University of Virginia Library

Grads Decrease

If the University is expanding to
fulfill its responsibilities to graduate
education why will the proportion
of graduate students in the total
student body fall by 1980?

If the University is expanding to
gain more capital funds why have
we not actually received such funds?
In short, when the standards of the
State Council of Higher Education
inform us that we have sufficient
classroom space for an enrollment
of 18,000 (meaning full use of
facilities from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) can
we expect additional facilities
before we reach 18,000? If not, and
that appears likely, then expansion
is self-defeating until the University
exceeds 18,000.

Of course we cannot really
expect the University to change
such a major policy on its own
accord regardless of the legitimate
objections which have been raise,
whether those objections are similar
to the above — reaching to the
heart of the problem — or deal with
the community results of expansion
What then can students do?

(1) Sign the expansion petition.
A group of first year students are
organizing a petition campaign so
that we might satisfy several
members of the General Assembly
who have requested some
indication of the depth of student
and citizen concern.

(2) Send the special committee
any information or suggestions you
might have which were not covered
by the special report. A second
report will be prepared if we obtain
sufficient, additional information.

(3) Volunteer to do research
over the summer as we need all the
help we can get.