Oct. 16, 1981 issue 02 Loquitur

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1981

Cabrini College, Radnor, PA 19087

Cabrini to -offe"r M. BY JOYCE PATITUCCI A general Masters degree program in education is currently in the early stages of development. According to Dr . Ruth Sower , assistant professor and chairperson of the special education department. "The program is in the exploratory stages ." According to Dr . Joseph Romano , vice president for academic affairs , a proposal for the M .Ed . program will be submit ted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education by Feb . 1, 1982. A reviewing team from Harrisburg will visit the colfege in April to ·investigate faculty , facilities , and materials .

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Romano hopes that the decision suit the needs of teachers in the project." "Last year we invited Sam Marof whether or not to approve the five-county area . Most teachers Several members of the liberal cus from the Penna. Dept. of Ed . seek Masters training to enhance program will be reac~ed before arts faculty have agreed to particiwho gave us some excellent advice their development and to increase summer. pate in the program, Sower said, about initiating a program," their salaries . This program_was If all goes as planned, the including Dr . Sharon Schwarze Sower said. A consultant in educacollege will begin advertising im- designed to do just that." tion was also hired to offer experand Dr . Jolyon Girard . Schwarze Sower said the degree would be offered to teach a philosophy of tise . mediately and the program can be offered in the fall, Romano said-: general and would not carry cer- education course, and Girard will In addition to a need for this proHe stressed that all of these things tification . -However, teachers · teach a history of education class . gram , Sower said , " Building on are just possibilities at this point could become certified by "Mr . Anthony Tomasco and Mr . our strengths in Liberal Arts and and there are no guarantees . Cabrini's undergraduate program fine faculty in education will enaWilliam Kuhns are collaborating The program will be general , as in education. to develop a needs test for prospec- ble us to offer a fine program ." opposed to the very specialized "We are afthis time in the midst In keeping with the philosophy of tj ve students of the program . programs tha! other area colleges of curriculum development ," According to Sower, the idea of Cabrini undergraduate education , offer. According to Dr . Sower, the "Sower said. "We will be offt!ring a offering a Masters program at classes will be small and attention reason for a broadly-structured core group of courses in which Cabrini has been brewing for 10 individualized . Sower added that program is that it is one· that is graduates would ~arn most recent years at the suggestion of Dr. courses will be offered on eve most needed in the area. developments , do some reseac.ch Frank Saul , dean of continuing nings, weekends and in summer to Sower said, " The program will jnd -possibly some type. of research suit the needs of working teachers . education .

Business administration :: ·~ growing maior BY JEANNE PROKO A gradual shift from Liberal Arts to Business Administration is becoming apparent in the choice of majors by students at Cabrini. Business Administration over the years has emerged as a ma jo r with beneficial and practical uses . Edward Christ, assistant professor of business adminis tration, feels that ~tudents are taking business for ' 'the best and worst of reasons. ' ' He said, ' 'The best of reasons is for the spiritual and mental de velopment that must be m~tched against living." He continued, "The worst of reasons, if you could call it that, is to get a better job ."

Christ believes the reason for the shift could be the age ·which we are living in now. After World War II, people were majoring more in liberal arts and psychology . They thought they could make it a better world by under standing humanity better . Christ said that "now thoughts have shifted. " Cathy Sullivan, a senior Business Administration major. said,

" I want · to go further with bus iness . I wan t to make mone y." She added that the Business Administration majors are n't looking for those •'sacrifice jobs with low pay and gratification of their job. " Sulli van made a comment t hat Chr ist had added earlier , '' The B.A.majors are looking out for themselves ." • At Cabr ini , the number of B.A. majors has steadily increased proportionally with the en rollment : Senioli - 11.s· Jw1iors - 26 Soph - 31.5' Fi-esh-23 Toml - 98 The. roll of women entering into the business world has increased also . A~ocding to the New York 'nmes,. there has been an increase of 25 per cent in less than three yea&:s where women have pl~ed a-part in the corporate boards . _ These women, reports the Times, have found that a back groqµd in business, law and econormC'S or academic adminis ALTHOUGH ANY DEGREE received at Cabrini involves strong background in liberal arts ; stu- tration is essential to successful dents are shifting from traditional liberal arts majors to Business Administration. (Photo by Liz jobs in business.

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Community-based ·program partly funded BYMEGSLOOK Cabrini College recently received a gift of $15,000from Sun Company for support of the new Community-Based Management Service Program . The program teaches a combination of humanity services and management skills . The program, which is still in the planning stage, was being coordinated by Ann Kennedy, assistant professor of special education; Ruth Sower, assistant professor in special education; Joseph

Romano, vice president of academic affair's and John He iberger , vice president for development and public relations, until Sept. 21 when the official progr am coordinator, Nancy Chaddock , arrived. There is presently a great need for a program of this type . The trend of mainstreaming previously institutionalized people back into society has increased the number of group home and introduced the need for business managers as well as trained managers in

human services . According to Kennedy , "Large institutions are no longer prime suppliers of care for the elderly and handicapped . CommunityBased Management Service with emphasis on the development of client skill is the current trend . " Community-Based Management Services may be offered in the fall of 1982 but no definite plans have been made. At present , the program is still in the planning stage . The program itself will consist of 40 credits in four areas of study :

business, social work, special education and psychology . As group homes are developed, a person must create a budget , choose insurance and deal with various types of law suits . Heiberger thinks that of the utmost importance, "People managing community services deal with a great many business problems for which they have not been properly trained." In addition to the program, workshops will be offered for both college students and individuals

presently working in related fields-. Workshops will discuss problems and 'burnout ,' the frequent termination of human service jobs as a result of emotional and physical strain . Internship for work in group home and smaller facilities may also be offered with the program . The program is presently receiving input for improvements from faculty members and an advisory board of workers in related fields .

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