Business School Teaches Deans Administration

Approximately 80 deans from many of the nation's colleges began an intensive six-day course in administration at the Business School this weekend. Included among them was Dean Leighton of the College.

The program is sponsored by the national Association of Student Personnel Administrators, which had been assigned the problem, of educating and training deans.

The NASPA said that the functions and duties of a dean have changed considerably in recent years. He now has to be an expert on many phases of college life, in addition to his ordinary requirements that he be a sympathetic and understanding counselor and a just administrator.

Dean real Estate Manager

Included among the many abilities of the dean is real estate management. He is in charge of the buildings on the campus and the housing of student activities.

Housing of the students is compared to a commercial hotel venture, with the dean as general manager. He now also has a voice in athletics, involving hundreds and thousands of dollars in receipt and expenses.

The Association compares the dean who manages the fooding of the students to a restauranteur, and emphasizes the need for ability in human relations, because, due to the growth of the schools and the general scope of the dean's duties, he generally has a number of assistants working with him.

They summed up the duties of today's dean by saying that the must be a good administrator, able to recognize and analyze problems, determine issues seek pertinent facts, and make decisions under pressure. He must also be able to deal with other people.

Uses Case System

The experimental program s utilizing the Business School's case system, by which students are given the facts concerning a case, and formulate a course of action form them.

Case discussions are led by Edmund P. Learned '27, professor of Business Administration, and Kenneth R, Andrews associate professor of Business Administration, both of the Business School