The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 16, 1996, Image 7

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Campus
Page 7 • The Battalion
Day care
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second location for students who want
to contract with a facility on a part-
“We have a student-needs assess
ment in the works. We have just
scratched the surface — the Universi
ty has no idea how many students are
married, let alone have children."
Osters said the task force’s goal is
to create a nationally certified day
care center that provides both educa
tional and recreational opportunities
for children.
Faculty members have been a dri
ving force behind the proposal, and
staff members have done extensive
surveys, all of which suggest the 150-
child maximum set for the full-time
day-care center could easily be filled.
Diane Kaplan, deputy speaker of
the Faculty Senate and an assistant
visiting professor in the department of
curriculum and instruction, said peo
ple have been lobbying for day care at
A&M for at least 23 years. where the greatest need lies for each
Tpi working with people now that age group of children,
were on committees for day care in the Stepheni Moore, president of the
Graduate Student
"We have just scratched the surface — the Counci1 an <j a meteo-
’ rology graduate stu-
University has no idea how many students dent, said day care
are married, let alone have children." Xh
— Sandi Osters graduate students and
assistant to the vice president for student affairs their families.
Moore, who was ap
pointed to the presi-
’70s,” Kaplan said. “There is a recog- dent’s task force, said graduate stu-
nized need ... we are now looking at dent enrollment has dropped about 10
percent in the last five years, costing
the University $14 million dollars in
state funds.
She said the day-care center may
help to attract and keep graduate stu
dents with families if the center oper
ates at affordable rates.
Moore said that although there has
been cooperation between administration
and the GSC, she is dissatisfied that the
current day-care plan allows for only 50
students to utilize the facility.
“This is a start, but by no means a so
lution,” she said. “Fifty students is just a
drop in the bucket.”
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