USD Annual Report 1980/81

Graduate students accounted for 12 .5% of the total University enrollment in Fall 1980, compared to 10.8% in Fall 1979; excluding figures for the School of Law from the overall campus population, the School accounted for 17% of enrollment in 1980-1981, compared to 15% in 1979-1980. Enrollment growth in Graduate Career Programs (law office administration, the LSAT, and the lawyer's assistant program) evidenced the need for these programs in the San Diego area. Particularly dramatic was the 77% increase in registrations for the lawyer' s assistant program. Fall 1980 also saw the establishment of the Master of Religious Education program in the diocese of Orange County, a program which attracted good initial response and for which we envision a sound future . The Continuing Education unit of the School continued to build bridges to the broader community, extending the University' s academic resources to

for the thesis requirement, so that those students who elect this option will be more reflective of the high degree of critical inquiry and independent scholarship implied in research ability . The National Institute of Mental Health continued funding of the Graduate Psychiatric Nursing program. The faculty have proposed a professional core component in nursing for the Ed.D. offered by the School of Education in an effort to provide doctoral education for professional nurses, since there is no opportunity for this level of higher education south of San Francisco or west of Tucson. The School was evaluated by Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society in Nursing, for charter as a chapter in that organization, and it is expected that approval will be given in Fall 1981, with installation of the chapter in the winter or spring of the 1981-1982 academic year. An international conference on baccalaureate education was held at the School in June, 1981. Speakers from Great Britain and Australia described their national efforts and faculty presented papers . Miss Barbara Lee, program director for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, gave the keynote address . Dr. Evelyn Anderson and Mrs. Patricia Pierson completed their investigation of the incidence and problems of faculty practice, research which will be published by the Western Journal of Nursing Research. I returned from a sabbatical funded in part by a post-doctoral fellowship from the U.S. Public Health Service . I also completed two chapters in textbooks being published by McGraw Hill and by Faber (Great Britain), and authored a paper on the first organization of nursing services, presented before the Council of Nurse Researchers of the American Nurses Association.

and Georgetown in offering six one-week summer seminars . Speakers and participants involved in Continuing Education came from 48 states and from Canada, Mexico, Japan, and several European countries . Enrollment and programs both showed dramatic growth: in 1980-1981, 108 programs attracted 6,646 participants, compared to 61 programs and 3, 796 participants in 1979-1980. Continuing Education is supported by course fees and does not impact the University budget.

and personal and academic counseling in the Educational Development Center. Career Counseling and Placement not only assisted students with vocational decisions , resumes, and interview techniques, but also hosted 65 representatives of business, government, and industry who interviewed our graduating students for job placement.

Academic Services is comprised of Admissions, Financial Aid, the Registrar, and the various counseling services of the Educational Development Center, the Educational Opportunity Program, and Career Counseling and Placement. As the title of the division implies, this is a service area. Each office exists to serve a different need in the University community. Whatever unity the area has comes not from the services offered, which vary from office to office, but from the student clientele. All students need to be admitted and registered in an academic program. Many also need financial aid, counseling, and other supportive assistance. For example, our Admissions Office enrolled 1,261 new undergraduate freshmen and transfers in 1980-1981 , while the Registrar handled 3,331 new and continuing students in Fall and 3,233 in Spring. Financial Aid provided assistance for 62 % of those registered in the amount of $7.5 million dollars. The Counseling Services provided tutorial assistance in the Educational Opportunity Program

Patricia Watson, Ed.D. Dean of Academic Services

Thus it can be seen that all students benefit from some academic services and many benefit from most of them. Our purpose is therefore to enrich and enhance the student's experience with the academic community.

local, regional, and national audiences. In addition to the programs sponsored by Continuing Education independently, all five academic units co-sponsored one or more institutes or workshops, such as the Lyle L. Jones Antitrust National Conference and the Project Management Workshop for the aerospace industry. The division also cooperated with the diocese s of San Diego and Orange County in developing professional and enrichment programs for clergy, religious, and teachers. USD became the Western arm of the Catholic Committee for Urban Ministry, joining with the Universities of Notre Dame

The steady grow~h of the School of Graduate and Continuing Education was evidenced once again in 1980-1981. Programs in the areas of business administration and international relations saw the greatest growth, but the entire spectrum of graduate offerings showed an enrollment jump of 27.8%, with a headcount of 552 (Fall semester) compared to 448 in the previous year. In addition, applications to the School increased 54%. In the past decade, the School has more than doubled in graduate student population.

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