University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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' Fixed Enrollment an Illusion ' - Can a Man -Made Giant Survive? Committee, and the Regent ' s Building Committee before actual plans are submitted to the Board, Texas Governor,, and State Coordinating Board for their approval and the opening of construction bids. Increased building facilities, however, must be matched with increased faculty-staff num- bers, President Hackerman stressed. Building projects must keep up with those in the last five years, that is, a new classroom-office building and a new laboratory building completed each year. You can ' t build for 1980, Hackerman emphasized. It is better to be on the tight side and make more efficient use of available funds and space. An expanding student enrollment also means the need for expanded student housing. Jack Holland, Dean of Student Life, predicted that the University would continue to house a small percentage of enrolled students and the trend towards off-campus housing would continue. At some point, the University might have to use its own dormitories only for freshman students, but this was mentioned merely as a possibility. Besides more classroom building, Dean Holland also foresaw a greater use of existing classrooms as study areas. For example, classroom space in the new dormitory complex will be open 24 hours a day for study a test case before open- ing other University classrooms for night study. With an increased enrollment there would be an increase in the University ' s security staff, as in all University staffs, although Dean Holland fore- saw no stricter regulations applied to students. Student recreation areas likewise will be affected by the increased student body. The Uni- versity ' s intramural sports field was moved off-campus last year, a move that has been termed highly successful by both Dean Holland and Sonny Rooker, director of men ' s intramurals. Also under consideration was the relocation or enlargement of Memorial Stadium. Geographically, the main Austin campus will probably grow from 250 acres to 350 acres by 1975, President Hackerman said. Much of this additional land will be used for parking another serious problem facing a campus where a large student percentage lives off-campus. At the core of all these problem areas, though, is a more fundamental problem of fi- nances, that is, increased revenue sources to match increased enrollment. C. C. Nolen, associate director to the Development Board responsible for private funds, said that the Texas State Legis- lature provides 62 per cent of the University ' s income. What makes the University superior, however, is its additional income from gifts, grants, and endowments. It is these four sources and the federal government (which provides 4.9 per cent of the University ' s total income) that make it possible for the University student to get a $1,500 education each year for $150, Nolen said. But, according to Nolen, momentum is the solution to the financing of academic growth. With more money, better teachers and consequently better students are attracted. Thus, a more respected University is created that can attract more private gifts and perpetuate the cycle. 19

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Dr. Bryce Jordan, Vice-President for Stu dent Affairs, said computers will be in strumental in University management, reg istration, instruction of computer sciences and as an instructional aid. 18

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Gov. John B. Connally, Univer- sity alumnus, headed the admin- istration of Texas education and its State supported colleges and univer- sities, including The University of Tex- as System, for his sixth and final year. He chose not to run for an unprece- dented fourth term as the State ' s high- est public official. Administrated by Chancellor Harry Huntt Ransom, the multi-million dollar, 52,681 student body multiversity continued to grow. Ransom, who finished his first year as head of the System, was suc- ceeded as administrative leader of the University at Austin by Dr. Norman Hackerman. John B. Connally Harry Huntt Ransom V As the link between the Board of Regents and the heads of the Uni- versity ' s 1 2 statewide units, Chancel- lor Harry Huntt Ransom coordinated uniform programs of study, both undergraduate and graduate, as the System increased in size and scope. A growing enrollment under his ad- ministration was matched by growth in facilities and in academic achieve- ment. Speaking to The Chancellor ' s Council in September, Ransom said, In every perspective and in all its 12 official locations, the University is a public institution. It was built phys- ically on Texas ground. It has come through the modern history of the State as one of the instruments of intellect and imagination, guided and developed by successive Governors, legislatures, State agencies, and gov- erning boards rooted in public trus- teeship. 20