Veritas, Vol. 16, No. 09, October 20, 1975

              Director Appointed For Aging Institute
Priscilla R. Perry, interim director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies of the University, has been named director of the Institute for the Study of Aging, it was announced by Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Sidney Besvinick.
The Institute was created at the Center for Urban and Regional Studies in March 1974 to coordinate and develop the University’s aging activities—research, academic training and community service.
“I think it is vital that the University of Miami be responsive to the unique aging population of South Florida and indeed the State of Florida,” Dr. Besvinick said. “It is our belief that Florida can provide national leadership with its aging programs. Consequently, we have asked Priscilla Perry to assume the full-time directorship of the Institute. Ms. Perry’s knowledge of the community and her involvements in programs concerning the elderly eminently suit her for this position.”
The concept of an Institute on Aging was the result of a year-long study of the University’s resources in aging undertaken by an interdisciplinary Task Force on Aging of the University’s Research Council.
Human Services Speciality Planned
For people interested in careers in the helping professions, the University will offer a new program leading to the B.Ed. with a major in human services, starting with the spring semester. Developed by Dr. Carolyn Garwood, associate dean of instruction, the program will be coordinated by Dr. Herbert Dandes, chairman of the department of educational psychology.
In addition to general education courses, students in the program will take courses in the behavorial sciences (psychology, anthropology and or sociology) and in their area of specialization which will include human service seminars as well as field experiences and an internship during every semester.
A special project during the senior year will require the student to do an in-depth survey of one public and one private agency.
Areas in which students may wish to develop skills include geriatrics, action research, family dynamics, crisis intervention techniques, human sexuality, the consultation process, interviewing skills, substance abuse, career development and criminal justice.
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Enrollment Increase ‘Positive Sign’
Final fall enrollment figures released October 7 by George Smith, registrar, show an increase in full-time students— undergraduates, graduate and professional—of 356, or a total of 11,142, as compared with 10,786 last fall.
The total headcount, including full, part-time and non-credit students in all programs, has increased to 18,034 this year, from 17,829 in the fall of 1974.
The increase is almost the same as the increase in 1974, said Mr. Smith. “With the economy the way it is, and the University increasing its tuition 16 percent, the biggest tuition increase in its history, the fact that the total enrollment has increased is a very positive sign.”
The total number of full-time and part-time undergraduates has increased to 10,485, up 502 from the 9,983 last year. Areas which showed the most significant
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Four Get New Engineering Posts
Appointments of two associate deans and two department chairmen in the School of Engineering and Environmental Design have been announced by Dr. Jerome Catz, acting dean.
Felipe J. Prestamo, acting chairman of the department of architecture, architectural engineering and planning, has been named associate dean for architecture and planning. A member of the UM faculty for six years, Prestamo succeeds Dr. Anthony J. Catanese, now dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Moving to Prestamo’s post as
chairman of the department is Professor Harold L. Malt, who joined the UM in 1972. A nation-wide search is underway for a permanent chairman, Dean Catz said.
Dr. T. Nejat Veziroglu, chairman of the mechanical engineering department, has been named associate dean for research, a new post. Dr. Veziroglu, also director of the Clean Energy Research Institute, has been at the UM since 1962.
Dr. Samuel S. Lee, a member of the UM faculty since 1965, succeeds Veziroglu as chairman of the mechanical engineering department.
increases are the School of Engineering and Environmental Design, up 145 to 1,066; the Graduate School, up 185 to 2,496; and the School of Law, up 89 to 1,233. The School of Medicine enrollment now totals 587, an increase of 36 from 1974.
The School of Music has increased its enrollment by 23 to 511 and the School of Business Administration enrollment is up by five to 1,878.
The total number of general students (students with undeclared majors in the College of Arts and Sciences, or with undeclared majors unaffiliated with a specific school) has risen sharply by 765 students, to 1,016. This is a 305 percent increase from 1974. According to Mr. Smith, the rise in the number of general students could offset any decreases in enrollment in the College of Arts and Sciences, down by 450, to 3,926, and the School of Education, down 164 to 920.
An important factor in the total registration picture is the number of fulltime equivalents (FTEs) of part-time students, said Mr. Smith. The total number of part-time students by itself wouldn’t mean much, because a part-time student may be taking only one course. By converting the part-time students to FTEs, the number becomes more meaningful. The number of FTEs is determined by multiplying the total number of part-time students by the number of credits and dividing by 12 for undergraduates and by nine for graduate and law students.
When the number of FTEs is added to the number of full-time students, the total is 12,639 for this year. Last year, the figure was 12,095. This indicates that the students enrolled here are taking more credits, on the average, than last year, according to Mr. Smith.
Regarding a trend in enrollment, Mr. Smith said, “For the past couple of years, there has been a movement toward vocationally oriented curricula offered by community colleges and proprietary schools. Now, with the country in a recession, these schools are decreasing in popularity as students are shifting back to more academically oriented courses of study, which increase the employment options available to them upon graduation.”
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