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Serving San Jose City College olume 51, No.9
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·Elvis (a.k.a. James Clark) came back from the dead to rock to the tunes of the 50s and 60s at the faculty orientation meeting
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Good for the economy, bad fo r enrollment Luisa Prieto Staff Writer
San Jore City College's total student enrollment for the fall was down 6% as of August 20, according to Rosalie Eskew, the Director of Admissions and Records. "(We) start losing students When the economy is good," Eskew said. "People are working and don't have time to come to SChool." While the numbers of enrollme nt tend to fluctuate during the first few weeks of each new semester, as school began, City College had 5,515 day and3,086evening students. When compared to last semester's enrollment of I 0,007 Cancelled or 1996's fall semester enrollment of9,606, the current enrollment figure of8,60 I students is the lowest City College has seen in several years. Because class size determines whether a class Will remain open, many students were greeted with cancellation notices posted outside their clasroom doors. 'They should look at the fact that I'm working 50
to 60 hours," said Maurice Astacio, after learning that his Comparative Religions class had been canceled. "None of (the students) are dropping because they want to be here. It shouldn't be necessary for 40 people to be in the class." Due to the low enrollment, many classes that had less than 15 people were dropped within the frrst week. 'There may be some cases .. . (but) the general rule is that it has to be 15," said Charles Southward, Associate Vice President of Matriculation and Special Programs. "We want to do it early enough so students don't get into a big jam with no place to go," said the dean of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Jim Potterton. "After tlle first week, P. E. classes everything settles down." Eskew adds that the administration is currently seeking ways to boost enrollment. "Dr. Tsang is very hands-on and sees these cycles ... (he is) leading administration and be has a lot of innovative ideas," she said. Eskew said that additional figures on campus enrollment would be available at a later date in the semester.
Th ursday, August 28, 1997
Tsang offers three-step plan for college Sonya Wormington Editor-in-Chief
e The InstituteofTechnologies would provide ind ustry-driven trai ning to reflect the needs of the Silicon Val ley and its inhabitants. Tsang stresses t11e need for t11ese changes, saying t11at "The time for debate has run out and we must take action now." This proposal would involve a major change in t11e way City College is run,and much oftlmt change involves administrative change.
As t11e beg inning of a new semester brings fort11 ·cheers of excitement from staff and groans of stress from students, Dr. Chui Tsang, president of San Jose City College, is looking forward to his plans for the new semester and for t11e future of City College. Tsang, who has been president of T h e s e City College for less administrative than one year, has changes are due to made it a priority to improve t11e school t11e retirement of one and seems to be administrator and Tsang other administrators doing everything possible to promote t11e campus moving on to ot11cr colleges. William Kester, vice_president and the courses 1t offers. After an informative speech to of Instruction, moved on to a vice the staff and faculty in t11e days presidency at Los Medanos before school started, Tsang has College. His position will not be been approached by many people filled. Oudctte Garcia-Molien, former about his ideas for improvement, which include keeping offices open Dean of Business and Career laterso tlmt evening studenL<; have Services, has become U1e Interim Dean of Instruction, a temporary better access to school services. 1 Healsosetforthaplan-toexpand posi tion. At the District Trustees Board the curriculum and bring more meeting on Tuesday, other students to City College. Tsang presented a three-part positions approved, include Jim proposal to the faculty at an Edgin, as the Interim Dean for t11e orientationmeetingAug.14, which Division of Applied Sciences, and included the development of Uu·ee Kishan Vujjcni as the Interim Dean of Business and Career Services. new academies on campus. Edgin replaces Gregory e The Liberal Arts Academy will enable students to have t11eir Ohanneson, who retired. transfer requirements mapped out As Tsang continues to get and allow students to take all t11e responses about the changes he required classes as efficiently as has made and about his proposal, he repeatedly stresses the need for possible. change to attempt to escape from e The Career Development Academy would provide services stagnation. "We don't want to blindly to the diverse population on follow tradition simply because it campus, including dealing wiU1 welfare refonn and assisting the is tradition," he said. "We have to change and move 1,000 welfare recipients CUITently attending City College. forward."
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