"19EICIE "WP1C1rAZIL. July 15, 1982
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Vol. 80, No. 61
Average age enrollment increased in summer school A slight shift toward business, mathematics and science courses was recorded over the last four summers at CSU, according to statistics released by the president's office Friday. The 1982 summer enrollment report showed a 25 percent or better increase in business education, mathematics, accounting, management, sociology, vocational education, chemistry, modern languages, philosophy and nursing. The age group has shifted slightly with the average summer student age at 28. Half of the summer enrollment is over 25, with 30 percent between 21 and 24, and 17 percent under 21. International students make up 8.32 percent, 7.75 percent are classified as Afro-American, and less than four percent are of Hispanic, Asiatic or American Indian origin. American Indian and Asian enrollment is up slightly, while Hispanic enrollment dropped from 45 students last summer to 36, a 20 percent reduction. International and Anglo-Saxon enrollments are up by 5.26 percent and 6.6 percent respectively, while Afro-American enrollment is down by less than half of a percent, or two students.
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Vista photo by Daniel Smith
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ot weather proves to be no problem for Erick Wheeler, left, and Court Hackworth, right as they splash and play in the sprinkler at CSU's day care center, located west of the Home Economics building.
Apartments have problems
Student housing costs low Since married student apart- anyway," he said. "Most people ments first became available in are offered an apartment during 1961, it has grown to include 158 the change of semesters. There one- and two-bedroom units in really is no best time to apply. It's three locations near the campus. just waiting your turn." ApplicaMarried students and single tions are processed in order of parents are eligible for what may submittal with very few be the cheapest rent in Edmond. exceptions. Rent ranges from $158 to $200, "Each fall and spring semester all bills paid. Only as soon as late enrollment is over, undergraduates carrying 12 hours we go to the administration minimum and graduates carrying building and we check our tenants nine hours minimum during the against the enrollment figures. fall and spring semesters are ad- Based on that information we mitted, or those carrying six sum- would ask those not enrolled in mer semester hours. Housing the proper amount of hours to policy allows three people in a move. There are some cirone-bedroom unit and four in a cumstances where an exception is two-bedroom unit. made. We're not trying to be unOne rule requires that students fair about it. But we try to keep complete 30 credit hours before within the policies." moving into an apartment. Accor- For those students who decide ding to Robert Fields, director of not to move before classes begin, campus housing, this eliminates the rent goes up to $15 a day those interested only in reduced beginning with the first day of rent. classes. "We don't want the "It works out alright, because it money. We want the apartments takes so long to get into the apart- made available for the students ments that they would have currently enrolled." already completed the hours In July the rent rose 12 percent
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per month. "First of all, utilities keep going up. The apartments are old enough now to need a lot of repairs and replacements. It seems to me we've almost replaced half of the garbage disposals in the last couple of years. The cost just keeps going up. There are no state appropriations for these improvements," Field said. "You pay for them with your rent." Fields mentioned that a request to buy smoke alarms for each of the apartments was in progress. "It's a long, drawn-out process but hopefully, before fall is over, they'll be installed." Also, eight new washers had been installed last spring in the laundries of Broncho I and II. "At 50 cents a load that takes a long time to pay for, since it's paid for by use. We only bought eight to see of they are what the dealer said they were, then we may reorder in the future. "It's people trying to misuse them as much as mechanical problems. There's no foolproof solution I can find. Some of the washers were only four or five years old. Those cost about $800 apiece. In order to get a washer that was foolproof, we had to go to washers that cost $1200 and $1300 apiece. "The main problem we've had with the dryers is the pilot light going out, so we installed electric ignitors. But sometimes even they go out. We've had tenants put pop can tabs down the coin slots trying to get them to run." The maintenance department also painted and rebuilt sections Continued to page 3
Women represent 59 percent of the total enrollment this summer, compared to 61 percent last summer. The In-state enrollment has decreased over the last four years by 4.1 percent, while international enrollment has increased accordingly. Oklahoma provides 90 percent of CSU's students, while Texas carried almost a quarter of the out-of-state summer enrollment of 55 students. Over 8 percent of the campus summer population is made up of 486 international students from 34 countries. Nigeria leads with over one third, or 188, Iran had almost one quarter with 122 and Taiwan came next with 82. Over half of the students are at the senior or graduate levels. In total headcount, the graduate school had double the enrollment of the lower divisions and a quarter more than the upper divisions. In the School of Business, business education nearly doubled its summer enrollment to 481 total credit hours. Meanwhile both the accounting and the management departments rose over 25 percent, or 1947 and 1382 respectively. However, general business is down 8.97 percent, or 207 credit hours out of last summer's 2307 and marketing is down 1.65 percent, or 15 hours out of last summer's 909. Overall, the School of Business gained 6804 total hours, an 11.25 percent increase over last year. In the School of Education, vocational education rose nearly 50 percent to 557, but secondary education and library science each dropped by almost a quarter. Also, special education is down 6.33 percent (88 hours), psychology is down 6.30 percent (68), and elementary education is down 1.61 percent (23). Elementary education, special education, secondary education and psychology all carried over 1,000 total credit hours this summer. The administration department gained 16.71 percent (66 hours), the reading department gained 14.52 percent (70) and the guidance department gained 1.75 percent (9). The School of Education has shown the greatest decrease in summer credit hours, losing 248 of last year's 7,372, or 3.36 percent. In the School of Liberal Arts, both sociology and philosophy cleared a 59 percent or better difference over last summer's figures, while modern languages rose 38.42 percent and oral communications rose 19.31 percent. In other departments, English rose 7.20 percent, humanities rose 3.16 percent, history rose 1.12 percent, and music remained steady at 489 total credit hours. English and sociology carried total credit hours this summer of 1433 and 1232 respectively. Still, the geography department fell 30.88 percent (63 hours), economics fell 19.96 percent (89), political science fell 14.64 percent (140), art fell 13.31 percent (92) and journalism fell 2.25 percent (8). And creative studies went from 20 summer hours to three, an 85 percent reduction. The School of Liberal Arts is up 4.98 percent with the largest credit hour total, 7,721. In the School of Mathematics and Science, the math department gained 954 more credit hours, making this summer's total 3,417, a 38.73 percent difference. Also, the chemistry department rose by almost a third to 471 total credit hours. But physics lost 125 of last summer's 841 hours, or 14.86 percent and biology lost 16 of last summer's 933, or 1.71 percent. The School of Mathematics and Science had the largest increase in credit hours since last year, 20.20 percent. Total credit hours were 5,521. In the School of Special Arts and Sciences, the nursing department shifted upward 38.78 percent, home economics increaesd 6.04 percent to a 860 total, funeral service increased 2.20 percent and safety education rose 1.02 percent. Yet, military science decreased 28.26 percent (26 hours), industrial education lost 15.86 percent (46), and physical education lost 3.87 percent (49). Physical education carried 1,218 total credit hours this summer. Overall, the School of Special Arts and Sciences decreased by 27 credit hours, less than one percent compared to last summer's total of 3,035.