THE MICIGAN DAILY mmittee Asks School Efficiency aeducational institutions State 1. " 9 ) VISITS COLLEGES- Asian Universities Face Three Goals: Henderson .r r+6t .i4rG4YayaaCLi ii1A'fVi Utt Uiy;le }. 1 were told early in June they need to make more effective use of in- structional facilities by a legis- lative study committee. In its ninth study report, the Legislative study committee on Higher Education headed by John Dale Russell said Michigan col- leges must improve their space utilization in preparation for the hordes of students that are pre- paring to descend on state schools in the next few decades. It did tell Michigan educational institutions, however, that they are using their facilities "far be- yond the average level of utiliza- tion found in colleges and univer- sities generally." "'no one with a realistic view" could foresee an immediate start on the program. The committee said that space utilization can be improvedmby using available facilities more often. A University group, the University Calendar Committee, working concurrently on the problem from a local angle has come up with some of the same recommendations. The average classroom is used 62 per cent of a 5: day work week, but averages range from 37 per cent at the Soo brianch of Michigan Tech to 69 per cent at Wayne State University and Fer- ris Institute. The University classroom utilization in 1956 was 59.9. Make Recommendations The legislative committee rec- ommended: 1) Scheduling more classes at' hours unpopular with students - such as 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Fiday afternoon and Saturday morning - and shortening vacations. 2) Making better use of facili- ties during the summer by put- ting schools on a year-around' academic basis. 3) Looking into the possibility of lengthening some classes from the standard one hour to 1% or two hours. 4) Giving more individual ini- tiative work to the student for some courses, requiring less class- room attendance. 5) Reappraising tle necessity for the present volume of labora- tory courses, which require three times as much floor space as classrooms. I., . _ .-1 - " Attendance to Triple The reason for the committee's suggestion: By 1975 Michigan in- stitutions are expected to have three times the number of stu- dents that were attending school last fall. This would be approxi- mately 429,000 students. To maintain the current per student investment in college f.a- cilities and keep up with grow- ing enrollment, Michigan must spend a billion dollars on college construction in the next 18 years. Cdmpletion of the program would require a 59 million dollar outlay in each of the 18 years-a sum that would allow nothing for replacement of present buildings and equipment as they become outworn and obsolete. In view of the state's economic troubles, it acknowledged that Local College Called Solution, The community college is a1 large part of the answer to the1 s t a t e's overwhelming education1 problem in the future, Gov. Men- nen Williams said Monday night.- "It is much ceaper for the tax-i payers," Williams said, "than the expansion of big universities-andl it is much cheaper for the parents because the students can live at home."a Speaking at a Democratic sup- per, Williams urged'that the size of the present commu ty college systemi be douhed from 15 to 30. units, within the coming 10 years.4 Centralize Scheduling 6) Setting up a centralized class scheduling system so that when one department is not using a classroom it may be allocated to another. 7) Reappraising the need for small classes in some courses. "The Legislature quite properly should insist on good utilization of present classrooms and labora- tories in an institution before funds are provided for further construction of instructional fa- cilities," the committee said. But it warned: "The determination of need, based on utilization data, should not be made by means of the ap- plication of some inflexible stand- ard or formula enforced alike on all institutions." Universities of Asia are faced with five fresh goals according to Prof. Algo D. Henderson of the education school. After visiting universities in seven Asian countries while on sabbatical leave last year, he said that the five goals were: 1) to retrieve the riches of their cul- ture, 2) to sift the best wisdom from the experiences of East and West, 3) to adapt for their own uses the best available means of raising their standards of living, 4) to prepare their young people for occupations that will combine the earning of bread with the building of a new social order, and 5) to prepare their youth to ful- fill the responsibilities of their newly oriented citizenship. Characteristics Retained Prof. Henderson reports that. Asian universities retain several characteristics of higher educa- tion that have been basic in Euro- pean tradition, such as admitting students only in limited numbers, examinations to determine who should receive degrees, emphasiz- ing classical and theoretical ma- terials and ignoring or segregat- ing the applied arts and sciences, and setting the professor up as an authority who lectures on his subject without participation by students. Prof. Henderson says that the bane of the university system in Asia is the failure of the graduate to get a job. "It is estimated in Japan that 25 per .cent of college graduates are without Jobs, and in India the rate must be as high. The proportion of college men who turn to Communism for its promise to cure the ills of society is -large," he said. "When pinned down, the Indian and Japanese educators state that it is the arts students who become the unemployed. Actually there is a shortage of qualified people in the various technical fields. Stu- dents do not get a balanced edu- cation and those in the arts are educated with neither orientation nor preparation for jobs," he con- tinued. Weakness Cited Prof. Henderson feels that an- other weakness of the Asian uni- versity is the almost exclusive use of the lecture system in teach- ing. "Intercommunication between teacher and student is a cardinal principle of learning, but in Asia there is little of this. The profes- sor lives in a world apart," he said. "Plants, laboratory materials and books are required beyond the ability to supply them. Obviously, the training received by those ad- mitted cannot be as complete as might be desired," Prof. Hender- son remarked. U.S. SENATOR JACOB JAVITS TOMORROW NIGHT in, RACKHAM AUD. 8:30 P.M. I Art Association Plans Exhibits For 50th Ann Arbor Season Subscribe to The Michigan Daily The Ann Arbor Art Association is planning five major art exhibi- tions for the 1958-1959 season. This coming season will mark the association's 50th anniversary. The exhibits will be held in the galleries of the Rackham Building. The first, which will be in Octo- ber, will be the Octet, comprising the works of eight different ar- tists. The Christmas Sale Show will be held in November, followed by the Semi-Centennial Exhibition in January. Next March the 36th Annual Exhibit of the Ann Arbor Art As- sociation will be on display. The Ann Arbor Youth Exhibit will be held in May, featuring works se- lected from those of Ann Arbor school children. In addition to these exhibits, the association plans to have three exhibits at the public library, a U monthly show at a local restau- rant and continuous exhibits in the council room of. Ann Arbor city hall. A county-wide orgnization, the association has both artist and non-artist members and is open to anyone who wishes to join. ID's Required On Saturday Students who do not have iden- tification cards will not be able to use student tickets to attend the football game Saturday. The deadline for ordering iden- tification cards to be ready before the weekend is 3 p.m. tomorrow. Students should see Sarah H. MacArthur, 2011 Student Activi- ties Building to pick up, have cor- rections-3 made or have pictures taken for the cards. Everything you've been looking for in an Extra-Curricular Activity _- r 1 01 THEu I0 STi FF 11I Mi Key Mc Higan says U.S. SENATOR JACOB JAVITS speaks THURSDAY NIGHT 8:30 at RACKHAM AUD. ]Plan Enlarged Il ini Union Plans have been announced to double in, size the 17-year-old Il- lini Union Building at the Univer- sity of Illinois to meet the uni- versity's present' and future en- rollment growth. The estimated cost of the addi- tion to the building, which serves as the community center and i front door of the campus, is $5,- 000,000. 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