School And Your Child
General College Gives
Weak Student A Break
For the youngster who wants
to go to a tour-year college but
can’t because of limited academic
ability or preparation, the Uni
versity of (Minnesota offers a so
lution.
It is a General College which
provides a two-year general ed
ucation leading toward an A. A.
(associate in arts) degree.
The General College, as much
an integral part of tax-supported
University of Minnesota as any
oHier school on its campus, af-!
fords every Minnesota high
school graduate an opportunity
try it s hand at college — even;
(foough the grasp may be weak.
And the university absorbs this
caliber of student (3,000 of them)
without lowering standards in
its more specialized fields. This
problem presents difficulties for
many other publicly supported
colleges without a similar setup
Which are required to accept all
high-school graduates regardless
of ability.
-Even though admission officers
can usually pinpoint -potentially
unsuccessful college candidates
the moment their high school
records are seen, many colleges
must still accept the unprepared
students and allow them to un
dergo the negative “weeding out”
process. A few make it but most
don’t. Up to one-fifth of college
freshmen drop out before com
pleting- their first year.
States find the “washing out”
process expensive and usually of
questionable value to the young
ster. But legislators and many
college officials hesitate to turn
away sons and daughters of tax
payers who help support then j
institutions.
The University of Minnesota
has washed out the “wash out”,
problem.
Courses in its General College!
are largely whittled dawn to the;
abilities and needs of the stu
dents.. Extensive "wedding out’ ,
doesn't happen because the stu-|
dent isn’t permitted to take sub
jects unless he has a reasonable
chance of succeeding in them. I
And for the collegian who de
monstrates through good grades1
and work a capacity for advanc
ed study, the university permits,
transfer to the four-year pro
gram and into more specializei
fields.
This gives the “late bloomer”
a break. He is typical of the ma
ny men and women who really
don't find themselves until after
high school graduation.
Often mothers and fathers who
pamper their offspring during
Childhood and adolescense cause
the delayed “blooming.” Some
Children couldn’t worry less about
their future during this period.
And why should they? Parents
seemingly do everything for them
from blowing their noses to wash
ing their ears. j
The kids usually wise up quick
ly on graduation, when they find
themselves neither prepared
skill-wise for employment nor a
eademieally for college.
They’ve learned the score. But
is it too late?
-Not in (Minnesota. The General
College allows them a second
chance to catch up and, If they
prove capable enough, opportun
ity to move into the four--year
university. * v
The program also offers a
break to boys and girls who come
from inadequate school systems
lacking courses, equipment, or
qualified teachers to prepare'
them for college. Many rural pu
pils, in particular, find themsel-i
ves in such situations. And thou
sands of youngsters from these
backgrounds (through no fault
of their own) are denied admiss
ion to colleges of their choice.
These students are in the mi
nority at the University of Min
nesota’s General College, how
ever. The really wonderful thing
about the college, says its dean,
Dr. H. T. Morse, is that it pro
vides a decent opportunity to
young people who have the abili
ty to complete two years of col
lege and little more.
The General College enables
them to discover a more appro
priate life work, explore person
al interest, and pursue an indivi
dually planned general education.
It also offers the possibility of
earning higher incomes. Well
documented statistics reveal that
a college education may increase
one’is earning power.
Minnesota’s general education
plan is nothing new. In operation
since 1932, the program was pi
oneered along with others at such
institutions as Stephens, Sarah
Lawrence, and Pennington Colle
ges, and the Universities of Chi
cago, Wisconsin, and Florida.
Thousands of foreign and na-l
tive educators have observed Min- j
nesota’s General College with a
view toward the establishment of;
a similar system.
Even though general education
exists today in various forms at
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many colleges in the United Sea
tes, this type of educational for
mat is much needed in many
more plaices, says Minnesota’s!
Dean Mbrse.
It is Morse’s opinion that "a
program of this kind has a very'
considerable future.”
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