Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-07-21
Colleges Reorganize Courses to
Meet Veterans Requirements

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naire. Dartmouth, BoWdoin, Univer-
sity of Alabama, and other schools
are likewise querying their under
graduate students and alumni in
service. The lively response is the
best answer to whether army or
navy experience kills boys inter-
est in further schooling.
"We are revising our entire cur
riculum," reports Columbia univer-
sity's school of business. A special
orientation course for veterans who
want to get going on their education
al program without waiting for a
new term to start, is one of the
features being developed at New
York university.
Dartmouth's postwar program
will be based in part upon the re-
turns from its QUESTIONABLE. Mean
while its alumni council is prepar-
ing to expand its regular placement
program for the benefit of returning
servicemen; the council already
has local alumni placement commit
tees functioning in 100 different
areas.
Temple university's placement de-
partment reports that it has already
placed a number of former stu
dents returning from service; the
school has a new training program
in the making, and has completed
file of all Temple men and women
in the service, together with file
of prospective employers with post
war job prospects.
Georgia Tech Ready.
Georgia school of technology is
outlining a new building program
with view to caring for a greatly
expanded student body after the
war. University of Cincinnati is
planning an extension of it's Coop
erative" courses, which involve part
time in classrooms and part time
actually on a job in the field being
studied.
University of Michigan is working
on the arrangement of special
classes to speed up the training and
preparation of returned veterans for
civilian employment. At Michigan
state, refresher courses are being
planned that cut across the en-
tire curriculum; sub-college grade
courses are also to be offered for
the older veteran who has not fin
ished high school. Toledo university
is waving pre-college requirements
in certain cases and classifying
such veterans as special students,
although they are being integrated
with the regular classes.
DePaul university, Chicago, is
making its man marketing clinic
available for all student veterans.
whether graduates of DePaul or
not, together with free psychology
cal and vocational tests.
The University of Minnesota is
readying new vocational and apti-
tude tests, and preparing various
special courses, including two-year
courses in the institute of tech
nology.
Tailored Courses.
University of South Dakota's COM
mittee expects demand for train
ing aimed directly at job prepara-
ton, and for continuation of ac-
celebrated courses, but warns that
colleges must beware of sacrificing
needed foundation studies through
over-emphasis of the speed-up and
short-range considerations.
University Of Nebraska is plan
ming "tailor-made" courses fitted to
individual cases. Washington univer-
sity anticipates the need of special
refresher courses to fill gaps in
army and navy technical courses
and to complete the normal require
ments for an engineering career in
civilian life. Oklahoma A. & M.
plans to provide technical or gradu-
ate training for veterans in one and
tWo-year courses.
University of Idaho is arranging
12-months courses preparing for
positions in accounting, retailing, in
surance, statistical work, stenog-
raphy, and other Office work. Uni
versity of Oregon has a committee
at work planning various short
courses, on vocational basis.