Show Salt Lake Community College A school in transition Growth is often painful The metamorphosis metamorphosis metamorphosis from a school of trades to a community community community com com- college challenges administration administration administration ad ad- ministration and staff with what appears at first glance to be widely divergent and conflicting conflicting conflicting con con- interests The transition to a broad- broad based academic curriculum stretches less than abundant resources while dropping enrollment threatens the very existence of some technical programs The Horizon feels that the dichotomy between technical and academic disciplines is largely artificial We feel that together they represent a synergistic strength and should not be viewed as a battle to be won or lost Within them we see an unequalled opportunity for students to explore and expand expand expand ex ex- horizons horizons education education in the most classical classical classical clas clas- sense Many students know only that they want to learn uncertain learn uncertain as to precisely what they j w want nt their education to finally encompass F For this rea reason we Ve see the arbitrary boundaries bounI boundaries boun boun- I dar daries es between our pur o r various schools as damaging as the imaginary chasm separating separating separating ing the academic and technical worlds We challenge anyone to demonstrate why with few exceptions any class available available available avail avail- able on campus should not be acceptable to every AA or AS program We question a system system tem that allows credit for the making of a clay pot yet holds as irrelevant the construction construction construction tion of a home In the inverse we wonder why a knowledge of music art or literature should be any less necessary for the plumber than for the engineer who designs the pipe The Horizon understands full well that constraints on what constitutes a general education are dictated from many sources The shaping of curriculum to meet those criteria however lies well within the bailiwick of each division chair Our emergence as Utah's third largest institution institution institution in in- of higher learning offers both promise and challenge The promise is of greater influence on the shape of Utah's education Our challenge is to lead the way |