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Ten years ago there were five junior colleges in Nebraska.
Today there are seven, and the state gives them tax support to
boost their budgets. As a result, junior colleges can now operate
less expensively and are more appealing to prospective students
and their families, according to UNL's director of admissions.
John Aronson said the number of pre-enrolled freshmen at
UNL in 1969 was 4,100 but in 1970 the same group dropped to
3,900. "We attribute this decrease to the junior colleges taking a
larger number of students." Thanks to the state help, he said.
This year there are 4,200 freshmen pre-enrolled.
Aronson said there was a real increase in transfer students,
mainly from these junior colleges. He said junior college students
who pre-enrolled are finding no problem getting into classes,
though some of the late-comers may find difficulty in getting into
the classes they want.
Aronson said entrance requirements are generally no stricter
this year despite UNL's austere budget. But "in the case of
foreign and out-of-state students, the stated requirements have
not changed, but rigid conformance to them is expected".
"Before, they were more flexible."
As for UNL, Dean of Student Academic Services Lee Chatfield
said total enrollment is up from last year's 20,810. This year,
20,400 students are already registered, with another 800
expected when final enrollment figures come in.
Enrollment in the second summer session totaled 5,632
compared to 5,375 students a year ago. First summer session's
enrollment was 7,488, compared to 7,720 in 1970's first term.
Total Summer session enrollment in 1971 set a record for the
tandem summer sessions. In the two 1970 sessions. 13,095
students signed up. This year, 13,120 students took courses.
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As waiting lines grew, an
administrator informed
waiting students Monday
afternoon that their I.D.'s
may not have been
processed.
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Lower Level
Nebraska Union
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Students battle LD. lines
The legendary chaos of
dropadd paled before the
unending line of freshmen
awaiting their student
identification cards in the
Nebraska Union Monday and
Tuesday.
Approximately 4,500 of the
4,800 new students this
semester were handled in the
first two days of the semester,
the administration said. This is
nearly twice the number dealt
with in the same period of time
in prior years.
Administrators speculated
that new students moving into
the dorms on Sunday, instead
of the middle of the week, all
converged on the Union
Monday morning.
Next year's freshmen IDs
may be mailed out to avoid a
similar tie-up, officials said.
Thanks to a week of free
dropadd before school began
this semester the ranks of
regular dropadd were too
severely thinned to challenge the
ID lines. The administration
instituted the early dropadd
period to simplify registration
problems before the shortened
semester, UNL's first one with
finals before Christmas.
Usually one-third of all
students go through dropadd
each sem ester-neary 6,000
students according to Gerald
Bowker. director of
Registration and Records. And
dropadd is also usually a scene
of widespread campus con
fusion. The schedule changes
themselves, which are in turn
the result of insufficient
classroom space and increased
enrollment. Alternative
systems of handling the
changes are plentiful and
almost uniformly inefficient.
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the changes are plentiful and
almost uniformly inefficient.
Roy Baldwin, ASUN
senator, was involved in an
interrupted effort to reform
the system which has yet to be
resumed. He recommended
students getting the signatures
of their professors for add
classes and submitting the
necessary forms for both drop
and add to the administration
by mail. Bowker said one
problem with this system
involves timing-acknowledging
receipt of the drop and
publicizing the available space.
Baldwin admitted this
system might prove to be as
inconvenient for the student as
the present system.
Another su ggested
procedure known as the
"scramble system" involves no
arrangements for space
problems in scheduling classes.
"Scrambling" students find
space the best they can.
Although Bowker said this
system is not as impractical as
it sounds, it is not counted
among current alternatives.
Any change in dropadd
procedures would have to go
through the Calendar and
Examinations Committee and
the Faculty Senate. Such
changes, as yet unspecified,
would not be effective until
next fall.
Time Appointment Cards
were recently instituted to
minimize fruitless hours spent
waiting in line, but many
students tend to show up early,
negating the intent of the
cards, an official said.
The administration claims
to receive few complaints on
recommendations from
dissatisfied students.