mark Bishop Ernest Fitzgerald of the United Methodist Church tells a story about a man who was looking for a job and stopped by a store to inquire about a friend whose name was Henry The store owner told him that Henry didnt work there anymore The job seekers face brightened and he said Well that means you have a vacancy And the store owner said Nope Henry didnt leave no vacancy Despite the somewhat faulty grammar the point of the story is quite clear To live a lifetime and not leave a vacancy is a distinct possibility And it is indeed a dreadful epitaph Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools Atlanta Metropolitan College June 10 Why do some people look at the world and see giants while others look at the same world and see none Why do some of us feel overwhelmed by a life while others feel adequate and secure What makes a giant One thing seems clear the answer is not because we live in different worlds Life is not usually easy for any of us Of course some people have better opportunities live in better situations have more ability But the winners are not always those with such advantages The records are filled with victories won by unlikely people people who win despite the odds In many many ways we confront the same prob lems No one is immune from illness or free from the chance of accidents Those most skillful business leaders can suffer reverses through no fault of their own Death knows no stranger It is a tough dangerous world for everyone Some people see this world and are overcome by it others stand up to these realities and refuse to surrender to them What then makes a giant If we can believe the record giants are made by the people who see them By the same token what appeared to be giants can be reduced to normal size by people who refuse to surrender Sometimes there are giants and they are too big to climb over The only alternative is to go around them There are handicaps we cannot ignore and circumstances with which we must live But one thing is certain we never confront any situation that we cannot do something about Not even death Jackie Ward Chairman Georgia Board of Regen ts Albany State College June 5 A fellow Regent passed this poem on to me It goes This is the age of the halfread page And the quick hash and the mad dash The bright night with the nerves tight The plane hop with the brief stop The lamp tan in a short span The big shop in a good spot And the brain strain and the heart pain And the cat naps til the spring snaps And the funs done As you get ready to inherit the world described in the poem I must first ask you Who are you For many years you have been someone elses son or daughter You have been an Albany State student Some of you may already be a mother or father But that does not tell me much It is not only important that we know the answer to that question but it is vital that you know the answer It sounds like such a simple question but the answer may be harder to derive than you realize All astronauts are asked to give 20 answers to the question Who am I John Glenn now a US senator recalls that the first few answers came easily 1 am a man 1 am a Marine I am an officer he started But he found that when he got down near numbers 16 and 17 the answers came less quickly If I could ask you graduates to do one last exercise that would be it Give 20 answers to the question Who am I If the answers do not come readily then I think it is time you began to challenge yourselves to find fullness in life and the world around you It would be nice albeit idealistic to hope that when asked the question we would respond I am a worker in a homeless shelter Or I am a soup kitchen volunteer I am a soldier for literacy I help save whales or I lead a girl scout troop Answers that show an extension of ourselves for the benefit of others Cochran Stud Special Around the System Augustas displaced farmers On AUGUSTA COLLEGE In Search of Jobs Its no secret that American farmers have fallen on hard times in recent years In the South this decade has brought a severe drought and financial hardship forcing many farmers to abandon their fields and seek employment elsewhere But just where is a displaced farmer to find work Augusta College is trying to help farmers in Burke County answer that question by sponsoring an intensive sevenweek continuing education program to guide them into new careers Called Who Are You and Where Are You Going the program taught farmers how to evaluate their skills write resumes and interview for jobs It also gave them an opportunity to put things into perspective says Michael Burgan director of counseling and testing at Augusta They were able to gain a new understanding of themselves and their strengths weaknesses aptitudes and interests A job and education fair wrapped up the program and allowed par to greener pastures ticipants to meet with area employers and representatives from colleges The best news is that the program yielded a bumper crop Of the 19 participants all but one are now employed FORT VALLEY STATE COLLEGE Bright Students Just where do they get the energy Thats what some are asking in Fort Valley though it isnt clear if theyre talking about electricity or students at Fort Valley State College They might as well be talking about both This summer more than 60 FVSC students will be part of an intensive internship program that has them doing everything from reading meters to conducting nuclear energy research The Cooperative Development Energy Program is in its fifth year and students can choose between an internship with an energyrelated corporation or an intern assignment in the area of energy conservation Explains Isaac Crumbly the programs director Those who work for a company will do any number of things accounting public relations engineering technology Those who work on the conservation side will work with companies conducting audits and telling the public about energy conservation A 100000 package of private and government grants will fund the corporate part of the program while a 66000 grant from the Governors Office of Energy Resources made possible the programs energy conservation segment Dr Crumbly says the latter amount is enough to finance 20 students in energy conservation internships On the corporate side 48 students are already signed up for work Will such opportunity increase the chances of postgraduation employment I think so Dr Crumbly says Our students will have gained 107000 hours of handson experience from this That makes them more employable than they would be if we didnt have this opportunity NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE Are men more attracted to women who play hardtoget Or do they prefer the more aggressive type Its easy to envision such questions in bold fuchsia lettering leaping from the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine but in reality they were the subject of an awardwinning paper written by a North Georgia College student and pro fessor At a recent conference of the Psi Chi honor society Julie La Pointe an NGC undergraduate presented the paper she wrote with Dr Peter McDonald a psychology professor at North Georgia In so doing she snared the esteemed R B Payne Award for best paper at the conference LaPointe and Dr McDonald challenged the conventional wisdom that men prefer seemingly indifferent women to nonelusive women They had 147 men fill out a questionnaire booklet rating by numbers their attitudes and opinions Their overall conclusion Women who come across as overly coy project an aura of rejection for their pursuers and therefore are considered less attractive The study also includes messages about power and positive selfimage Dont expect to find the paper reprinted in a future issue of Cosmo however It is currently slated to be published in a professional journal only JuneJuly 1988 13 People Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and Darton College enter a period of leadership transition Two For Now There have been several memorable days in the life of Marilyn Malphurs the comptroller of Darton College in Albany October 211945 was one on that date she received a bachelor of business administration degree with distinction from the University of New Mexico April 211972 was another thats when she became a certified public accountant in the state of Georgia Add to that list July 11988 On that day Marilyn Malphurs will become acting president of Darton College making her the second woman to hold a presidency either permanent or interim in the University System She will also become the only person other than Bill Ritchie BR Tilley to occupy the presidents office at Darton since the college was created as Albany Junior College in the mid60s Dr Tilley will not be the only president leaving the System on July 1 either In late May Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College President Wayne Curtis announced he would be leaving to take a position as president of a bank in Alabama He will be replaced temporarily by James Burran currently academic dean of Abraham Baldwin Malphurs who is also heading a search and screen committee in Dartons presidential search has been at the college since 1968 She taught accounting for six years before becoming comptroller a position she holds today Her professional affiliations are varied and include memberships in the American Institute of CPAs and the Georgia Society of CPAs In addition to a BBA degree Malphurs has a masters of ac countancy from the University of Georgia and numerous course credits in continuing education all pertaining to accounting Dr Burran came to Abraham Baldwin in 1978 and during his 10 years there he has taught history served as registrar assistant to the academic Burran dean and finally academic dean He chaired the search committee that located Dr Curtis in 1985 and headed an image study committee two years ago Dr Burran earned BA and MA degrees from Texas Tech University and received a PhD degree from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville He has written several articles and essays many of which deal with issues and stories pertaining to the South Malphurs A step up for chancellors assistant The title of a key position in the Systems central office was upgraded in June to reflect more accurately the duties of the man holding it Effective July 1 Tom Daniel currently executive assistant to the chancellor will become vice chancellor for external affairs The move was enthusiastically endorsed by the Boards education committee before being unanimously approved at the regular meeting Daniel 36 joined the central office in December 1982 as an interim special assistant to the chancellor He was named executive assistant to the chancellor for legislative relations the following year a title that was changed last summer to executive assistant to the chancellor Daniel who holds a BA degree from the University of Georgia has also worked as an administrative assistant to Gov George Busbee for whom he coordinated a successful 1978 reelection campaign He will continue to oversee the Systems relations with the executive and legislative branches of state government as well as perform other duties The University of Georgia also filled a key position in June with the naming of Carl Wayne Jordan as director of the Cooperative Extension Service and associate dean of the college of agriculture Dr Jordan is currently acting head and division chair of the extension agronomy department at the university a position he has held since last year Prior to coming to UGA he served Mississippi State University as an extension agronomist and leader of that department His educational background includes a BS degree from Louisiana State University an MS from Continued 14 System MCG Photo MCG Acting President Judson Hickey retires in July after 22 years Appointments continued Auburn University and a PhD from Mississippi State For a while it looked as if Thomas Stelson were leaving the Georgia Institute of Technology to take a position with a technology research center in Hawaii But in the end Techs vice president for research for the past 14 years decided that a newly created position as executive vice president at the institute was more to his liking It was that appointment which won Board approval this month In his new position Dr Stelson will oversee both academic affairs and research at Georgia Tech Georgia Southern College was one institution that had a busy month in administrative appointments Seven new administrators were approved and their names appear below Willie F Daniel head of the recreation and leisure services department Keith F Hickman head of the industrial technology department Margaret A Lloyd head of the psychology department Robert C Morris head of the educational leadership and technology department Frederick J Rich head of the geology and geography department Arthur G Sparks head of the mathematics and computer science department and Beverly D Stratton head of the early childhood education department X Other administrative appointments approved by Exit Emeritus Finally a breather for MCG Acting President Hickey who retires after 22 years at the medical college Originally it was Judson Hickeys plan to spend his last year at the Medical College of Georgia teaching and in the words of Chancellor H Dean Propst enjoying the huzzahs of a final year in a distinguished career As everyone knows things didnt quite work out that way Last spring the chancellor had lunch with Dr Hickey and asked him to serve as acting president of the medical college The question Dr Propst recalls took him by surprise but he gladly consented With the naming of a new MCG president last month Judson Hickeys academic career will soon be over He retires at the end of this month and at its June meeting the Board bestowed upon him the titles of dean emeritus and professor emeritus to commemorate his 22 years at the medical college Dr Hickey came to MCG in 1966 to become the first dean of the School of Dentistry Since then more than 700 dental students have graduated His plans for the future are as of now uncertain though the Hickeys are said to be contemplating a move to Atlanta Other MCG faculty member receiving emeritus status were Leilee P Ault professor of adult nursing 22 years Leon A Leonard associate dean of dentistry and professor of endodontics 19 years and John G Lyon assistant professor of biomedical engineering 18 years ra the Regents in June include John J Kozak dean of UGAs arts sciences school James F McGovern administrative director of UGAs Institute of Business and vice president for service Malcolm Albert McNiven director of the marketing and distribution department at the University of Georgia Joyceen S Boyle head of the community nursing department at the Medical College of Georgia Richard E Vaden head of the management department at Clayton State College Kurt O Hofmann vice president for student affairs at Georgia College Frances D Hunter vice president for development and institutional relations at Georgia College Tina H Straley head of the mathematics department at Kennesaw State College Rosalie S Jensen head of the mathematics and computer science department at North Georgia College William C Gray Jr chairperson of the economics department at DeKalb College Sue V Hatfield head of the librarymedia center at DeKalb Charles T Hood Jr dean of student affairs at Gordon College and Patricia Trautmann chairperson of the developmental studies division at South Georgia College JuneJuly 1988 15 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS INSTITUTIONS AND PRESIDENTS Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta John Patrick Crecine Jackie M Ward Atlanta Chair Joseph D Greene Thomson Vice Chairman John Henry Anderson Jr Hawkinsville James E Brown Dalton W Lamar Cousins Marietta William T Divine Jr Albany Thomas H Frier Sr Douglas Georgia Southern College Statesboro Nicholas Henry Arthur M Gignilliat Jr Savannah Elridge W McMillan Atlanta Barry Phillips Atlanta Edgar L Rhodes Bremen John W Robinson Jr Winder Deen Day Smith Atlanta William B Turner Columbus Carolyn D Yancey Atlanta Brunswick College Brunswick John W Teel Georgia Southwestern College Americus William H Capitan Dalton College Dalton Derrell C Roberts Georgia State University Atlanta Noah Langdale Jr Leave William M Suttles Acting Darton College Albany B R Tilley Kennesaw State College Marietta Betty L Siegel STAFF OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS Medical College of Georgia Augusta Judson C Hickey Acting DeKalb College Decatur Marvin M Cole H Dean Propst Chancellor T Don Davis Assistant Vice ChancellorFiscal AffairsPersonnel North Georgia College Dahlonega John H Owen David S Spence Executive Vice Chancellor East Georgia College Swainsboro Willie D Gunn University of Georgia Athens Charles B Knapp Gordon M Funk Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsAccounting Systems and Procedures Savannah State College Savannah Wiley S Bolden Acting Henry G Neal Executive Secretary Floyd College Rome David B McCorkle Albany State College Albany Billy C Black Southern College of Technology Marietta Stephen R Cheshier Jacob H Wamsley Vice ChancellorFiscal Affairs and Treasurer Mary Ann Hickman Assistant Vice ChancellorAffirmative Action Gainesville College Gainesville J Foster Watkins Armstrong State College Savannah Robert A Burnett Anne Flowers Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs H Guy Jenkins Jr Assistant Vice ChancellorFacilities Valdosta State College Valdosta Hugh C Bailey Gordon College Barnesville Jerry M Williamson Augusta College Augusta Richard S Wallace Frederick O Branch Vice ChancellorFacilities Thomas E Mann Assistant Vice ChancellorFacilities West Georgia College Carrollton Maurice K Townsend Macon College Macon S Aaron Hyatt Arthur Dunning Vice Chancellor for Services and Minority Affairs James B Mathews Vice ChancellorInformation Technology Thomas F McDonald Vice ChancellorStudent Services Clayton State College Morrow Harry S Downs David M Morgan Assistant Vice ChancellorAcademic Affairs Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton Wayne C Curtis Middle Georgia College Cochran Fretwell G Crider Acting Columbus College Columbus Frank D Brown Roger Mosshart Assistant Vice ChancellorFiscal AffairsBudgets Atlanta Metropolitan College Atlanta Edwin A Thompson Fort Valley State College Fort Valley Luther Burse South Georgia College Douglas Edward D Jackson Jr J Pete Silver Assistant Vice ChancellorAcademic Affairs Bainbridge College Bainbridge Edward D Mobley Haskin R Pounds Vice ChancellorResearch and Planning Georgia College Milledgeville Edwin G Speir Jr Waycross College Waycross James M Dye Joseph J Szutz Assistant Vice ChancellorResearch Michael Moore Interim Assistant Vice ChancellorPlanning 3378500 0 FA UNIV OF GEORGIA ACQUISITION DIV ATHENS i GA 30602 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA System Magazine is published monthly by the Office of Public Relations and Information Services Board of Regents University System of Georgia 244 Washington St SW Atlanta Georgia 30334 404 6562250 Change of address notices should include the old and new addresses with ZIP codes Circulation 15250 Executive Editor Kay Miller Editor Michael J Baxter The University System of Georgia offers equal educational and employment opportunities OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS BOARD Ol REGENTS UNIVERSI TY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 244 Washington Street SW Atlanta Georgia 30334 NonProfit Organization ILS POSTAGE PAID ATLANTA GA Permit No 342 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Volume 24 No 7 The Magazine of the University System of Georgia August 1988 Table of Contents Cover Story The Roadrunners The University Systems recruitment officers hit the road to win the hearts and minds of prospective students10 A Look at the Good Life The Board studies retirement policy from a number of different angles 4 Newnan Ga Higher education comes to a small but growing town southwest of Atlanta6 In Search of Meet the people in charge of three newly appointed presidential selection committees 16 Around the System 9 People 16 Address all correspondence to System magazine Board of Regents 244 Washington St Atlanta Georgia 30334 Briefly Good Housecleaning It has now been more than six months since The System Summary became System magazine and with this issue were doing a little fine tuning For starters we have done away with the confusing staggered month method of identifying our publication date Because readers were actually receiving the publication in the month following the Boards meeting we had elected to combine months so as to avoid confusionie label our issues MayJune JuneJuly JulyAugust etc Well that led some to believe we came out every other month So beginning with this issue the publication date will signify a single monththe month the Board meets We are also taking steps to bring you System magazine sooner Other modifications mostly in the area of design have been made to improve the content and readability of the magazine The most apparent of these is the reversal of pages 2 and 3 We have revamped our Table of Contents section and the space in which this column appears will be used for letters andor news briefs in the future Finally System magazine is pleased to have a new parttime staff writer on board She is Ann Farr a student at Georgia State majoring in journalism Ann is a former employee with Digital Communications Associates and a former intern with the Office of Public Information at GSU She will be responsible for the Around the System column beginning this issue as well as other story assignments This months cover art was drawn by Atlanta artist Eddie Pittman A brief but important announcement Those interested in learning more about the enormous problem of world hunger may want to look into the International Conference on World Hunger a conclave of experts and academicians sponsored by the International Intercultural Studies Program IISP The conference will be held October 1821 in Atlanta for more information contact the IISP at Georgia State University University Plaza Atlanta 303033096 Correction Last month we neglected to mention Middle Georgia Colleges affiliation with the Dublin Center We apologize for the omission c This month in the System AUGUST 1965 Five junior colleges in Albany Marietta Gainesville Dalton and Brunswick receive official names AUGUST 1977 Acting on an HEW directive the Board adopts a revised plan for desegregation in the University System AUGUST 1985 The Regents change a Board policy phasing out housing for the presidents of senior and twoyear colleges 2 System Perspective View From the Road By Bill Smith Roadrunner At midnight on a breezy night in April 19681 sat in the office of Dr J R Burgess then president of Reinhardt College After a deliberation of almost two hours I had agreed to make a dramatic career change My life as a CPA was about to come to an abrupt halt and I was about to become Reinhardts director of admissions Little did I know what changes would take place in my life and the profession of admissions over the next 20 years As a naive 25yearold there was obviously no problem in becoming director of admissions overnight The complex world of marketing strategies enrollment management market research and mass mailings was still somewhere over the horizon as far as college admissions was concerned The rage in 1968 was the triedandtrue method of trialanderror and I put it thorough its most rigorous test As it turned out the errors were kept to a minimum and Reinhardt survived my first three years in roadrunner ontheroad recruitment training That foundation enabled me to progress through seven years at Georgia Tech and almost ten years at North Georgia College As recruiting began to take on a more definite shape in the midseventies roadrunning became an art form and to an extent a sort of subculture Each year about the middle of September the adrenalin began to pump in earnest as the autumn college night tour Probe approached Representatives tuned their cars checked the latest copies of Holiday Inns of America studied DOT state maps and learned the most efficient way to stuff the trunk of a car with college literature As we gathered for the Probe kickoff in Atlanta each September Each year about the middle of September the adrenalin begins to pump colorful stories of past years invariably surfaced as did the What I Did This Summer tales During the last ten years admissionsrecruiting has become a sophisticated complex series of marketing strategies all designed to make a particular institution the most attractive to a particular segment of the collegebound population The offices responsible for these functions have become specialized and in some cases compartmentalized beyond belief And as the search for the 18yearold continues to intensify figures for Georgia SAT takers in 199092 indicate a sharp downturnmore and more emphasis and scrutiny will surely be given to the endeavors of these offices Somehow the roadrunners have managed to survive all of this evolution and each year a col orful blend of veterans and rookies hits the road It is with a great deal of satisfaction that I still count myself among that esteemed group As the old guy of the tour I feel a responsibil ity to help pass along the n positive aspects of an exhil arating profession to a new 3 generation of recruiters Perhaps along the way they will number among their closest friends as I do a large number of their comrades in the world of roadrunning It is with these people in mind that I composed the following The Roadrunner National Anthem Ive traveled all these highways Ive slept in most motels My friends say Boy youre lucky I say What the hell Sometimes I get so weary I get so darned depressed Id like to see my family and God knows I need the rest But the crowds are starting to gather and I hear their engines run Ive got miles to go before I sleep Im a roadrunning son of a gun Sometimes I ask if its worth it sometimes the answers No But I tell about my college and I say You really should go Now my clothes are getting tattered and my suits are down to one But Ive got miles to go before I sleep Im a roadrunning son of a gun Bill Smith is currently director of student recruiting at North Georgia College He has a license to practice poetry in the state of Georgia August 1988 3 News AgeOld Questions How beneficial is the Teachers Retirement System for University System employees Are alternative plans needed And what are the incentives for retiring early The very thought of it all conjures up images of peace and freedom Lounging within the safe confines of a motorboat out on some gentle lake reeling in bream and trout and bass with the ease and skill of the men of Jericho Or jetting across the globe absorbing the wonder and splendor of places never seen Or pursuing in full earnest some heretofore elusive craft trade or occupation Retirement Sigh They call it the good life A time of reward for a life of labor These days however the word retirement has taken on new meaning It has come to signify more than a simple transition from work to leisure The circumstances surrounding retirement have changed Gone are the times when a person stayed with a single company for several decades worked hard got a gold watch and a fat pension A constantly changing economy has shifted career mobility into a new gear Technology has phased out some jobs Corporate mergers have eliminated others Competition has been elevated to a worldwide level People are changing jobs even careers faster and more often than ever Of course such changes are by no means limited to corporate America They have come in all quarters including higher education a point evidenced this month when the Board of Regents discussed and amended some of its policies on retirement benefits in the University System Specifically the Regents clarified an existing policy and approved another policy to allow some employees to choose early retirement They also reviewed a sixpage white paper on Optional Retirement Plans ORPs and discussed the possibility of developing a separate retirement program for some faculty members in the University System The current retirement benefits plan is both singular and limited All System employees are covered by the Teachers Retirement System TRS a plan that also umbrellas those who work in elementary and secondary education in Georgia Under TRS the state each year contributes approximately 13 percent of an employees annual salary The employee in turn contributes an additional 6 percent Those who leave the System before a period of 10 years take with them their 6 percent contribution plus interest Those who stay past 10 years receive monthly benefits from the fund but not until they reach the age of 60 While such a system has proved beneficial for those employed in the states elementary and high schools it has been less of a boon to college faculty who are somewhat more transient than their counterparts in the other areas of education Fully half of those currently teaching in the System do not have the 10 years Continued next page 4 System The limitations of the Teachers Retirement System it is feared are hurting the Systems ability to attract topnotch faculty required to receive their benefits when they reach 60 years of age That predicament it is feared is hurting the Systems ability to attract topnotch faculty The paper says While there really is no hard fast documentation that any prospective faculty members have decided not to come to work in the University System because of our failure to have an Optional Retirement Plan it is felt that in order to retain our competitive standing Georgia should move to create an ORP for certain employees in the System A separate retirement program is an idea that has been explored over the past two months after Regent Jackie Ward in June asked the chancellors staff to develop the paper on ORPs Currently 36 states offer such plans In most of those states the plan of choice is the Teachers Insurance Annuity AssociationCollege Retirement Equities Fund or TIAACREF Though the ORPs usually cover faculty only after all they are the ones who are most mobile highranking administrators are occasionally covered as well Officials in the System recommend that tenured faculty with fewer than 10 years under the TRS be allowed to choose an ORP either TIAACREF or any one of a few others yet to be named Moreover they say that the ORP should be set up so that the employee and state each contribute 6 percent of the employees annual salary and that the employee be allowed to take the full 12 percent upon leaving the System regardless of the number of years employed For all its pluses however such a plan is not without some concerns Chief among these are the added expense for the state and the impact of a new plan on the Teachers Retirement System Specifically if an employee under the ORP were eligible to take both employee and employer contributions then wouldnt the state be faced with considerable financial burden And wont the absence of the employees contributions to the TRS hurt that plan The answer to both questions according to the Systems financial officers is not necessarily They are recommending that only those faculty members with fewer than 10 years be allowed to enter the ORP a group that currently numbers about 3000 As for the impact on the TRS they note that the salaries of all System faculty account for just 85 percent of all TRS salaries a figure that would be somewhat diminished since only about half of the faculty would be eligible for the ORP Another overriding concern expressed at the August meeting had to do with the prospect of getting such a plan approved by the General Assembly The paper notes that it took South Carolinas system of public higher education several years to win legislative support for its ORP and that recent abuses of retirement plans in Georgia may mean that there is not a favorable political climate for another plan Some of the states lawmakers have even talked about combining some of Georgias existing retirement systems Overcoming such obstacles no doubt will require demonstrating fiscal responsibility in the area of retirement benefits something the Board did this month in clarifying one retirementrelated policy and adding an early retirement incentives plan to another The origin of the new incentives plan goes back to 1985 when then Chancellor Vernon Crawford appointed an ad hoc committee to look into the feasibility of offering faculty the option to retire early That committee reported to the advisory council earlier this year and it was a slightly amended plan that won Board approval this month Under the new early retirement incentives plan those faculty members 55 years and over who have worked at least 10 years in the System may choose to retire early and receive special benefits for one year Faculty members who elect to retire two years early will receive 100 percent of their previous years salary If they decide to retire just one year early they will garner 50 percent of their salary The institutions pay the early retirement wage as a means of saving money in the long run One of two minor changes made in the ad hoc committees original plan involves the relationship between employee and employer after retirement an area that was clarified this month in another section of The Policy Manual The previous policy disallowed former System employees from being employed at public colleges and universities in Georgia if they were receiving TRS benefits Officials at one school however maintained that they were contracting with and not employing retired faculty The policy approved this month clarifies that definition of employed to prohibit any institution from paying a former employee for any services if that employee is receiving retirement money from TRS The reason It was the Boards original intent to limit the reemployment of retired persons to bona fide emergencies What next for retirement At this stage the new early retirement incentives plan heads to the attorney generals office for final approval As for the ORPs it is not yet clear when legislation will be drafted Even if approved by lawmakers next year the ORPs would not be effective until FY91 0 August 1988 5 Board Action College Comes to Newnan The Systems newest higher education center is ready to open for fall quarter Many of those living in Newnan Georgia believe they have everything they could want in a town Everything that is except a college For as long as anyone can remember those wanting to pursue higher education locally have driven 30 minutes west to West Georgia College or 45 minutes north to any one of Atlantas colleges Soon that will change At its August meeting the Board approved the creation of the Newnan Center a cooperative effort involving West Georgia College that allows area residents to earn a degree or take continuing education courses in their own backyards figuratively speaking The center the latest such enterprise designed to make higher education accessible to as many Georgians as possible comes at a good time for Newnan The City of Homes has enjoyed a healthy spate of economic growth in recent years This past March Yamaha Inc became the fourth Japanese company to open an assembly plant in Coweta County thus creating another 1000 new jobs over the next five years Several other companies have opened divisions and offices there as well Not surprisingly the influx of business and industry to Coweta County has prompted a need for more education Weve wanted higher education here for a long time says Inez Slayton head of the Newnan Chamber of Commerce Our first step was to do a survey with West Georgia College to measure the interest The survey produced some interesting findings Twentythree of the 48 companies responding said they would give employees time off from work to attend classes Seventeen of those 23 even agreed to pick up the tab The study also found 4000 high school graduates in Newnan who have never gone to college and another 649 who have completed at least two years of college Because it has just secured Board approval the center will likely get off to a somewhat slow start Just four classes leading to a degree will be offered this fall West Georgia College officials however anticipate rapid growth Says Stephen McCutcheon director of continuing education and public service We would be satisfied with 40 to 50 people this fall As the center becomes established there is little doubt that enrollment will accelerate One reason is the offering of a major in general studies under West Georgias BA degree a program that also received Board approval this month Not only will the major satisfy the needs of students who want a broadbased liberal arts degree it is also designed to appeal to nontraditional students seeking a degree outside of customary disciplines Its a flexible program Dr McCutcheon notes because it offers a liberal arts major with electives in business and education The center will hold classes in a new vocationaltechnical building at Newnan High School a facility provided by the NewnanCoweta School System The Chamber of Commerce will donate secretarial help and West Georgia College will deploy a coordinator faculty academic advisors and library materials ra 6 System GSU Gets Wet Center This years drought has affected all of us whether in the form of brown lawns or weak showers But with the establishment of the Hydrogeology Center in the Georgia State University geology department we may soon have a better understanding of the quality and quantity of our water supply The center which was formally created in June will address the needs and problems related to ground water resources both in the state and region Its actually a consolidation of activities that were already taking place here in the geology department says Ram Arora director of the center According to Dr Arora one of the centers objectives is to transfer knowledge gleaned at a recent International Conference on Fluid How in Fractured Rocks Sponsored by GSU the conference drew more than 250 field experts from all over the world While the center cant do anything about the weather its participants will study ways to protect water from further agricultural and industrial destruction Healthy Program The chronic shortage of nurses in Georgia and changes in the medical profession led the Board to approve in August a new MS in nursing degree at Albany State College The program which will have majors in community health nursing and matemalchild health nursing will prepare students for health care jobs in the areas of leadership supervision teaching and clinical specialization Officials anticipate an enrollment of at least 10 students this year and up to 20 students in the third year The current BS in nursing pro Board Action gram at Albany State will serve as a precursor to the new graduate program The Regents in August also approved a new AAS degree in emergency medical technology at Hoyd College in Rome a city that is the medical hub of northwest Georgia The college will offer the program beginning this fall in conjunction with Coosa Valley Technical Institute Twentyfive students are expected to enroll Chair Men Benjamin E Mays and David S Lewis may have been from entirely different cultures and backgrounds but both worked hard and succeeded grandly in life And both were honored this month with chairs at two of the Systems universities General Dynamics Corporation donated 1 million to Georgia Tech to establish the David S Lewis Chair in Aerospace Engineering while at Georgia State the GSU Loundation has already committed 300000 to create a Benjamin E Mays Chair of Urban Educational Leadership Lewis a 1939 graduate of Georgia Tech presided over McDonnell Douglas Corporation in the 1960s and later served as CEO and chairman of General Dynamics He retired from the company in 1985 but remains a member of the Board The late Benjamin Mays was president of Morehouse College in Atlanta for 27 years and then a member of the Atlanta Board of Education A mentor of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Mays was also one of the foremost community leaders in the history of Atlanta Other Business Upon the recommendations of the finance education research and organizationlaw committees the Board also voted to revise the statutes of South Georgia College and the Southern College of Technology The statutes were first reviewed by Chancellor Propst and Executive Secretary Henry Neal approve a new mission statement for Waycross College According to the new statement the college is to provide opportunities to acquire knowledge strengthen skills and deepen appreciations name the business humanities building at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College The structure will be christened George D Conger Hall after a Tifton physician who began his academic career in 1912 at the Second District Agricultural and Mechanical School now Abraham Baldwin Dr Conger died in 1981 after a lifetime of supporting the college and community approve a cooperative education agreement between Armstrong State College and the Chatham County Board of Commissioners amend a contract between the Board and Trust Company Bank in the management of the Louise M Fitten Memorial Fund at Georgia Tech The amendments make the process of changing the portfolio less restrictive and makes the agreement consistent with a similar contract at Fort Valley State College change a policy to allow employees of System institutions to take continuing education courses relating to staff development at little or no cost The current policy requires employees to pay for all continuing education and noncredit courses authorize Valdosta State College to execute a trust to create the Gertrude Gilmer Odum Fund two endowed scholarships made possible by a bequest from Mrs Odum The fund is based on a 1 million corpus change The Policy Manual to accommodate the new open records law in a section on executive session and to expand membership of the Boards executive committee from six to seven members Regent Edgar Rhodes will be the committees newest member m August 1988 7 i Buildings Grounds The student center at Clayton State College Slated for 775000 worth of asbestos removal and renovation Fixing Up The Regents allocate twothirds of this years MRR fund The chapel at the University of Georgia will get a facelift The air conditioning will be fixed inside the gymnasium at Armstrong State College More emergency telephones and safety lights will be installed at Georgia Tech And the votech buiding at Dalton College will be expanded to accommodate a work area for automobiles These are just a few of the building improvements soon to be made on 16 of the Systems 34 campuses following the Boards allocation of 134 million in Major RepairRehabilitation MRR funds in August The package part of which had been allotted by a special interim committee in July represented nearly twothirds of the 203 million in MRR money appropriated to the System by the General Assembly for FY89 In separate actions the Regents approved 114 million in MRR funds for the four universities and 26 million for senior and twoyear colleges Of the universities UGA garnered the most 38 million for 10 projects almost half of which will go toward removing asbestos from Aderhold Hall Another 200000 of UGAs portion will be used to begin improvements of facilities on Sapelo Island The Medical College of Georgia also received a substantial amount 35 million to be spent on three projects including a 2 million renovation of the fourth floor in the MCG hospital At Georgia State a 27 million allocation will be used to remove asbestos from the business administration building and to begin expanding the law school in the urban life building Georgia Techs 13 million will go toward seven projects Among the senior colleges Clayton State received the largest portion of funds 775000 for asbestos removal and restoration in the student center The auto body addition to the votech building at Dalton College will cost 178000 making it the largest allocation to a twoyear college this month In other August buildings and grounds action the Regents amended two architectural contracts at the medical college The stated cost limitations were increased for the hospital cafeteria project and the Ambulatory Surgery Procedure CenterTalmadge Wing Lobby project authorized the University of Georgia to purchase two pieces of property The first is a 21acre plot between the railroad and golf course that the university bought for 425000 the second is a twoacre parcel with warehouse adjacent to the UGA Press facilities increased the budgets of two projects The mass communication building project at Fort Valley State was increased from 12 million to 14 million at Augusta College the budget for the physical education buildinggymnasium was raised from 89 million to 91 million ra SPECIAL Around the System GREYHOUND Cameo at Southern Tech John Maddens mode of transportation SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Bus Stop Ride em cowboy but dont run over that sawhorse Thats what some must have been thinking at a rodeo held this summer in the Southern College of Technology parking lot This wasnt just any rodeo either It was a bus rodeo or driving competition for Greyhound Bus drivers local government officials and media celebrities For the Greyhound drivers winning the rodeo meant a chance to compete nationally for a high honor Driving CBS broadcaster John Madden around the country for one year The winner of the national competition gets a 35000 salary and an apartment in New York City home to Madden when he isnt avoiding airplanes or making commercials Each competitor had to steer a Greyhound at a speed of 20 mph through an obstacle course of cones barrels and sawhorses not an easy feat It was like holding on to 25 elephants who wanted to go one way when you wanted to go the other says Walter Kelly Jr director of state and com munity relations at Southern Tech and a contestant in the rodeo Greyhound contributed 1000 to the Southern Tech Foundation to use the schools parking lot MIDDLE GEORGIA COLLEGE Big House Playhouse Shakespeares All the world is a stage is a saying that holds true for two Middle Georgia prisons Thirteen inmates at Dodge Correctional Institute in Chestor Georgia and one prisoner at Womens Correctional Institute in Milledgeville performed the play Choices a fiveact drama cowritten by two prisoners one at Dodge the other at Womens The inmate players didnt do the play in solitary however They got some help from Nelson Carpenter Middle Georgia College associate professor of speech and drama It wasnt Carpenters first foray into prison Choices was one of three productions he directed in his three years of volunteer work at Dodge What was it like directing prisoners They were so easy to work with and thought acting One inmate directs others at Dodge Correctional Institute was a privilege says Carpenter who retired from Middle Georgia College and moved to Kentucky in June I will really miss working with them I wish there were a similar program near my new home The coauthors of Choices James Myron and Marie Norris wrote the play with firsttime law offenders in mind The drama focuses on the harshness of prison life in the third act for example an inmate on death row hears the voices of his mother young daughter and friends while awaiting his execution The prisoners presented Choices for fellow inmates at Dodge and later took the play on the road to other prisons Choices is not the only work Myron and Norris collaborated on either they are currently negotiating with a publisher for a novel they are writing WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE Camp College Flello muddah hello faddah Here I am at West Georgia College High school students all around me spending summer at a camp thats fun and busy There are boys who practice wrestling There are drill teams prancing dancing Majorettes with batons atwirling and debate teams whose big words just go ahurling And they do this every summer Eight thousand this year was the number Gotta go now time for chorus Thats the thing about this place they never bore us August 1988 9 w Siale taloQ VAv Step right up I high school or shoppi Hear what theyh i By Kay Miller ft E M LM I j r Almost every week of the year the roadrunners take to Georgias highways and byways From Dougherty to Bartow Hancock to Muscogee And like the famed cartoon character they have to move fast to stay ahead Roadrunners is their nickname of choice but they could also be likened to bounty hunters out to get their man or woman Or they might be thought of as the traveling salespeople of higher education Who are they If you look hard you can find them on any campus most often in the admissions office They are the men and women who actively recruit students for their respective institutions When off campus they use their cars and hotel rooms for office space They usually hang out in high school auditoriums and cafeterias Their eating habits resemble those of the cartoon roadrunner a nibble here a bite there because they are so much on the move There wasnt always a need for roadrunners in the University System Back in the 1950s and 1960s the System was growing at an alarming rate Most institutions found themselves with packed classrooms Recruitment techniques when used were relatively simple sort of the come and get it approach Admissions offices merely admitted students and processed applications In the last few years though recruitment has come into its own When you hear admissions directors and recruiters talk today you would think you were in the CocaCola boardroom Segmentation Targeting Market research This is the new lingo for those in student recruiting VVJ m i 1 up Meet the roadrunners coming to a lopping mall near you Read their brochures syhave to say about life at their colleges Their activities reflect this new sophistication Recruitment is no longer a simple mailing of a brochure or catalog Its a persontoperson game Like politicians and salesmen recruitment officers press the flesh whether at College Day events weekend visits daily tours of the campus or special programs aimed at certain groups of high school students A roadrunners typical day on the road consists of pressing the flesh at three or four high schools Each visit requires first sending advance announcements heralding the arrival of the roadrunner gathering information requested by students and handling any inquiry a student might have The work can be formidable because many colleges send recruiters to every high school in Georgia at least three times a year and there are more than 600 high schools in Georgia Often the day begins at 730 in the morning and lasts until I get back to the hotel at 10 pm says Joe Head director of admissions at Kennesaw State College With QBE guidelines many high school students will only allow us to visit with the students before school at lunch or after school Life on the road is by no means limited to high school cafeterias After the last afternoon school visit the roadrunner often returns to the hotel to pick up literature and a tabletop display and head for the local mall Dinner Grab it on the way Better yet dine in elegance at the mall food court After working the mall until 9 pm or so with other recruiters on tour with Probe its pack up go back to the hotel and get ready to do it all over again the next day Probe is the reason for going to the mall Its a dogandpony show around the state to let people know what is available in higher education explains Thomas McDonald the Systems vice chancellor for student services Sponsored by the Georgia Education Articulation Committee GEAC the tour also fea tures workshops for high school counselors to provide them with the latest on financial aid changes in entrance requirements and other items of interest How far does Probe probe Last year the tour reached more than 37000 high school students GEAC presented eight counselor workshops and 46 college fairs and minifairs Approximately 100 Georgia institutions both public and private participated in the tour as well as 140 outofstate schools But Probe isnt just limited to high school students Many colleges participate in an offshoot of the regular tour called the Probe Junior College Tour Senior colleges and universities send teams to twoyear public and private colleges in Georgia After the junior college tour we had about 1200 students who were interested in transferring to a fouryear institution Dr McDonald says It was a tremendous success Higher education is pitched to students in one other way Each year teams of recruiters go to every high school in the state to talk about the advantages of a college education in Georgia as part of CHOICE Choosing Higher Options in Careers and Education CHOICE intervenes at an earlier level concentrating on 10th graders and informing them of their options The emphasis is strictly on the overall benefits of higher education rather than recruiting students for individual schools Beyond Probe and CHOICE recruiters at each college are involved in other persontoperson activities North Georgia College pitchmen visit junior ROTC units and hold receptions in the Atlanta area as a way to reach potential prospects Georgia Southwestern invites area residents to the campus by way of a flier in a local buyers guide Sending recruiters outofstate is a common practice too Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College sends roadrunners to Florida citrus and cattle ranches Continued August 1988 11 Walker Montgomery continued The Big Sell where prospective students work the land You really have to know what kinds of students youre going after and how to reach them says Kennesaw States Joe Head It costs 300 to 500 to put someone in Horida for four days Roadrunners are not the only ones involved in recruiting for the college Because of the growing size and scope of recruitment it is common for the admissions office to call in reinforcements Our office works with volunteers from the UGA Foundation says John Albright associate director of admissions at the University of Georgia Together we sponsor dessert receptions for honors prospects and their parents around the state This gives us a chance to talk with them facetoface present a slide show and meet them on a personal level According to Albright the dessert parties average 60 students The Pitch for Minorities Recruitment of students into the University System is a widespread and inclusive process but there is one group that requires a special effort minorities The numbers of minority students enrolled in college have been less than encouraging in recent years From fall quarter 1983 to fall quarter 1985 black enrollment in the System declined by more than 400 students Though the numbers rebounded by fall 1987 that year brought a record black enrollment of 22863 students they only showed a gain of 3500 more black students than enrolled in 1978 Worse the percentage of black students enrolled has actually fallen since 1978 from 155 percent to 148 percent To be sure variations of all the customary recruitment approaches are being tried to get more blacks Hispanics and other minorities into Georgias public colleges and universities There are the brochures and form letters phone calls and house calls But some schools are trying other specialized approaches as well Kennesaw States minority recruitment plan began more than five years ago At first we would write to churches or visit them on Sunday mornings and set up a table says Julia Collier the colleges minority recruitment officer Since then we have seen the effort grow into a formal working relationship with at least one church We also have some individual representatives visiting other congregations Collier also makes sure that she or representatives of the college attend such functions as the NAACP banquet or a black history month program Anytime the community is having a function we want to be there she says We were met with some skepticism when we first started going but now we are forging a relationship with the community We are sincere about being there and working with them Personal approaches and special touches also appear to work well at other colleges The Medical College of Georgia for example sponsors a Student Educational Enrichment Program SEEP for minority students Fifty or so college minority students and 20 high school minority honor students participate in an eightweek enrichment program that encourages them to pursue careers in medicine dentistry and other health professions They also strengthen their academic abilities to increase their chances of admis 12 System John Albright University of Georgia We know we have to be aggressive Augusta College recently tried something similar in recruiting MBA students The business school worked with the recruitment public relations and financial aid departments in sponsoring a wine and cheese party that attracted 130 prospects We were afraid a lot of people would show up just to eat and drink confides one college official but that wasnt the case at all They were really interested in hearing about the program and about Augusta College Other schools use faculty to help recruit in the homes of prospective students One such effort is the East Georgia College program Our Doctors Make House Calls slated to begin this fall Its designed to take a team of professionals including faculty to visit homes and answer questions says Mark Taylor director of admissions at East Georgia We have found that many people in the Swainsboro area dont visit our campus because they are fearful or because they work With only 25 percent of people in this rural area going to college we find that the personal touch goes a long way East Georgias house calls program shows how far the recruitment process has come since the days of simply ringing the school bell calling all students to college But just why has recruitment become so important Such a simple question deserves an equally simple answer lack of students According to the US Census Bureau there has been a decline in the number of college age students 18 to 24 a trend that is expected to continue until the mid1990s Such demo sion to health professional schools According to Vera B Thurmond associate director of SEEP The students are enrolled in what is basically a summer enrichment program High school students take a collegelevel biology course and college students take an advanced science course They study medical writing analytical reading math and medical terminology The students also have a chance to hear guest lectures from doctors and members of the community Why the special effort at MCG Says Dr Thurmond In Georgia black people represent approximately 30 percent of the total population while the number of black physicians is only about 3 percent of the total number of physicians Since we started this program 10 years ago we have found that 80 percent have gone into the health care field Out of those 30 percent chose medicine Georgia Southern is also using a personal touch to boost minority enrollment on its campus Under the direction of Michael Moore 30 minority students are given an early look at the college For four weeks they get free housing meals tuition and books Minority students already enrolled at Georgia Southern serve as counselors to students in the program whose mission it is to get students into Georgia Southern and keep them there As Moore notes Its not important how many come Its important how many succeed Kay Miller graphics have also made competition for the shrinking traditional student market even more intense That has left recruitment offices turning to nontraditional students working adults homemakers older students to get new students in the doors Discovering potential markets is of course the first step for most admissions directors Albright says that in the University of Georgias case that means going after the best of the younger students We have to go at this just as hard as all of the other colleges he says and we know we have to be aggressive to get the right students Bright students get contacted by everyone Taylor says East Georgias market is different because we have to recruit against the military For many of our students its the difference between going to college or joining the army One way to target prospects is to find out how potential high school students make their decisions Georgia Southwestern College commissioned a market survey to do that and discovered some surprising facts We found that in many instances parents were making the decisions on where to send their kids to college Plotnick says We also found that parents were basing this decision on what their kids could get out of the school careerwise Our publications are now geared to parents and they talk about coop programs placement professional school attendance and other careerrelated areas At Abraham Baldwin an image study confirmed Continued August 1988 13 Wayne Martin continued The Big Sell what officials already suspected With only 26 percent of its students enrolled in agriculturally related programs the Tifton college knew it had to get the message across that it offered more than agriculture and forestry We now accentuate other programs as well as ag says Garth Webb director of admissions for the college We used our image study to draw up a recruiting plan and a public relations campaign Now we can work with real information instead of using a shotgun approach But surveys arent as common as one might think perhaps because they arent always necessary Recruiters also look at which zip codes are the origins of the most applications and concentrate their mailings on these areas And most subdivide their potential markets into homogenous groups students who played in a high school band for example to target mailings better Other admissions directors look within their own institutions for potential markets We are trying to open up the readmit market says Head Every quarter except for fall we do a mailing to people who have been out of school five to eight quarters We mail between 800 and 1500 brochures each time hoping that those who are eligible will come back Head adds that Kennesaw State also targets the children of alumni as potential students by looking at their dates of birth Those prospective students get special letters from the admissions office Once the markets have been identified the next obvious step is reaching the students Historically the most triedandtrue method has been mailings Even in mass mailings the approach can be detailed and specific We mail two major pieces to interested students and then break them down into several seg Joe Head Kennesaw State College If a recruiter is with us after two years we call that roadrunner a survivor ments by interests says UGAs Albright North Georgia College uses specialized lists for honor students and looks for people with military interests Most colleges in the System purchase names and addresses from the College Board Lists of names are available based on zip codes income levels areas of interest and SAT scores Our purchases from the College Board are based on the students location in South Georgia says Webb We also buy names of those who have taken the PSAT and SAT within a 60to 75mile radius of the campus and send them information emphasizing programs other than agriculture To the students in Florida Georgia Alabama and South Carolina we mostly send agrelated information To supplement the efforts of personal visits and direct mail those in recruitment have developed new ways of reaching potential students Telemarketing is something that has evolved says Head We are local to two million people in the Atlanta area We can just pick up the phone and sharply target our student body and prospect list Each night those working Kennesaw States phone bank set a single objective For instance recruiters and admissions personnel will call those with incomplete applications on one night high school honor students another night and so on Most colleges and universities also send promotional videos to high school counselors to be used in presentations or to be made available to prospective students for home viewing The University of Georgia has even been asked by a video store to supply copies of its recruitment tape for customers Imagine this Saturday night double bill Friday the 13th Part VI followed by Getting to Know UGA East Georgia Colleges recruitment video serves a twin purpose as well The Chamber of Commerce in Swainsboro uses it to help recruit business and industry Taylor says Admissions and recruiting professionals have also discovered the value of advertising in support of their 14 System Tom McDonald vice chancellor for student services After the junior college tour we had 1200 students interested in transferring efforts Billboards radiotelevision newspapers and posters all make popular forums for getting the word out about the college East Georgia is one institution that has used a billboard When the kids are driving around the billboard gets noticed says Taylor We find that many of them dont know there is a world outside of Swainsboro We have to sell the idea of college and its opportunities not just East Georgia College Recruiting and advertising at Abraham Baldwin are tied closely together The college purchases newspaper ads and advertises in Future Farmers of America magazine which reaches about 15000 high school students We also do some television and radio campaigns in our service area to increase name recognition and to let people know the broader scope of our institution says Webb Our enrollment shows that the majority of students coming to the college are interested in areas other than agriculture The ability of recruiters to target potential audiences and to measure the success of their efforts may be paying off for the University System Although experts have repeatedly forecast a national decline in the number of 18 to 24yearolds attending college the System has bucked the trend with record enrollments the last three years Prospects are good for another record fall quarter this year too applications for admission are up 11 percent over last year Schools doing aggressive recruitment show for the most part the healthiest gains Georgia Southwestern College reports a 30 percent increase in admissions applications while Kennesaw State is up 13 percent and East Georgia is up 51 percent Of course recruitment isnt solely responsible for higher enrollments These days students are staying in school longer due to the rising costs of higher education and the need for more academics And the state of Georgia has experienced healthy population gains in recent years Still there is little doubt that the aggressive pursuit of students has contributed in some way to the Systems growth For all its positive results however the area of recruiting is not without its share of problems and obstacles Many System institutions must work with modest recruitment and advertising budgets to reach potential students And billboards fourcolor publications videos and advertising are expensive Only a handful of institutions allocate separate budgets to cover these items others particularly the smaller colleges attach such costs to the campus public relations office Other miscellaneous costs too must be considered We want to attract more honor students says Elead but we need more external scholarships to compete on this level In that respect we are still evolving In his 20 years of recruiting Bill Smith director of recruiting at North Georgia College has found that todays students are a harder sell They require more effort which costs time and money Kids expect more out of us today he says I know of colleges that even send birthday cards to prospective students The more you give to prospects the more they expect These expectations coupled with the intensity of recruiting and the rigors of roadrunning can lead to professional burnout If a recruiter is still with us after two years we call that roadrunner a survivor says Head If he stays with us several more years he becomes a seasoned professional Those who endure however profess to loving their jobs When you are working with someone on that persons goals and dreams you feel good about the outcome Taylor says Smith echoes that sentiment I enjoy being on the road I love this job and I cant imagine doing anything else Those who work in admissions have at last come out from behind the stacks of applications The roadrunners of recruiting are moving faster and faster as they seek out prospective students If you should happen to run into them on the way to their next appointment watch out You just might end up choking on their dust n August 1988 15 People Headhunters The three people in charge of presidential selection committees at GSU Savannah State and Middle Georgia will search high and low for the best One is described by a colleague as an activist faculty member Another is often characterized as being entirely devoted to the community The third is a former military man with 28 years of service to his country Today all three of them share a commitment to finding the best man or woman to become president of their institutions The three individuals were selected by Chancellor Propst in July to head presidential search committees at Georgia State University Savannah State College and Middle Georgia College Already they are busy working with their respective committees to review applications and screen candidates Clearly their missions are different Georgia State is an urban university expecting more than 22000 students this fall Savannah State is a traditionally black institution approaching its 100th birthday And Middle Georgia College is a twoyear college set amid the beauty of Cochran Georgia Still the people chosen to spearhead the searches have more than one quality in common In select ing Richard Deane GSU Annette K Brock Savannah and J Hardwick Butler Middle Georgia to lead the way Chancellor Propst called upon faculty members who have a thorough knowledge of their institutions and the respect of their colleagues Dr Deane has spent the past seven years at Georgia State teaching management as an associate professor During that time he has earned a reputation for taking initiative in projects both inside and outside the College of Business Continued The Search Those named by Chancellor Propst 1 to serve on selection committees j GSU Presidential Savannah St Presidential Middle Ga Presidential I Selection Advisory Search and Screen Search and Screen I Chair Chair Chair H Richard H Deane Annette K Brock J Hardwick Butler I Members Members Members fl Ahmed T Abdelal Matthew Gilligan Patsy Ruth Jennings Paula L Dressell Joyce McLemore Peter B Makaya Bernadette W Hartfield Luetta Milledge John D Pasto Oliver Leon Hurley Leo Parrish Betty E Richards Joseph L Rau Jr Pravin Raut Robert N Sapp John D Marshall Charlease Stevenson Jack L Spears Heather Jones Kenneth Taylor Wesley E Jones J W Wayne Woody Shevon Carr Mary Jane Smith Thomas E Boland Charles Woodard Susanne Anthony Bennett A Brown James Simon JeffTeasley jl Dan E Sweat Christy Divine Albert L Gay Jr Jean C Young Jimmie Colson Jackson John N Giddens III James O Thomas Willie Basby Hon Eugene Gadsden Sonja Curtis H I Jr J R Paddison Edward Howell Norton Melaver Mary Osborne Roy E Thomas Newell Nesmith I 16 System Search continued Administration and for promoting the university His professional background combines experience in business law and education He holds BS and MS degrees from Mississippi State and a PhD from Purdue all in industrial engineering and has worked with companies in the area of product safety Dr Deane also holds a JD degree and was clerk of court for the US Court of Appeals before coming to GSU Dr Annette Brock too is an associate professor and she heads the social and behavioral sciences department at Savannah State College A graduate of Savannah State she returned to the college in 1971 after teaching high school history in Savannah for nine years During her tenure at Savannah State she has moved from instructor to department head a position she took in December 1986 Dr Brock is no stranger to presidential searches either she served on the presidential selection committee that selected Dr Wendell G Rayburn in 1980 She is also deeply involved in the Savannah community having worked with such organizations as NAACP Red Cross YWCA and Family Counseling Service J Hardwick Butler a Macon native and associate professor of engineering at Middle Georgia College would like MGCs next president to be genuinely interested in the growth of the college Somebody who can relate with the students and who can lead the college into the 21st century Butler joined the Middle Georgia faculty in 1975 after working for 12 years in industry His career includes 28 years in the US Army Reserves Corps of Engineering from which he retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel His expertise in engineering can be traced to his days as a student at Georgia Tech where he was graduated with bachelors and masters degrees in civil engineering Butler has also worked as an adult Boy Scout leader for more than 25 years New to the Team Two assistant vice chancellors get set to join the central office Back home Assistant Vice Chancellor Osbum For the past 20 years Richard Osbum has been a man torn between two big states Texas and Georgia The former head of the biology department at Georgia Southern College left that position last year to take a job with Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches Texas near the TexasLouisiana border He found the challenges of the job rewarding but when an opportunity came up to apply as assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs for the University System of Georgia he seized it This month the Board approved his appointment Richard Osburn is coming back to Georgia He wasnt the only assistant vice chancellor approved this month either A walkon item to the Boards agenda brought the naming of Cathie Mayes Hudson an experienced researcher to the position of assistant vice chancellor for planning Dr Osburn fills the position vacated by Anne Howers who was elevated earlier this year to vice chancellor for academic affairs His five years at Georgia Southern were preceded by a fiveyear stint as a research entomologist for the federal government in Kerrville Texas And prior to that he was a research assistant at Georgia Southern for nine years As dean of the science and math school at Stephen F Austin Dr Osburn has overseen six academic departments 70 faculty members and nearly 1200 students He has also been involved in eight committees there and has committee experience elsewhere too while at Georgia Southern he chaired the committee that recom mended the selection of Nicholas Henry as president His educational background includes two degrees a BS and an MS from Georgia Southern as well as a PhD in entomology from the University of Georgia Dr Hudson comes to the Systems central office as a research analyst with experience in a number of fields most notably sociology She has performed research at both the University of Georgia and Duke University and is highly proficient in data analysis and statistical programming As assistant vice chancellor for planning she will organize research data from other institutions conduct research studies and help prepare data for computer analysis The position was last held by Wanda Cheek Dr Hudson earned a BA degree at Furman University an MA degree at UGA and a PhD at Duke She has also traveled extensively in the Soviet Union August 1988 17 People The August Eighty Its a big month for personnel 40 administrators named 40 emeritus appointments conferred The slow lazy days of August were anything but slow and lazy this year for the Board of Regents especially in the area of personnel where a combined 80 key administrative and emeritus appointments found their way to Board approval Of course all of the appointments were significant and meaningful there were department heads deans and other top officials but s one area was noticeably omnipresent academic affairs Three senior colleges in the System soon will be getting new vice presidents for academic affairs and a fourth college saw its VP receive an emeritus appointment following his retirement in June The approaching fall quarter and the fact that the Regents did not meet in July contributed to this months heavy personnel agenda Some institutions felt the changes more than others DeKalb College and the University of Georgia for example had 10 new administrators approved each Some colleges are experiencing times of transition too Nearly a fourth of the 40 ad Kennesazv States Edwin Rugg one of three academic VP appointments this month ministrative appointments were for acting heads of departments or divisions Kennesaw State College is one of the three institutions getting a new vice president for academic affairs Edwin A Rugg who has served as acting VP since 1986 moved to the post permanently in July He has been at Kennesaw State since 1982 as an associate professor of education and executive assistant to President Betty Siegel Dr Rugg has academic affairs experience in addition to his interim experience at Kennesaw State In the 1970s he served as assistant executive dean for academic affairs at George Peabody College for Teachers where he also earned MA and PhD degrees Another acting academic affairs VP who moved up this month is Louie A Brown at Valdosta State College Dr Brown has headed the sociology department at Valdosta State since 1976 and was named to the acting VP position last January He holds degrees from Piedmont College the University of Georgia and the University of Kentucky Columbus Colleges new vice president for academic affairs Thomas Z Jones will take office on September 1 Dr Jones will come to Columbus from the West Virginia Institute of Technology where he is currently VP for academic affairs and a Westmoreland Professor Much of his academic career has taken place at West Virginia Tech he has chaired the mining department and served as dean of the community and technical college there Dr Jones arrival means yet another job move for Dr William LeNoir Columbus Colleges ace relief pitcher who served as acting vice president of academic affairs since the post was vacated last year Some may remember Dr LeNoir for his nineday term as acting president of Columbus College earlier this year He now returns to his position as dean of the School of Science a job he took after serving a while as acting dean All of his acting experience has some at the college looking around for an Oscar to give him according to one college official Another vice president for academic affairs in the news this month is Hugh Shott who retired from North Georgia College in June Shott was awarded the title VP for academic affairs and professor emeritus in August for his 22 years at the college a term that made him the most senior of the Systems chief academic officers in terms of years of service Some of Dr Shotts colleagues at NGC surprised him on June 30 with a farewell party Of the 40 emeritus appointments conferred this month four went to professors with four or more decades of service to the University System Sara Josephine Miller a food science associate professor and Lee Anne Seawell a director of placement were both were honored for their 40 years at the University of Georgia At Armstrong State College Joseph I Killorin received the title of Callaway professor emeritus for his 41 years of service while Hiram S Hanson was designated department head and professor emeritus for his 40 years in the chemistry and geology departments at Georgia Southern College One other especially noteworthy emeritus appointment was handed down in August Former Darton College President Bill Ritchie BR Tilley was named Continued next page 18 System Three of the 40 August emeriti Georgia Southerns Hiram Hanson Dartons BR Tilley North Georgias Hugh Shott president and professor emeritus for his 23 years as the only president of that institution Dr Tilley retired in June Other administrative appointments approved in August GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY John A White Jr Regents Professor Eugene C Gwaltney Chair MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA James T Barenie acting chair of the pedodontics department and Leon A Leonard acting dean of the School of Dentistry UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Wayne Wallace Antenen director of educational foundations division Bonnie J Clemens acting director of libraries Harry Alva Dailey Jr acting head of the microbiology department Melvin Stuart Fuller acting head of the botany department Thomas P Lauth head of the political science department Arden O Lea acting head of the entomology department Dale Gordon Leathers head of the speech communication department Michael David Olien acting head of the anthropology department Robert Raunikar head of the agricultural economics division and Royce E Roberts head of the anatomy and radiology department ALBANY STATE COLLEGE J Allen Pete dean of the curriculum and instruction department GEORGIA SOUTHERN COLLEGE Livingston Alexander head of the educational foundations department John J Beasley chairperson of the home economics division Robert A Martin head of the student development programs department John W Parrish Jr head of the biology department and Ronnie L Sheppard head of the middle grades secondary education department SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Alan M Gabrielli director of continuing education VALDOSTA STATE COLLEGE Dennis W Marks head of the physics astronomy and geology department Donnie J McGahee head of the business and vocational education department DEKALB COLLEGE Karen L Caldwell registrar William C Crews dean of students Ronald M Davis chairperson of mathcomputer science division Dan Fawaz chairperson of the social science division Douglas L Hutchens head of the economics department Judy Johnston head of the chemistry department Robert J McDonough chairperson of the science division Frankie L McIntosh head of the political science department Joyce Moore acting director of continuing education and Ellen L Sweatt head of the accounting department EAST GEORGIA COLLEGE Judy C Perdue head librarian and John M Valentine chairperson division of social sciences MACON COLLEGE Jeanette S Arrington director of Macon Center Diane Marie Craine head of the nursing department and Albert Edward McCormick head of the sociology department Other emeriti approved at the Boards August meeting Georgia Tech Melvin W Carter Vladimir Slamecka Medical College of Georgia Bruce H Rice Charles S Scruggs O Eduardo Talledo University of Georgia Aleene Ann Cross Durward Neal Entrekin Robert Lawrence Farrell Charles Winter Giddings Clyde E Harris Jr George Melvin Herndon Almonte Charles Howell Jr Edward Dennis Sokol Warren F Spencer Charles Eldridge Wynes Augusta College Harry M Jacobs Fort Valley State Wilma J Anderson Elizabeth W Brinson Georgia College M Catherine Summerlin Georgia Southern College Martha T Cain Hollis L Cate Robert E Gerken Norris Kemp Mabry Joseph O Olson Jr Patrick O Spurgeon Arvard O Vogel Kennesaw State Martha Ann Giles Mildred W Landrum Charles Frederick Martin North Georgia College Christopher S Sharp Savannah State Alma S Williams Brunswick College Alonzo James Ogden Gainesville College Tomallene R Henley August 1988 19 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS INSTITUTIONS AND PRESIDENTS Joseph D Greene Thomson Chairman Edgar L Rhodes Bremen Vice Chairman John Henry Anderson Jr Hawkinsville James E Brown Dalton W Lamar Cousins Marietta William T Divine Jr Albany Thomas H Frier Sr Douglas H Dean Propst Chancellor David S Spence Executive Vice Chancellor Henry G Neal Executive Secretary Jacob H Wamsley Vice ChancellorFiscal Affairs and Treasurer Anne Flowers Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Frederick O Branch Vice ChancellorFacilities Thomas E Daniel Vice Chancellor External Affairs Arthur Dunning Vice Chancellor for Services and Minority Affairs James B Mathews Vice ChancellorInformation Technology Thomas F McDonald Vice ChancellorStudent Services Haskin R Pounds Vice ChancellorResearch and Planning T Don Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal Affairs I Personnel Arthur M Gignilliat Jr Savannah Elridge W McMillan Atlanta Barry Phillips Atlanta John W Robinson Jr Winder Deen Day Smith Atlanta 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3360000 0 FA LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA STATE DOCUMENTS ATHENS GA 30602 Volume 24 No 8 The Magazine of the University System of Georgia September 1988 Received OCT 2 6 1988 documents UGA LIBRARIES Making Better Teachers Making Teachers Better Also Billion Dollar Budget Universities United Change at Fort Valley Table Of Contents Cover Story Teaching the Teachers Its allout war as the University System takes important steps toward improving teacher education 12 The Big Four Crecine Knapp Tedesco Suttles All four university presidents address the Board in September10 Family Budget For the second year in a row the Regents are asking for more than 1 billion4 A New Team An administrative appointment at Augusta College signifies the end of a big turnover in senior officers18 Around the System9 People18 Address all correspondence to System magazine Board of Regents 244 Washington St Atlanta Georgia 30334 Briefly End of an Era It has taken 14 years but at last the end is in sight In a letter to Gov Joe Frank Harris federal officials say that if the University System meets a December 31 deadline on several activities Georgia will be in full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act The US Office for Civil Rights indicated in the August 30 letter that if the activities are completed no further desegregation measures will be required It would mark the first time since 1974 that the Systems desegregation plan has not been under a court mandate or the scrutiny of federal officials Chancellor H Dean Propst says that the University System will meet the deadline including the completion of construction projects at Albany State Fort Valley State and Savannah State the Systems three traditionally black institutions The chancellor also says that meeting the requirements outlined in the letter does not mean the System will forget about desegregation We may not be under federal orders but the moral obligations of the state and the University System will continue On board Georgia Southwest ern Colleges Rosalynn Carter Institute an enterprise begun last year to further the study of mental health now has a board of directors Among the members Monica Kaufman news anchor for WSB Television in Atlanta and Dr Julius B Richmond of Harvard University To class in a flash Thanks to an agreement between the county transit authority and the Macon College Foundation Macon College students can now catch the city bus to campus The bus service dubbed the Macon College Connection will link the campus with Macon Mall Bragging rights The Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech has helped more than 80 hightech companies get started through its entrepreneurial services program As of last year graduates of the program and ATDC members generated 586 million in revenue and 68 million in state and local taxes Cover girl This months cover features Micki Perry who teaches seventh graders in DeKalb County see opposite page Pam Prouty took the photograph Clarification In last months cover story we neglected to include Patty Plotnicks first name Patty is director of public information at Georgia Southwestern If This month in the System SEPTEMBER1970 Billy C Black is appointed chairman of the arts and sciences division at Albany State College SEPTEMBER 1977 After a meeting with Gov George Busbee and state Board of Education officials Board Chairman Charles Oxford appoints a new liaison committee with the state board SEPTEMBER 1986 Joseph M Pettit Georgia Techs president of 14 years dies after a long illness 2 System Perspective One Teachers Twilight By Micki Perry Teacher The last thing ill ever do is teach school Thats what I told myself and others who asked but that was 40 years ago Well guess what Im about to wind up 30 years in the teaching profession I began teaching by accident Thirtyeight years ago my husband and I were living in a small town in rural Elbert County Back in those days a woman was supposed to go to college to find a husband get married and raise a family I followed along in that tradition and left college with one semester remaining to graduate We were not into the school year very far when a teacher for the second grade was needed Since I was one of the few people in town with any college training I was asked if I would finish out the school year I consented since I was bored with doing nothing all day long I had 42 children in that first class ranging in age from seven to 13 During the first six weeks and the last four weeks of the school year classes were only in session from 8 am to noon The children were needed on the farm to help pick cotton in the fall or to hoe cotton in the spring As a result I could only get into the essentials and did without music art lunch and recess I left shortly thereafter to have three children of my own I was still following a tradition but in the late 1950s I returned to teaching again in rural Georgia I dont remember my salary that first year I taught but it had to be less than 100 a month Teachers were among the most respected people in the community They were looked up to Parents expected their children to study after working in the fields and the Blaming teachers is not the answer they have more than they can humanly cope with notion of students not having their homework was unheard of I went back to college in the early sixties got a degree and a payraise It was not much I still made less than a few of the longtime bus drivers We moved to DeKalb County in 1963 and I told my husband that if we ever made 15000 together I would think we were rich You see he was a teacher too In my 30 years of teaching Ive seen education change a great deal In the early 1950s for example there was no 12th grade In the late sixties a good student could double up on high school courses and take some college courses before graduating Ive seen teaching go from large group instruction to individualized instruction and now back to large group instruction Family life has probably under f gone the biggest change The chilis dren of today have so many 5 choices that it is mindboggling Television has taken its toll Children would rather look at a video than read a book All of these things have put pressures on the teaching profession I wish I had the answers as to where to go from here The entire realm of education appears to need revamping so that we can better cope with modern technology and with societys problems Blaming teachers is not the answer Teachers have more than they can humanly cope with Paying a teacher more is not the answer admittedly it will entice more people into the profession but it doesnt solve the problems Perhaps the biggest problem is that teachers seem so bogged down with all the things expected of them that they have little time or energy left to teach If something isnt done soon I feel that there will be more people leaving the teaching profession than entering it Im not sad about leaving teaching It has been good to me and I feel I gave it my all I like to watch the young teachers coming in and I envy their enthusiasm just a little Ill miss my colleagues but I plan to keep in touch with them Ill miss the children too but I now plan to devote my energy to my grandchildren and my own family What will I do in a life without teaching For one Im looking forward to traveling to all the places Ive only just read about Im starting a new career along different lines ES Micki Perry teaches 7th grade at Dunaire Elementary School in DeKalb County She will retire this fall after 30 years in education September 1988 3 Board Action Wanted A Billion The Systems budget proposal for next year gets the Boards endorsement Now it heads to the governor For a family budget a billion dollars is a lot of money Then again the University System is a big family 153000 students 7600 faculty 19000 other fulltime employees The budget has to go a long way With that in mind the Board of Regents voted this month to submit its family budget to the governor a request of more than 1 billion for fiscal year 1990 The proposal comes after a summer of individual conferences between Chancellor H Dean Propst and the presidents of all 34 institutions These meetings showed that our needs out there are indeed great the chancellor Chancellor H Dean Propst told the Board He offered an example Collectively the presidents asked for more than 70 million in new funding for their institutions As in previous years the University Systems budget is broken down into three parts Unit A covers the Systems operating expenses Unit B encompasses all of the special activities among them the Georgia Tech Research Institute the MCG Hospitals and Clinics and the Cooperative Extension Service The third segment is a single line request for merit salary increases How much more are the Regents asking for this year Their submitted budget sheet gives a bottom line increase of 345 percent though that figure is somewhat misleading Unit A includes two major items related to capital construction totaling 1199 million When those items are factored out the proposal shows that the Board is actually asking for a 197 percent increase for operations special activities and merit salary increases The meat of the budget comes in unit A under an item called resident instruction which accounts for nearly 70 percent of the Systems entire budget The current proposal recommends 758 million for resident instruction an increase of 87 million 13 percent over the FY89 appropriation The section of the budget that again drew much of the Boards attention this year was the proposed second installment of the Special Funding Initiative a fiveyear package of qualityadded funding This year the Regents are asking the legislature for 32 million which represents a 22 million increase 5 over FY89 The composition of I next years package will be a little S different from the current one 7 the second installment for example includes money for the Regents Engineering Transfer Program and two centers for the arts Broken down the second installment of the Special Funding Initiative looks something like this Universitylevel initiative Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia would get 6 million each an increase of 45 million over this year Georgia State and the Medical College of Georgia would receive 2 million apiece or 15 million more than this year Georgia Tech intends to continue using its initiative money to reduce the studentfaculty ratio while the other three universities plan to put their portions toward improvements in instruction and research Statewide initiative Several elements make up this segment Nursinghealth care programs 25 million an increase of 15 million over this years allocation The additional funds would be used to expand the capacity of nursing programs and to establish new health care programs The chancellor called this segment one of the most wellreceived portions of the initiative Teacher education centers 12 million an increase of 200000 Each of the four regional centers see cover story would get an increase in their budgets 225000 each this year and the professional development center would continue to be funded Research and development centers 2 million an increase of 15 million Two of the centers are already in place Dr Propst told the Board and the additional money would be used to create two additional RD centers and to increase the level of funding for the existing centers Continued on page 6 4 System THE PROPOSED BUDGET What the Regents Want for FY1990 Unit A OPERATIONS FY89 State Appropriation Requested Increase Amount Percentage Proposed FY90 Appropriation Resident Instruction 670989884 87082969 130 758072853 Eminent Scholars 1000000 1000000 Office of Minority Business Enterprise 333975 75834 227 409809 Research Consortium 10500000 10500000 Desegregation Program 368841 15209 41 384050 Capital Outlay 750000 109400000 NA 110150000 Unit A TOTAL 672442700 208074012 309 880516712 Unit i SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FY89 State Appropriation Requested Increase Amount Percentaae Proposed FY90 Appropriation Education Ext Service 1820128 989982 544 2810110 Ga Tech Research Inst 11730220 7969709 679 19699929 MCG HospitalsClinics 31397796 2583463 82 33981259 Family Practice Residency Program 5545918 1262000 228 6807918 Ga Radiation Therapy Center Agrie Experiment Stations 32396575 6081019 188 38477594 Cooperative Ext Service 31328134 6646506 212 37974640 Marine Extension Service 1146042 279408 244 1425450 Marine Institute 896990 528852 590 1425842 Vet Med Exp Station 2833608 555388 196 3388996 Vet Med Teaching Hospital 466285 492717 1057 959002 AthensTifton Vet Labs 57270 33846 591 23424 Skidaway Inst Oceanography 1470718 279432 190 1750150 Regents Central Office Operations 5032094 303789 60 5335883 Med Scholarships 729262 78069 107 807331 Regents Oppty Grants 600000 600000 Regents Scholarships 200000 400000 2000 600000 Rental Ga Military College 739618 739618 1000 SREB Payments 12215450 296550 24 12512000 Unit B TOTAL 140606108 27973420 199 168579528 The Bottom Line Unit A Unit B 6 Merit Salary Increase TOTAL REQUEST 880516712 168579528 44211906 1093308146 September 1988 5 Wanted A Billion continued Foreign languageculture centers 13 million an increase of 800000 The money would expand existing centers and create three similar enterprises Extension programs 1 million an increase of 500000 This year requests for extra funding from the initiative far exceeded available funding The programs provide access to baccalaureate programs in areas not served by fouryear colleges Equipment matching funds 65 million an increase of 4 million This too was one of our big successes this year the chancellor said We received many more requests for funding than we could satisfy approximately 102 million Those funds allow institutions to seek grants and other external funding thus creating a multiplier effect in equipment funding Arts centers 500000 A lack of funding prompted these two centers to be cut from this years package but because of their importance to the communities the Board is trying again Both centers would be established in the southern part of the state Regents Engineering Transfer Program 1 million Funds would go toward expanding the base for preengineering education in the state OTHER HIGHLIGHTS The Special Funding Initiative was by no means the sole bright spot of the budget proposal which at least one Regent termed exciting Facilities on the campuses of the Systems colleges will benefit greatly if the budget is approved As part of the resident instruction budget the Board is asking for 215 million in MRR funds an increase of 13 million over this year and another 1094 million for the capital outlay list which includes 16 projects Topping next years priority list is a 65 million addition to the student center at the Southern College of Technology The employees of the System are not forgotten either In addition to a 15 percent proposed costofliving increase in salaries the Regents are requesting a 6 percent merit increase totaling 442 million These increases are necessary Dr Propst says if the University System is to remain competitive both regionally and nationally in attracting highly qualified faculty The chancellor noted a recent SREB study that showed Georgia slipping from first to fifth in average faculty salary among southeastern states in the past six years The topic of salaries wasnt the only employeerelated area of the budget discussed this month The resident instruction segment also includes a 144 million fringe benefit package Of that amount 27 million is earmarked for rate increases in FICA workers compensation unemployment compensation and other entities The remaining 117 million is slated for an area that has been giving System officials a headache for some time now health insurance The Systems health insurance plan is again in trouble Were at the point where were so under The Special Funding Initi A proposed breakdown of quality added funding UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE 16 million FY 89 Allocation iative F for Fiscal Year 1 Requested Increase hase II 990 Proposed FY90 Georgia Tech 15 million 45 million 60 million Georgia State University 5 million 15 million 20 million Medical College of Georgia 5 million 15 million 20 million University of Georgia 15 million 45 million 60 million STATEWIDE INITIATIVE 16 million NursingFlealth Care 10 million 15 million 25 million Teacher Education 10 million 2 million 12 million ResearchDevelopment Centers 5 million 15 million 20 million Foreign LanguageCulture Centers 5 million 8 million 13 million Extension Programs 5 million 5 million 10 million Arts Centers 0 5 million 5 million Regents Engineering Transfer Program 0 10 million 10 million Equipment Matching 25 million 40 million 65 million TOTAL 10 million 22 million 32 million 6 System funded that we have to ask for a large increase just to catch up says Don Davis assistant vice chancellor for fiscal affairs An increase in employee contributions will also be necessary to keep the plan fiscally solvent Such an increase will be higher andor come sooner unless the General Assembly provides an additional 65 million out of this years supplemental budget bill In some instances Davis says the rate increases will swallow up salary increases for lowerpaid employees MISCELLANY This years budget package contains some other items of interest A 1 million allotment for the eminent scholars program is again being requested if funded the program would allow the establishment of two additional eminent scholars chairs Another 105 million is being requested for the research consortium of that 6 million would go toward completing the states funding commitment for the Institute of Paper Chemistry and 45 million will be allotted to the Manufacturing Research Center Upgrades for PeachNet the Systems computer network are also included in the proposal to the tune of 43 million And then there is the Regents Scholarship program an item included in the Systems central office budget The 200000 that has been awarded to the program each year is unchanged since the days when the Systems enrollment numbered approximately 47000 students The family has grown however This fall the colleges are expecting to enroll more than 156000 students and the Regents are asking that the amount be tripled IS OTHER BOARD ACTION Salute to the Veterans For Dr William M Gabard the most notable change in the University System over the past four decades has been a shift from World War II teaching methods to microchips and computers In the eyes of Erling Grovenstein Jr the past 40 years have seen Georgia Techs student body triple while the number of faculty has grown only 50 percent or so The distinguished professors emeritus were but two of 68 retired faculty members honored this month at the annual emeritus ceremony atop the James H Sloppy Floyd Tower in Atlanta They along with Henry Frank Perkins and Thomas M White Jr represented the four emeriti with the most years of service to the System 160 years between them Judson Hickey formerly the acting president of the Medical College of Georgia presided over the ceremony I express feelings of fulfillment Dr Hickey said because we represent hundreds of years of research administration and service that guided thousands of students in their academic goals Specifically the 68 honores logged more than 1800 years of teaching in the System At their September meeting the Board approved seven more emeritus appointments Walter Miller Dano Faires and Dorothy McNabb West Georgia College Dr William Gabard emeritus Clifford Cowan and Walter Burton Southern Tech and Talmadge Duvall and Everett Keach University of Georgia Retirement Revisited Last months article AgeOld Questions was incomplete in its description of the Boards approval of an early retirement incentives plan and inaccurate in its account of a change in a section of The Policy Manual involving employment status of retirees Under the new early retirement plan an institutions president has the right to offer upon the chancellors authorization early retirement incentives to any tenured faculty member who is at least 55 years old and who has ten years of service in the University System If that faculty member retires before reaching the age of 70 the mandatory retirement age for tenured faculty until 1994 and accepts an offer to retire early he or she would receive 100 percent of the last years salary for retiring two years early and 50 percent for retiring one year early No incentive will be paid in the year of mandatory retirement The Regents also changed a policy regarding employment status of retired faculty members Anyone receiving benefits from the Teachers Retirement System may with the Boards approval work for an institution after retiring provided that the compensation for the work and the retirement benefits do not exceed what that individual was earning as a faculty member Last months article incorrectly implied that no former employee receiving TRS benefits could be paid by an institution One other clarification University System officials are recommending that all faculty members and principal administrators with fewer than 10 years under TRS be allowed to choose an optional retirement plan One section of last months article said that choosing an ORP should be limited only to CONTINUED NEXT PAGE September 1988 7 OTHER BOARD ACTION Continued tenured faculty members not vested under TRS At its September meeting the Board directed the central office to initiate legislation for the creation of an optional retirement plan in Georgia A bill should be introduced early next year when the General Assembly convenes Four Degrees In the past few years the field of computer science has become one of the most popular undergraduate majors at the University of Georgia So popular in fact that many students hang around to continue their education in a graduate program in applied mathematical science Beginning this winter however those students will have a choice in their computeroriented graduate education The Regents in September approved an MS degree in computer science that will prepare UGA students for leadership positions in computer technology The program which is expected to draw 20 students in its first year was one of four academic programs to clear the Board this month The other three are an AB degree in Italian at the University of Georgia effective winter quarter Until now UGA students interested in majoring in Italian have had to enroll in the universitys romance language degree program UGA is now the only institution in the South offering the AB degree in Italian an AS degree in neurodiagnostic technology at the Medical College of Georgia effective winter quarter Those studying for the degree will gain knowledge in three high demand technologies and graduate with more marketable skills than those specializing in just one diagnostic technology an EdS degree in media at West Georgia College effective winter quarter The program was born out of an apparent demand for further media education in the area as evidenced by a college survey of 258 media specialists from 22 school systems Twenty students are expected to enroll in the first year a high number for a specialist program at a senior college Score Two for Students Come this fall University System students will get just a little extra convenience in their lives thanks to changes made this month in two Board policies The first change benefits students working on theses dissertations or projects that extend beyond a single quarter Previously such students were given an incomplete or I grade if they did not finish their work by quarters end Effective this fall however they will be given an IP grade a mark thta indicates the class is a continuation course The second policy change involves the amount of time transfer students have to take the Regents Test The previous policy said that any student with 60 credit hours who transferred to a System institution had to take the Regents Test in his first quarter The new policy extends that period to two quarters Etc Etc In other September action the Regents renamed the management school at Georgia Tech in honor of Ivan Allen Jr the former mayor of Atlanta approved a new mission statement for the Southern College of Technology The new statement includes among other changes a section discussing Southern Techs responsibility to serve the whole student authorized new building projects at MCG and Fort Valley State College The Board appointed the Augusta architectural firm of HughesBeattie and Associates to design reconstruction of the fourth floor of the Talmadge Wing at the medical colleges hospital and named a company to remove asbestos from the basement of the Talmadge Wing At Fort Valley a local elementary school will be converted into an extension service communications production center for the college approved the demolition of the old infirmary at Savannah State College and the old university hospital on the campus of the medical college approved three rental agreements two of which involve the University of Georgia The university will allow private companies to rent two areas in the Chicopee Complex Another rental agreement was renewed to allow Valdosta State College to rent the Cleveland Field Athletic Facility from the City of Valdosta authorized the purchase of 96 acres of Tift County land at a price of more than 91000 for the Coastal Plain Experiment Station The land will be used for field research allowed North Georgia College to sell a building that served as faculty housing for three years in the 1970s approved an agreement that allows the Board to purchase a pulping machine and to modernize a paper machine at the Charles Herty Development Center in Savannah The 32 million in necessary funds comes from general obligation bonds issued last year adopted a resolution and lease agreement for parking decks at Georgia Tech The document allows the Georgia Tech Foundation to secure financing for new decks allocated money from FY89 MRR funds to the Georgia Building Authority as additional money for a central energy plan expansion project at Georgia State The allocation is not to exceed 250000 a campus energy system is in the design stages approved a cooperative education agreement between Savannah State College and the Chatham County Board of Commissioners 8 System Around the System jf houses and raise 12 million from the walk in just three months GAINESVILLE COLLEGE Strictly Business Dr Keith Hickman ami student with their happy computer at Georgia Southern College GEORGIA SOUTHERN COLLEGE Room Sweet Room Computers are temperamental creatures Theyre sensitive to chalk dust and cigarette smoke They get cranky when its too cold They dont like light shining in their faces Georgia Southern College is trying to pamper some of its computers with a new room designed to make the machines and the students who use them more comfortable Room 104 of Georgia Southerns School of Technology has an independent 10ton air conditioning unit and lowered ceilings to keep things cool florescent and incandescent lighting to reduce glare and an erasable white panel instead of a chalkboard The lab which is the first of its kind on the Statesboro campus was a gift from the Gulfstream Corporation of Savannah part of a 125 million total endowment In addition to its comfortable amenities it features new Intergraph computers on which students can sketch out designs for projects ranging from architectural floorplans to jet engines EAST GEORGIA COLLEGE Legwork Theres nothing quite like an evening stroll in the summertime But a 100mile jaunt that takes five days to complete To Edward Bolton chairman of East Georgia Colleges math and science division a 100mile odyssey is a cakewalk He and his wife in June joined 200 others walking from Portland Maine to Boston We hiked 20 miles a day and slept on the floors of high school gyms at night Dr Bolton says Church groups and other volunteers prepared meals for us The walk which actually ended in Atlanta was one of several projects sponsored by Habitat for Humanity an organization that helps low income families build affordable homes Strolling 100 miles may not be some peoples idea of a perfect vacation but Dr Bolton says he was satisfied because he and his wife Elena raised 700 in pledges The organization expects to build 120 The expression Hes out on college business has taken on a new meaning at Gainesville College since the purchase of a new pontoon boat recently christened College Business The craft wont be used for pleasure cruises though Students at Gainesville College and North Georgia College will take her out for field trips to study geology ecology and botany Researchers will charter her in their efforts to better understand the water supply of Lake Lanier in Gainesville Ileen White president of Save the Lake Inc officially christened College Business at Gainesville College on August 30 with a bottle of wine from Chateau Elan a winery in nearby Braselton Afterward the college hosted a luncheon for those who helped make the purchase of College Business possible Gainesville Colleges pontoon boatdocked in the parking lot September 1988 9 Medical College of Georgia President Francis Tedesco left confers with University of Georgia President Charles Knapp before appearing News All Four One The university presidents present a united front It was a sight not often seen the presidents of all four of Georgias public universities in the same room at the same time working together on a project Yet on September 13 there they were John Patrick Crecine Charles Knapp Francis Tedesco and William Suttles presenting to the Board a report outlining the generic funding needs of research universities Its a sight that may be seen more often in the future The four presidents were there as part of Chancellor Propsts plan to get institutions within the University System to work with each other The idea came from my budget conferences this summer with the presidents of all 34 institutions the chancellor says This kind of cooperation only serves to strengthen the communication between our colleges and universities Georgia Tech President Crecine kicked off the presentation with an overview of how much money Georgias public research universities need to function He compared the amount of support given the big four with the support other states give their universities The verdict Georgia ranks 31st in taxes invested in higher education To move Georgias comprehensive university the four research universities up to the average of say the University of Virginia or the University of North Carolina we would require an additional appropriation of 194 million Dr Crecine told the Regents Thats another 75 per quarter credit hour Dr Crecine was first among the presidents to discuss some of the special needs of his institution More housing must be built at Georgia Tech he said because students outnumber dormitory units by a ratio of approximately three to one Far worse is the studentfaculty ratio Reducing the current ratio from 231 students to faculty to 141 will require 340 more faculty members Dr Crecine also cited the importance of keeping research and teaching equipment up to date as a top priority Following Dr Crecine to the podium was Georgia State Acting President William Suttles who pointed out substantial differences between the support given his university and that given universities in other states We do not necessarily wish to be funded at the same level as institutions in other states for there are thousands of reasons why financial comparisons are difficult he said However we do believe that we should offer the same quality of education 10 System with counterparts Georgia State Acting President William Suttles left and Georgia Tech President John Patrick Crecine To offer a comparable quality of education Dr Suttles said the System must aggressively recruit outstanding professors and staff as well as promote the belief that the state cannot provide different qualities of university education Francis Tedesco the newly elected president of the Medical College of Georgia called some of the Boards actions welcomed steps in making the research universities strong There are other things to consider however he said such as portable retirement plans tenure appointments for senior scholars and the need for fiscal support to renovate and replace our aging physical plants Dr Tedesco also recommended that the Regents think of MCG Hospitals and Clinics as an entity comparable to a foundation or institute and suggested that universities be given greater flexibility in purchasing and making midyear salary adjustments for some positions The last man to the microphone was University of Georgia President Charles Knapp The universitys top priority he said is to improve the average salaries of fulltime faculty salaries that are more than 1500 below the regional average for doctoral I universities in the South He added that UGAs inability to keep up with the competition is resulting in professors leaving for other universities Dr Knapp also addressed some of the generic needs of Georgias public universities and emphasized that if the state continues to improve its investment in the big four the benefits will be phenomenal This months presentation is actually the first in a series At the Boards November meeting the presidents of the Systems 15 fouryear colleges will be on hand to talk about some of their needs and their institutions overall role in Georgias higher education picture m The Farm Report What do sweet potatoes have in common with Nubian goats Both have been the subjects of study by a joint agricultural committee made up of three of the Systems colleges In September the Boards education committee heard a little bit about what those member colleges Abraham Baldwin Fort Valley State and the University of Georgia have been up to in the 13 years since the agricultural committee was formed On hand to brief the Regents was Melvin Walker Jr the committees cochairman and dean of Fort Valley States School of Agriculture Most of the ag committees projects are designed to help the states farmers and students of agriculture Researchers at all three institutions have been involved in studying sweet potato breeding production and management practices for cattle and Nubian goats Through various experiments the researchers have tried to get the goats to produce milk yearround Dr Walker says The committee was established in 1975 as part of the University Systems desegregation plan Today the institutions swap faculty so that one colleges students can get experience from another colleges specialists Students are also given a chance to work with farmers through summer internships with the Georgia Extension Service Helping the states citizens with their agricultural needs has been another of the joint agricultural committees accomplishments The committee has created an information service called DialAGardener and is exploring the possibility of offering more demonstrations on gardening pruning and lawn and plant care Other research projects are also in the works MarchApril 1988 11 Photos by Pam Prouty THE ACTION STAGE Sleeves are rolling up Money is being put to work Teacher education at last is headed for a better day By Michael J Baxter In theory the solution is this simple You want better students Make better teachers You want better teachers Make better teachers of teachers For much of this decade education officials have taken a long hard look at how Georgia prepares its teachers They have formed panels Issued reports Made recommendations Drawn up strategies Debated the issue Today the huddle has finally broken up All of the talk and study is giving way to action and teacher ed in the University System is on the brink of change There is a new sense of optimism among education deans and faculty that the prospect of a better day for the states teachers is very real The optimism is not unfounded Things are happening on the campuses of the System colleges offering teacher programs activities that indicate a new investment in teachers as a means for improving education Money provided by state lawmakers is turning innovative ideas and blackboard strategies into reality The most encouraging thing about all of this new activity is that people are working together Colleges are teaming up to form new teacher ed centers The centers in turn are working with local schools listening to their problems and lending a hand to their teachers and students Schools and departments of education are forging closer relationships with other departments within the colleges an indication that the colleges themselves are inching closer to the day when preparing teachers is everyones responsibility This team approach has not come easily and in some areas it is still developing Where it is present it has come only after the years of panels reports recommendations and the realization that because the task of improving education is so gargantuan it will take nothing less than allout war to accomplish it The principal soldiers in the battle are the college faculty the people preparing the teachers They are the ones who dont see teacher education as something abstract the intangible topic of some report but who live it spending each day looking out at a classroom of students who are the teachers of tomorrow There is a lot riding on these college faculty If they fail the nation is in serious trouble If they succeed then the promise of keeping America solvent in an era of cutthroat global competition is brighter than ever To succeed however they will need two things The first is an ability to instill in their charges a fearless attitude toward teaching creatively an 12 System attitude that traditional solutions to problems are no longer enough The second is support from other quarters something they have already begun to get Centers In a word the most visible piece of evidence that teacher education has reached the action stage Four have been created in the predominantly rural areas of the state to carry out strategies for improving teacher ed A fifth is coming whose mission is to provide professional development opportunities for anyone involved in preparing teachers The idea of starting centers as a means for tackling big problems is not new and on paper such enterprises are not always terribly interesting But what is happening at the new teacher ed centers warrants attention for the activities taking place are both important and innovative First a primer Each center has a lead college and one or two associate colleges who share in a 225000 budget provided by this years Special Funding Initiative Their objectives Get together work with local school districts study area problems that affect education and put everything thats learned back into the classroom to produce teachers who will graduate with better knowledge and more motivation than those who have gone before them Thats the plan in proposal form Flere are a few glimpses of what it looks like in real life Teacher ed faculty and students at West Georgia College are trying to break a cycle of economic hardship for people living in Carrollton Georgia For every day of each quarter they will work with two groups of disadvantaged children fouryearolds and middle school students who come from homes where education is not much of a priority Many of these children are born to teen mothers says Evelyn Fulbright dean of West Georgias School of Education or their parents may be high school dropouts The fouryearolds will get help in such areas as language development movement and listening skills The older students many of whom do not have parents at home to coach them will get help with their writing skills Were not just doing this for now Dr Fulbright adds If the money is available well monitor the same group of children throughout their school careers At Valdosta State College education professors are going back to elementary and high schools for entire quarters not to learn but to teach classes and try out new methods The logic is that by sending them into schoolrooms they will get a firsthand look at current problems and be able to discuss with their own students creative solutions Why is sending college faculty back to the schoolhouse necessary If youre going to train teachers for public schools then you need to know what the hecks going on out there says Floyd Toth dean of the education school at Valdosta State Things change The problems of today are different and for our faculty to have credibility they must be current They cant be talking about what happened 10 or 15 years ago Georgia Southern and Armstrong State are hatching a similar plan for their center only they are trying to help novice schoolteachers as well as education students and professors The idea is to follow through with the education of a teacher says Jack Miller Georgia Southerns dean of education One of the reasons we lose so many after their first year is we dont offer a bridge of support between their education and work experience After we train them we say Goodbye thats it Beginning this fall faculty members from both colleges will sit in the back of public school classrooms and observe firstyear teachers Later they will share their observations with the beginning teachers and offer encouragement A good thing too because recent statistics show that nearly a fifth of the 5000 Georgia teachers who left the profession after the 198687 school year were only in their first year of teaching Eliot Wigginton is one example of a teacher who came perilously close to quitting after his first year Today more than two decades later the former Georgia Teacher of the Year is considered one of the most energetic and innovative teachers in the country and hes sharing his secrets for success with others see sidebar Professors at Georgia College are working on a different way to help local schools We talked with local school superintendents and they told us what some of the concerns and problems were in the region says Edward Wolpert dean of the education school What the superintendents wanted was more education for teachers in how child abuse suicide and teen pregnancy affected education The college answered the call by planning workshops for the teachers and creating an electronic bulletin board a computer network that will provide the latest information and reduce the feelings of isolation felt at many public schools in middle Georgia More than 200 schools will be able to tap into the electronic Dear Abby Getting colleges to work with each other and with local schools is only part of the team effort needed to repair teacher education in Continued next page There is a lot riding on the college faculty If they fail the nation is in serious trouble September 1988 13 Teacher education the key to preserving democracy Really now Yet there is a certain logic in Carnegies central argument Academic Affairs Vice Chancellor Anne Flowers Schools ACTION continued Georgia A third act of cooperation is the one that seems to be the most difficult to achieve getting faculty and administrators in different areas within the colleges to work with each other There is a certain isolation felt by many of the schools of education within the colleges says Anne Flowers vice chancellor for academic affairs It used to be that these schools and departments prepared teachers with only a minimum amount of suggestions from elsewhere Today however they face an incredible amount of regulation Few other programs in colleges and universities would flourish under the same amount of control That sense of isolation is indeed evident at the states public colleges noted a 1986 report on teacher education in Georgia It said that relations between faculties of education and liberal arts units are often strained or nonexistent One reason is that each group thinks its domain should be expanded What will it take to make teacher education the responsibility of an entire institution and not just a department or school Time Attitudes must first change Fortunately the System has come up with a way to begin the process It is called the professional development center and it is an idea that has been in the works for some time While it is not yet clear where the center will be located or who will oversee its operations details will be released this fall its activities are already outlined f education face an incredible amount of regulation All of the faculty involved in preparing teachers whether from schools of arts and sciences or education public or private will have access to the center They will go to seminars and conferences and get uptodate information on whats happening in education They will visit local schools They will share information Not only will the professional development center bring all kinds of college faculty and administrators to one place but it will foster innovation in teaching We have a tendency to get bogged down in our daytoday activities concedes West Georgias Dr Fulbright and we dont always get a chance to interact with each other to try out some of our ideas Maybe this will help All of this new activity is needed A 1986 report by the Carnegie Task Force on Teaching as a Profession said that the quality of life in the United States our standard of living depends on drastic improvements in education The improvements said the report will come only if changes are made in teacher education Granted a United States with a much lower standard of living than the one it has today can be difficult to imagine Particularly for the younger generation it is somehow hard to see as commonplace two or three families living in a single dwelling with all adults working just to pay the rent to envision middle class homes with only one television and no VCRs or microwave ovens to picture men and women working in factories for less than Continued on page 16 14 System Pam Prouty Sometimes A Shining Teacher There were a few dips in the road for Eliot Wigginton on his way to the founding of the Foxfire publishing series and teaching philosophy As a young high school student the boy who would one day be named Georgias Teacher of the Year had to repeat the ninth grade But an English instructor turned it around for me says Wigginton by praising a composition and encouraging the young author to polish it for publication in the schools literary magazine Wigginton recounts the event in his 1985 awardwinning book Sometimes a Shining Moment The Foxfire Experience I watched every day for that magazine to appear and when it finally did I can still remember taking a copy to my room and sitting there alone holding it for what must have been an hour 1 was published I wasnt an idiot after all It is that moment of accomplishment of selfesteem and motivation that Wigginton through a North Georgia College graduate course helps other teachers to inspire Nearly three dozen teachers from all grades subjects and ability levels took the course for six days in August They discussed what makes a positive educational atmosphere heard from current and former Foxfire students and teachers and outlined their own Foxfirephilosophy projects to be launched in classrooms this fall The education didnt stop with the course either Once a month through December the teachers will gather to discuss progress and problems to congratulate and commiserate and to regear their programs as necessary The Foxfire philosophy which includes bringing reallife experiences into the classroom as part of the teaching process was born in 1966 when Wigginton and his high school students started a magazine covering the culture and history of Appalachia The students literally did everything from writing articles to taking photographs to managing budgets The magazine is still around today and it is just one of thousands of projects that illustrate the Foxfire philosophy says Wigginton One example can be found in the classroom of Pat Hammond a second grade teacher in Lumpkin County who took the North Georgia Foxfire course in 1987 Her students rewrote the US Constitution in a vocabulary appropriate to their level and later drafted a constitution for classroom rules Another Foxfire alumna Wilma Clark guided her American history students at WinderBarrow High School through a long complex and successful effort to save a historic covered bridge The man who nurtured Foxfire from its humble beginnings imparts by example another lesson he wants teachers to carry from the NGC classroom the idea of teacher as student His ultimate goal however lies in the end not the means I want my kids your kids to walk out of the classroom with a catalog of positive experiences and say God Almighty that was something Marc Cutright The boy who would one day be Georgias Teacher of the Year had to repeat the ninth grade September 1988 15 A recent survey of Georgia high school students turned up such adjectives as yuck when asked about the prospect of going into teaching ACTION continued minimum wage It is almost inconceivable that a visit to the Shoneys breakfast bar might someday be considered extravagant While the Carnegie report doesnt exactly paint a picture of life without the Shoneys breakfast bar it does contend that the final consequence for not improving teacher education is a poorer way of life Says the report If our standard of living is to be maintained if the growth of a permanent underclass is to be averted if democracy is to function effectively into the next century our schools must graduate the vast majority of their students with achievement levels long thought possible for only the privileged few Such a statement seems at best alarmist Teacher education the key to preserving democracy Really now Yet there is a certain logic in Carnegies central argument that is impossible to ignore The logic is this In recent years the world has undergone a major economic transformation The United States is not as competitive or strong economically today because it has lost its hold on manufacturing We rose to power because of our ability to mass produce high quality goods at low cost today however other countries are doing just that with laborers who are willing to work longer hours for lower wages than American workers Americas answer to this predicament has been to move toward a knowledgebased society something that has prompted a need for big improvements in education since the workers of today and tomorrow must be highly skilled and have expertise in a variety of advanced technologies Yet education in this country is lacking and a knowledgebased economy in which learning and real intellectual effort are not highly valued is a contradiction in terms If our standard of living is to be maintained our schools must graduate students with higher achievement levels and a burning desire to learn Otherwise we will be forced to compete with countries such as Japan and Korea on their own level longer hours lower wages At the root of preserving our standard of living says Carnegie are teachers How we teach our teachers then is the critical step That may prove to be a herculean task because one of the things that must be done first is making teachers more important in the eyes of Americans Teachers for the most part have always been respected individual ly but the publics general opinion of the teaching profession appears to have changed In the old days even as recently as a few years ago teaching was seen as an honorable profession Teachers themselves were living icons of the American spirit valued in a society that took great pride in its educational system Today the daily papers and news programs are pinning teachers with much of the blame for Americas education woes Nearly every day brings a new revelation about how poorly students fare in geography math science history the languages Horror stories about Johnny graduating from high school unable to read his diploma are commonplace And so the country has attached something of a stigma to the entire teaching profession One sign of this stigma is the critical teacher shortage The 1986 Carnegie Foundation task force projected that 13 million new teachers would be needed between 1986 and 1992 Why so many The children of Baby Boomers are now entering school pushing up enrollments An entire cohort of older teachers is retiring en masse Other teachers are leaving because they are disaffected or burned out At the same time fewer college students are going into teaching In 1986 Georgia had to import six out of every ten newly certified teachers from other states The shortage is especially acute in the area of minority teachers By 1990 Georgia will face a huge gap between the percentage of minority schoolchildren 55 percent and minority teachers 6 percent A major reason for the shortage is the increase in career opportunities available to women I can be anything I want now says one female student but a few years ago I would have had to be a housewife or a teacher or something really traditional Another reason is money A recent survey of Georgia high school students turned up such adjectives as yuck when asked about the prospect of going into teaching mostly be The Centers SOUTHEAST Georgia Southern College Lead Armstrong State College WEST West Georgia College Lead Columbus College Georgia Southwestern College CENTRAL Georgia College Lead Fort Valley State College SOUTH Valdosta State College Lead Albany State College 16 System Special Valdosta States Floyd Toth Things change 3 You need to know what the hecks going on out there cause they perceived teaching as an occupation with too many hassles in the workplace and too small paychecks Dr Flowers however maintains that salaries are not as discouraging to prospective students as many people think In education we tend to jump on salaries as being the primary problem she says but if the average salary for teachers in Georgia is more than 26000 well thats not too bad I think whats keeping many students away is that they see all of the other things a teacher has to do in addition to teaching The things Dr Flowers speak of include monitoring the halls pulling lunchroom duty seeing students off at the bus stop running the Ditto machine duties that indicate the low esteem and lack of support given to the profession That attitude is another area broached by Carnegies task force two years ago It compared the amount of support given to architects with that given to teachers Architects typically have available the services of model builders and people to do their drafting as well as clerks receptionists and accountants the report stated This is not true in the world of schools however an indication that Americans care more about providing support to those who design the appliances we use or make the television programs for our evening entertainment than to those who educate our children f course the fact that teacher education in Georgia has reached the action stage does not mean improvement in education is due any moment The positives cited above are only part of the plan for a better day and they will take time Making better teachers of teachers is a longterm solution to making better teachers and making better students Too there are other areas of teacher ed that need work as well The realm of recruitment is one at this time attracting more students is not among the responsibilities of the new teacher ed centers One way to get more students into teaching is to get teachers to talk up their profession They have an advantage over people in other occupations in that they are a major influence throughout a young persons development Getting them to do this will require two things First teachers must be happy with their vocation Second they must be encouraged to be encouraging The second act cannot be done without the first Part of the way to keep teachers happy is to keep paying attention to their profession and enlisting their support in reform Efforts must be continued to pay them well lessen their workload and give them the support staff and services they need so that they can concentrate on teaching Why Carnegie says the economic success of our nation depends on it But there is another equally important reason Teachers deserve a hand In the eyes of a child they are authority absolute right up there with parents Teenagers see the good teachers as role models for values To parents they are partners in influence over young minds Georgias teachers should not be less than optimistic though The talking and thinking have at last turned to doing 0 September 1988 17 People Wallace Murphy Bryant Dunifon Messina Farmer Tallman The A Team Augusta College completes an 18month period of change in top officers The action on the morning of Thursday September 1 was in itself unremarkable A man drove his car through the Georgia countryside from Athens to Augusta making the first of many 95mile commutes to his job as the new executive director of development for Augusta College But however unremarkable it seemed the commute did carry a special significance for the college The arrival of William J Messina as the new development officer brought to an end a period of leadership transition at Augusta College that began 18 months ago when Richard Wallace was named president It has been a period that brought turnover in six of the colleges seven senior positions The scorecard is a full one two new vice presidents three new deans and now a new director of development and Dr Wallace is clearly happy with his new team These individuals bring fresh ideas high energy levels and a determination to build a firstrate college he says Augusta College is going to be a very exciting place in the next few years The only office not experiencing a change in leadership belongs to Joseph Mele the colleges vice president of business and finance of ten years Its an interesting experience Mele says of his role as the colleges elder statesman I guess you could say Im the anchorman Im the most senior and in more ways than one Mele is not alone in his knowledge of the colleges inner workings however some of the new administrators including Dr Wallace were promoted internally The fact that the college has so many new deans and vice presidents does not mean all are strangers to each other Messina notes that he and William Dunifon who was named vice president for academic affairs last 18 System year went to the same high school in Florida We were both surfers at Fort Lauderdale Fligh Messina says though we werent there at the same time I graduated four years after he did Messina also shares Italian ancestry with Fred Barnabei whose appointment as vice president of student affairs came last May Messina comes to Augusta from the University of Georgia where he was director of major gifts a position that entailed working with donors who gave 100000 or more As Augustas executive director of development he will oversee all public relations and alumni relations activities as well as fundraising The college is currently in the process of wrapping up a 4 million campaign so his immediate plans involve special events for college alumni In addition to Messinas appointment at Augusta College the Board approved 10 other appointments in September They are listed below UNIVERSITIES David V Pavesic director of the Cecil B Day School of Hospitality at Georgia State University Leon A Leonard acting dean of the dentistry school at the Medical College of Georgia second term Jerry J Garnick acting chairman of the peridontics department at MCG second term Howard W Conley head of the orthodontics department at MCG KarlErik Eriksson professor and eminent scholar of biochemistry at the University of Georgia and DavidE Kissel head of the agronomy department at UGA TWOYEAR AND FOURYEAR COLLEGES Robert Bauer head of the psychology department at Valdosta State College George Raymond Gaumond director of the library at Valdosta State Harold K McGinnis director of the political science department at Kennesaw State College and Gary Leland Roberts chairman of the history department at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College EH Fort Valley States Time of Transition Fort Valley State College the 86yearold traditionally black institution set among the rural beauty of Peach County entered a period of transition early this month as Chancellor Propst accepted the resignation of President Luther Burse and named Agricultural School Dean Melvin E Walker acting president The resignation is effective October 11988 Dr Burse leaves Fort Valley State after serving as president for five years He will remain with the University System in a special capacity until June 30 1989 Until that time he will assist with the implementation of the provisions outlined in the consent decree agreed upon earlier this year in the case of Hunnicutt v Board of Regents Dr Propst said Dr Burse knows the campus well and will be an asset in helping us carry out the decrees provisions The resignation of Dr Burse prompted some supporters of the college to address the Boards executive committee at the September 13 meeting Members of Fort Valley States national alumni association voiced six concerns regarding the leadership transition at the college among them a public reaffirmation of the continued viability of the college Following the groups 30minute address to the executive committee Board Chairman Joseph Greene thanked the assemblage for their input and pledged the Regents continued support for the college I think the fact that there have been administrative changes may be misconstrued as a lessening of commitment to that institution Regent Greene said whereas I have not seen any diminishment in our commitment to Fort Valley State College as a viable institution Dr Walker came to the college in 1973 to teach agricultural eco Leaving Fort Valley States Luther Burse nomics and to coordinate research in rural development In 1978 he was promoted to director of the Agricultural Research Station and associate dean for research positions he held until last year when he was named dean of the agricultural school He has been described as highly ambitious and hardworking characteristics that go back at least to the late 1960s when he spent summers supervising tobacco farmers He holds four academic degrees including MS and PhD degrees from the University of Illinois and has been widely published in journals and periodicals Dr Walker has served with distinction at Fort Valley State College Chancellor Propst told the Board His experience academic preparation and strength of character will serve the college well in this important period of transition Dr Burse came to Fort Valley State in 1983 when he succeeded Cleveland Pettigrew who was president from 1973 until his death in 1982 Dr Burses status until July 11989 is president on leave 0 September 1988 19 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS INSTITUTIONS AND PRESIDENTS Joseph D Greene Thomson Chairman Edgar L Rhodes Bremen Vice Chairman John Henry Anderson Jr Hawkinsville James E Brown Dalton W Lamar Cousins Marietta William T Divine Jr Albany Thomas H Frier Sr Douglas H Dean Propst Chancellor David S Spence Executive Vice Chancellor Henry G Neal Executive Secretary Jacob H Wamsley Vice ChancellorFiscal Affairs and Treasurer Anne Flowers Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Frederick O Branch Vice ChancellorFacilities Thomas E Daniel Vice Chancellor External Affairs Arthur Dunning Vice Chancellor for Services and Minority Affairs James B Mathews Vice ChancellorInformation Technology Thomas F McDonald Vice ChancellorStudent Services Haskin R Pounds Vice ChancellorResearch and Planning T Don Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsPersonnel Arthur M Gignilliat Jr Savannah Elridge W McMillan Atlanta Barry Phillips Atlanta John W Robinson Jr Winder Deen Day Smith Atlanta William B Turner Columbus Jackie M Ward Atlanta Carolyn D Yancey Atlanta Gordon M Funk Assistant Vice ChancellorFiscal AffairsAccounting Systems and Procedures Mary Ann Hickman Assistant Vice Chancellor Affirmative Action Cathie Mayes Hudson Assistant Vice Chancellor Planning H Guy Jenkins Jr Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities Thomas E Mann Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities David M Morgan Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Richard Osburn Assistant Vice ChancellorAcademic Affairs Roger Mosshart Assistant Vice ChancellorFiscal AffairsBudgets J Pete Silver Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Joseph J Szutz Assistant Vice Chancellor Research Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta John Patrick Crecine Georgia State University Atlanta William M Suttles Acting Medical College of Georgia Augusta Francis J Tedesco University of Georgia Athens Charles B Knapp Albany State College Albany Billy C Black Armstrong State College Savannah Robert A Burnett Augusta College Augusta Richard S Wallace Clayton State College Morrow Harry S Downs Columbus College Columbus Frank D Brown Fort Valley State College Fort Valley Luther Burse Georgia College Milledgeville Edwin G Speir Jr Georgia Southern College Statesboro Nicholas Henry Georgia Southwestern College Americas William H Capitan Kennesaw State College Marietta Betty L Siegel North Georgia College Dahlonega John H Owen Savannah State College Savannah Wiley S Bolden Acting Southern College of Technology Marietta Stephen R Cheshier Valdosta State College Valdosta Hugh C Bailey West Georgia College Carrollton Maurice K Townsend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton James A Burran Acting Atlanta Metropolitan College Atlanta Edwin A Thompson Bainbridge 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indication the University System is facing its best enrollment news in a long long time A preliminary report issued this month by the Office of Research and Planning shows a record fall quarter enrollment of 161485 students in the University System a whopping 51 percent increase over last autumn Though the statistics are unofficial they are not likely to change much when the research office releases its final enrollment report in early November The best news comes at the twoyear colleges which have been struggling somewhat with student enrollment over the past few years The preliminary report shows a 123 percent increase in students over fall quarter 1987 Senior college and university increases are listed at 55 percent and 14 percent respectively Only three colleges Valdosta State Bainbridge College and Waycross College are showing enrollment declines Those decreases however are slight and could even change once the final figures are in Look for a detailed story on fall enrollment in next months issue of System magazine Turnover II Ann Farr who worked on System Magazine as a parttime assistant for three issues has left the staff to prepare for graduation from Georgia State Replacing her is Scott Tufts a GSU student majoring in journalism and parttime writer for the Atlanta Constitutions North Fulton Extra edition First Rate Georgia Techs continuing education program for engineers is ranked first in the country according to a survey conducted by the University of Texas Lagging behind Georgia Tech were Stanford MIT Purdue and UCLA Awards Awarded 160 students in the University System are getting help in tuition payments thanks to recent allocations of the Regents Opportunity Grants The 600000 in financial aid was allotted by the General Assembly last January The Big One The Medical College of Georgias nursing school just received the biggest private grant in its history a threeyear 795697 award from the W K Kellogg Foundation to study ways to reduce infant mortality in rural Georgia Thanks This months cover story was authored by Toni Baker who spent the weekend in MCGs trauma center as an observer and reporter The excellent photos are the work of William Willner 0 This Month in the System OCTOBER 1967 Construction of the sevenbuilding campus of Macon Junior College begins on 160 acres of land with a budget of just over 3 million OCTOBER 1971 Stanley Anderson dean of the agriculture school at Texas A I University is named president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College OCTOBER 1980 The University of Georgias student newspaper The Red and Black becomes an independent organization 2 System Perspective Celebrating Southern This month the Regents took their meeting on the road to the campus of Georgia Southern College in Statesboro While there they heard an address by Georgia Southern President Nicholas Henry on where his college is heading System magazine asked Dr Henry to share some of those thoughts with readers By Nicholas Henry President Georgia Southern College Georgia Southern grows During the past three years from 1984 through 1987 the college has accounted for nearly 30 percent of the growth of the entire University System of Georgia From 1984 through 1988 we have grown by an average of 10 percent a year with more than 9800 students currently enrolled Georgia Southern has 40 percent more students on campus this fall than we had four years ago All told Georgia Southern is the fastestgrowing institution in the state and the fourth largest Because quantity and quality are not mutually exclusive Georgia Southern would rather grow better than merely grow We are doing both Our advising and developmental studies programs were recognized this year with a major award from the American College Testing Service and the National Academic Advising Association and we have through hard work attained one of the highest retention rates in the country The colleges dedication to students surfaces in other ways as well Despite phenomenal growth over the past four years the average class size is only 21 students Other than some activity courses in physical education every one of these classes is taught by a professor not a teaching assistant We also are teaching more highly qualified students In 1985 the average SAT score for regularly admitted freshmen at Georgia Southern was 891 in 1988 it is 926 an improvement of 35 points Coping with unprecedented growth in quantity and improvement in quality require planning and one of our major undertakings this year has been the initiation of a new strategic planning process Our entire process of planning is predicated on the notion that we must assess more fully and more accurately than we presently do how well our students are learning Academic life is managed by a musculature of committees but some muscles are more important than others It is more important for example to have a committee figure out whether students are learning what we teach them than to have a committee on parking I am hopeful that an important new curricular emphasis resulting from our planning process will be the cultivation in our students of a stronger sense of moral choice Though a number of studies have found that undergraduates are becoming more preoccupied with selfservice goals they also tell us that young people continue to develop their ability to reason in a moral way as long as they remain in college Interestingly they usually cease to do so when their formal education ends With these kinds of findings in mind the reinstatement of ethics in the curriculum has become a priority President Derek Bok phrased it well in his latest report to the Harvard Board of Overseers Universities should be among the first to reaffirm the importance of basic values such as honesty promisekeeping free expression and nonviolence for these are not only principles essential to civilized societies they are values on which all learning and discovery ultimately depend When Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller was on our campus recently he said that If you could hold this institution in the palm of your hand you could feel it vibrating with enthusiasm and growth He is right When I walk around the campus and see the new waves of nearly 4000 additional students in the last four years inundating us it strikes me not only how bright upbeat and motivated our students are but how high the morale of our faculty and staff is as well We at Georgia Southern are deeply grateful to the Regents for the support they have shown us particularly through these last several years of unprecedented expansion Thanks to the Board of Regents Georgia Southern has been able to strengthen those factors that warm and caring college environment that have caused our growth in the first place 0 October 1988 3 Board Action Varying Degrees This winter Dalton College and other System institutions will launch new programs For some time now more than a few students at Dalton College have been dropping out of career programs because of a Catch22 predicament Some were taking courses that though relevant to their chosen occupations did not lead to a career degree Others faced an opposite dilemma The courses they took led to a degree but were not relevant to their chosen occupations That dilemma college officials hope will soon be resolved This month the Regents approved new programs in general business and industry under Daltons associate of applied science AAS degree that will give students the kind of degree coursework they need for jobs in the citys gigantic carpet industry Under the general business program Dalton students will get a sound working knowledge of business operations that will prepare them for positions in small companies The industry program likewise will provide students with expertise in a wide variety of fields pertaining to the carpet industry banking finance marketing and accounting to name a few Dalton College was only one of seven colleges involved in academic activity this month Other programs taken up by the Board include an external degree program in business administration at Gainesville College Effective this winter quarter North Georgia College will offer the BBA program on Gainesvilles campus The need is apparent a survey of recently enrolled students showed that 121 42 percent expressed an interest in such a program at Gainesville Thirtysix recent Gainesville graduates and 75 area employees said they were interested too The Boards approval of the joint effort marks the first University System BBA program to be offered north of Athens a cooperative EdS degree in educational administration and supervision between Georgia State University and Georgia College Targeted are school personnel in Middle Georgia who have requested more advanced education in those fields Classes will be taught at Georgia College with some GSU faculty travelling to Milledgeville to teach a bachelor of music BM degree at Kennesaw State College with a major in performance College officials are seeking a more intense professional preparation for students interested in specializing in piano and voice Expanding population in the area is also prompting a need for more skilled pianists and music teachers with professional credentials Kennesaw State is expecting 15 students to enroll in the first year a major in junior high school under the master of education MEd degree at Georgia Southern College The Board discontinued the program because the area is no longer recognized by the states education department 0 4 System People Chapter Two Darton College gets a new president and gets set for a new era In its 22 years of existence Darton College has never experienced a period of change quite like the one it has undergone for the past year or so It began last December when then Albany Junior College was renamed Darton an old English word meaning town by the water Then earlier this year the Board of Regents considered the possibility of merging the twoyear college with neighboring Albany State College an idea that was dropped after two months of careful study At about the same time Darton President B R Tilley who had presided over the college since its genesis officially announced his retirement Next January begins another chapter in Dartons history That is when Peter J Sireno a highranking administrator at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa Florida takes over as president Dr Sireno will bring with him 14 years of administrative experience at twoyear colleges not to mention an upbeat enthusiastic attitude toward the colleges future He comes at a good time too Preliminary statistics show a healthy increase in student enrollment at Darton this fall 76 percent more than last autumn The college is also part of a proposal to create a confederated university of six colleges in southsouthwest Georgia That proposal one of two such regional university concepts being studied in the Regents longrange planning process would preserve the colleges autonomy while making it an integral part of a university effort in the region Such an organizational structure would be familiar to Dr Sireno who since 1985 has been provost of the largest of Hillsboroughs five campuses Says Chancellor H Dean Propst Dr Sirenos experience at the community college level will serve Darton College well as the institution moves into a new era Dr Sireno went into higher education in the late 1960s after working in business for ten years He began by teaching economics at a community college in Missouri In 1973 he became director of community college career programs at Northeast Missouri State a position he held for ten years He also served as dean of Dodge City Community College in Kansas for two years before going to Tampa He holds three degrees from Northeast Missouri State a BS in business administration and BSEd and MA degrees in business education He also earned an EdD in educational administration from the University of Mis Octobers Former Atlanta Schools Superintendent Alonzo Crim was named this month to fill the Benjamin E Mays Chair of Urban Educational Leadership at Georgia State University Dr Crim has taught educational administration at Georgia State since August of this year He previously taught at Atlanta University for 15 years Georgia Techs Microelectronics Research Center now has a new director Richard J Higgins a professor of electrical engineering at Georgia Tech for the past two years William D Rezak acting dean of the technology school at the Southern College of Technology was Newly elected Darton President Sireno souri The arrival of Dr Sireno means another move for Marilyn Malphurs who chaired the colleges search committee and has served as Dartons acting president since July 1 Next year she returns fulltime as comptroller 0 ther Faces named dean of the school this month Other appointments Harriett Elizabeth Mayo was named head librarian at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and Joyce Moore was appointed director of continuing education at DeKalb College Five faculty members in the System were awarded emeritus appointments in October Mansell E Pattison and Billy M Pollard who served 11 and 16 years respectively at the Medical College and Charles Braucher Corwin Mokler and Anthony Nemetz who served 28 21 and 24 years at the University of Georgia October 1988 5 Hours oMCG Hospital Dr Richard Treat center chief of traumasurgical care at MCG works to repair a patients severed vein Photo by William Willner m By Toni Baker The early morning quiet is shattered A passerby has found the young man shot through the head and brought him to the Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics It is 223 am Saturday The MCG trauma team quickly assembles to asssess the injury The patient is barely breathing A tube is inserted in his airway so that a machine breathes for him But the teams rapid assessment reveals a bleak scenario The gunshot wound has caused rapid extensive swelling of the brain The swelling has pushed the brain against the skull cutting off the blood supply The brain is dead The young man is one of some 10 percent of all patients who reach a Level One trauma center who do not survive Twenty years ago he would have been in the majority Within minutes of his arrival a second patient arrives at MCG Hospital This patient is brought by ambulance Emergency medical technicians on the scene have alerted the trauma staff of the incoming unstable patient The team is waiting A bullet has ripped through the patients posterior right hip tearing the iliac vein an essential vein that carries blood from the right leg and hip back to the heart The gushing blood pools in his hip This is a devastating injury says Dr Richard C Treat chief of traumasurgical care at MCG You can die extremely fast with a hole in your iliac vein The injury is in a no mans land of surgery so Dr Treat has to invent an incision to gain access to the torn vein He was dying Dr Treat would say later We had to see the entire extensive injury in order to manage it The patient loses his blood volume one and a half times out of the gushing vein Dr Treat uses a twoinch plastic graft to repair the vein Experience tells the surgeon that grafts in that area typically clot off The team hopes the graft will stay open long enough for the tiny veins that parallel the injured iliac vein to dilate and take over the work of carrying the blood back to the heart If we get two days of function from the graft it will be a success Dr Treat says as the team finishes up the case If we get a lifetime of function it will be a miracle The long surgery is over at 10 am Saturdays schedule is already shot But trauma punches no time clock Nights and weekends are the busiest times for the trauma Before Two staffers prepare the main trauma room at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital During Doctors technicians and nurses scramble to treat a gunshot victim who has just been brought into the center After The hospitals main trauma room looks as if a cyclone had roared through it Top of page Dr Richard C Treat Photos by William Willner service which now averages 100 patients each month MCG serves as the primary trauma center for 13 east central Georgia counties Patients also come from other parts of Georgia and neighboring South Carolina I never thought it would get this busy Dr Treat said A major reason for the surge which has multiplied the patient numbers by five times in five years is the care of trauma patients from many hospitals to just MCG Hospital In October 1981 the East Central Georgia Emergency Medical Services Council designated MCG Hospital the first Level One trauma center in Georgia The center actually had been functioning since July 1981 The first six months of operation brought 86 patients Years ago you had weekends that werent that busy Today a weekend that is not very busy is a rarity Dr Treat said In the early days of designation the concept of a trauma center was little understood Other hospitals were concerned that shifting trauma patients to MCG would have a major impact on other patient populations as well We told people that wouldnt happen Dr Treat said They didnt believe that I can understand their concern But it didnt happen And now that they know its not going to happen we are actually seeing a shift of more trauma patients to us because they might be potentially seriously injured The huge influx of patients has taken its toll on a hospital never designed to handle trauma We have made a commitment to responding to the needs of the region to take care of trauma said Richard R Bias associate hospital director for operations It requires a certain availability of space equipment personnel and resources to be able to do that job We have gotten to the point where we are constantly at capacity given our We have gotten to the point where we are constantly at capacity given our current space resources current space resourcesHelp is in sight in the form of a specialized care center to be built adjacent to MCG Hospital and Clinics The new building slated for opening in early 1991 will more than double the intensive care space of the hospital and greatly enhance trauma and emergency care capabilities The general concept of these specialized care centers for victims of trauma grew out of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts Those wars showed that rapid evaluation and surgical intervention could have a significant impact on the survival of people with a single lifethreatening injury such as a gunshot wound to the heart or those with injuries to many body systems This is a group of patients that 20 years ago had an 85 percent mortality in general Dr Treat said Today in trauma centers with specialized organized approach to care the mortality for that same group of patients is less than 10 percent Readiness is the key Before a patient ever gets to the hospital everything needed to give him the best opportunity to survive is standing in the trauma room waiting said Linda Bouwens trauma nurse Continued needs to be placed on a ventilator to assist breathing An Xray technician stands by to provide a view inside the body Radiologists are available to read Xrays and other more sophisticated tests if needed The operating room is alerted Anesthesiologists are called to the trauma room The blood bank and laboratory are put on standby A clerk handles paperwork Coordinating the care is the trauma surgeon along with trauma surgery residents and trauma nurses who each have assigned tasks Neurosurgeons orthopedic surgeons and a host of other subspecialists are immediately available if needed When a person first arrives here at the trauma center he is brought into the specialized trauma resuscitation room Dr Treat said The first matter of business on all patients is to document the status of their airway breathing and circulation because that is what keeps people alive on a secondtosecond basis Any abnormality or inadequacy of the airway breathing and circulation is dealt with immediately no matter what other injuries are present Sometimes they cannot be stabilized in the emergency room Sometimes they have to be taken to the operating room within minutes or even seconds after arrival he said After these ABCs are accomplished We go back through and do a very thorough headtotoe evaluation that includes physical exams Xrays laboratory tests to determine all the injuries that are present and make a plan for correcting those injuries as quickly as possible he said When they die the thing that usually comes into my mind is I know theyve gotten the best possible care said Bouwens Nothing else could have been done Its intense she added But thats how I am in my whole life I was raised to be very competitive To be the best that I can be This satisfies that need in me We have many different lifestyles Singles Married people with small children Older Younger The commonality is you find very intense people who are very selfconfident sure of what they do Its resource intensive Dr Treat said Thats the way it has to be done to be done right You have to be ready to handle instability even when stability is the message Once in a while somebody rolls up to The vast preparation has significance for everyone because trauma is a great equalizer Anyone is the next potential victim the door unannounced Thats why you have to mobilize resources to be prepared This vast preparation has significance for everyone because trauma is a great equalizer Anyone is the next potential victim The youngest Bouwens can recall is an infant who is now paralyzed after riding in his mothers arms instead of a car seat The oldest is a man in his 70s hit by a car while riding his bicycle As Saturday wears on the variety of people and injury that is trauma becomes clear Its 1030 am The trauma team finishes up in the operating room Dr Treat heads up to the neuro intensive care unit where the young man with a gunshot wound to the head has been moved The family has gathered and Dr Treat explains to them again what has happened to their loved one and how there is no hope for his life He talks to the family about the hope for other lives if the young man becomes an organ donor The grieving family is able to look beyond its loss and think of others The trauma team gathers again about noon this time to make rounds on patients already in the hospital Rounds are done twice daily seven days a 10 System have some sort of commitment said Sara Wiggins emergency services weekend charge nurse Of the people we had today one clerk stayed three hours overtime She didnt have to do that I couldnt make her stay But she did and I was real glad she did because I needed her Because before an hour passes another call comes in Neighboring Burke County has three patients a mother and two children en route to MCG Their car has been hit by a train Existing patients are shifted to make room for new admissions Pediatric surgeons and intensivists are called because of the incoming children The mother is critically injured She has a head injury and is not breathing which worsens the head injury To stop the vicious cycle doctors make an incision in the neck near the Adams apple to gain access to her airway The desperate measure works At 550 pm the radio announces yet another victim this one a bicyclist hit by a car Throughout the night and next day the trauma service will see the results of an assault two more gunshot wounds another motor vehicle accident and a snake bite They are all different in ways that make them interesting and a separate challenge Dr Treat said They are all the same in that every patient is given the same opportunities for survival The way that we can have the highest level of care and survival for everybody is to do this all the time and do it right all the time Dr Treat said S week no matter how late they must be done We dont cure patients Dr Treat said We provide support and situations that allow patients to heal themselves Antibiotics dont cure infections Antibiotics swing the pendulum so that the patients own defenses have a better chance The sicker the patient the more chance there is for change and a need to alter our support Rounds allow us to gather the data look at the data and whats happening and devise the best support plan he said We need to be very adamant about constantly knowing what is going on constantly being aware of the total picture constantly making adjustments We may see the intensive care patients 15 times a day 20 times a day We may spend six hours with one patient doing adjustments They do change You can count on change What you must not do is miss it Rounds and paperwork are completed by early afternoon The team scatters to eat catch up on other tasks catch a few moments of rest The quiet is shortlived At 258 pm another call comes in Within two minutes four patients arrive from two different automobile accidents Thirty people immediately mobilize in emergency services to handle the load Most people who stay here be they clerks or assistants or anybody stay here because they do Dr Treat center and others work on a patient who has been in an automobile accident William Willner photo October 1988 11 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS Joseph D Greene Thomson Chairman Edgar L Rhodes Bremen Vice Chairman John Henry Anderson Jr Hawkinsville James E Brown Dalton W Lamar Cousins Marietta William T Divine Jr Albany Thomas H Frier Sr Douglas Arthur M Gignilliat Jr Savannah Elridge W McMillan Atlanta Barry Phillips Atlanta John W Robinson Jr Winder Deen Day Smith Atlanta William B Turner Columbus Jackie M Ward Atlanta Carolyn D Yancey Atlanta STAFF OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS H Dean Propst Chancellor David S Spence Executive Vice Chancellor Henry G Neal Executive Secretary Jacob H Wamsley Vice ChancellorFiscal Affairs and Treasurer Anne Flowers Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Frederick O Branch Vice ChancellorFacilities Thomas E Daniel Vice Chancellor External Affairs Arthur Dunning Vice Chancellor for Services and Minority Affairs James B Mathews Vice ChancellorInformation Technology Thomas F McDonald Vice ChancellorStudent Services Haskin R Pounds Vice ChancellorResearch and Planning T Don Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsPersonnel Gordon M Funk Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsAccounting Systems and Procedures Mary Ann Hickman Assistant Vice Chancellor Affirmative Action Cathie Mayes Hudson Assistant Vice Chancellor Planning H Guy Jenkins Jr Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities Thomas E Mann Assistant Vice Chancellor Facilities David M Morgan Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Richard Osburn Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Roger Mosshart Assistant Vice Chancellor Fiscal AffairsBudgets J Pete Silver Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Joseph J Szutz Assistant Vice Chancellor Research Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta John Patrick Crecine Georgia State University Atlanta William M Suttles Acting Medical College of Georgia Augusta Francis J Tedesco University of Georgia Athens Charles B Knapp Albany State College Albany Billy C Black Armstrong State College Savannah Robert A Burnett Augusta College Augusta Richard S Wallace Clayton State College Morrow Harry S Downs Columbus College Columbus Frank D Brown Fort Valley State College Fort Valley Melvin E Walker Acting Georgia College Milledgeville Edwin G Speir Jr INSTITUTIONS AND PRESIDENTS Georgia Southern College Statesboro Nicholas Henry Georgia Southwestern College Americus William H Capitan Kennesaw State College Marietta Betty L Siegel North Georgia College Dahlonega John H Owen Savannah State College Savannah Wiley S Bolden Acting Southern College of Technology Marietta Stephen R Cheshier Valdosta State College Valdosta Hugh C Bailey West Georgia College Carrollton Maurice K Townsend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton James A Burran Acting Atlanta Metropolitan College Atlanta Edwin A Thompson Bainbridge College Bainbridge Edward D Mobley Brunswick College Brunswick John W Teel Dalton College Dalton Derrell C Roberts Darton College Albany Marilyn Malphurs Acting DeKalb College Decatur Marvin M Cole East Georgia College Swainsboro Willie D Gunn Floyd College Rome David B McCorkle Gainesville College Gainesville J Foster Watkins Gordon College Bamesville Jerry M Williamson Macon College Macon S Aaron Hyatt Middle Georgia College Cochran Fretwell G Crider Acting South Georgia College Douglas Edward D Jackson Jr Waycross College Waycross James M Dye System Magazine is published monthly by the Office of Public Relations and Information Services Board of Regents University System of Georgia 244 Washington St SW Atlanta Georgia 30334 404 6562250 Change of address notices should include the old and new addresses with ZIP codes Circulation 15250 Executive Editor Kay Miller Editor Michael J Baxter Staff Writer Scott Tufts The University System of Georgia offers equal educational and employment opportunities OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 244 Washington Street SW Atlanta Georgia 30334 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED NonProfit Organization US POSTAGE PAID ATLANTA GA Permit No 342 THE SPECIAL FUNDING INITIATIVE Where it went Who it affected Received DEC 2 0 J988 mliSl Table of Contents Cover Story Storytelling How the Special Funding Initiative affected twelve people and others just like them9 Through the Roof Fall enrollment is way up surpassing even the most optimistic expectations4 The Big Pitch Senior college presidents talk about needs and challenges facing their schools6 QSapelo Pact The Board is close to an agreement with DNR over Sapelo Island8 Board Action7 Around the System16 People18 System Magazine welcomes all letters and comments Please address correspondence to System Magazine Board of Regents 244 Washington Street Atlanta 30334 Briefly Record Autumn The record amounts each autumn have become as routine and anticipated as the changing trees and falling leaves Year after year the Systems four universities report higher and higher numbers of research service and instruction grants and contracts if not individually then at least as a combined entity The only real suspense seems to be just how many more outside awards come in and for how much money The 198788 year was no exception Once again universitylevel outside grants and contracts reached a new high in value more than 246 million up an astonishing 142 percent over last year The number of awards was up by 277 or 84 percent After reporting a slight decline a year ago Georgia Tech brought in outside research money totaling well over 133 million a third more than in 198687 Much of that record amount was due to grants and contracts awarded by the US Air Force 325 million and the US Army 295 million The University of Georgia and Georgia State University posted more moderate increases of 27 percent and 31 percent respectively At UGA most of the departments took in more than last year while the GSU College of Education which accounts for a quarter of the universitys total amount of outside awards showed the biggest increase The Medical College of Georgia was the only university reporting a decline in grants and contracts MCG brought in 704112 fewer dollars this year a 51 percent drop but the School of Medicine which by far attracts the most awards took in 321151 more than last year Accredit to its institution Kennesaw States BS in nursing program has just received initial accreditation from the National League for Nursing an organization that accredits nursing education programs in the United States Shovels and Ribbons Augusta College broke ground for two projects this month a new physical education complex and a student residential complex Ground was also broken this month for Clayton State Colleges 4 million Spivey Recital Hall the first installment of a 10 million Fine Arts Center Correction In the September issue we should have reported that Kennesaw States Harold McGinnis was named director of the A L Burruss Institute 0 This Month in the System NOVEMBER 1968 A contract between the Board of Regents and the Floyd County Commission is forged thus paving the way for a junior college in Rome NOVEMBER 1975 A new policy approved by the Regents qualifies pregnancy as a disability and allows for sick leave compensation NOVEMBER 1986 A junior college study committee releases a report recommending name changes and a new degree structure for the Systems junior colleges 2 System Perspective Giving Thanks By Joseph D Greene Chairman Board of Regents As we begin to enjoy the holiday season we should pause to consider reflections on the past hopes for the future and thanks for the many blessings we enjoy in the University System of Georgia About this time every year the Board of Regents prepares its annual report to the governor In reviewing the details of the past 12 months I have had an opportunity to contemplate many of the good things characterizing public higher education in Georgia First and foremost I am thankful for the many fine faculty and staff members who day after day make this System one of the finest in the country Few people go into higher education for its financial rewards instead those who work so hard awakening minds to new ideas and concepts must often accept as their reward the knowledge that they have made a difference The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education CASE says that Americas Energy is Mindpower Each day the faculty and staff of this System ensure that this is one area we will not face an energy shortage Without these people the System would be nothing more than bricks and mortar It takes all of them professors custodians secretaries researchers to make it really work I am also thankful for the students who in record numbers continue to seek more and more education We are blessed that our students come to learn and not as they used to say to bum They know as most of us do that the path to a more rewarding life is through education I hope that some of these young people will also see their college experience as a beginning to a path toward pro could not have come as far as we have It is they along with our elected officials who have allowed us to grow in size and stature who have given us the opportunity to offer a college education in all corners of the state I am thankful that our universities have made great strides in research Strides that may ultimately affect not only the people of Georgia but the people of the world We see these strides in avian flu research the develop viding a better life for their fellow citizens A word about the citizens Without their generous support both financial and moral we 5 Those who work so hard awakening minds must often accept as their reward the knowledge that they have made a difference ment of drought resistant grasses advances in AIDS research Alzheimers Disease superconductivity Of course many of these advances could not have been made without the generous support of individuals corporations and foundations It is reassuring to know that we can provide the environment where true research may flourish and that others help provide the means for it to continue I am thankful for the everstrengthening partnership between education and business in this state With industry we share an ambitious and overriding goal namely providing an educated workforce Study after study tell of an undereducated underemployed group of people who will become what many call lost Americans We see in our society many of those lost people already in the ranks of the homeless who walk our streets or the group mired in what has come to be known as the underclass If we education and business can continue to come together then we will only build upon our efforts to bring about a more literate America a more prosperous America Finally I am thankful to the men and women who accept appointments to the Board In undertaking the responsibilities of becoming the architects of public higher education they give up an important and precious commodity time And those who serve as Regents must often make difficult decisions with little appreciation for their efforts They have to support academic endeavors yet balance and sometimes temper decisions in light of financial social and even political concerns In my eyes that makes them true champions of higher education E3 Joseph Greene of Thomson Georgia is serving as chairman for the 198889 year November 1988 3 Enrollment Fall Quarter 1988 News INSTITUTION HEADCOUNT CHANGE Georgia Tech 11887 9 Georgia State 22245 5 Medical College 2279 7 University of Georgia 27176 23 UNIVERSITIES 63587 14 Albany State 2104 49 Armstrong State 3232 59 Augusta College 4839 84 Clayton State 3667 52 Columbus College 3803 48 Fort Valley State 1915 103 Georgia College 4522 51 Georgia Southern 9841 122 Georgia Southwestern 2154 35 Kennesaw State 8614 84 North Georgia 2181 28 Savannah State 1932 59 Southern Tech 3778 2 Valdosta State 6950 15 West Georgia 6710 49 SENIOR COLLEGES 66242 57 Abraham Baldwin 1895 99 Atlanta Metropolitan 1425 42 Bainbridge College 808 7 Brunswick College 1338 31 Dalton Collge 1866 102 Darton College 1893 75 DeKalb College 10566 159 East Georgia College 617 202 Floyd College 1485 233 Gainesville College 2160 133 Gordon College 1403 87 Macon College 3513 191 Middle Georgia College 1472 62 South Georgia College 1010 288 Waycross College 503 61 TWOYEAR COLLEGES 31954 127 SYSTEM TOTAL 161783 52 The Boom or5 Board policies and social factors send fall enrollment to a record high If only for a moment fall quarter 1988 was suddenly the 1960s all over again The circumstances this time around were different but the numbers brought to mind that time 20 years ago when enrollment in the University System was booming and it seemed that each autumn brought a new record each one more surprising than the last The Systems record enrollment this fall 161783 students a 52 percent increase over last year bears more than a passing resemblence to the steady growth of the 1960s Like then the boom of 1988 is both a reflection of the times and the result of new policies A combination of societal forces and actions by the Board of Regents made it happen Once again it is that combination which poses a thoughtful question for the University System Can Georgias public colleges and universities expect more of the same in the near future The enrollment picture any way you look at it shows more of everything Thirtyone of the 34 institutions report more students Equivalent fulltime EFT enrollment is up almost 5 percent Freshman enrollment climbed 62 percent More blacks enrolled this 4 System fall than ever before and they are making up a slightly greater percentage of the student population The number of developmental studies students jumped more than 16 percentage points The number of graduate and professional students is also a bit higher INFLUENTIAL FACTORS Reasons for the increases are numerous and varied First there are the signs of the changing times More nontraditional students are going to college many of them adults returning to school after an indefinite hiatus The spiraling costs of college have made public higher education more attractive because of its affordability And for many students it now takes longer than four years to get a degree Some policies approved by the Board in recent years are also a major factor in this years enrollment surge Last spring the Regents waived outofstate fees for some students living across state lines from System colleges an action that no doubt had much to do with Augusta Colleges 84 percent increase and Columbus Colleges surprising 48 percent jump A new set of entrance requirements for twoyear colleges that the Board passed a year and a half ago is even more farreaching The requirements which distinguish between career and transfer twoyear degrees and establish lower admissions standards for students entering career programs are partly responsible for a whopping 127 percent increase in enrollment at the twoyear colleges The colleges themselves too deserve credit for this falls rise in enrollment Aggressive recruiting practices have brought in people who previously might only have toyed with the idea of going to college South Georgia College in Douglas is just one example of how new recruitment practices helped turn around enrollment the college is up almost 29 percentage points over last fall A renewed emphasis on retention keeping students from dropping out has contributed to higher numbers at the colleges as well While enrollment increases are pervasive in all areas three categories of enrollment deserve mention for they illustrate some changes that are taking place in the University System Black enrollment As a whole it is up 66 percent more than the overall System average More blacks enrolled in every category and the total percentage of blacks rose from 149 percent to 151 percent despite shrinking percentages nationwide One reason Intensified minority recruitment efforts Developmental studies For the third consecutive year the num South Georgia College is just one example of how new recruitment practices helped turn around enrollment ber of developmental studies students is up considerably In 1986 DS enrollment climbed 232 percent and last year it was up 145 percent Ironically this years increase is slightly encouraging Because of the College Preparatory Curriculum a set of tougher entrance requirements that went into effect this autumn the System was preparing for a higher increase in DS enrollment than what was reported Female enrollment The statistical gap between males and females has been opening steadily over the past few years In 1984 females accounted for 52 percent of total enrollment that grew to 525 percent in 1985 53 percent in 1986 537 percent in 1987 and 544 per cent this year Some reasons many nontraditional students are women and males are more inclined than females to enlist in the military or enroll in votech schools WHAT NEXT To what extent the enrollment boom will continue into the 1990s is difficult to predict The past few years have brought large freshman classes a trend that preliminary statistics indicate will continue into the early 90s with one exception 1990 when the number of high school graduates is expected to dip slightly At the same time the states population growth will probably continue to bring in more students In any event perpetuated enrollment growth might prompt a need for some institutions particularly those campuses located in areas enjoying great population growth by migration to readjust their building priorities That point was raised this month in a report to the Board by four senior college presidents who advocated a plan to add annexes to existing structures as well as repair and renovate older facilities see story on following page Its not likely that the System will need to embark on a building binge quite like the one it had in the 60s however Perhaps more than anything the boom of 88 shows that the University System is getting closer to realizing the twin goals of access and quality Geographically things never looked more promising more than 90 percent of all Georgians now have a public college within commuting distance and the expansion of resident centers shows the System is coming closer to the rest of the populace And tougher admissions requirements and higher SAT scores indicate that the colleges are getting better students too In that sense this years enrollment news is better than ever El November 1988 5 News Betty Siegel president of Knnesaw State College addresses the Regents in November Voice of the Seniors Presidents of the Systems fouryear colleges present their needs to the Regents In some circles senior colleges have collectively come to be thought of as the middle child of higher education seldom afforded the prestige of major universities yet bearing greater responsibility than community colleges Recent years however have brought those colleges into the spotlight Their missions are expanding So too are their needs for funding Such were the points raised at the Regents November meeting Through a 45minute presentation by four senior college presidents the middle child was heard Senior colleges became the third force in higher education after the second world war explained Kennesaw State President Betty Siegel and in Georgia they are now the fastestgrowing aspect of the System Thats a mighty statement it seems to me of a mighty third force in higher education The presentation second in a threepart series of reports to the Board by representatives of universities senior and twoyear colleges detailed the changing tasks and needs of fouryear colleges offering baccalaureate and graduate programs It began with a statistical comparison between Georgia senior colleges and those in the 14 other member states of the Southern Regional Education Board Among the points made by Nicholas Henry president of Georgia Southern College were the following Georgia ranks 11th among 15 SREB states in total money spent per fulltime equivalent FTE students at senior colleges Taken together the states 15 senior colleges are funded 6 percent under the SREB senior college average yet Georgias se nior colleges account for 2 percent more of the enrollment pie than do other SREB senior colleges in their states Faculty at Georgias senior colleges rank 5th in salaries The ranking though still respectable represents a drop from first place in the past five years Such facts have prompted a long list of needs at the senior colleges Albany State President Billy Black outlined some of the construction problems and priorities on their campuses calling for a needs assessment of facilities and an upgrade of currently inadequate physical plants He also said that adding annexes to existing buildings would be a workable solution particularly at senior colleges whose growth rates are alarmingly high and those that have grown from twoyear institutions Dr Siegel spoke eloquently about the general needs associated with growth and noted a widening gap between expectations for accreditation and what we are able to provide Demands are especially great on senior college faculty she added who have much to juggle in the way of research publishing and teaching Following her to the podium was the head of the delegation Georgia College President Edwin Speir who talked about the variety of missions of the Systems senior colleges and provided an overall summary of needs The Gang of Four as President Speir called the delegation worked with the 11 other senior college presidents in the System nine of whom attended the November meeting to lend moral support The project that brought those of the third force together most would agree was a success it gave them a valuable opportunity to illustrate the changing circumstances surrounding their missions as well strengthen their ability to cooperate when facing challenges something that has become more important as the University System develops regional approaches to problems 6 System Armstrong State and Georgia Southern swap responsibilities for some education programs an efficient move for both colleges For Armstrong State College it was a matter of realistically evauating its ability to offer a Specialist in Education degree We decided we just didnt have the resources to deal with the EdS programs in the way that we should explains Joseph Adams dean of Armstrong States School of Arts Sciences and Education For Georgia Southern it was a question of practicality Education faculty members were routinely driving almost 200 miles round trip to teach undergraduate education courses at the Brunswick Residence Center Our objective was to make the best possible use of state resources says Jack Miller dean of the education school That wasnt the way to do it The best solution it seemed was to swap responsibilities Georgia Southern would take up the task of teaching five EdS programs in Savannah while Armstrong State would handle South erns BSEd program at the Brunswick Center Such was the arrangement approved by the Regents this month Beginning this winter Armstrong State will oversee the BSEd program in early elementary education at the Brunswick Our objective was to make the best use of state resources That wasnt the way to do it Jack Miller Georgia Southern Center a program previously offered by Georgia Southern Armstrong will also begin a BSEd degree program in middle school education at the center Georgia Southern meanwhile will assume responsibility for EdS programs in five areas of education early childhood English middle grades school administrationsupervision and special education Most of the classes will be taught on the Armstrong State campus though some will be offered at Chatham County schools and the Savannah Vocational Technical Institute Armstrong States undergraduate programs at the Brunswick Center will be funded with money already on hand at the college Tuition revenues should be enough to cover most of the costs Initial costs for Georgia Southerns specialist programs will be absorbed by rearranging faculty assignments If those programs grow however Georgia Southern will probably need to add faculty Both sides appear to be more than happy with the agreement We think its a good deal for everybody Dr Miller says Everyone at Armstrong is pleased with the arrangement Dr Adams adds m November 1988 7 Changing Tides at Sapelo A ride along her roads canopied with mossshrouded Live Oaks discloses tabby ruins shell heaps brick chimneys and graves which turn the thoughts to past centuries Carole Hart a state archivist writing about Sapelo Island For the past couple of years the island of mossshrouded oaks and tabby ruins has been the topic of much discussion between the Board of Regents and the state Department of Natural Resources The Regents who are in their 12th year of a 50year agreement with DNR that allows them to use land and buildings for the University of Georgia Marine Institute have been concerned about repairing facilities on the island as well as preserving Sapelos tranquil environment At the same time DNR has expressed an interest in developing a mechanism to allow more visitors to enjoy Sapelo This month Chancellor H Dean Propst told the Board that a possible agreement between the University System and DNR is in the works The agreement would cede management of the South End Mansion the main house to DNR to be used for day tours only Implementation of the agreement depends on the availability of funding for DNRs repair of the mansion and the Regents construction of a replacement facility for overnight guests researchers students and visitors who stay in the South End Mansion There is a good deal of legitimate concern on the part of those interested in the island Dr Propst told the Regents I think this agreement will satisfy our primary objectives of maintaining our research activities without any threat to the environment and keeping necessary control of the facilities supporting that research The South End Mansion once the home of businessman R J Reynolds has needed repairs for some time Earlier this year Vice Chancellor for Facilities Fred Branch told the Regents that repairing the mansion would cost nearly 1 million He said that new water pipes a rewired electrical system and interior refurbishing are needed and that asbestos removal from the house would cost an additional 350000 At the November meeting the chancellor emphasized to the Board that the Systems lease agreement would not be changed until arrangements are finalized with the department and funding is secured for repairs and an alternative overnight facility Though more people would have access to Sapelo under the new agreement the island will be far from overrun by tourists The vision held by R J Reynolds who in 1949 started what eventually became the marine estuary was of a place where man and nature coexisted in harmony People are working to ensure that the harmony will continue for centuries to come More Board Action on page 17 8 System The Special Funding Initiative Who What and Why f you were to stop someone in the AP next to the canned peas lets say and ask him or her to tell you about the Special Funding Initiative you would most likely be met with a blank stare Or a look of astonishment After all what kind of person stops people in the AP and asks such a question If you were to press that person for an answer a reasoned supposition a wild guess then you might get any number of responses The Special Funding Initiative Oh sure The governments Star Wars program right Or is it the Bush administrations strategy for dealing with the federal budget deficit No wait I think I heard a car salesman talking about it on television Not that the average AP shopper is to be blamed really Even many of those who have heard about the Special Funding Initiative those in government in the press in the University System may not be sure of what it is why it exists how it works who it affects They might think of it as just another line in a budget Or money that goes to the colleges to do something or other The reason is that though the initiative is big news in some circles it has been difficult to even begin to convey what it means to the man on the street It has not received the publicity that say the states Quality Basic Education QBE Act has garnered And that package even with all of its deserved fanfare is still foreign to twothirds of all Georgians according to a recent news report Drumbeating aside it has been hard translating the initiatives significance because thusfar its lifeform has been purely numerical A million here a million there well pretty soon it adds up to another line in another budget Until now The 10 million appropriation last March by the General Assembly found its way to the colleges on July 1 the start of the fiscal year Now four months later its impact is materializing Most of this 10 million first installment was earmarked for projects already planned and proposed the money has gotten them going and people are already beginning to feel their effects Who are these people The following six pages should give you an idea They are people of all ages and from all backgrounds and settings Some of them probably shop at AP All but a couple are examples of how the initiative is working the exceptions like the University of Georgias Diana Seklaoui represent how the initiative will benefit people just like them Finding these dozen beneficiaries required following a trail of ink The trail began with the allocations to the individual colleges proceeded to the projects receiving funding continued on to the people involved in the projects and ended finally with these twelve individuals Along the way some 70 people were interviewed most of them providing background and pointing the way to the citizens The stories of these citizens dont tell the whole story either because the Special Funding Initiative is being felt in other ways in the University System The original intent of the package was to build on existing strengths develop new solutions to old problems and get the colleges in the System working together in tackling regional challenges Though such an intent seems highly theoretical it is being fulfilled in practice Universities are enhancing already strong research efforts Some institutions are coming up with innovative approaches to traditional problems Colleges have formed partnerships by creating centers in research teacher education and foreign languageculture It would be wrong to suggest that everything has proceeded without a flaw Inspiring a new sense of cooperation is not something that comes automatically It takes time to get people to work together In most instances however expectations have been surpassed and the spirit of competition has yielded to cooperation And it is not as if those at the colleges are hesitatingly begrudgingly forging compacts Appearances in fact suggest that they are enjoying their new partnerships A quick case study Representatives of the five colleges in the RD center based at Georgia Southern are fired up over the prospect of helping machine shops in Southeast Georgia find ways to keep up with changing technology One other word about the Special Funding Initiative These are early returns just coming in so the packages full impact is yet to be seen The first 10 million is being used to finance numerous projects and endeavors many of them in the form of surveys studies and reports These surveys studies and reports will discover and identify more things to be done and it will be up to future installments to accomplish those tasks And just as those future installments come the partnerships formed among the colleges and between colleges and communities will only be strengthened Ultimately that could only mean more good things for the people on the street and in the AP Michael J Baxter Twelve Wh Max Farmer he year is 1979 Max Farmer is a sargeant just getting out of the Army He lands a job running the newsprint machine at the Southeastern Paper Manufacturing Company in Dublin Georgia He has ambitions I want to be in administration he tells the managers but his dreams are cut short He has no experience no education they tell him So Max does something about it He enrolls in a business program at the University Systems Dublin Center and in 1984 graduates with an AB degree from Middle Georgia College Three more years at the center yield a BBA degree from Georgia College Meanwhile he begins working his way up the nine positions to shift manager N But he wants more Max wants an MBA And he wants it from the Dublin Center He begins to round up support for a program starting a petition enlisting the help of Georgia College meeting with the chancellor and visiting his state representative Months pass A proposal is born later approved All that is lacking is the money By the end of March 1988 money is no longer a problem The Special Funding Initiative includes 75000 for the Dublin Center to start an MBA program Today Max Farmer is in graduate business classes He continues his rigorous schedule at the paper mill midnight shift one week evening shift the next day shift the next Its kind of hard on family life he admits adding that the evening shift means he rarely sees his wife 11yearold daughter and 7yearold son But Max is convinced the sacrifice will be worth it He expects to be a shift manager or department head within the next few years because his MBA will help him stay ahead of the competition And if I ever decide to leave Dublin or if the mill were to close down then that degree helps me even more atching Alzheimers Disease do its dreaded work is one of the most painful and tragic processes a person could witness First the shortterm memory goes Then the victim has difficulty performing simple daily functions such as getting dressed Finally he or she loses all cognitive intelligence and becomes an invalid There is no cure for Alzheimers Disease because no one knows what causes it The Medical College of Georgia however is working on ways to treat the symptoms and slow the menacing progress made by AD One of MCGs newest efforts is a team approach headed by Jerry Buccafusco a professor of pharmacology and toxicology who has studied AD for several years Dr Buccafuscos project was made possible by an 82000 grant from the initiative It calls for the pharmacology and toxicology department to work with the radiology and neurology departments in developing new ways to detect Alzheim ers and exploring potential drug treatments to reverse symptoms Dr Buccafusco 5 and others will compare the memory abilities of laboratory monkeys with those of AD patients and try to come up with ways to improve the memory and learning abilities of the monkeys through medication The initiative itself was a catalyst for bringing these three basic approaches together Dr Buccafusco explains Once it was determined that MCG would get 500000 from the initiative we understood that cooperative programs would be favored over individual projects The project is already well on its way A shipment of monkeys has been delivered to MCG the radiology department has ordered necessary materials and the neurology department is developing software so that AD patients will take the same memory tests as the monkeys Dr Buccafusco hopes that once these factors are in place and the monkeys are trained the drug therapies can begin by early next year 10 System Jim Marshall he factors that influenced Jim Marshalls decision to become a nurse were many Two of his aunts are nurses and his sister manages the books for a North Carolina hospital While watching TV a few years ago he was persuaded by advertisements on the shortage of nurses and the opportunities at Macon College He also felt a need to serve his fellow man Ive had a good life he says Im not a millionaire or anything but Ive gotten a lot out of life I wanted to give something back To give something back Jim first had to go back back to school Hed tried college once before at Mercer University in the early 70s but dropped out after a couple of years After 13 years of jobs in retail including an eightyear stint at a local KMart and a brief career in sales Jim enrolled in Macon Colleges twoyear nursing program The college was able to accommodate him and several others because it had hired additional faculty by using 80000 from the initiative Today Jim is working 30 hours a week in the office of a discount drug store and taking classes fulltime to earn a twoyear nursing degree His plans for the future are ambitious upon graduation he will work fulltime to save for his 12yearold sons college education then go back for a baccalaureate degree and perhaps a masters degree So far Jim has nothing but good things to say about his nursing experience I love it he says I began clinicals in midOctober doing all the basic tasks associated with nursing Its rough because we do everything from bathing patients to emptying bedpans but Ive been ready for it Julie Ashlock November 1988 11 fter nine years of raising a family Julie Ashlock of Rocky Face Georgia decided in 1986 to go back to teaching But upon being hired by Dalton City Schools at age 38 she faced an unexpected hurdle A requirement that all teachers there must have a masters degree within a few years of employment The requirement didnt pose much of a problem until Julie contacted the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga where nine years earlier she had completed all but three classes toward an MEd degree Officials at UTC told her that she would have to start her program over because so much time had elapsed since her last course Julie was outraged But not all hope was lost for her Julie soon discovered an MEd program offered at nearby Dalton College through a West Georgia College extension program The program allowed her to transfer 10 hours of credit from UTC which was 10 hours more than UTC would accept I could have gone back to Chattanooga paid outofstate tuition and done a lot of travelling she says But then I thought Why bother The short ride to Dalton College should pay off for Julie whose 5yearold daughter recently protested that her mother didnt spend enough time with her Not only will it mean more money in the long run but itll give her husband a break He has had to learn how to cook clean do laundry and homework she says We call him Mr Mom Julie graduates next year with an MEd from West Georgia which is using Special Initiative money to expand the extension program and add faculty She will keep her job at Westwood Elementary School in Dalton and will get to spend more time with her husband and two children something shes looking forward to doing Special Special welve Who Benefit he question is not one that has baffled mankind over the centuries but it is of great importance to the people of Vienna Georgia Just what kind of impact does the annual Big Pig Jig have on the people of Dooly County The answer will be known in the coming months Part of the initiative money earmarked for a South Georgia research and development center will be used to study the economic impact of the Big Pig Jig And no one could be happier about that than Judy Ledford who coordinates the annual barbecue competition and festival The Big Pig Jig was born seven years ago when according to Judy some fellas were sitting around having a few beers and arguing about who had the best barbecue They decided to find out by having a cookoff which right away drew 20 contestants Today that cookoff has grown into a weeklong celebration of great magnitude featuring livestock shows hog calling contests a greased pig roundup and the crowning of a beauty queen Miss Slosheye Trail Why anyone would want to know the Judy Ledford economic ramifications of such an event is on the surface a mystery But the knowledge gleaned from surveying local merchants before during and after the event will be helpful in a number of ways We think the study will help Dooly County attract new business Judy says For example we might draw a new motel since our only local motel fills up each year for the Jig The survey will also give organizers a clear idea as to who supports the event and to what extent Anyone who thinks the Big Pig Jig is small time should think again The county has already established satellite competitions in Albany Columbus and Douglas and more are on the way This year 198 judges and 140 ambassadors and hostesses participated And people are coming from all over to take part in the activities surrounding this sevenday salute to pork Sizing up the Big Pig Jig has at least one other advantage as well Once the study is completed the center will publish instructional manuals that will show other communities how to measure the success of their own festivals im Goss wants to teach nursing She has worked as a nurse for eight years the last three of which have been at a hospital in Tifton Georgia where she has taught cardiac life support courses But to become a nursing professor she needs a masters degree a requirement that posed something of a problem for her I was already registered for the masters in nursing program at Valdosta State she says but I work and have a fouryearold and the college didnt really have the hours I needed The program was good but I honestly dont know if I would have finished Coordinating her schedule is no longer a problem for Kim because this fall she enrolled in a masters in nursing program at Albany State College Their evening classes allowed me to go to school work and raise a child she says Albany State really worked with the students to accommodate our life and work schedules The Special Funding Initiative helped make Albany States masters in nursing program a reality by providing 50000 to hire Doris Holeman a graduate nursing professor Dr Holeman who worked with department head Lucille Wilson in building the program says that the curriculum will train nurses to become administrators and prepare them for teaching careers Because the money was not available until July 1 Dr Holeman and Dr Wilson had to hurry to get the masters program together in time for fall quarter By most accounts they succeeded Kimberly Goss is one of 14 people currently enrolled and Dr Holeman expects 15 more to sign up for winter quarter And just what does Kim think of the graduate experience so far At first I was concerned because it was a new program and it would have been nice to go into one that was already established she says But in the few weeks that Ive been there Ive learned a lot Albany State has done very well 12 System toDD Stone ICHELLE SEALY Linda Johnson I n the past the Department of Family and Children Services DFCS of Peach County had few options when faced with the task of planning a regional meeting or conference If the meeting were small enough the department held it at the local library or in its own conference room Larger gatherings however usually meant travelling to Macon or Dublin often to a local restaurant with a meeting room No longer Today Peach County DFCS Director Linda Johnson takes her big conferences to Fort Valley State Colleges Farm and Community Life Center an impressive 36 million facility opened just last year The center has allowed Linda to play host to two major events this year The first was a conference on AIDS for directors of DFCS offices in Middle Georgia where officials learned how to deal with employees and clients with AIDS and gained a new understanding of myths surrounding the disease An even bigger success came in September when Lindas DFCS office teamed up with the local child abuse council and the Fort Valley Cooperative Extension Service to sponsor a forum on child abuse More than 100 health professionals members from the community and parents turned out to view slides and films and listen to a panel of five professionals The center provided lunch for everyone and got rave reviews Id say 95 percent of the people who attended rated the conference and facility excellent Linda says The food was good the staff at the center was helpful with arrangements and the breakout rooms were adequate Its a gorgeous facility One major reason the center is able to run so efficiently is the support it gets from the Special Funding Initiative an amount that totaled 100000 this year The money goes toward publicizing events purchasing audiovisual equipment and attracting renowned speakers Linda a DFCS worker of nearly a decade is just one in the Fort Valley community to benefit from the center Others include area nursing home residents who visit the center for shows and local school students who take part in workshops and concerts Staley Middle School ife at Staley Middle School in Americus is much like life at most other Georgia middle schools Students there look forward to lunch time PE class and the day when they will move on to high school But all is not ordinary at Staley The schools Talented And Gifted TAG program has a component in its curriculum unlike any other in the state Japanese language studies Because of a pilot program offered through Georgia Southwestern College 16 Staley students in the seventh and eighth grades take Japanese twice a week under the instruction of Katsuhiko Maeshiba a graduate assistant at the college Maeshiba is paid with money from a 55000 grant awarded from the Special Funding Initiative to promote Japanese and other Asian languages at Georgia public schools Maeshiba who taught Japanese last summer at Indiana University says that his middle school pupils catch on faster than do his college students My younger students can emulate much faster through listening he says Maeshiba allows little if any English in the classroom He teaches students by using visual aids and audio tapes often holding up the Japanese Only sign Seventhgrader Kay Childers says that though Maeshiba rarely holds up the English Permitted sign he is easy to understand And he doesnt act like we are stupid when we dont know something says the 12yearold With the Asian studies program Georgia Southwestern hopes to inspire Staley students to continue studying Japanese and other languages by teaching the Asian way of life as well as dialect A formidable task too Eighth grader Allen Mathews says that though the onehour classes are pretty fun he doesnt have any plans to visit Japan Not unless I get a free trip he says November 1988 13 Robert Ross welve Who Benefit Maura Hamilton aura Hamilton wants to be a teacher That in itself is not extraordinary except for the I fact that Maura Hamilton cannot speak or hear Her handicap is not slowing her down though Maura is now enrolled in a developmental studies program at Floyd College and once she finishes she plans to enroll in a teacher education program In a few years she hopes to be teaching deaf students like herself Part of what makes her ambition possible is a new computer system coming soon to Floyd College Matching equipment funds from the Special Funding Initiative helped the college purchase the computers and establish an operation to teach deaf students to communicate in English rather than sign language The computer system is called English Natural Form Instruction ENFI and it was developed in 1984 at Galludet University a prominent national university for deaf students Maura experimented on the system last year when Floyd College bought three units to test hardware and software it had developed two years earlier We plan to have 11 computers installed by early next year explains Mike Burton coordinator of Hoyds hearing impaired services program Ten of those will be used by students like Maura and one will be used by the instructor The challenge for deaf students using the network is learning how to talk to each other in English instead of sign language If an idiom or new vocabulary word pops up on the screen they have to know how to deal with it At the end of the class both students and teacher get a printout of everything theyve done Mauras computer experience to this point was limited to mostly typing on an Apple computer in high school When asked if she found her early encounter with ENFI as difficult as she had expected her answer is simple Oh yeah John Colquitt T oday he laughs at his early expectations but two years ago John Colquitt wasnt laughing Thats when I first went to Mexico recalls the manager of new ventures for Hercules Inc a Brunswick chemical company I didnt know what to expect Someone handed me a passport plane ticket and a map and said Go at it It took several trips before John gained an even basic understanding of the language and culture of central America On one of those trips his misunder standing of the Spanish word fiesta brought some confusion about work schedules I knew it meant party but I didnt know it also meant a weeklong celebration in which nobody comes to work he says Sometimes you learn about culture the hard way Soon however John and several other business leaders in southeast Georgia will learn about culture the easy way A center made possible by the initiative will help them deal with a number of foreign markets from Latin America to the Orient Western Europe to the Middle East Businesses will be able to access files containing information about countries and tap into a network of people who have visited those lands For John Colquitt such an operation is a godsend Hercules a Wilmington Delawarebased company that converts pine rosin to adhesives printing inks and chewing gum is turning to other countries as sources of raw materials The new need for foreign trade prompted a need for understanding the people and the ways of those countries The US embassy in those countries can furnish the information you need John says but theres nothing like going to talk to someone you know John expects that the center will be embraced by the business community Im surprised at how fast its come along already he says Once it catches on I think there will be more people here willing to go to those places Its going to help our economy and their economies The foreign languageculture center is made up of representatives from Georgia Southern Armstrong State East Georgia College and Brunswick College 14 System Si ilECIAL alker Montgomery he dilemma is one every language student when confronted with writing a paper faces at one time or another Do I try to write what I really want to say or do I write only what I know how to say Diana Seklaoui an assistant professor of French at the University of Georgia tries to get students to choose the former Language students are often taught to believe that all they need to get is one grammatically correct sentence after another she says I start out by telling them that the most important thing about their writing is their ideas The grammar will follow in time An ambitious goal for a young faculty member to be sure but Diana did get a little bit of help Last year she was one of a dozen or so newcomers at the university to benefit from the Lilly Teaching Fellows Program an endowment program that awards money to young faculty for various projects Though the programs original source of funds has dried up the university is using initiative money to continue it next year as the Young Professors Program Diana who is on a ninemonth contract at UGA used her 2000 grant as salary compensation for developing ways to improve student writing in foreign languages One method she tried was getting students to use a theme in writing profiles of each other I told them its like trying to make a necklace she explains The theme is the string the ideas are the beads They have to be careful not to have a thread with only a few beads with the rest on the floor and they just cant use any beads The Young Professors Program will have other benefits for faculty members like Diana most notably getting them to interact with and support each other The Lilly program makes you feel positively about the university Diana says and I think thats important for morale That positive feeling is also translated into the classroom Ron Simpson who directs UGAs Office of Instructional Development gives the program high marks for its effect on young faculty Diana is a potential superstar on this campus The program gave her a boost that put her two or three years ahead of most of those who dont have it Mary Ella Jones ne evening six years ago Mary Ella Jones returned to her home after a long days work at the D L Apparel factory in Vidalia where she sewed mens pants Im leaving that factory she proclaimed to her husband Earl I need something new It was then at age 35 that Mary Ella decided to return to school after a 17year break She enrolled in a licensed practical nursing LPN program at Swainsboro Tech and in 1985 graduated at the top of her class Right away she landed a job at Meadow Memorial Hospital in Vidalia But Mary Ella wanted more She wanted to be a registered nurse Youre not really a nurse unless youre an RN she says about her role as an LPN Thats the way some people look at it Her options were few Mary Ella after all had bills to pay a family to care for But then she learned about a new bridge program being developed at South Georgia College Under the program Mary Ella could enroll in an intense course that allowed LPNs to complete their first year of study toward an RN degree in just one quarter Today Mary Ella travels 120 miles to class three days a week She is one of 13 students in the final year of South Georgias RN program a program whose success is due in part to a 70000 allocation from the Special Funding Initiative The money was used to hire new faculty thus expanding clinical training and enabling the bridge course to be continued Once she gets her new degree Mary Ella will have a more manageable daily routine And as an RN she will make almost twice as much money and will work the shifts of her choice for a change November 1988 15 Janice Moody Around the System The master performer They thanked him for the memories VALDOSTA STATE COLLEGE Full of Hope Its not often that celebrated performers visit Valdosta State College So when Bob Hope came to campus for 24 hours in October the college wanted to get its moneys worth Immediately after getting off his plane on October 21 Hope was taken to local TV stations for a round of interviews Next he was off to the Valdosta Country Club for the colleges alumni golf tournament After clubbing a few balls off the practice tee and hurling oneliners to anyone within earshot he was whisked to the hotel and then back to campus for a sellout performance before 4800 people in the college gym Hopes Friday night performance was dominated as much by awardgiving as joketelling One accolade was a plaque from Valdosta Mayor Jimmy Rainwater proclaiming October 21 Bob Hope Day in Valdosta Another plaque with the punch line Thanks for the Memories came from the VSC student government And there was a trophy sculpted in the likeness of a peanut compliments of the Georgia Peanut Commission Presented by Lori Noble a Valdosta State student and the commissions crowned Peanut Princess it proclaimed Bob Hope the King of Nuts GEORGIA COLLEGE Cruisin to College Finding good help these days isnt so hard after all as the student affairs staff at Georgia College learned last month During a new staffstudent initiation program about 50 college professors and administrators turned waiters and waitresses at a Captains Dinner banquet for new students The dinner was just part of Cruisin into 88 a program designed to ease freshmen and transfer students into resident campus life The first week featured the Captains Dinner on Friday night followed by Dorm Storm whereby faculty stormed student dormitories to answer questions about life at Georgia College The following Tuesday administrators followed up with their own dorm visits just in case some students had lingering questions about the college GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Snubbing Seniors The image of a senior citizen struggling to open a vitamin jar or straining to read the label of a package would seem too compelling to ignore Yet older consumers feel that too often they are ignored by American companies That is one of the conclusions of a recent report by the Center of Mature Consumer Studies an enterprise launched last year in Georgia States College of Business Administration Issued last month the report says that older consumers are highly dissatisfied with the way companies market products and services to them Some startling statistics back that assertion Almost 70 percent of the seniors find bottles and packages too difficult to open close to 60 percent cant read labeling on packages and one in three boycotts products or services because of the way seniors are stereotyped in advertising Older consumers the study continues do not take such slighting sitting down either Three quarters will let others know when they are unhappy with products or services Georgia College Education Dean Edward Wolpert serves dinner 16 System BOARD ACTION Continued Two Chairs for Tech Joseph Pettit may be gone but his memory is still very much alive at Georgia Tech This month the Board took a step toward preserving that memory for all time by establishing the Joseph M Pettit Chair of Electrical Engineering in honor of the late president who died in September 1986 The chair was one of two at Georgia Tech approved at the Regents November meeting The other honors the memory of the Hal and John Smith family one of Atlantas most prominent families and one that produced three generations of Tech graduates The chair was established in the area of small business and entrepreneurship Funding for the Smith chair will probably come from a charitableremainder annuity trust valued at 1 million while the 15 million Pettit chair will be endowed by the Georgia Tech Foundation Nutrition Music Biology In the past any student seeking a graduate degree in nutrition had just one option in the Southeast the University of Alabama in Birmingham But beginning this winter an alternative will be available the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta An MS in nutrition degree at MCG was one of three new academic programs approved by the Board in November It is designed to prepare students for careers as educators public health workers and clinical investigators to name a few The program was not needed just for geographic reasons either A government report issued in 1984 showed that five of the nine leading causes of death are nutritionrelated and that information in the field is lacking One of the main purposes of the new graduate program is to pave the way for a doctoral program in nutrition The other two academic programs clearing the Board this month come at Columbus College A master in music degree in piano pedagogy came about partly because of the colleges renowned undergraduate program in that field while a BA degree in biology won approval due to the number of students interested in a biology degree other than the BS in biology at Columbus Buildings and More The Regents approved a number of other items in November most of which were related to buildings and grounds Among the items authorized by the Board include a new policy Section 1910 of The Policy Manual that defines a cooperative organization foundations athletic associations and such and sets guidelines for relationships between cooperative organizations and colleges and universities revised statutes for Waycross College a petition by the city of Athens to annex all Regentsowned property at the University of Georgia that is contiguous to other land within city limits The action brought the annexation of 3500 university acres in addition to the 550 university acres already located within city limits and will save UGA an estimated 30000 a year in water bills a budget increase in MCGs Ambulatory CareSpecialized Care Center project The increase from 37 million to just over 38 million will allow the medical college to add space for developing pediatric intensive care services the selection of Gardner Spencer Smith Associates PC an Atlanta architectural firm to design plans for the first phase of Clayton States continuing education building an agreement between MCG and the Medical Terrace Apartments at a firstyear rate of 14400 per month MCG students will live in the apartments a subrental agreement between the Georgia State University Foundation and the Board of Regents that allows the university to use classroom space in the Corporate Campus on Hammond Drive in Atlanta as its North Metro Center a property sale at Georgia Tech to the Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity Housing Corporation for 63750 allocation of 560000 in FY89 MRR funds Of that amount Fort Valley State College gets 225000 to reroof its Miller ScienceTabor Agricultural Complex Augusta College receives 150000 to modify lighting Georgia College receives 145000 to renovate Park Hall and Georgia Southern College gets 65000 to renovate its technology annex 0 November 1988 17 People Dr Pete Friends and colleagues describe the new president of Darton College as affable charming and hardworking few years ago the Tampa Florida branch of Hillsborough Community College needed a leader who was part peacemaker part handyman The Dale Mabry campus was facing some formidable obstacles not the least of which was low morale In turning to Peter J Sireno recalls one administrator the campus was getting a guy who rolls up his sleeves and gets to work Since coming to the Mabry campus in 1985 the 47yearold Dr Sireno pronounced sereneo has earned a reputation for thoroughness diligence and an ability to connect with people One day youd see him sitting in the cafeteria with some faculty says John Teller head of Mabrys math and science division and a close friend of Dr Sireno The next day hed be sitting there with some administrators And the next day it would be some janitors Hes the kind of person who gets along with just about everyone Last month Hillsborough lost that kind of person to Darton College where Dr Sireno in January will take over as the second presi dent in the colleges 23year history Already he has begun the transition shoring up responsibilities at Hillsborough and appearing this month on the Darton campus and before the Board of Regents Who is Peter Sireno Friends and associates say he is a man who makes his own pizza enjoys movies except for certain horror films and works with his office door open A man with a dry sense of humor and the skills to fix a leaking roof or a faulty socket A traditional Italian who in the words of Teller has great compassion but also has no problem making hard decisions and saying no if its best for the college Dr Sirenos resume paints a portrait of a man with a career of steps each going higher to a better job opportunity His employment history unofficially began in the mid1950s when he worked as a retail clerk at Sirenos SelfService Food Market in New Jersey A career in business gave way to higher education in 1967 though he remained a consultant to industry until he was named provost of the Mabry campus Throughout his tenure in education he has developed a solid understanding of the workings of community colleges having worked as both an administrator and faculty member At the Boards November meeting Dr Sireno talked about his philosophy as an educator and outlined some of the problems facing South Georgia such as the high dropout rate among high school students and a belowaverage percentage of college graduates He pledged that Darton would work toward eliminating illiteracy and assuming a larger role in economic development and added that he would strive toward closer relationships with other colleges votech schools and public schools Early signs indicate that though the new president has some big shoes to fill he will be wellreceived on the Darton campus Hes a warm outgoing individual and he seems to fit right in observes one campus official He was in the student union this morning and students were just coming right up to him They constantly surrounded him EO 18 System The Search Is On For some time now Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College has been undergoing something of a metamorphosis After months of studying the colleges mission an image committee in 1986 outlined a new strategy for presenting the college to the public Then last May the college began heading toward a transition in leadership less than three years into the term of President Wayne Curtis Following Dr Curtis announcement that he would resign to take a job as president of a bank in Alabama Chancellor H Dean Propst named James Burran the colleges academic dean who headed the 1986 image committee acting president The latest development in Abraham Baldwins change in leadership came this month with the chancellors naming of a presidential search and screen committee Lew Akin chairman of Abraham Baldwins humanities division was charged to oversee the committee which will work with a special Regents committee headed by Regent Thomas Frier Dr Akin who came to Abraham Baldwin in 1967 says the committee is looking for a president who will continue some of the things that have been started To do that he says Abraham Baldwin will need a leader who captures the respect of all the people he represents and communicates with someone who can assess strengths and weaknesses and who can devise a strategy for building on the strengths and correcting the weaknesses Such an individual must also understand Abraham Baldwins dual mission We are very proud of the agricultural part of our college and we know thats one of the main reasons students come to us Dr Akin says Flowever a big part of our responsibility is to the community We have noted that 30 percent of our students are in agriculture and agriculturerelated programs while 70 percent are in other areas Leading the hunt Lew Akin By most accounts the college is already succeeding in its efforts to emphasize degree programs in liberal arts nursing and other areas in addition to agriculture Headcount enrollment is up this fall by almost 10 percent Among the challenges facing the new president Dr Akin says are efforts to continue redefining programs and tapping the nontraditional student market m UGAs Clements right with US Rep Doug Barnard and others Appointments Accolades People who work with developmentally disabled elderly have a new friend in Claire Clements an associate professor at the University of Georgia Dr Clements was recently awarded a 247000 grant by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities ADD an arm of the US Department of Health and Human Services According to Dr Clements it was the only elderlyrelated project of any significance funded this year by the ADD In a sense Edwin R Wallace IV has gone from actor to director The 38yearold acting head of the Medical College of Georgias psychiatry and health behavior department was appointed this month head of the department on a permanent basis Dr Wallace who has also been teaching social work at the University of Georgia during his yearlong tenure as acting head at MCG has degrees from the University of South Carolina the Medical University of South Carolina and Johns Hopkins University His new term officially begins on December 1 Four others were named to administrative appointments in the System in November At Georgia State University Theodore Poister was appointed to a second term as director and interim chair of the Urban Studies Institute of Public Administration at Albany State College Wilburn Campbell was named head of the 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