FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 196 THE MICHIGAN 1lATi v' FRIDAY AUGUS:28, 964ass MwCIr i l 1nuw ra,. artaau 1 Schools, More Legislative C S S eC e O tat Colleges In a trend opposed by many col- lege administrators and faculties, state legislatures are beginning to supervise growing public institu- tions of higher education more closely, the Wall Street Journal observed recently. Ohio is the latest state to im- pose such supervision. John D. Millet, formerly president of Ohio's Miami University, was recently. appointed chancellor of a nine- man Board of Regents created by the Ohio Legislature last year to coordinate further growth of the two junior colleges, three munici- pal universities and six state col- leges and universities which re- ceive state funds. Within the last five ears, Cali- fornia, Pennsylvania, Utah, Ar- kansas, South Carolina, Missouri and Illinois have made steps in this direction. And pressure to follow suit exists in other states where there is mi school.' Texas Texas is cons ing a board inte: lic-supported ins er education fro: each other for f ing their efficien dundant curricul Many state co sities have rece for< a long time direct supervisio: stitutions are pu ent boards of tri who are often e partisan basis. Most faculty r trators and trus dependence of po Clipping "A distant a reaucracy supe: university's gove co-Ordination It1 power to veto its planning and to professional fields between them /o ti TO revise its budgets inevitably clips and present a unified front to the the university's wings, destroys its legislature. maneuverability and blocks its vi- Nowhere is competition more een sion," Prof. M. M. Chambers of evident than in Michigan. Those Indiana University said recently. who advocate state-wide coordina- He is an authority on statewide tion contend that this fierce com- ore than one state coordination and a former visit- petition ; among the University, ing professor at the University. Michigan State University and s Board One reason leading states to im- Wayne State University for ex- pose tighter control is the realiza- pansion funds results in duplica- idering establish- tion of the future burdens they tion. nded to keep pub- Will have to carry. State schools For instance, WSU and the Uni- stitutions of high- in the next decade will have to versity, which both have medical m, competing with absorb much of the increase; en- schools, recently claimed MSU unds and improv- rollment is expected to double in was trying to get a medical school icy by avoiding re- that time. for itself when its established a lums. two-year medical program. They The Ohio board and other such stated further funds could best lleges and univer- coordinating groups are concernedstedfrhrunscldbt ived state money wcit instiutioneined be used to expand their own with which institutions will be schools without suffering allowed to offer graduate studies. s. Branches to Titles n. Instead, the in Although these programs are ex- MSU and the University have t under independ- pensive, they bring prestige to the locked horns over just about every ustees or regents, school. Millet reports that there is possible issue, ranging from which elected on a non- already some opposition to such school should be allowed to have adminis restrictions from trustees and fac- a branch college to which should nem bers, thd in- ulty members. bear the proud title of university. tees prize this California Coordinating Council When the new state constitu- )lticl ontrol. Its Wings California's Coordinating Coun- tion was being written three years dministrative bu- cil for Higher Education is con- ago, more central control seemed rimposed over a sidered a good compromise be- likely. But a compromise between rning board with tween centralized and decentraliz- pro- and anti-coordination forces ed control. It was created in 1960 resulted. * when the state laid out its master Decentralization w a s achieved IS plan for higher education. When four smaller schools, former- ItILosititthe uli en ly controlled by the state board It consists of three public mem- of education, were made equal in bers, three representatives from autonomy to the six other state 5, stem ,each of the types of institutions- colleges and universities. junior colleges, state colleges and At the same time, a new elec- the University of California--and tive board of education will have e subservience to three representatives of private in- the power to plan and coordinate s, and it encour- o allnpublic education, beginning in Although the council is tech- January. e in the number nically only advisory, its power is But this power was diluted by increasing because most members a provision stating it "shall not ie Education Min- of the legislature rely on its advice. limit the power of the boards of ggested that there How to Avoid Control institutions of higher education universities, with Some states have avoided such . . . to supervise their respective r - competitiveness' control from coordinating bodies institutions and control and direct standards. by voluntary coordination. Purdue the expenditure of the institution's and Indiana University divide funds." .i I i. 3 1 i i , E I Japanese Governmei Postwar, Education ':C TOKYO-A government survey former complet on Japan's passion for higher edu- professors' views cation has severely criticized the aged an increas postwar educational system., of universities. It held that the system had I The tone of th turned out a generation of mop- haired young men and women able to discuss abstruse philos- ophies in dimly lit coffee shops, but poorly qualified to contribute to the country's industrial base. Reporting on the state of Ja- pan's 591 colleges and universi- ties, the Ministry of Education said that standards generally had drop- ped "far below" the level before World War II. The study found too much uniformity in the upper schools and neglect of the "char- acter-building" aspect of educa- tion. It contended that students, in general were incapable of philo- sophical and systematic thinking." Open Discussion Enforced The present system was inaugur- ated 15 years ago, under the direc- tion of American occupation au- thorities. The occupation enforced open discussion in place of the istry's report su were too many consequent over and a decline in . i :1TP d t lai ouaens ast, year numbered 760,000, or 10.7 per cent of the population of university age, the survey noted.. 'A notable change in recent years, according to the report has been the increase in women's col- lege enrollment from a small num- ber before the war to 78,000 In 1963. Most of the ;women are in two-year colleges established after the war, and are preparing for of- fice work. More than 23 per cent of high school graduates in Japan went on to higher institutions in 1964, the report stated. Japan is now said to rank third in the world, after the United States and the Soviet Union, in the. ratio of students to entire college-age population. Copyright, 1964, The New York Times ! 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Anne Stevenson's poems, which happen to fall into a variety of shapes, are achievements in which the angle of vision is particularly distinct. It is very much her own. Reading her, one is seldom if ever reminded of any other poets. VOLUME I. AND IN HIM, TOO; IN US by SKONSTANT INOS LARDAS, will be released October 19, 1964. This volulme is selected and introduced by AUSTIN WARREN. Mr. Lardas received a major Hopwood Award, an Atlantic Monthly "First" a University of Michigan Bainne-Swigget Poetry Award, and has been included in the Borestone Mountain Poetry Award Anthology, Best Poe-ms of 1962 & Best Poems of 1963. His work has appeared in Accent, Harper's Bazaar, Dalhousie Re- view, Folio, The Literary Review and The Prairie Schooner. 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