Show Office Administration Is Undergoing New Changes by Robert Journalism The office administration department department department depart depart- ment is undergoing some changes for the better according to Marian Aylett department instructor Those now entering the program will be required to take one quarter of preparatory classes which consists consists consists con con- of beginning type business mathematics communications skills reading skills and record keeping Although the classes are arell all ll transferable non-transferable Aylett feels they are needed because they will better enable the students to meet challenges of the more difficult courses The program is also adding n new w classes such as machine transcript record keeping and personal typing Aylett points out out- that with recent changes in office work these new programs have become a necessity The present shorthand course will also be replaced by a speed writing program She said that ing is easier to grasp because it doesn't use unfamiliar symbols but merely uses the alphabet as a found found- Apparently there have been high dropout ratios in the shorthand classes It is hoped this new class will eliminate this problem |