Tuesday, March 10, 1998
Community Briefs
BRIEFS:
Couples can find solace in new workshops
The UCLA Extension program will offer series of workshops on
"Couples Therapy" for the spring.
The 12-session course addresses therapy for those suffering from
premarital and marital separation, divorce and remarriage. The
workshops will meet on Thursdays, April 2 to June 25.
Lecture topics include "Narcissism and Intimacy" on April 2,
"Sex Therapy in Couples Therapy" on April 23, and "Alcohol, Drugs
and Marriage Don’t Work" on June 18.
The program provides 24 credit hours that can be applied for
psychologists and counselors seeking a license. It costs $175 to
attend and $195 to attend for MCEP and MFCC/LCSW credit. Others may
drop in at the cost of $22 per individual session.
The UCLA Extension program will offer other programs that offer
credit for health care professionals in the spring.
To obtain more information or enroll, interested people may call
UCLA Extensions’ Health Science Program at (310) 825-2301 or access
the UCLA Extension Web Site at http://www.unew.ucla.edu.
Asian American Studies minor now offered
The Asian American Studies Interdepartmental Program has created
a new minor to replace the current specialization that has existed
in the program for over 10 years.
Adding only one more class to the course requirements for the
minor, the upgrade is still a significant one. Qualitatively, a
minor carries much more weight than the specialization, according
to Cindy Fan, chair of the Asian American Studies Program.
The minor was established to meet the growing demands of
non-Asian American studies majors who wanted to pursue a background
in the study of Asian and Pacific people in the United States.
Applications to the minor are being accepted as of Winter 1998.
The change formally signifies the end of the Asian American Studies
specialization.
Survey shows more women attend college
Women used to go to college to find a husband. They were told to
major in fields such as home economics that would help them succeed
at home. Gender discrimination wasn’t even prohibited in education
until 1972.
Times have changed. Women have been a majority at most
universities for more than a decade. Their proportion in the
student population now closely mirrors society.
"More women are involved in programs; more women are actively
involved," said Rebecca Peatow, Women’s Center office manager. "I
see more women in the classroom."
In fact, more women are going to college nationwide than men.
Recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics found that 36 percent of
female high school graduates between 18 and 24 years old went to
college in 1994. Only 33.1 percent of men in the same group
went.
Those percentages have remained stable in the 1990s. Safety can
factor into the college decision for those women, Peatow said. The
ASUO Women’s Center answered several calls after the Student
Conduct Code was revised to strengthen its anti-rape rules. Parents
wanted to know if the changes indicated a growing problem.
But traces of the old inequalities still exist in the majors men
and women choose. Men dominate the hard sciences, business and
computer science. Women dominate the fields of education,
psychology and biology.
Recent studies have shown that teachers often give girls less
attention than boys, said Marjorie DeBuse, director of youth
enrichment with the College of Education. According to the studies,
boys often clamor for attention in elementary school, demanding
their teacher’s attention.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff and wire reports.