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University anticipates high
enrollment for next year
■ If enrollment continues
to increase at a fast rate, it could
be up to 23,000 by 2005
By Katie Ellis
Oregon Daily Emerald
The fall 2002 application dead
line for prospective freshman hit on
Feb. 1, and as the number of appli
cants increases, the University is ex
pecting next year’s total enrollment
to be the largest ever.
The University had 8,600 fresh
man applications for fall 2001, and
director of admissions Martha Pitts
anticipates as many as 10,000 appli
cations for the freshman class of
2002. Pitts said a definite number
will not be available until early
March, but the University usually
accepts no more than 3,200 stu
dents for the freshman class.
“We are getting close to hitting
our optimum size,” Pitts said.
Jim Buch, associate vice presi
dent of enrollment, said projected
total enrollment could reach 20,000
students next fall. If the increases
continue at this rate, Buch predict
ed that enrollment could reach
23.000 by 2005.
Enrollment at the University hit
18.000 in the late ’80s, but dropped
in the early ’90s when the number
of Oregon students began to de
crease after Ballot Measure 5 went
into effect. Approved in 1990, Mea
sure 5 reduced Oregon property tax
es, which were the state’s primary
method of funding education. At
the same time as in-state enrollment
was dropping, the number of stu
dents from California began to in
crease, but the numbers were not
enough to offset the decreased num
ber of Oregon students. In 1993, en
rollment gradually began to in
crease. Between 2000 and 2001,
enrollment rose from 17,135 to
18,411, marking the most signifi
cant increase in the last four years.
Rather than placing limits on en
rollment, the University is looking
for alternative ways to accommo
date students. With the number of
students on the rise, the University
is implementing different strategies
to avoid overcrowded classes and to
more fully utilize its resources.
The University began to look for
ways to maximize the number of
available rooms and to extend
teaching hours when Gilbert Hall
was closed for renovations. Accord
ing to University facility services,
the building , which houses 21
classrooms, will be closed for al
most three years.
Forty percent of students take
classes between 10:00 a.m. and
2:00 p.m., but assistant registrar
Gayle Freeman said it is becoming
necessary to extend teaching
hours to accommodate the majori
ty of students.
Beginning winter term, the Uni
versity registrar implemented a
scheduling protocol system to
more efficiently organize and
schedule class times. One of the
new developments involves ex
panding available class hours by
asking departments to extend their
teaching hours.
“Extending the teaching hours
will allow more students to take
more classes,” said University reg
istrar Herbert Chereck. “ The Uni
versity cannot handle the majority
of students taking classes between
those limited hours. ”
The University is exploring oth
er ways to improve scheduling
procedures in order to cater to the
increasing number of students
rather than directly limiting en
rollment. “We are an access-orien
tated university,” Pitts said, “and
our goal is to serve as many Oregon
students as possible.”
E-mail reporter Katie Ellis
at katieellis@dailyemerald.com.
Blood banks see drop in donations
after post-Sept. 11 collection glut
■ Blood banks look at ways
to avoid over-collection
and encourage repeat donors
By Ben Hughes
for the Emerald
After seeing the nation’s blood
supply peak after the Sept. 11 at
tacks, blood banks now worry
about a trend of low donation
numbers, especially in rare
blood types.
During the first eight months of
2001, blood collection agencies
nationwide averaged 342,000
units, each of which is nearly a
pint, of donated whole blood and
red blood cells each month, ac
cording to the National Blood Data
Resource Center, which surveyed
about 50 percent of American
blood banks. In response to the
Sept. 11 attacks, the nation an
swered the call and blood collec
tion rose 38.4 percent to 473,000
units. That number dropped for
three straight months until bot
toming out in December at nearly
320,000 units.
“It is imperative that the entire
blood industry and the American
public recognize the growing need
for blood donations,” said Dr. Jerry
Squires, vice president and chief
scientific officer of biomedical serv
ices at the American Red Cross.
Locally, the Lane Memorial
Blood Bank is also seeing a de
cline, according to Christine
Stockdale, the blood bank’s
spokeswoman.
“LMBB usually has an ade
quate supply of blood in invento
ry to meet the needs of patients
in the Lane County hospitals,”
she said, pointing out that the
bank keeps a six-day supply of
blood, while “the majority of the
nation’s blood banks carry a two
tc three-day supply.”
Presently, however, LMBB is ex
periencing a shortage of one or two
blood types because of heavy us
age by patients in local hospitals.
Right now type O positive is 30
percent below and type A posi
tive is 22 percent below what
LMBB considers safe levels,
Stockdale said.
Blood banks are still trying to
find solutions to problems that
arose from over-collecting blood
after Sept. 11, including the un
foreseen cost of collecting and dis
posing of blood that would never
be put to use.
“The two primary lessons
learned from the Sept. 11 disaster
include the need to control collec
tions in excess of actual medical
need and the need to ensure that
facilities maintain adequate inven
tories to prepare for disasters,” ac
cording to an American Associa
tion of Blood Banks report.
Although outdated products are
an unavoidable part of blood bank
ing, the American Red Cross felt a
big dip in available product in last
two months.
“The American Red Cross dis
carded close to 50,000 units of
blood that had been donated post
Sept. 11 due to the fact that red
blood cells have a shelf life of only
42 days,” Stockdale said.
The AABB, ARC and LMBB are
all searching for and finding ways
to eliminate over-collection and
supplement the nation’s shortage
of repeat and one-time donors.
“Many of our regular and long
time donors are now reaching the
age where they are unable to give,
either because of health problems
or passing away. It is essential for
us to recruit younger people, espe
cially high school and college stu
dents,” Stockdale said.
Karen Lipton, chief executive
officer of AABB, said, “The best
preparation for the next disaster is
to ensure that we have adequate
blood inventories on our shelves
every day in all locations across
the country. ”
The next blood drive at the Uni
versity will be held Monday, Feb.
18. Registration will be in the
main lobby of the EMU.
Ben Hughes is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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