Educators Face
ame Problems
t Ail Levels
By EARL H. ADAMS
Mai! Tribune City Editor
(Last in A Series)
Educators dealing with
students from the elemen
tary through the college
.graduate level are facing
much the same problems
.concerning curricula, teach
ers and facilities.
Arthur S. F 1 e m m i n g,
'president o the University
of Oregon, said "the univer
sity will face serious prob
lems of accommodating its
curriculum to the complex
nature of our society. This
will mean not simply con
tinuing review year by'
year, but the securing of
adequately trained slsf.
the development of new
facilities, of new teach
ing methods and so forth."
James H. Jensen, presi
dent of Oregon Slate uni
versity, noled three major
problems confronting high
er education today. They
are:
Mounting Enrollments
1. "Mounting student en
rollments make obtaining
and holding an adequate
faculty an increasing prob-,
lem. Faculty members in
evitably must handle larger
numbers of students. At the
same time, the demands of
a critical age make quality
instruction increasingly im
portant. "This dilemma is being
faced, but is not -being
solved. It can be solved in
part by providing more
money for more faculty, but
the supply of competent
scholars will be proportion
ately less and less as enroll
ments grow. It is being
solved in part by the use of
television teaching.
"It may be solved in part
by relieving faculty mem
bers of clerical and other
duties not strictly teaching
so that they can teach more
students. But ihese partial
measures will not be
enough.
"The problem of faculty
and teaching in a time of
inescapable mass education
needs to be better defined
and studied.
Unit of Education
2. "The individual stu
dent will always be the
unit of education. He must
be taught, he must learn,
or no education is occuring.
f low can we prevent the in
dividual student from be
ing lost in the mass?
"The current interest in
honors work, independent
study, and various kinds of
flexibility in curriculum
and teaching indicate ways
in which this problem is
receiving attention.
3. "The detuand for fac
ulty has two aspects: the
need for more vacuity, for
more and more undergradu
ates and the concurrent
need for more faculty for
the expanding graduate en
rollments. "With Ihe need for more
and more specialists, grad
uate programs must be ex
tended and gradnalc facili
ties strengthened and en
larged. Provisions of con
tinuing financial support
for graduate work is ines
capable. Money will not be
the sole solution, but it will
be the first step.
Division of Faculty
"The division of faculty
responsibility between un
dergraduate and graduate
teaching, the provision of
additional and modern j
equipment for graduate re
search, and tiic articula
tion of graduate, profes
sional and undergraduate
education will be contin
uing problems."
Enough qualified teachers
is a problem facing almost
all educators, including
those of Jackson county. It
is a problem on both ele
mentary and secondary
levels.
Stanley C. Jolie. superin
tendent at Ashland, and
Ernest R. James, supcrin-
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lendent at Phoenix, both
mention the problem of ob
taining enough well-qualified
instructors to teach in
a broadening curricula.
Other districts in the coun
ty face the same problem.
Making Adjuitments
Making adjustments to
keep abreast of new innova
tions is among problems in
some districts. Many of
these adjustments can not
be made without increasing
to some extent, budgets, and
increasing budgets is a ma
jor problem in all school
districts.
Jobe noted that another
problem is the effect of
automation on the "below
average" student. "How
shall we educate him and
for what kind of jobs?"
Jobe asked.
James pointed out that
one problem is how lo
maintain the "very impor
tant, very basic present
subjects, and still find time
to teach a foreign language,
creative arts and composi
tion" on the elementary
Problems Stand Out
Two problems stand out
i n secondary education
James said. They are, (1)
provide a deeper and broad
er knowledge of technical
subjects for those prepar
ing for college, yet main
tain a balanced background
in liberal arts; and (2) pro
vide a good background for
vocational training, as the
student whose high school
education is terminal can
find a skilled job in society.
James said that educators
must "determine which of
the new methods and new
approaches (to teaching) to
adopt, and find teachers
who can teach these meth
ods:" Elliot Becken, assistant
superintendent of Medford
public schools, said: "The
solution to the problems of
education will never be ful
ly resolved until individuals
begin to realize that educa
tion is as significant as any
other aspect of national de
fense and of space explora
tion, -
Gain Acquiescence
"if we can gain acquies
cence on the part of most
lhat education is significant
ly important in comparison
wjlh these other two areas,
then we will find ihe sup
port that is going to be es
sential. There is no oppor
tunity of retrenching in ed
ucation. The future calls
for an improved program in
every respect."
Many of (he problems
facing educators today may
be solved in the near fu
ture; but for each one that
is solved, another will be
come obvious. The process
of change, research, ex
perimentation, and applica
tion in the educational field
will never end.
Flemming, who was sec
retary of health, education
and welfare under the Ei
senhower administration
said:
"The years ahead (for ed
ucation) may be trying ones,
but they will also be among
ihe most exciting this na
tion has ever experienced."
Nebraska registered a turn-1
out of 71.5 per cent of the
number of persons of voting
age in the I960 presidential
election, compared with the'
national average of 64.3 perj
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