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Baylor News and Former Students President’s October Academic Last Perspective Focus Agenda Glance National rankings: DPS ready to serve: Literature of South: Father and son: They are both subjective and When you need them, Pruit Symposium explores Charles Umlauf’s objective, and parents and they’re there, friend to man effect of religion on sculpture featured in students read them. and,2 sometimes, beast. 3 novelists and3 culture. 5 exhibit curated by5 son, Karl. 2 Vol. 8, No. 8 • OCTOBER8 1998 The Helping Arm of the Law Chief Jim Doak and some of his officers ready to offer assistance. The men and women of the Department of Public Safety are on call 24 hours a day, rain or shine, from move-in day to game day to graduation, serving and protecting Baylor faculty, staff and students. By Lori Scott-Fogleman o the untrained eye, the Saturday residence halls. To Baylor police chief Jim Doak a few phone calls, Doak said. morning of Welcome Week looked like and his public safety officers, however, it was That’s life in the world of law enforcement borderline anarchy — a record business as usual. — throwing the best-laid plans out the patrol T freshman class of 2,900 and their There were a few quirks here and there — car window and starting from scratch at a parents driving vehicles crammed to the roof like the trucks ready to pour concrete on the moment’s notice. And, if the Baylor DPS has with computers, television sets and other tennis courts by Penland Hall just 30 minutes done its job right, you’ll never know the differ- necessities of life, converging simultaneously on before dorms were to open. Not to panic, ence. the Baylor campus to squeeze into overflowing though. The situation was resolved quickly with See “October Focus” on page 3 President’s Perspective Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, Baylor responds to national magazine rankings Baylor University is the state’s oldest continually operating institution of higher n what has become an annual ritual, rankings have flaws, I believe we cannot afford to learning and is the largest Baptist university in magazines such as U.S. News & World ignore them. There is evidence that college- the world. With almost 13,000 students and Report and Money are beginning to issue this bound students and their parents read them. It is more than 600 full-time faculty, Baylor offers I undergraduate, graduate and professional year’s rankings of the country’s best colleges, best human nature to evaluate, categorize and rate degrees through the College of Arts and college buys and best graduate programs, things. On the other hand, we cannot become Sciences, the Hankamer School of Business, inevitably touching off debate about the validity of obsessed with chasing a favorable rating in the the School of Education, the School of Music, such rankings. It has become a profitable venture U.S. News & World Reports of the world at the the School of Nursing, the School of for publishers of these periodicals, and despite the expense of losing focus on our historic identity President Engineering and Computer Science, the RobertRobert B.B. SloanSloan Jr.Jr. School of Law, the Graduate School and intense criticism of college rankings, it doesn’t and mission. George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Baylor appear that they are going to disappear. is consistently ranked among the top 50 Over the years, Baylor and specific programs Moving into the first tier only, graduation rates. college values in the country by such at the University have fared quite well in some of I have asked Provost Don Schmeltekopf to As part of its strategic plan, Baylor has set goals publications as U.S. News & World Report these rankings. The most recent U.S. News ranking study what it would take for Baylor to move into — entirely independent of a quest for national and Money magazine. of America’s best colleges puts Baylor in the second the first tier, or top 50, of national universities. rankings — that will impact in a positive way the Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr. tier of national universities, which is where most One component of the U.S. News rankings is University’s position relative to some of these President Big 12 institutions, including the University of built around a subjective survey — distributed to objective criteria. If we reach our goals in these Marilyn A. Crone Texas and Texas A&M, find themselves. Only one academic leaders around the country — that is areas, we may well see Baylor move up in the Vice President for Human Resources and Texas university — Rice — was included among designed to measure academic reputation rankings. But are our goals set high enough to result Acting Vice President for Student Life the top 50 institutions in the country in this year’s (Baylor was ranked 22nd among the 67 second- in a top 50 ranking? And if they aren’t, should we U.S. News rankings. tier schools, based on academic reputation.). adjust them to accomplish this objective? Harold R. Cunningham VIce President for Finance and Administration This measure is based on perceptions of We don’t have the answers to these questions Other ratings enter the fray academic quality. The remainder of the ranking yet, but I believe that we should at least know what it Dr. Charles S. Madden Magazines aren’t the only ones rating criteria is based on objective data that can be would take to position Baylor among the country’s Vice President for University Relations colleges and universities these days. Even some of broken down and analyzed. For U.S. News & upper-tier universities. If, in the process of becoming Dr. Donald D. Schmeltekopf academe’s professional organizations have entered World Report, those criteria fall into the a stronger academic institution while maintaining Provost and Vice President for the fray, ranking top graduate programs and categories of student selectivity, faculty resources, our commitment to a Christian world view, we Academic Affairs specific academic disciplines. student retention, financial resources, alumni attract this kind of external recognition, then we can Dr. Richard C. Scott What should be Baylor’s response to these giving (Baylor ranked first among second-tier consider that recognition a happy by-product of our Vice President for University attempts to rate institutions? Although an institutions in this category), and, for national efforts. Development argument can be made that popular college universities and national liberal arts colleges ____________ BaylorNews is published 10 times a year by the Office of Public Relations. The submission of suggestions for stories Lights! Camera! Action! It’s ‘Baylor 2000’ is encouraged. Deadline is the first of each month for inclusion in the following Cutting-edge production showcasing University involves students and alumni month’s issue (i.e. October 1 for the November issue). Comments or questions aylor’s Office of Public Relations has telling of Baylor’s story from the perspectives of “I am very excited to be working on this project should be directed to: teamed up with a group of alumni, students, alumni, faculty and staff. for Baylor,” Miller said. “It’s an honor to come back students and a world-renowned producer of “This is an opportunity to showcase the and do a production like this for your alma mater. BaylorNews B P.O. Box 97024 cutting-edge television programming to create a University using emerging technology,” said Some people have an impression of Baylor that is Waco, TX 76798-7024 half-hour documentary on the University. Larry D. Brumley, associate vice president for outdated. This program will give us an opportunity (254) 710-1963 (254) 710-1490 (Fax) Dubbed the “Baylor 2000 Project,” the communications. “It also gives Baylor a chance to show people what Baylor is today — which is one [email protected] program will premiere at Homecoming ’99 and to demonstrate the talents and skills of our of the top institutions for the money in the world — pr.baylor.edu will air on television stations throughout the students and alumni.” and where it is going in the future.” Larry D. Brumley Southwest in the year 2000. It will give viewers a Fred Miller, a 1965 Baylor graduate and a Miller last worked on a Baylor project in 1974, Associate Vice President taste of the future of TV because it is being shot in member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the when he produced and directed a film about the for Communications a digital high definition television (HDTV) format. College of Arts and Sciences, is producing and University that aired on national television. Brenda S. Tacker Television stations in the nation’s largest markets directing the Baylor 2000 Project. The Austin Director of Publications will begin broadcasting in digital format later this resident has worked on projects for Bill Moyers Students gain experience and University Editor year. Current FCC regulations call for all and in 1989 served as executive producer for the More than 30 students of Dr. Michael Korpi, commercial and non-commercial stations to documentary For All Mankind, an account of professor of communication studies and director of Vicki Marsh Kabat Associate Director of Publications broadcast a digital signal by 2003. America’s first Apollo missions to the moon. The telecommunication, are serving as camera, sound and Managing Editor Shooting began during Welcome Week and film was nominated for an Academy Award and and lighting assistants. They also are helping build a will continue throughout the 1998-99 academic won the Grand Jury Prize at Robert Redford’s computerized library of all the images shot during Kate Langston Editor/Writer and Associate Editor year.
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