Learning center offers aid
By STEVE KNIGHT
Of Emerald
Each year, 33 percent of the
University's freshmen class
drop out, while 46 percent never
make it to their senior year
Dave Hubin, learning re
sources director, has a simple
answer for why the University
has such a high attrition rate
"Many students come to the
University without the proper
learning skills and study ap
proaches necessary to function
well at a major research univer
sity,” he says
"In many cases, students
enter without accurately an
ticipating the differences
between secondary and higher
education "
Hubin says the Learning Re
sources Center, a division of the
arts and sciences college,
offers the course Introduction to
University Study to help fresh
men make the transition from
high school to college
The class — ALS 101 —
covers effective listening and
note-taking techniques and the
academic skills necessary to
analyze assigned reading ma
terial The course also goes
over the differences between
New games
workshop
Sunday
A New Games workshop will
be held at Alton Baker Park from
2 to 4 p m Sunday
New Games, created in Seat
tle several years ago, represent
‘ a movement toward non-com
petitive recreation where any
one can play," says organizer
Cheri Nautel
Different ages and ability
levels — including the han
dicapped — can play together.
Nautel says, because everyone
cooperates to involve the entire
group The games are organ
ized and revised by a referee
and participants as they are
played — rules can change and
players can change sides, she
says
Because all the games
require cooperation, par
ticipants should be more inter
ested in playing than winning.
Nautel says
Activities will include playing
prui — which Nautel describes
as "a game of oneness in which
individuals end up as one big
group hooked together" — and
keeping a five-foot stuffed earth
ball up in the air
The free workshop is being
held to publicize the Eighth In
ternational Human Unity Con
ference to be held in British
Columbia July 23-26 The
Eugene council, which formed
in September, will have a booth
at the park for anyone interest
ed in human unity, but "we
won't be doing any big
speeches or anything," Nautel
says
Workshop participants or
people interested in human uni
ty should call Gib Curry at
686-1840 for more information
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critiques.
In addition, the course helps
inform students about their
major field of study and what
resources are available to them
at the University.
"Many students come here
and wallow around for a year or
so without any clear direction or
understanding of how the
University operates,” Hubin
says
"(In ALS 101) we work with
students individually, helping
them with the curriculum and
requirements at the University ”
The resource center offers
other helpful programs for un
dergraduates and graduates
The following non-accredited
courses, workshops and tutorial
services are taught during
either the summer or fail term
• The Least You Should
Know About Grammar, offered
in the fall, is for students who
find themselves stumbling
through a minefield of dangling
participles and split infinitives
Hubin says this ts a 'back to
basics” course that goes over
word usage, parts of speech,
punctuation and even "the lost
art of diagramming.”
• Speed Reading is designed
to help students read at faster
rates while improving com
prehension and retention. This
program and all of the following
are offered this term
• Study Techniques is a
month-long workshop designed
to help students establish an
approach to studying that is
consistent with an instructor’s
expectations The course also
helps the student build skills in
course analysis, efficient text
book reading, exam preparation
and vocabulary development
Graduate Entrance Exam
Preparation, beginning June 29
and running until August 27,
offers three four-week work
shops preparing graduates for
the GRE, LSAT or GMAT tests
All programs cost $30 For
more information, call the re
source center at 686-3226
Enrollment drops
slightly this term
Summer term enrollment dipped slightly, according to
June 22 enrollment figures
5,117 students already have filed registration or pre
registration materials — a 1-percent decrease from last year’s
count of 5,177, says summer session director Clarence
Schminke
However, more than 7,000 students are expected to
register by the end of the term, Schminke says
"At this point we re doing about as well as I'ast year," he
says. "I wouldn't be surprised if we wind up with about 7,200
students by the end of the term.”
The added enrollment will come from late registrations
for workshops and short courses that are offered throughout
summer term in addition to regular eight and 11-week
classes.
A number of new courses and special activities will be
offered during the second half of summer school, Schminke
says, including numerous weekend courses for people who
want a concentrated dose of information about a particular
subject
Also scheduled is a July 21-24 conference on the
socialization of children that is being sponsored by the
education college Ashley Montagu, an internationally known
anthropologist and author, is among the invited speakers.
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