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The Red & Black | Thursday, June 29, 2006 | 3
Univ. sees good future in China
By KELLY PROCTOR
kproctor@randb.com
HONG KONG — University
students who come to China
will notice the common signs
of the country’s runaway
growth.
In Hong Kong, high-tech
buildings push up the skyline
next to a harbor full of
tourist, fishing and cargo
boats. The city was under
British rule for many years,
but its transfer to China in
1997 hasn’t exactly stunted
its growth.
A growth that foreigners
notice and want to learn
from.
Overall, the number of
American students seeking
higher education in China
increased by 90 percent from
2002 to 2004, according to an
Institute of International
Education study. In all, more
than 4,700 U.S. students
enrolled in Chinese universi
ties to study subjects like
“putonghua,” or Mandarin
Chinese. Additionally, the
president of the U.S. College
Board told China’s Xinhua
news agency that 24,000 U.S.
middle and high school stu
dents are studying Chinese.
The University is no excep
tion.
With the introduction of
two new study abroad pro
grams in China and a Chinese
language and literature
major, approved Jan. 11, that
will be offered beginning this
fall, its popularity is growing
among students and adminis
tration.
Associate Provost for
International Affairs Judith
Shaw said when she took her
post, the provost urged her to
enhance the University’s pro
file with China and India.
“I believe global friend
ships and partnership can
make for friends, not ene
mies,” Shaw said.
Consequently, Shaw said
she will be traveling to China
later this summer to start
working toward a year-round,
multi-disciplinary program
with a Chinese university.
“There’s no substitute for
that kind of exposure (for
students),” Shaw said.
Student interest in China
is rising, as is evidenced by
the more than 125 University
students majoring or minor-
ing in Chinese.
In fact, the University’s
first study abroad program in
China, which took 18 stu
dents during Maymester to
Shanghai, Beijing or
Chengdu, filled up almost
immediately, Shaw said.
Bob Grafstein, political
science professor and pro
gram director of the China
study abroad, said studying
there has a number of unique
benefits.
For instance, China is not
a democracy, so students
studying in China get a
glimpse not only of a foreign
culture and language, but
also a foreign form of govern
ment.
“China’s going to be
around and important and
probably not a democracy for
a long time,” Grafstein said.
As China rapidly develops
into a “socioeconomic power
house,” Grafstein said, the
interaction between
Americans and the Chinese
will only increase, and an
understanding of their socie
ty and culture will be advan
tageous for students.
Consequently, Grafstein
said he expects the educa
tional trend of collaboration
between the University and
China to grow.
“I think the University and
students are getting more
sophisticated about how big
the world is,” he said.
— Contributing:
Cristen Conger
Provost requests schools for reductions
BUDGET CUTS
College of Arts and Sciences
$1,699,991
College of Business $491,048
College of Education $536,649
College of Environment and
Design $106,651
College of Family and Consumer
Sciences $162,425
School of Forestry and Natural
Resources $73,209
Graduate School $120,228
College of Journalism and Mass
Communication $135,906
College of Law $172,815
College of Public Health $60,261
School of Public and International
Affairs $130,293
School of Social Work $67,458
College of Veterinary Medicine
$278,096
Didn’t respond to open records
request:
College of Agriculture and
Environmental Design,
College of Pharmacy
Total $4,027,030
By DAVID PITTMAN
dpittman@randb.com
For $1.7 million dollars, the
Franklin College of Arts and
Sciences could pay for nearly
19 full professors, 27 associate
professors or 29 assistant
professors, based on the 2004
average University faculty
salaries listed on the Board
of Regents Web site.
But the University’s
largest college might be
forced to live without that
money if economic times
don’t improve.
After the dramatic rise of
healthcare and energy costs,
the University was forced to
rethink how it might pay for
such costs, according to an
April letter from Provost
Arnett Mace and Senior Vice
President for Finance and
Administration Hank
Huckaby.
In the letter that was first
reported on in The Red &
Black earlier this month,
University vice presidents,
deans and directors were told
to set aside two percent of
their fiscal year 2007 budgets
and have any action related
to vacant faculty and staff
positions first approved by
their appropriate senior vice
president.
But according to the letter,
this is only asking the col
leges and divisions to tem
porarily withhold two percent
of their 2007 budgets.
The decision on whether
the reserves become perma
nent cuts or not will depend
on the final amount of money
the University gets from the
state. Mace said that won’t
be known until after fall
enrollment is determined in
late September or early
October.
For some colleges, that
means reducing their opera
tional costs, translating to
less travel or equipment for
their school.
For deans, like Franklin
College’s Garnett Stokes, it
means facing the possibility
of not filling all vacant faculty
positions from the $1.7 mil
lion held back.
“The college is having to
be very careful about filling
staff vacancies,” Stokes told
The Red & Black through her
secretary. “The college plans
to move forward with faculty
requests for fall ‘07 in hopes
that the two percent will be
returned to the college.”
The nearly half-million dol
lars the Terry College of
Business is setting aside
comes from supplies, accord
ing to an open records
request.
However, only $49,000 of
the $536,649 the College of
Education is setting aside
doesn’t come from opening
vacant faculty lines.
Sheila Allen, dean of the
College of Veterinary
Medicine, said her college is
delaying the recruitment of
some open research faculty
positions because of the two
percent hold.
“This should not negative
ly impact the training of our
veterinary students,” Allen
said. She added, however, “It
certainly will negatively
impact our research.”
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