University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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BE The School of Business

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More than one hundred students are engaged in undergraduate research. the Carnegie Corporation, the National Sci- ence Foundation, and the Kansas Heart Asso- ciation. Besides these assistantships, dozens of other individual arrangements with particular teachers were carried out, by College students, in various fields of research. Although many College students are in- volved in these research projects, their number is small compared to the number of other stu- dents who have their own projects : term papers, laboratory experiments, or problems which require intensive study. For example, some of these students are taking part in the University ' s cooperative Junior Year Abroad program with the University of Costa Rica in Central America. Furthermore, more than one hundred special honors sections, seminars, and courses offered each semester are charac- teristically aimed at the investigation, analysis, and discussion of problems. Classes in the Col- lege are kept small. The average is about 19. This is done in order to decrease formality and increase participation between professor and students. In accord with the interest of the College in investigation and inquiry several new pro- grams have been designed. The Slavic and Soviet area program, the Latin America pro- gram, and the East Asia program all have shown rapid growth in participation and stu- dent interest. The College administration Dr. George R. Waggoner, Dean; Dr. Francis Heller, As- sociate Dean; and Dr. Gilbert Ulmer, Assist- ant Dean believes that only in continually looking for a practical means of cultivating knowledge will the College be able to main- tain a level of intellectual proficiency in academic areas equal to the needs of the Uni- versity and its students. Students diligently study in the Undergraduate Library.

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One of the scarcest resources in any nation today is effective managerial talent. Although the United States has demonstrated unexcelled capacity to manage the production and distri- bution of goods and services, its business and governmental organizations are continually seeking more and better trained management personnel to meet the economic challenge of our nations and those nations who would sur- pass and dominate us. The School of Business of the University of Kansas, under the leadership of acting Dean Wiley S. Mitchell, offers a comprehensive program to prepare students for positions of managerial responsibility either of general or technical nature. The Bachelor of Science in Business program is designed to prepare stu- dents for these roles, through studies of con- temporary society and economic theory and giving them skill in applying this knowledge in making decisions about actual business problems. The business school ' s newest program, Mas- ters of Business Administration, is a prime example of its efforts to provide for future administrators. This graduate course is a two- year professional program for graduates of liberal arts colleges and engineering schools who seek a career in business. This program assumes that the graduate has had no prior college work in business. It is designed to help the student develop his ability to be a self-educator throughout his career in the business world. It focuses a minimum of attention on the acquisition of facts about how business operates today. Instead, courses are concentrated on the kinds of mental training that will enable the graduate to learn quickly on the job, and to adapt to changing conditions in his firm, in the industry or elsewhere in the world. It is tuned to teach the student to be a creative and imaginative businessman. One of the most helpful services the School of Business provides for its undergraduate and graduate students comes from the Business Placement Bureau. The Bureau has contact with a large number of business concerns and provides facilities for visiting businessmen and industrial recruiters to interview students. The School of Business building, Summer- field Hall, furnishes instructors and students with many modern facilities which help pro- vide the best business education possible. The ever-increasing demand for well-qualified managerial personnel insures the further expansion of the School of Business. Colin Case The progressive ideas of the Business School are illustrated by the core classroom on the left and the computers on the right.