A.U. Reports Decrease in Enrollment Conservation Advice Alfred University reported to be guided by optimum there was a significiant Thomas C. MacAvory, pres- dilemma" in attempting to that total fall enrollment this enrollment within each of our increase in enrollment for the ident of the Corning Glass find means of creating "mo- year had dropped 4 per cent units. And I would like to fourth year in a row, this time Works, a major world manu- tivation for the improvement from last year's record high stress again that more is not by 24 per cent. The School of facturer of ceramic products, of efficiency and conservation figure. necessarily better," he de- Business Administration re- suggested recently that Amer- without decreasing the drive Most of the decline was clared. ported a 4 per cent increase. ican industry develop the for growth too much." noted in University's College Figures compiled by the And the Division of Engineer- kind of "Enthusiasm" for MacAvoy was one of a of Liberal Arts. Campus units University show that 1974 ing and Science of the College "conservation, cost reduction number of executives and specializing in engineering, enrollment included 2,107, of Ceramics noted a 6 per cent and efficiency" that it has engineering specialists from business and nursing showed full and part-time undergrad- enrollment gain. traditionally shown for grow- industry, government and enrollment gains. uates in the College of Liberal In the Division of Art and th. labor organizations who str- As of mid-October, full and Arts, School of Nursing and Design of the Ceramics MacAvoy made the state- essed difficulties besetting the part-time enrollment in Alfred Health Care, School of Bus- College, a policy decision to ment in a speech prepared for economy, particularly those University's five schools and iness Administration and Col- limit growth resulted in an delivery at the opening of a caused by materials and colleges stood at 2,339. The lege of Ceramics. The figure enrollment drop of 10 per cent conference on emerging prior- energy shortages. comparable figure for 1973 marked a decrease of 98 from last year's figure. ities in ceramic engineering James Kane, technical ad- was 2,446. students-or 4 per cent-from Enrollment in Alfred Uni- and science at the New York visor for energy of the Atomic Dr. M. Richard Rose, the last year. versity's Graduate School State College of Ceramics at Energy Commission, said an- ^ University president, com- The heaviest incidence of declined from 241 students Alfred University. The confer- ticipated growth in energy mented that the Alfred figures enrollment shrinkage occur- last year to a current figure of ence was held Nov. 4 through demand, coupled with an were in line with nationwide red in the College of Liberal 232-a drop of 4 per cent. Nov. 6. expressed desire to become enrollment trends in private Arts, where the tally of full- Part-time students at Alfred MacAvoy cited the short- independent of fuel imports higher education. He cited and part-time students was make up some 6 per cent of age of energy, environmental "may ask more from the inflation, the shrinking nation- down 13 per cent from last the total undergraduate en- concerns, industrial safety Continued on Page 2 al population base and the year. rollment and 58 per cent of and product reliability as growing popularity of job- In the University's School of the Graduate School enroll- among "The rapidly changing oriented programs as major Nursing and Health Care, ment. conditions which corpora- Funds Allocated reasons for the decline, par- tions must adapt to." ticularly in liberal arts. He also identified the The Halloween night meet- "What we "have to do is avilability of capital and the ing of the Student Assembly plan for enrollment stabiliza- Annual Fund Director Named effects of inflation as equally was quick and to the point. It tion," Rose said, "and this critical issues for American was mentioned that the will call for a greater degree Jean McCord, until recently nual Fund raised $266,577 in business. University Council has elected of managerial skills on our a fund-raising official at the the fiscal year ended last June MacAvoy asserted that two of its members to the part. There's no great virtue University of New Hampshire, 30. The fund's goal for the industry must learn to con- Search Committe to find a in growing larger. I'd rather has been named director of current fiscal year, ending serve capital, materials, ener- new Vice-President of Student focus on the qualitative the Annual Fund and associ- next June 30, is $300,000. gy and the environment, and Affairs. Jo Johnson and A1 aspects of the education we ate director of development at Miss McCord holds a must improve working condi- Tucker were chosen. offer." Alfred University, effective bachelor's degree in English tions. Financial matters included t Rose said that in speaking Nov. 4. and the humanities from "For about 30 years the the funding of the Cross of enrollment stabilization at In her new post Miss Macalester College, St. Paul, primary motivation of our Country Club. $356 for lodging Alfred University he did not McCord will have primary Minn., and a master's degree technologists has been grow- travel' and meals when away rule out the possibility of some responsibility for overseeing in English from the University th-the excitement and chal- from home was awarded the future growth or even addi- the University's only unres- of New Hampshire. lenge of creating new pro- club because of its status of a tional shrinkage. tricted fund-raising effort. It For the past three years she ducts and businesses. This Special Project. CWENS, a He revealed that he had provides general budgetary has served as a special striving toward growth is sophomore women's honor ordered an enrollment ana- aid and draws support from a programs manager at the strongly ingrained in us. And group requested and was lysis that will determine the variety of sources including latter institution, aiding in the now we must develop similar granted $165 for project optimum enrollment for each corporations, foundations, Al- formulation of short- and enthusiams for conservation, which would aid the campus. of Alfred's schools and fred-area businessman, Uni- long-range programs for the cost reduction and efficien- Finally, the International Club colleges. versity alumni, trustees and University of New Hamp- cy," MacAvoy said. called for emergency vote for "Whether we grow or parents of students. shire's fund-raising program. But he cautioned that there $150. This issue will be voted shrink as a University ought The Alfred University An- was a "Final corporate on tonight. 2 FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK November 7, 1974 Grade Inflation Noted at A.U. Between 1969 and 1973 a fundamental basics neces- I have are better now" Dr. steady increase in grade sary to continue higher Miles alluded to a "possibility averages has been noted at education. that American education has Alfred University. The in- Mr. Scott Healy, director of gone through a liberal trend crease cuts across most admissions confirmed that where educational values divisions and colleges and "the students coming here are were questioned, as a reason suggests either that Alfred is consistently as competitive as for apathy towards grades. attracting a superior student they have alway been." He He said that higher grades or that faculty members are added, "I'm impressed by the are due to a "Greater pulling the punches on aca- caliber of students I am emphasis on rigour and demic standards. interviewing." teaching what needs to be Figures compiled by the Yet, it was acknowledged, taught" too meet post-gradu- Registrar's office show that by Dr. James A. Taylor, Dean ate demands. the University grade point of College of Liberal Arts, that "In the school of art and average has risen steadily grades have inflated unreal- design, the grade rise is from a 2.58 in the fall of 1969 istically. Dr. Taylor comment- probably due to the switch to to a 2.84 in the fall of 1973. ed that the recent practice of Pass-Fail grading," said Dean In addition, the number of faculty evaluations by stu- and professor or ceramic students on Dean's List has dents may be effects grades* engineering, Dr. Will G. shown a similar jump from "Threre are faculty members Lawrence. He added that the 11% of the University in who feel that students evalu- number of appications to the 1969-70 to 22% in 1973-74. ate them more highly when art school doubled from last Newsweek magazine, in a they receive higher grades," year, "Allowing us to be more recent issue wrote, "very few he said, "and these teacher selective." educators believe that grades evaluations impinge on pro- "It is quite obvious that last are higher because students motion and tenure." Dr. year's Freshman engineering are smarter." Taylor added that the faculty students were better than Dr. Robert W. Sloan, were disturbed by the "huge" average perfomers Dr. Law- professor of mathematics and Deans's List last spring which rence asserted. He added that a teacher for nine years at may result in a "counter- the class had S.A.T. scored Alfred reported, "It is my reaction" in grading practice. approximately 80 % higher imporession that the student Dean and professor of than the class of 1972. body is not as good as it used nursing, Dr. Virginia L. Lawrence also noted a "Dras- to be." He said that "The Barker has reported, "I think tic change in the attitude of existence of the very poor we are getting a better students, towards being more student has brought stand- student." Dean Barker attri- serious in the past three ards down and caused the buted this is part, to a greater years.