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June 16, 1988 University of Missouri·St. .Louis Issue 606 . ,Woods Hired To Develop Policy Leadership In stitut~ , Lt. Gov. Will Start Here In lanu Center To Work With Communi(r Problems world of practical politics," by Laura J, Hopper by Laura J. Hopper out of the woodwork, get them ··Iow-income housing problein," reporter ' Barnett said, "We're very excited reporter mobilized and bring in outside McCall said, to get the Blish Center off the ground experts as a further stimulus." Part of this agenda, he said, will A prominent figure in Missouri and, of course, to have Harriet · 'UM-St. Louis will take another Barnett said the center would be be a workshop for non-Arofit pontics Will play an important role Woods here. I think she brings with step toward working with the St. staffed by a variety of faculty developers of low-income housing. in the new Bush Center after she her tremendous experience and will Louis community through the newly experts in the areas of sociology, "We will help them deal with financ- , finishes l1er current job as the be a valuable part of the opened James T, Bush, Sr., Center psychOlogy, history, economics and ing, management and development state's lieutenant governor, university." for Law, Social Change, and Conflict pOlitical science, Also , experts from issues." , Resolution. Harriet Woods will become Lt. Governor Woods turned down outside the university would have Fair housing will be a continuing . Practioner-in-Residence to develop an offer for a position at the Ken . The center, dedicated and opened input, she,said . theme in center programs, McCall a new institute for policy leadership nedy School of Government at Har by Chancellor Marguerite R. Bar "The center will provide oppor said, ' . at the Bush Center, UM-St. Louis vard University in Boston to take nett in a ceremony held May 10, is . tunities for civic and political "There are people whose housing Chancellor Marguerite Ross Bar the job at UM-St. Louis, Two factors, part of the chancellor's . leaders to come to the university to needs don't run down the real estate nett announced at' the dedication she said, led to her decision. Partnerships for Progress program, discuss public policy in key areas," mainstream that the housing and opening of the center on May 10 . .. Harriet Woods Barnett said. "One factor · was the new, a program that attempts to merge market discriminates against,". he Woods will assume the position leadership of Chancellor Barnett, university and community leaders One of these areas which will be said, after her term as lieutenant gover who shares my feefing about the oriented," she said. as they solve area problems, the center's prominent focus in Lt, Governor Woods said the new This spring the center sponsored nor expires in January of next university having a poliCy impact in George J, McCall, professor of upcoming years is housing in the St. a conference on racial discrimina year. the community:' she said. institute will serve a separate func sociology and public p,olicy Louis area and the associated prob tion from the Bush Center itself. tion in housing and a conference ori "The institute will work to tap the The other factor, Lt. Governor administration, serves as the cen lems of discrimination in real , "The purpose of t.he institute is to discrimination faced by the elderly best minds . at colleges and univer Woods said, was UM-St. Louis' ter's acting director, estate and lack of low-income may take place this fall. But McCall sities 'in the region to work with status as the only land-grant univer impact public policy through the "We're here to help the com housing. creation of a think tan~ and a said the center won't limit itself to . community leaders at all levels," sity in the St. Louis area. munity create .its own agenda and "We'll be working' with a lot of these topics - and may not even Lt, Governor Woods said, "It will "It is the traditional mission oLa See WOODS, page 6 prepare itself for change," McCall actors in the housing field to con See CENTER, page 6 link uniyersity 'research and the land-grant university to be action- said. "We want to try to bring peop~ struct an agenda to deal with the Teaching ProfessionAttractive To Students With 'Mission~ Five Million ew AIDS Case By Kevin Kleine Some of the problems are solved freshmen planning to become managing editor by hiring part-time instructors to teachers is rising, A national survey teach the classes. Most of them of 200,000 freshmen by the Univer EXpected B.r "The prestige is beginning to teach one or two c1asses and ease sity of California at Los Angeles . return to the teaching profession," the load on the professors, The found that 8.1 percent planned to teach elementary or secondary 1993 says Associate Dean of Edu{!ation School of Education has added only by Jamie Dodson one full-time faCilIty member in the school. In the late 1960's, 25 percent Thomas Schnell. news editor The number of people in educa last three years, Schnell says that of college freshmen planned on a the lack of full-time faculty is one of teaching career. That percentage tion classes has risen from 7,220 to Over one million new cases of the major problems of the schooL plummeted to a low point of 4,7 per 9,455 over the past three years. The the disease AIDS will occur same thing can be seen as a national Nationwide, the pecentage of cent in 1982, but has been on the rise ever since. worldwide during the next five trend. People are viewing education years, according to Dr. Jonathan not enough instructors and an as a worthwhile profession. "Jobs are more available now for Mann of the World Health increased workload on the pro two reasons," Schnell says. "New Organization. As a result of reform in education, fessors take their toll. pOSitions are being created in pu blic Mann addressed the Fourth salaries are on the rise, The New "Our enrollment is so large that schools to decrease student/teacher International Conference on York Times ·reported that the we were trying to open up additional r atios and the need for special ser AIDS, held this week in Stock •average salary '. for teachers be sections and fill the classrooms to vices such as remedial reading; The holm, Sweden, Over 7,000 AIDS tween 1980 and 1986 rose from their physic.al capaCity this sum second reason is that many teachers experts from 140 countries pre $17 ,300 to $25,O(}() ; a 45 percent mer," Schnell said. are · retiring and leaving sented more than 3,200 research increase. A rise in,. salary is not the vacancies, ., papers at the meeting, only motivation,. though, Schnell A problem education students are "Many papers (presented at said. facing is that educational reform Katharine K. Merseth, director of the conference) convey dis groups are pushing for more teacher training at the Harvard couraging results concerning the "The students have a high sense of requirements for teacher certifica Graduate School of Education, risks of AIDS ," said Dr. Lars Olof mission," Schnell said. "They're a tion. Schnell says that in the near reported the same kind of trends in Kallings of the Swedish National very bright group and could succeed futUre , 150 credit hours may be the New York Times. Bacteriological Laboratory. in any field. Some people are born to required of education students to " People are not stupid about Kallings stated that although teach and find that they can malre a receive a bachelor's degree with jobs," said Merseth, " If college much has been learned about the reasonable living at it. " teacher certification. He said that graduates perceive there are jobs, disease, progress on practical The boom in education is not some schools are moving to 5 year then they start selecting that DEEPTHOUGHT:Associate Dean of Education Dr. Thomas Schnell countermeasures has been frus wit.hout its problems. Large classes, programs. profes sion, .. looks over his notes while dicussing the problems created by grow tratingly slow. ing enrolement figures. Among the prcblems cited were the inability to develop an effective vaccine against the dis Diversion ease, the toxic nature of drugs D.r Funds Saves Library Serials For One More Year used for treatment and the con by John Kilgore issues a year, costs the library than other subscribers, even taking tinued rise in tbe number of AIDS associate news editor $1,500 per year, . postage charges into acc ount. For cases worldwide, fHE RISING COSTS OF JOURNALS Other journals cost the Univer- example, the journal World In the United States, AZT is the The serials department of the sity as much as $4,000 to $6,000 Econonmy co sts $42 in England but only drug widely used in AIDS UM-St. Louis library has received a per year. $100 in the United States treatment. AZT does not cure the 12-month reprieve from drastic cuts 1988 1987 1986 1985 According to Rapp, the largest "What makes it hardest for us is disease, but can prolong the lives in subscriptions thanks to a last increases in prices have been in the of some AIDS patients, that we have a small number of jour minute diversion of money from the European Economic Review $575 $455 $258 $ 211 sciences - where publishers are AIDS is a disease of the nals for our size institution to begin general campus fund authQrized by aware it is most important for li immune system which results with, and any cut in them hits us the chancellor.