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A Sign for the Future: The Sprawling Multiversity In 1 876, the State of Texas officially decided to establish a University of the First Class and, in so doing, gave The University of Texas an endowment of 2.1 million acres of semiarid waste- land. Later, oil was discovered on that wasteland which in 1968 provided the bulk of UT ' s $485 million endowment, an endowment second only to Harvard ' s $1 billion. Over 90 years later, that University of the First Class truly had become a sprawling multi- versity, claiming 12 branches. Present enrollment at the Austin campus a lone had reached the 30,000 mark while W. Bryon Shipp, University registrar, estimated that by the 1971-72 aca- demic year the student population would total more than 35,000. How would The University of Texas adjust to this increase? What plans were being made to accommodate an increasing, state-supported student population? A rise in entrance requirements or possible limitation placed on out-of-state students was seen as an alternative to the enrollment problem but would only put off enrollment for a while, according to Registrar Shipp. Eying an increase in state junior colleges, he stated that a freshman class size of 3,400 at the University was not large compared to a 30,000 total enrollment. High school graduates were being forced into junior col- leges and other state schools before transferring to the University with the required C-plus average. University President Norman Hackerman said, | Fixed enrollment is an illusion the State University must be available to all students. At some point, however, there would have to be a legitimate enrollment limit based upon the existing space requirements, Hackerman added. Facilities as well as faculty-staff numbers would estab- lish guidelines rather than an arbitrary number limit. A corollary to the problem of increased enrollment was the problem of increased build- ing facilities. Few realize that it takes as long as three years from the approval of a building to its completion, said Mrs. Henrietta Jacobson, executive assistant to the Chancellor. First the Board of Regents must authorize the money (usually met with one-half grants provided by the federal government). Architect ' s preliminary plans must be approved by the Faculty Building Continued 17
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