Villty Frontiersman
Community College Plan Adopted
By U. Of Alaska Board Of Regents
Meeting )«*t week at College,
the University of Alaska Board!
of Regents passed a resolution
which would. If supported by
sufficient legislative appropna
lions, pave the way to word the
establishment of community col-,
leges in cities where such a pro
gram is desired
Under a plan proposed by Pres
ident Terris Moore after study . f
the legislative background of
such a movement and discussion
with civic leaders in Anchorage,
Palmer, Juneau, and Ketchikan,
the Board of Regents passed the
following resolution:
RESOLVED: That the Board
of Regents, recognizing their re
sponsibilities for higher educa
tion throughout Alaska nerewith
state their readiness to provide
leadership and assistance to all
Alaskan communities wishing to
establish public institutions of
higher learning, specifically in
the development of community
colleges. It herewith authorizes
the President of the University to
negotiate, for execution by the
Board of Regents, Memoranda of
Agreement with local School
Boards on a general basis such
that for grades thirteen and high
er the Board of Regents and
President of the University will
provide service analagous to that
provided by the Board of Educa
tion and Commissioner of Edu
cation to the School Boards for
grades twelve and lower. And it
herewith sets aside, out of Gen
eral University funds for emer
gency use if necessary, to aid
such a program, thirty thousand
dollars for the 1951-52 biennium.”
Disposal of Facililies
The need for higher educa
tional facilities in the population
centers of the Territory has been
recognized by educators, and
movements to have branches of
the University established in di
vers areas have come from the
Anchorage-Palmer area and from
Southeastern Alaska. Governor
Ernest Gruening, in his message ,
to the 1947 legislature, made a
plea for a southern branch which
would stress forestry, fisheries, (
marine engineering and marine ,
architecture. M. D. Snodgrass
more recently suggested the es
tablishment of an agricultural
college in Palmer, near the Al- 1
aska Experiment Station facili- '
ties and the most important ag- 1
ricultural area in the Territory.
In his prepared recommenda- l
tion to the Board of Regents, i
President Moore pointed out that ]
the 1951 Alaskan legislature did |
enact "a law authorizing the ex- ■
pansion of offerings of the Uni- *
versity to southern Alaska. No .
appropriation, however, backed {
up this authorization. The Board <
4
<»f Regent* fubm-quently directed
the President to plan actively the
extension of the benefits of high
er education more generally
throughout Alaska in accordance
with this Act of the Legislature.
At Uus time. 130.000 was set aside
from the 1951-S3 biennial budget.
XorisonlaJ Separation”
President Moore's proposition
would steer away from proposals
such as Gruening's and Snod
grass's to split the University
' vertically" among the various
communities, but would allow for
a ‘'horizontal'' separation. Thus,
four-year students who are able
to ‘‘go away to college" would
still go to the University at Col
lege; those potential students w ho
cannot or will not go away *o
college but want to and will take
college courses if they are avail
able nearby might be served in
their communities at night and
on Saturdays. Dr. Moore pointed
out that the large communities
already have a physical plant for
night and Saturday classes in
their existing high school facili
ties.
With the University of Alaska
assuming the responsibility and
leadership of such community
colleges, courses offered would
be given immediate accreditation j
since the University has already
achieved recognition by collegi
ate accrediting groups. It would
be necessary for the Board of Re
gents and the President of the
University to set up certain aca
demic standards with faulty ad
vice. After this, President Moore
suggested, the faculty of the Uni
versity would be willing to take
the community college faculties
into their larger membership.
Such accreditation is important
to students transfering to other
institutions because they are al
lowed recognition and credit for
work done. Also a two year de
cree offered after completion of
grades 13 and 14, the junior col
ege years, would have signifi-•
:ance and standing.
Financing
Dr. Moore estimated that $50,
)00 to $75,000 per year would be
;he minimum starting budget for
grades 13 and 14. This would pro
vide for a faculty of six to eight
md the necessary administration
financing would be done on the
;ame basis as the present 12-year
;chool- systems with the Terri
;orial share being born by the
Jniversity and the local commu
\ities providing the balance,
lowever, there was little indica
ion that the University “share”
yould be commensurate with the
territorial share of the general
ichool funds, which amounts to
10-90 percent of the total budget,
lepending on the size of the
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Territory To Aid
Cattlemee
Clyde G Sherman, commi*
woner of Agriculture for the ter
ritory discussed cattle market
problem* with several member*
of the Kodiak Livestock Grower*
j Association during a three day
convention held in Kudtak re
! cently
Through cooperation of the U
S Production Marketing Admin
mtration. the Alaska department
\ of Agriculture plans to assist the
1 beef cattle men in Alaska in
their transportation, slaughtering
and marketing problems.
Sherman declared that the new
territorial meat inspection regu
lations will enable Alaskan meat
to be sold on any market.
school. With $30,000 in Univer
sity funds set aside for the com
munity college program in Al
aska for the 1951-53 biennium,
it appears that the community
“share” would have to bear the
brunt of the program, at least in
the immediate future.
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P-74 FUN NIGHT FOP
HOSPITAL FUND DPIVE
PLANNED FOP DEC.
TA Pun Ni(ht plans trr
shaping up to a fine evening of
entertainment on a yet unsprei
Tied date in early December, ac
rordinit to reports leaking out >»f
a committee meeting held at Mrs
Ruaaetl Felnens home recently.
The Fun Night is planned by
the Palmer PTA as a means of
raising funds to contribute in the
Valley Hospital Fund Drive
Admismn charge will be one
white elephant per person, it was
revealed by an unamed person.
An auction at which these white
elephants will be disposed of will
constitute one of the highlights
of the evening.
In addition to games planned
for the children's entertainment,
there will be several booths of
particular interest to adults. One
surprise booth, the nature of ;
which was unknown even to the
source of the above information,
will be FOR MEN ONLY.
Despite this one feature, dis
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