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1994
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Trustees: New ATI degree program
ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON APRIL 8:
ATI TO OFFER FIRST YEARS OF BACHELOR'S DEGREE, ATI RESTRUCTURING,
GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN TOXICOLOGY, MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
ATI to Offer First Years of Bachelor's Degree
COLUMBUS -- If the Ohio Board of Regents approves, students
enrolling at The Ohio State University's Agricultural Technical
Institute in Wooster will have the option of completing two years
of credit towards a bachelor's degree.
The Ohio State Board of Trustees Friday (4/8) approved a
two-year Associate of Science degree program that would allow
students interested in agricultural careers to transfer
prescribed courses to a four-year program to complete the
requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree.
The new program will expand opportunities for students
interested in careers in agriculture, according to William
Anderson, associate dean and director of the institute.
He noted that ATI was designed as a two-year school training
students for careers in the technical fields of agriculture.
Currently, students earn an Associate of Applied Science degree.
However, some students have been interested in pursuing a
bachelor's degree.
"This is a shift in the mission of ATI," he said. "Our
primary mission is still to provide that (two-year) terminal
degree, but now we have the opportunity to provide a transfer
program to students wanting a bachelor's degree."
Pending Regents approval, students who enroll at ATI in
autumn 1995 will choose between the two associate degree programs
and generally will take separate liberal arts courses. Anderson
expects demand for the technical program will continue, but that
about 40 students a year will opt for the new program.
About a dozen students annually transfer to the College of
Agriculture on the Columbus campus, but lose some course credits
in the process. Those who opt for the Associated of Applied
Science degree and then decide to transfer will still have
difficulties. However, faculty advisers will counsel future
students to help them enroll in the degree program that best fits
their needs.
"As ATI has matured and the needs of the agricultural
industry and the college have changed, we've provided an extra
portal of entry to the college for students who love
agriculture," said L.H. Newcomb, associate dean for academic
affairs in the college.
"It also will be advantageous for students in northeastern
Ohio who want to attend two years of college close to home and
for students who want a more hands-on approach to their
education."
Students will be able to complete some general education
requirements and certain agricultural courses during their first
two years at ATI, Newcomb said, taking the same courses offered
on the Columbus campus. Examples include English composition,
college algebra, chemistry, biology, history, music appreciation,
and rural sociology. Instructors will be governed by their
respective departments on the Columbus campus.
"Many departments on the Columbus campus have approved ATI
faculty to teach the courses," Newcomb said. "We are using the
regional campus model for approval. The home department has the
final say about who teaches the courses."
The new program evolved out of a concern of many students
who wished to go beyond the associate's degree to seek a four-
year degree and found that some courses were not transferable.
In addition, many agricultural organizations in the state did not
understand why ATI did not offer a transfer program.
Anderson said the program also addresses the desire of the
Board of Regents for two-year technical schools to also offer
their communities the first two years of a bachelor's degree.
ATI offers the most comprehensive array of agricultural
technical programs in the state. The College of Agriculture at
Columbus offers Ohio's only public four-year program in
agriculture.
ATI Restructuring Approved
The Board of Trustees also approved the Agricultural
Technical Institute's proposal to restructure from five divisions
to three.
The realignment will improve internal efficiency, reduce
duplication of administrative functions such as purchasing and
accounting and reduce administrative costs, according to college
officials. They added that the reorganization will enhance ATI's
ability to meet student expectations while maintaining
credibility with employers and the industries served by the
institute.
The restructuring plan is the first of several expected from
colleges to come before the board in the coming year. Ohio State
is undergoing a university-wide restructuring program. Some
restructuring of academic support services has occurred in the
past two years and will continue.
Under the ATI realignment, the divisions of Agricultural
Business Technologies, Animal Industries Technologies,
Engineering Technologies, and General Studies will be reduced to
two: the Division of Agricultural Technologies, and the Division
of Arts and Science and Business Technologies.
Agricultural Technologies will offer academic programs in
construction, fluid power, power equipment, dairy production and
management, horse production and management, beef production and
management, swine production and management, crop management and
services, and environmental resources management. Soils courses
also will be offered.
Arts and Science and Business Technologies will offer
academic programs in agricultural commerce, food marketing, and
laboratory science, and courses in business, computers,
communications, mathematics, biology, chemistry, entomology,
physics, and social science.
The Division of Horticultural Industries Technologies will
be renamed the Division of Horticultural Technologies. That
program will maintain its programs in floral design and
marketing, greenhouse production and management, landscape
construction and contracting, nursery management, and turfgrass
management.
Faculty approved the reorganization last year by a vote of
20-14.
Graduate Program in Toxicology Approved
Trustees Friday also approved creation of an
interdisciplinary graduate program leading to Master of Science
and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in toxicology.
Faculty involved in teaching and conducting research on
toxicology in the colleges of Agriculture, Biological Sciences,
Medicine, Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine expressed an interest
and commitment to establishing the program. They noted that
several courses in toxicology are offered by several departments
in the colleges, which will strengthen the new graduate program.
The goal is to train scientists who are competent to address
problems in establishing health and environmental risks
associated with the use of chemicals and who will be prepared for
careers in academia, industry, and public service.
The program is to become effective Autumn Quarter 1995,
pending approval by the Board of Regents.
Health Services Named Changed
Trustees changed the name of the Division of Hospital and
Health Services Administration, part of the College of Medicine,
to the Division of Health Services Management and Policy,
effective immediately. The action was made to more accurately
reflect its mission, research interests and teaching of the
faculty and marketplace for graduates from the division.
Faculty Rules Amended
In another matter, trustees amended the Rules of the
University Faculty to change the number of persons authorized to
hold regular clinical faculty titles from one-third the number of
persons holding regular faculty titles to 40 percent of the
combined total of regular and regular clinical faculty in the
division, department or college; and to change the terms of
appointment of such faculty.
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Contacts: William Anderson, (216) 264-3911;
L.H. Newcomb, (614) 292-6891;
Dennis Feller, chairperson, Ad Hoc Interdisciplinary Graduate
Studies Committee in Toxicology, (614) 292-1614.
Written by Tom Spring, (614) 292-8309.
[Submitted by: GERSTNER (gerstner@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
Fri, 08 Apr 1994 14:27:16 -0500 (EST)]
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