TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE S i TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY a l.uA AAW 0 ,.. r Dearborn Center: Blend of Industry and Edu catio By LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM 700 undei'graduate students at an Managing Editor annual cost to the state of more Special To The Daily than $600,000. Part-Time Advantage DEARBORN-Like its director, In addition, some 100 graduate the Dearborn Center is a hybrid. students and 350 extension service Engendered in the late fifties pupils take part-time advantages by a fusion of industry and edu- of Dearborn's course offerings and cation, the University's work-study adult education programs., senior college here has grown up "We're moving faster than we with the philosophy of the man anticipated back in 1959," Stir- who directs it. ton observes. He contends that the He is University Vice-President bulk of the growth is yet to come. and Director for the Dearborn But noting its present condition, Center William E. Stirton, him- Stirton can be very proud of the self a hybrid of industry and edu- accomplishments to date. cation backgrounds, who believes With the unique educational-in- that students can be simultan- dustrial cross-breed, Stirton has eously trained to "lead the good in five years developed substan- life' 'through education and to tial ties of cooperation with the "enjoy good living" through occu- statewide community college sys- pation. tem, established a firm communi- Industry Arouses Interest ty relationship with industry that When a group of industrial may lead the University into for- firms, led by Ford Motor Co., ap- eign labor training programs, and proached high University officials helped the University become' a in 1956, Stirton became interested. pace-setter in educational and in- The metal-working companies dustrial training benefiting South- were envisioning a joint work- eastern Michigan citizens. study institution for educating Fusion in 1956 trained, well-informed personnel But the story of future expan- -and Stirton was chosen to ma- sion must be preceded by the story terialize their visions, of fusion back in 1956-and that's He did. The Dearborn Center where Stirton begins telling about admitted a pilot group of 37 stu- it. dents in October of 1959, although "In 1956, industry came to edu- the Legislature had allotted the cation," he commences. Specif- campus no state appropriation. ically, a high-powered team of Funded initially only by indus- southeastern Michigan industrial- trial money which had procured ists conferred with University of- land and built facilities at a cost ficials about their three-fold man- of $16 million, the Center has ex- power problem: panded to its present size of over 1) They were being plagued by its "insulated, yet isolated" 212- acre campus. Located in the heart of the southeast industrial com- plex, the four shining structures rose amidst farmland and forest 01; .ort- of the wooded estate of Henry Ford. Image-Building Without tax funds, Stirton and the University had set an exam- ple for education-industry coop- eration. He was now ready to build a good name for the Univer-' sity. Stirton vowed community ac- ceptance as his top priority mis- x Sion. Today, he traces with his hand. a symbol of that acceptance---the are of a long sidewalk projecting out towards the community where it is joined several hundred yards out by the Henry Ford Community College. This "cement epitome," which physically bridges the state-sup- ported and local-supported insti- tutions represents only one of a Specialties series of Stirton's measures aimed. at convincing Dearborn citizens Dents-studying at Dearborn and that the University wasn't a working for industry." "ruthless" educational overlord Their plan, to cost industry coming to take over from Ann Ar- some $10.5 million for buildings bor, he explains. and land, stressed the following Here to There features, which the companies al- As he has brought a Center to so found acceptable: the community, so also has he en- 1- A two-year senior college of- deavored to bring Ann Arbor to fering limited graduate programs Dearborn. expanding to a capacity,of 1,650 The walls of the classroom on-campus students. building are decorated in maize several scholarships for Dearborn students, as well as loan assist- ance. In addition, Stirton notes the interest shown by a series of lo- cal advisory groups, who, in con- junction with industry, provide wide ranging religious and human relations coordination between community and campus. Statewide Reputation But if the curriculum is struc- tured to local requirements, Stir- ton discloses that the school has taken on statewide popularity- particularly with the community college system. Although 48 per cent of its to- tal population is composed of community college graduates, only one-half of this group is from the local Henry Ford institution. Substantial groups from Muske- gon, Grand Rapids, Delta and Highland Park all journey to Dearborn-mostly on a commut- ing basis--to partake particularly in its industry internship program. Many of the American indus- tries abroad -- such as the new Bendix Corp. plant in Bombay - "want trained local personnel to run their plants." i Science and Retraining are Dearborn insufficient numbers of "quality" personnel; 2) They were unable to keep instruction current before the tide of rapidly changing technology, and 3) Their productive capacities ,were being weakened by the ex- cessive personnel turnover. Future Employment Needs An even stronger motivation! stimulating these metal-working companies to seek the University's assistance, Stirton explains, was their statistical projections of fu- ture employment needs. These initial handfuls of com- panies-the list of cooperating groups today has grown to 84- unanimously predicted gaping shortages of trained college grad- uates. They presented figures like these: -An increase needed every few years amounting to 10 per cent more college graduates than cur- rently existed on their payrolls. -Eight per cent turnovers every year in key personnel when the companies had been expecting five and six per cent attrition rates. -An annual labor need for 2,- 000 additional personnel, most of them located in the "technical and professional" classifications which require college-degree hold- ers. William Stirton I i I Residence Ratios Plague 'U' By JUDITH WARREN Personnel Director Each year the Legislature-or at least a few members of it-take it upon themselves to chastise the state-supported college and uni- versities for the percentage of out- of-state students enrolled in their respective institutions. This year was no exception with Sen. John Bowman (D-Rosevilie) leading the assault. He complain- ed that the University and Mich- igan State University have accept- ed too many out-of-state students. According to Bowman, this forces the state to pay some of their 'education costs. Bowman cited figures showing average edu- cation costs for one student at the University are $1,515 of which the out-of-state student pays only a part. The complaint was echoed by Student Government Council member Thomas Smithson, '65, who at an SGC meeting cited figures showing that the Univer- sity accepts far more students from New York, Illinois and Ohic -tle three major "feeder" states -than those states accept Michi- gan students. The University accepted the same number of out-of-state stu- dents last year as in previous years. However, the ratio of out- of-state students to in-state stu- dents has dropped significantly in recent years. Last year 27 per cent of Univer- sity students were nonresidents. According to Executive Vice- President Marvin L. Niehuss the ratio of out-of-state students will drop next fall to 25.8 per cent. Overall, the percentage decrease will be caused by an increase in the numerical size of the total student body from last year's 29,000 to an expected 30,900 this fall. Out-of-state students ac- count for some 8000 of both fig- ures. "It is difficult to know where to draw the line, to tell what is the most desirable ratio," Niehuss said. He noted that 25 per cent was "about as low as I'd want to see it go. If it got that far, it'd be time to take a second look at our plans." University administrators have maintained that the cosmopolitan atmosphere that results from "More of the best, out-of-state applicants arehadmitted than ac- tually attend, because many find scholarships from prestige schools more inviting. On the other hand,, 7 i the outstanding in-state applicant Industry Concerns finds that even with other scholar- These needs, projected over a ship offers, the University will be 15-year period, pointed to the con- most economical, Straight said. cern which industries in the southeast area were experiencing, The Michigan state constitu- Stirton says. tion specifies that no person shall To ease their employe shortages, gain or lose residence in the state the firms had come to ask for while a student or member of the the establishment of a joint pro- armed forces. gram whereby the University stu- Consequently, it's up to the dents would alternate between a University to determine who is and semester working on campus and a who isn't a state resident when semester working in industry. the student first applies since his Fnentwolivesthmnearroot- status can't be changed once he ment would give them early-root- is admitted. ed ties with potential employes and advantages for hiring evalua- The University has always in- tions. terpeted the law very strictly, un- But the University was not im- like other state colleges, which mediately sold on the plan, Stirton are often very liberal. It has main- recalls. tained that, in order to, be r "Industry had come to us," Stir- resident of Michigan, one must be ton emphasizes. "The University eligible to vote in the state (or wanted to be in the driver's seat one's parents must be eligible to to structure a step-by-step ad- vote, as the case may be). vancement program for our stu- Specifically, the college would present a tri-divisional selection of courses. 2- A comprehensive policy to help eliminate the three-fold manpower problem. Called the "cooperative education plan," it offered an internship program for all engineering and business ad- ministration students. 3- ^.n exciting new educational venture, the trimester system, was officially to be instituted by 1960. In October of 1959, the Stirton hybrid opened on what he calls WELCOME STUDENTS " Hand woven rugs " Nundah rugs "*Carved screens " Wood block prints India Art Shop 330 Maynard (across from Arcade) John Bowman mingling students from all, over the world with students from Michigan is beneficial to all con- cerned from an educational and sociological point of view. They have also said that since the out-of-state students pay about three times what Michigan students pay the out-of-state student is a valuable source of revenue for the University. Many have also maintained that the out-of-state students raise the standards of the University. This, however, is not always true ac- cording to Sidney Straight of the Admissions Office. There's a Nationally-Knownj Independent, Record Dealer inl Ann Arbor ' and blue stripes and the lunch- room chairs also gives hail to the colors," Stirton points out. The community has not been unmindful of this two-way Dear- born-Ann Arbor association. TheUL Zonta Club of Dearborn-an in-. fluential women's group - offers r* Ar Probably wondered what the0 .1'STUDENT CO-OPS arp all about ... At Michigan there are four men's, five women's and one marred couples co-ops which house about 250 students. WHO OWNS AND RUNS HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? THE COOPS ? Each house sets its own budget. Average WE DO costs for the past semester have been: In each house each member, new or old, Week Semester shares equal responsibility for all decisions; Rm. & Bd. $17.20 $275.20 what to eat, how much to spend, how much to Bd. only 11.50 184.00 work... New members pay a $20 deposit when they The co-op houses are owned by the inter- join; it is refunded when they leave. Cooperative Council (I.C.C.), a corporation set up and run entirely by the students who live or eat in the houses. WHO DOES THE WORK WHO MAY JOIN WEDO THE CO-OPS? All cooking, dishwashing, maintenance and management is done by the members. Anyone beyond the freshman year or who Any member, new or old, can be elected is over 21 who agrees to participate in running officer: president, house manager, food pur- the co-ops democratically is welcome. Members chaser, accountant .. . are accepted on a first come, first served basis, without racial, religious or political discrimina- It takes from four to six hours a week per member to run a co-op. The exact work time lion. There is no pledge or initiation period. is decided by house vote. WHAT ARE THE LIVING There are no maids, janitors, or hired AND cooks. AND* EATING ARRANGEMENTS ? As a roomer, you are provided furnished HOW ABOUT THE LIGHTER living quarters as well as social space and eat- SIDE OF LIFE ? ing privileges. As a boarder, you get 20 meals A co-op is something more than a lot of a week. people trying to live economically. 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