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Page Two THE POLEMIC March 1972 ~A[ wl @~~ ~~~ SMALL COLLEGES FACE EXTINCTION Washington (CPS) -- A study by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Educa- tion has concluded that 494 small, ob- scure colleges with relaxed admission pol- icies are the kind "most likely to become extinct ." "Am-erican higher education may suf- fer al severe los.s of its diversity," the re- port said, unless steps are taken . to save some of them. The colleges enroll about 500,000 students and represent nearly one-fourth of the undergraduate colleges in this nation. Seventy per cent of the schools have fewer than 1,000 students, 50 per cent bave fewer than 750. The colleges are characterized as having unselective ad- mission po•licies as reflected in their small enrollments and lower-than-average aca- demic ability of their students. They in- clude teachers', black, Protestant, and Roman Catholic schools. The report suggested that state and federal aid should be used to save some of them but stated that "institutions that are plainly incompetent .. have no par- ticular right to support or survival." The report went on to say that these institutions are "caught in a bind between the elite colleges, which are able to charge high tuition fees because of their popu- larity with prospective students and the public institutions which lack the pres- tige of the elite colleges but can attract students because of their very low fees." Curriculum Committee Ma~es Changes The Curriculum Committee is a facul- ty committee established by the Faculty Council. The Faculty Council Constitu- tion provides for four Faculty members and the Registrar on the Committee. The four Faculty members that have partici- pated during the first semester of the 1971-72 school year are Mr. Chandler, Mr. McGill, Mr. Miesen, and Mr. Sparks. Mr. Valli, as Registrar, is the chairman of the Committee. The Student Govern- ment has been asked to provide student representation to meet with ·the commi- ttee; providing suggestions to the commi- ttee, and a student voice in the delibera- tions. The role of the Curriculum Commi- ttee is to review changes for college credit courses and curricula and to make recom- mendations to the Administration con- cerning these changes. NEW COURSES There are several new courses being offered at ACC this semester. Additions in Technical Education are 110 Auto Tune-Up, 101 Problems for Apprentice (Electrical/, 112 Vocational Machine Shop Mill, and 111 Vocational Machine Shop Lathe. Other courses added are: 213 General Investments 111 Intro. to Cull inary Arts 111 Intro. to Polish 115 Basic Decorating 231 Small Business Management Some additional changes were made during the 1971-72 semester (fall). Ad- vanced Mosic Theory 226 and- 228 was added as an independent study course. In the Law Enforcement Curriculum, six additional hours of ·general education electives were added. Also the math curriculum was changed to one credit hour for each lecture hour. Finally there was a rather unique course added last semester, Directed Studies in Humanities 243. The students who took th is course last semester really had some good ex- perience on their trip to New York. Because of some difficulty in finalizing curriculum changes, the make-up and role of the Curriculum C.ommittee is under study with the hope that a more effective group can be organized to provide this vital service for our college community. r..,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,.....,....,...,..,.,..,.,..,.,..,.,..,.,,.,.,.,..,.,..,..,....,._.. 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