DECEMBER 6,, 1974
"Too much emphasis Continuing
work-study" education
says Cincinnati provost
still
popular
at PSU
Cincinnati, Ohio- (1.P.) -
There has been too much over
selling of technical and work
training programs in post
secondary education, ac
cording to Dr. Garland Parker,
vice provost for admissions
and records at the University
of Cincinnati.
"The pendulum has swung
too far in the pronouncements
of self-appointed publicists as
well as those of many state and
federal leaders in government
and education in their lauding
of overly-narrow, technical
vocational and highly
specialized . training
programs", Dr. Parker said.
These programs often are
promoted "not only as alter
natives but also as preferable
options to collegiate programs
with a strong liberal arts
component", he said. Parker
emphasized that he is not
opposed to career education
but rather to "an overem
phasis on it to the detriment of
AMONG THE DOGS
Indeed. There are those of you
who no doubt remember Agamemnon O'Brien,
that talented young star of the "New
Porno-Journalism" the C.C. Reader has become
famous for. Recently the Reader staff
thought it might be interesting to find
out exactly what this fine author has
been up to since graduation.
It has not been easy tracking down
the mysterious Agamemnon but after several
nights of searching high and low, seeking
out the poorer quarters where the ragged
people go, we discovered his exact where
abouts. Agamemnon is presently resting
in the bottom of Baltimore Bay.
It seems O'Brien fled south last
June, just ahead of a horde of avid fans,
fanatic bill collectors and irrate dog owners.
He landed in D.C. and sought employment at
a dog pound. Anyone who recalls -and how
could you forget - Agamemnon's article
will understand that the young author could
enjoy this type of work, find it very
satisfying and gather material for a new
novel.
O'Brien was doing just that when
the owner of the poodle he had made friends
with discovered the two engaged in a scene
that recalled the tender meeting of Phoene
cia Tenderloin and soft-core porno star Lax!
Jankowski in Amon: The Doss.
The owner had no objection to the
corruption - of the poodle's morales; what
upset him was the fact that O'Brien had no
pedigree.
"What the hell do you think you're
doing?!!" asked the owner though he expected
no answer.
O'Brien could only smile sheepishly.
The enraged owner pulled a set of handcuffs
and a ]3 foot bull whip from his overcoat
and demanded the author accompany him.
What transpired after that is unclear.
Actually it is probably for the best of all
concerned that we not known the gory details.
Several weeks later O'Brien was recovered
from the bay, badly mutilated but still
alive. The clam fishermen who found him
took one look and threw the body back..
The Young Republica n s are presently
planning a field trip to vist O'Brien at
his new address. Anyone interested should
contact Lisa Yaffee in the SGA office.
personal and social needs in
general".
He blamed much of this
problem on liberal arts
colleges and their professors.
"Too long they disdained the
need of and the demand from
students to make their
presentations more relevant to
the concerns of this generation.
"Too much they remained
ensconced in the insulated
ivory towers of their historic
disciplines, avoided active
involvements in community
services and refrained from
innovative practices and
thrusts designed to involve
more persons, especially
career and adult people, in a
study of the liberal arts that
would give those studies a
more current focus.
"Teaching was denigrated,
publication was prioritized and
students were tolerated in
terms of numbers and classes
only to the extent absolutely
necessary".
C.C. READE
University Park, Pa. ---
Continuing education
programs at The Pennsylvania
State University remain very
popular, says Floyd B.
Fischer, vice president for
continuing education, pointing
out that 134,903 people were
enrolled in continuing
education courses during the
past year.
Fischer reported today that
a large number of these people
(74,371) were enrolled in highly
specialized non-credit
programs such as conferences,
institutes, workshops, and
short courses designed for
special clientele.
Enrollments in other Con
tinuing Education areas in
cluded 39,148 in credit courses;
1,476 in unit programs, which
are non-degree technical
courses; and 19,908 in
correspondence courses.
An analysis of enrollments in
credit, unit, and informal
courses by Commonwealth
Campus area and other
locations shows: Allentown,
3,867; Altoona, 10,373; Beaver
at Monaca, 3,313; Behrend
College at Erie, 4,448; Berks at
Reading, 5,209; Capitol at
Middletown, 2,894; Delaware
at Media, 9,268; Dußois, 3,041;
Fayette at Uniontown, 1,806;
Hazletown, 2,433; Milton S.
Hershey Medical Center, 1,520;
McKeesport, 7,252; Mont Alto,
1,549; New Kensington, 4,875;
Ogontz at Abington, 8,226;
Schuylkill at Schuylkill Haven,
2,736; Shenango Valley at
Sharon, 2,229; State College,
4,342; University Park, 26,113;
Wilkes-Barre, 1,7 76 ;
Williamsport, 3,148; Wor
thington Scranton at Dunmore,
1,790; and York, 3,284.
"Penn State's continuing
education program is the most
diversified service of its kind in
the United States and is second
only to the University of
California in the number of
adults enrolled," said Fischer.
"In addition to those citizens
who are formally enrolled in
programs and courses, hun
dreds of thousands of other
adults are served by WPSX
TV, Channel 3, the University's
educational television station
serving over one-third of the
Commonwealth directly, and
through other continuing
education services such as the
Audio-Visual Services film
rental program."
Fischer said that some 70,000
film rental bookings annually
are provided by the Audio-
Visual Services. And he added
that another continuing'
education service, PENNTAP,
the Pennsylvania Technical
Assistance Program, assists
business, industry, govern
ment, hospitals and schools in
utilizing the findings of
research to solve practical
production and operating
problems.
USED BOOK
EXCHANGE
PEOPLED!!!
We feel that the existence of a Used Book Exchange
can be a service to the student body. Therefore, we have
established one. In order for this to be a success, we need
the full support of the campus community.
We are accepting any and all books that can be useful to
a fellow student. This includes: all current text books; old
text books; reference books; lab manuals and paperbacks.
We will sell them for the price you indicate plus a 5 percent
servicecharge. This charge will be over and above the price
specified by the seller. For example, a $5.00 book will be
sold for $5.25, the $.25 going to defer operating costs.
The exchange will operate as follows:
1. All students exchanging books will fill out a form for
each book in triplicate..
2. One copy will be retained by the seller as a receipt
3. On Tuesday, January 21, 1975, all participating sellers
will either pick up their unsold books or present receipt for
cash payment of their sold books.
The collective dates are:
Thursday, Dec. 12 Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1974
The selling dates are:
Monday, Jan 6 -- Friday, Jan. 17,1975
The Used Book Exchange will be located in Room W 129
For further information come to the SGA Office, WllO,
or contact Mike McAllister (944-6144) or Bill Jones
(944-1835).
Let's all try to help one another beat these Inflated book
costs.
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