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VOLUME 84, ISSUE 3 www.theticker.org SEPTEMBER 22, 2003 INSIDE Study Abroad Fair Helps Student Panel Students Expand Their Horizons Fights Academic By MARCIA BARRAN Dishonesty Students wishing to expand their horizons by exploring education and new cultures overseas By KATHLENE BURKE made their way to the Fall 2003 Study Abroad Fair last Thursday, September 18. The event, In a research study performed by Donald L. sponsored by the Weissman Center for McCabe of Rutgers University, it was found International Business, was hosted in the 14 that: “On most campuses, over 75 percent of floor conference center of the Vertical Campus. students admit to some cheating.” Interested and informed students were dis- In a 1999 survey of 2,100 students on 21 cam- persed at stations that were set up and manned puses across the country, about one-third of the by representatives from Baruch College and other collegiate institutions from around New participating students admitted to serious test York from around the world. cheating and half admitted to one or more Amongst those colleges and universities that instances of serious cheating on written assign- were represented at the event were other ments. Baruch’s Early Learning Baruch student Jennifer Kong meets with a CUNY schools such as Brooklyn College, Academic integrity is a serious topic that has Center Looking To Move recruiter from BMCC’s Italy Program. offering a program abroad in Ghana, the (Photo/ Aaron Siegel) been receiving more attention in the news, the Into A New Space College of Staten Island, offering opportunities program in Egypt, and the Hebrew University business community, and at Baruch College. in China, and Hunter College, offering options 3 of Jerusalem offering options in Israel were Ronald Aaron, Associate Dean of Students and for study in places like Cuba, Hawaii, also on hand to provide students with an over- Dennis Slavin, Associate Provost created a stu- Argentina and Florence. State universities such seas perspective. dent academic integrity task force. The task- as SUNY Oswego, SUNY Albany and SUNY Student Wants To Create force will bring a students perspective to the New Paltz were also present. Institutions such issue and will tackle some of the problems that A Sense Of Community the American University in Cairo offering a See ENGLAND, Page 2 arise from academic dishonesty. In The Baruch Campus The committee consists of undergraduate stu- 7 dents, Jennifer Bartlett, Joanne Wong, and Baruch One of Three CUNY Colleges Shazana Zumpfe and Kathy Low, working side- by-side with graduate students Dov Berger, With Decrease in Enrollment Vanessa Cohon, and Mathew Elsner. “You represent your school. I want Baruch to By MARCIA BARRAN “Right now there is no real evidence, there is be synonymous with integrity,” said Chee nothing concrete to back that up,” he said. Meng Low, an alumnus, who shared his experi- Despite recent increases in tuition for thou- He added that as more information surfaces ences working with the taskforce. sands of students who attend the City later on in the semester a possible correlation The student taskforce has been meeting bi- University of New York, the latest figures show between tuition, immigration laws and enroll- weekly to draft a student guide to academic an overall rise in enrollment of 2.4 percent this ment might arise. integrity for the students, by the students. semester as compared to last year. On the con- “The other group slightly down is re-admits,” Previous literature regarding academic integrity trary, Baruch College stands as one of three said Elliott. A re-admit or reentering student is was considered outdated and wordy. The new exceptions, experiencing a decline of less than someone who left the school for a period of pamphlet was designed as an introduction for one percent. time and is returning. “It’s hard to speculate students who are not familiar with college poli- “We set a new goal for enrollment this year,” why that group is down,” said Elliott, citing said James Murphy, of the Office of that it may have been for academic reasons. cy. The taskforce aims to distribute this draft to Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid. Newer, more rigorous academic entrance as many students and through as many venues Academy Award Winner Murphy added that officials at Baruch College standards are yet another factor to incorporate as is possible. have in fact set a goal to reduce its enrollment when considering the lower enrollment rates. “The best way to combat academic dishonesty Adrian Brody Stars numbers within the past few years. “The col- “It’s much more difficult to get into Baruch is to communicate about it clearly,” said Slavin, in Dummy 9 lege did not believe it had the resources to han- now that it has ever been,” said Murphy. whose office works with that of the Dean of dle more students.” “Baruch has the highest average SAT of any of Students on academic integrity issues. The total combined undergraduate and gradu- the senior colleges.” “Members of the faculty and the administration ate enrollment for the Fall 2001 semester was The average SAT score necessary to be need to insure that students understand that aca- 15,744 while in Fall 2002 it dropped to 15,394. accepted into Baruch College is now 1100 demic dishonesty utterly undermines our basic Figures have slumped again this year as total while the grade-point entrance average stands mission: building knowledge and critical think- enrollment for the current semester is roughly at 85.8. ing skills.” estimated at 15,200 with numbers subject to Additionally, more stringent standards now change within the coming weeks. employed by the Zicklin School of Business Each member of the taskforce wrote a section “The largest part of the decline [this semes- make it tougher for would-be BBA students to of the pamphlet, after which the group collec- ter] is at the graduate level,” said John Elliott, declare a business major or take upper-level tively edited and revised it. Dean of the Zicklin School of Business. business courses. Beginning with those stu- “The student efforts this summer in drafting a He noted that two things could characterize dents who entered Baruch College in Fall 2001, student academic integrity brochure have reaf- this reduction in graduate enrollment: a higher it is mandated that all entering business stu- firmed that students themselves have a great total tuition bill and the fact that international dents complete and average a minimum grade deal of concern about the development of a students comprise a large part of the Baruch point average of 2.25 in certain pre-business strategic plan to find ways to change how the graduate population. requisites. This semester, the rules have Baruch College community collectively Under the new tuition guidelines a full-time extended for the first time to include all busi- addresses this complex problem,” said Aaron. graduate student who is also a New York State ness students, even transfers, re-entering, and The taskforce will soon release the pamphlet resident, can now pay from $2,720 to $3,750 continuing students. for discussion by students and faculty. The Jack Nicholson and Faye per semester in tuition. Non-resident graduate The mandatory Zicklin pre-business courses Dunaway Star In The students face rates between $425 and $555 per consist of: Accountancy 2101, CIS 2200, Department of Black & Hispanic Studies, credit. Economics 1001, Economics 1002, English Political Science, History, English, Fine and Classic Chinatown During the Fall 2002 semester, 197 new grad- 2100, Law 1101, Mathematics Performing Arts, Modern Languages and 10 uate students were admitted, while the amount 2201/2206/2207/2610 or their equivalents, Comparative Literature have already scheduled for the current semester in the same category Statistics 2000, and either Communication forums to discuss a wide variety of academic dropped to 132. However, most of the decline Studies 1010 or English 2150. The new stan- integrity issues. Similar meetings took place Features 5 this year is attributed to the group of continuing dards also demand the completion of a mini- last spring with Law, Accountancy, Natural Calendar 6 graduate international students, which fell from mum of 45 credits with an overall GPA of 2.25 Sciences, Management, and the library. Op-Ed 7 543 in Fall 2002 to 439 in Fall 2003 – a or higher. Student forums will be scheduled later this decrease of almost 20 percent. “Between 50 and 75 incoming transfer stu- semester. The academic honesty statement can Arts 9 Murphy abandoned the notion of any major dents came into Baruch this year without hav- be viewed at http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/aca- effect the new tuition rates and tighter immi- Sports BACK demic/academic_honesty.html. gration laws may have had on international stu- See TUITION, Page 2 Next Issue: September 29, 2003 dent enrollment. 2 THE TICKER NEWS SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 3 THE TICKER NEWS SEPTEMBER 22, 2003 Tuition Hike, Enrollment Early Learning Center Looks For Andrea Nierenberg Standards Are Factors Teaches Students Affecting Enrollment More Square Footage By KATHLENE BURKE ducts a wide variety of learning activities. to Network Continued from front “It is important for children to be helped with In 1990, Debra Bick-Dugan created the Early their social skills. We place a high value on By AARON SIEGEL ing fully met the requirements to be in Learning Center at Baruch College to help stu- that,” said Austin. Zicklin,” said Elliott. dents with children. In the first year the center There are many activities to participate in; Andrea Nierenberg known as the “queen of In order to alleviate their situations, these was located in a small office and only six chil- often there is more than one activity at one networking” and author of Nonstop students were enrolled in courses they needed dren attended.