The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 5, 1982-Page 13
EMU leaders study hi-tech impact
By SCOTT STUCKAL
Eastern Michigan University's College of
Technology will examine high technology's impact on
society with a new lecture series that starts tonight.
The series, co-sponsored by EMU and the Michigan
Technology Council, will look at how the state's em-
phasis on expanding its high technology resources
may affect labor. The series' first lecture, by Univer-
sity Philosophy Prof. Frithjof Bergmann, will con-
cern high technology's effect on the state's job
market.
THE LECTURE series is part of EMU's unique ap-
proach to teaching technology, which combines
business and a social perspective. While the Univer-
sity of Michigan gives students specialized
technological training within a specific department,
EMU's technology college stresses an inter-
disciplinary approach which looks at the social role of
high technology, according to Al Rudisill, dean of the
college.
"The knowledge explosion has moved so fast (in
high technology) that it's difficult to get the breadth
and depth of learning desired," Rudisill said when
discussing EMU's emphasis on social questions.
Rudisill said the College of Technology was created
in the fall of 1980 in response to a survey of
southeastern Michigan businesses. The survey
showed that businesses were looking for students
trained to work at middle-management positions in
high technology, Rudisill added.
EMU's College of Technology produces middle-
level managers who can serve as "a bridge" between
the highly specialized technologists from large
universities such as Michigan and lower-level
technicians from two-year community colleges, said
EMU's Associate Prof. Alexandra Aldridge.
The lecture series, which ends June 16, will
spotlight several social issues that are part of EMU's
technology curriculum. Other speakers will include
United Auto Workers economist Dan Luria, who will
discuss technology's impact on factory workers; and
Lt. Gov. James Brickley, who will address high
technology's role in government.
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