Elon University - Phi Psi Cli Yearbook (Elon, NC)

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Where do we go from here? McDonalds anywhere they will take me back to our youth . . . Tahiti let ' s just cruise.

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President Young Talks About Elon Changes KARBOOK. How is Elon improv- ing its academic programs? PRES. YOl ' NG. First, we need to do a better job of insuring that we do not admit stud ents who cannot succeed. But I think that we are doing about as good a job as we can with our admission policies right now, given our ability to judge other human beings. We need to insure that we have a proper balance of ability among our students. We must have a rather sub- stantial number of talented students as role models for leadership. The sort of spark that a good student brings to classes is important to all students We will accomplish this by substantially in- creasing the scholarship program and the honors program that tries to serve talented students. We need to insure that we are not ad- mitting students who cannot succeed. Those who are marginally able to suc- ceed must be provided with the special help that they need through skills labs and tutorial programs. I would like to see the strengthening of our liberal arts programs. For exam- Visitation will be good for the college . . . but I don ' t see any changes in it. pie. we find that tests given to people who graduate show that most do very well in their professional field, though we find that they need to strengthen the area of general education and liberal arts. These areas need to be made stronger and more central to the mission of the institution. Whether or not students have a good liberal arts background may be more important to their own future in 10 or 15 years after graduation than the specific professional courses that they took. I also hope to see knowledge about our computer increase among faculty and students. I have never seen anything make as much of an impres- sion as the computer has made. We want to make it possible that every in- dividual can become minimally knowledgeable about computers. To- day that is just basic literacy. YE.ARBOOK. What are the goals of Elon College in the ' 80 ' s? How will they affect the community and the students ' ? PRF.S. YOUNG. 1 don ' t know that the present goals will change substan-