Business school lures women
Enrollment growth exceeds changes
By Peg Maris
0( ttw Emerald
The expression "women’s work"
is gaining a new meaning at the
College of Business Administration
Enrollment of women has
increased a dramatic 750 percent in
the business school in the last 10
years, while rising only 150 percent
in the University as a whole
The increase in female enrollment
is the main reason for the overall
increase in department enrollment,
according to Del Hawkins, associate
dean The number of business
students more than doubled from
1971 to 1981, while general
enrollment for the University has
remained about the same
The business school has not been
recruiting women in particular,
according to Don Lytle, director of
undergraduate programs Instead,
the increase is due to changing
social attitudes, he said Since
women are now more accepted in
professional and managerial jobs,
more are declaring majors that will
prepare them for those lines of work.
“Females have attracted
themselves to the business school,"
said Lytle. "We tend to forget how
much change society has gone
through in 10 years."
Although the percentage of
women in the labor force has not
changed drastically — from 37
percent in 1971 to 42 percent in
1981 — Lytle says those figures do
not contradict reported changes in
‘Academically,
they may achieve
better than their
male
counterparts. ’
the business school male-female
ratio. Instead of the total percentage
of working women increasing
drastically, more women are shifting
to professional and business
careers, he said
“I see a progression in which
women are becoming role models
for other women,” said Helen
Gernon, assistant professor of
accounting.
Lytle says women coming out of
high school now are better prepared
to feel comfortable in business
schools since today’s society is
more accepting of women in profes
sional areas However, he says
women returning to school may
have more difficulty.
‘They're feeling their way,” Lytle
says
Women generally will have no
problem succeeding in the school of
business however, he says
“Academically, they may achieve
better than their male counterparts,"
he says
Both Gernon and Lytle are op
timistic about the future of women in
the business school and in the bu
siness community after graduation
“I see women rising to higher and
higher positions of responsibility,”
Gernon says
Committee allows
bending of rules
Students who need to save their academic
lives from scholastic death can look to the
Academic Requirements Committee for help
The ARC considers the petitions of students
who want to be exceptions to the rules of the
University
The most frequently heard petitions concern
waiving credit requirements, such as the 186
credits needed to graduate, according to Joseph
Hynes, committee member and associate dean of
the arts and sciences college
Some students, Hynes says, have a genuine
need to bend the scholastic rules For example,
foreign students may have trouble earning
enough credits to graduate before their visas
expire As long as the problem or complaint is
legitimate, ARC will help students, Hynes says
“ARC exists as a grievance place for the
student," he says
The committee is composed of faculty,
administrators, and students who serve a one
year term. All are appointed by student and
University "committees on committees "
Hynes says the petition process is all
paperwork for the student.
Students need to file a Registrar’s Office
petition form, supported by written remarks from
the instructors. The committee discusses
requests, voting to approve or reject them
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Three Eugeneans selected for
distinguished service awards
Oregon Pioneer Awards will
be given to five distinguished
Oregonians, three of whom are
from Eugene on Nov 13 to
honor them for their leadership
in philanthropy and public
service, politics, industry and
the arts.
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The five recipients are Ore
gon Sen Mark Hatfield; Edwin
M. Baker, publisher of the
Eugene Register-Guard; Eldon
Schafer, president of Lane
Community College; Hale
Thompson, a Eugene lawyer;
and Hugh Biggs, a Portland
lawyer
The awards "single out a few
select individuals in our society
who embody both the vision to
recognize a new path and the
pioneering spirit, courage and
perseverance to follow that
path," says Curt Simic, vice
president for University
relations The award was
established in 1979
Starting with his election in
1951 to the Oregon House of
Representatives and continuing
to his present position In the
U S. Senate, Hatfield has served
Oregon for over 30 years He
has also served as a state
senator, Oregon's secretary of
state, governor from 1959 to
1967 and is currently in his third
term as a U S senator
Hatfield has been active in the
nuclear freeze movement He
opposes the MX missile system,
neutron weapons and the con
struction and use of nuclear
breeder reactors
Baker serves as publisher of
the Register-Guard and Is also
president of Willamette
Newspapers Inc in Portland
and Times Newspapers Inc In
Beaverton He is well known In
the community for his 30 years
of service to the Boy Scouts,
which recently earned him the
Distinguished Eagle Scout
Award
University graduate Baker
has also served as Eugene
chairman of the Second
Century Campaign for the
University and as a member of
the University Foundation's
board of trustees
Schafer's leadership at LCC
over the past 12 years has
brought the college national
recognition for quality and in
novative programs Previous to
his position at LCC, he was the
founding president of Linn
Benton Community College
University law school
graduate Thompson, a Eugene
trial lawyer, has practiced law
for more than 40 years He has
served as president of the Lane
County Bar Association and as
president and member of the
board of governors of the Ore
gon State Bar Association
Thompson has also served on
the University's Foundation's
board of trustees and worked on
the Second Century Campaign
Biggs, another University law
school graduate, Is now retired,
but remains as counsel to Stoel,
Rives, Boley, Fraser and Wyse,
the state's largest law firm He
served as district attorney of
Malheur County and as
assistant U S attorney before
entering private practice in
Portland
He has served on the board of
visitors of the University Law
School and the Northwest
School of Law at Lewis and
Clark College in Portland He is
also a past president of the
Multnomah Bar Association
During his college days, he was
student body president
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Tuesday, November 2,1982