University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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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.

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With the increasing complexity of our growing world, the matter of education is becoming an alarming problem. In this complicated world where the school teacher of today must work, the wide variety of knowledge that the teacher must possess is overwhelming. It is this knowledge which must be passed on to our young men and women who will in turn be the leaders of the world. It is because of this ever-increasing com- plexity of learning that the teacher of today must be much better prepared. This is the job of Dean Kenneth Anderson and the School of Education. The School was founded in 1909 and has steadily expanded through the years from an enrollment of 426 ten years ago to 1,008 in 1962 and to over oo in 1963. The school has four main functions : to provide professional curricula for the preparation of prospective teach- ers, to provide professional services to educational institutions, to offer graduate courses for qualified persons, and to promote and conduct educational research. Besides these functions, the School of Education and its graduate school are members of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. The School ' s objectives for effective teaching include uniqueness, dignity, worth of the individ- ual, understanding of our society, mastery of sub- ject matter, proficiency in teaching methods, and personal desire. Because the future of the entire world might rest upon the shoulders of our teachers, greater depth of preparation has become the goal of Dean Anderson. For the future he points toward greater academic preparation and the use of psychology in teaching. This psychological aspect of teaching is an entirely new field which offers many new opportunities to both student and teacher. Dean Anderson hopes to see the school expanded from a four-year to a five-year program with more em- phasis upon specialized study. Though the School of Education is considered one of the finest in the country, the goal is for even greater distinction in the art and science of teaching. 29 The education major at KU gains practical experi- ence through student teaching assignments under the guidance of experienced classroom instructors. 44$ ' ttt 1st, tit% tilt : tilt 3 tt41 ttt$ Atli tit; Itti, ttt. .tt. • ‘,.