Word: programing
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Everyone agrees that the stalled construction does not signal a public policy Armageddon, but several professors, especially those dealing with the merger of the MPP and the CRP, are worried about how the school will house the students and faculty from the new program. Laurence E. Lynn, professor of Public Policy and chairman of the faculty committee hammering out details of the merger, refuses to even speculate about what will happen should the building not be finished by 1983; "I wish the building existed now. For every month delay, the strain gets worse," he says...
Concerns over the building have only exacerbated problems with combining the two programs. Bok ordered the mix because he felt the CRP program was becoming more of a public policy discipline than a design education. But the two programs differ in the emphasis they place on quantitative as opposed to qualitative analysis, and disagreements have spilled over into their attempts to develop a joint basic curriculum and admissions policy...
Students on both sides have complained about the combination. Some currently studying at the K-School think it will result in the dilution of the quality of the MPP; one CRP student said he was afraid the unique qualities of the design program would be lost. Criticizing the more mathematical stress of the current MPP, he said, "at least we remember it's people we're dealing with...
After effects of growth have led to student disenchantment. Two MPP students recently circulated a survey to gauge the satisfaction of their colleagues with the program, and more than 40 per cent of the respondents said they were unexcited by the MPP program. Two reasons commonly cited were the lack of contact with professors, and the size of the classes...
...expanding student body has also hampered the school's ability to place students in jobs, especially at a time when the economy is shaky and the President has imposed a federal hiring freeze. The job search program at the K-School has expanded to accommodate more students, but Norman Smith, dean of student services, admits that "growth has caused a problem in the sense that each person is not getting very individualistic service...