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...salaam in the direction of California and Compton College's President Paul Martin for the courage and ingenuity displayed in his attempt to use educational films and TV as one method of solving the current shortage of qualified college professors [Dec. 22]. In the face of the educational hornets' nest that has been stirred up by this undertaking, it might be well to examine the problem more closely...
...characters in The Watsons in "original" directions, for fear they will grow too like the characters in other Austen novels-until honest imitation melts into irresistible parody. It all goes to show the difficulties confronting an author who has been raised in the world of Thurber, Waugh and Ivy Compton-Burnett and must yet deal deadpan with ploys (such as swoons and blushes) of which he has had no experience...
...fast-growing, already seam-split junior college on the outskirts of Los Angeles is likely to be the battleground for California's hottest educational fight during the next few months. The issue at Compton College: President Paul Martin's use-or misuse, depending on which violently opposed viewpoint is taken-of educational television. Within the college, teachers mutter moodily of "1984"-or support Martin enthusiastically. Outside, bitter opposition is building; a few days ago the 90,000-member California Teachers Association condemned Compton's plan, asked the University of California to consider refusing to recognize credits earned...
...Martin concept: replace live professors wherever possible with filmed lectures, projectors and closed-circuit television rigs. The project is going strong: 919 students at Compton (enrollment: 4,800) taking a first-year psychology course need never face a flesh-and-blood lecturer, and 1,099 students in freshman algebra and English courses are film-fed most of the time. Their education is largely seen to by a woman worker in a central control room, who feeds the proper reels into the correct machines, and a faculty-member monitor, who patrols four TV theaters at a time, sees that sets work...
Reason for the switchover: without TV, the college would have to hire more new teachers, instead hopes to save $60,000 in salaries by June. And with TV, Compton expects to handle a 100% enrollment increase in the next decade with a boost of only about 30% in its 90-member staff. Said one official: "We figure that saving the costs of 60 bodies is well worth it." Compton plans to build a TV wing, with six windowless, air-conditioned classrooms...