University of Hawaii Honolulu - Ka Palapala Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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Innovations Sought For Problems second large campus. Kamuela, Hawaii, and Leeward Oahu have been spoken of as possi- ble locations. Though the site is still to be determined, a second four-year campus appears certain. These are long term programs which con cern the UH beyond the Manoa campus pro- per. Meanwhile, innovations must be sought to deal with the problem of bigness and growth at this location. There is no way of leveling off the increasing enrollment in the next year or two. Construction, though kept at a keen pace, will still not have build ings ready in time for the expected record enrollment in fall 1968. Already classes run from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Graduate assist- ants and even professors must share offices to accommodate the growing faculty. Nevertheless, departments arc going ahead with plans for smaller classes where faculty and finance permit. Introductory political science classes meet en masse twice a week in a 300 sent auditorium. During the rest of the week, smaller groups of 15 to 25 students meet with instructors in a seminar- type discussion. Introductory economics, sociology, and logic courses and one section of the history department’s world civiliza- tions course are functioning in a similar fashion. Language classes on the whole have been made smaller, accommodating 15 to 25 students in one class period (rather than 30 or more). Residential Academic Program The Selected Studies and Honors Pro grams have provided small class sizes for their participants. A few experimental pro- grams are being offered with a limitation on class size and an emphasis on an inter- disciplinary approach to material. A resi dential academic program at Johnson Hall extends the learning experience beyond the class period for students and professors in- volved in the program. Reflecting their professional nature, the colleges of education and business admini- stration have become upper division colleges. Students enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences for their freshman and sophomore years before transferring to education or business. The school of nursing began a simi- lar program a year earlier. This change re- 22

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A neu classroom building for the language depart- ments u’lU front Mailt Way and East West Road The tuo sections u-ill be called the State W ng and East- West W’lHfl- Center, formally the Center for Cultural Interchange between the East and the West, there has been an increasing number of stu dents coming from Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, Europe, and even Africa. The Summer Session has grown to be the third largest such program in the United States. In summer 1967, enrollment neared 18,500. In addition to student enrollment, the num- ber of faculty members has increased. In 1907, the first year of the University there were but five professors. Today, almost three thousand professors, instructors, assistants, and specialists are engaged in research, in- struction, administration or service. The number can be expected to increase as new programs such as the School of Medicine and community colleges are developed. The very number of people who make up the University system is perhaps the heart of the problems the UH faces. Ways must be sought to handle student enrollment effi- ciently and to accommodate the growing numbers of research projects and services. The Community College System was estab lished in part to handle the problem of the increasing enrollment. It was also in keeping with the University’s principle of extending higher education to the largest number of people in the state. The two-year programs lead to associate degrees, with an emphasis on technical and vocational skills, although credits are transferable to the Manoa cam- pus or any comparable mainland institution. Already existing technical schools formed the nucleus of the system. By 1975 these community colleges will absorb about 15,600 students. By then the Manoa campus will already have reached its maximum enroll- ment of 25,000. A Second Campus for UH Plans are being considered for another four year institution. The Hilo campus will be offering more upper division courses in the next few years, but only to supplement the present curricula. It will not serve as a 21

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Crowds characterize one arpect of the University. Freshmen fill to near capacity Varsity Theater for world cixnlizations clast. The bookstore is packed dur- ing registration week. The topic of oi'ercrowdedness itself often u a lecture discussion in sociology class. 23