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new branch in Japan by 1989
Campus could improve relations between U.S., Japan
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By Rachel Cowan
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tudents may be able to attend Texas A&M in
apan as early as 1989 if the administration ap
proves creating a branch campus, Jaan Laane,
AicM professor of chemistry said.
PA number of American universities, including
A&:M, the University of Texas and Ohio State
University, are looking into forming branch cam
puses in Japan.
■ihe U.S.-Japan Committee for Promoting
Trade Expansion, headed by Rep. Richard Ge
phardt, D-Mo., suggested the idea to improve re
lations between the two countries.
■Japanese communities, industries and stu
dents would supply land and funding for the
campuses, while the American universities would
piiovide the faculty and administration. Because
Bother the United States nor Japan will pay for
the branch campuses, tuition will cost as much as
private school fees.
“Texas taxpayers won’t pay for any of it,”
Laane said.
The A&M branch probably would have 30 fac
ulty members and about 500 students, he said,
but while most of the students would be Japa
nese, the curriculum would be taught in English.
The curriculum could be technical or it could be
two years of basic courses with the students fin
ishing at A&M in College Station, Laane said.
“Everything is still in the preliminary stage,
though,” Laane said. “None of the plans are cer
tain and the administration hasn’t yet decided
whether to approve the branch campus.”
He said the program, if approved, the pro
gram also would help Japanese students improve
their mastery of English. Laane noted that their
proficiency in reading and writing the language
is good, but that their speaking ability is poor.
American A&M students could take classes in
Japan, he said, because the same academic crite
ria would apply to both the College Station and
the Japanese campuses. A&M faculty also could
teach at the branch campus, he said.
Laane and Provost Donald McDonald, along
with representatives from 18 universities, went to
Japan in February to discuss plans with Japanese
officials. They toured six potential sites for the
branch campuses, four of which were near To
kyo.
Laane said the Japanese are enthusiastic about
the program because of the educational and
commercial opportunities it offers.
Since Japanese students don’t leave home to
attend college, the campuses would need to be in
a large metropolitan area to ensure enough stu
dent enrollment, Laane said.
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Once life, astionaut Michael J. McCulley said
will app: Tuesday night at Texas A&M.
ginninjiM ■McCulley was on campus to solicit
htll support for the American space pro-
Speaking to the Human Fac
tor Society, a student group inter
ested in designing technology for
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He said the explosion was the re
sult of poor design and engineering,
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While acknowledging the prob
lems NASA has with the shuttle pro
gram, McCulley also pointed out the
successes credited to it. He called the
24 missions prior to Challenger tech
nological wonders, citing scientific
advances made during shuttle mis
sions.
“We found water in Ethiopia and
manufactured a new drug that may
make a tremendous impact on dia
betes research,” he said.
Reviewing the 26-year history of
NASA’s manned space programs in
the filled lecture hall, the Navy pilot
stressed how far human dynamics
have come since the early days of the
Mercury program. The first seven
American astronauts were chosen
because of their small stature. They
had to fit into a tiny space capsule.
“They were small men physically,
but they had huge hearts and coura
ge,” he said.
The 6-foot-1-inch shuttle pilot
said today’s astronauts are self-start
ers and generalists who are capable
of working outside their areas of ex
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McCulley said fixing problems
with the shuttle is NASA’s top prior
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will be operational by NASA direc
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He also discussed other long-
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“Humans will never be satisfied
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