To the editor:

I wish to comment on the articles that your paper has printed concerning why Kansas University students take longer than four years to graduate. I wish to help KU find some clues.

First: Completely incompetent advising has caused student delays, sometimes serious ones. KU’s advisers seem to have no clue as to what classes students should take. This is not just me complaining; even the rating surveys confirm the miserable student advising at KU. I even know of students that received tuition refunds because of bad advice given by their advisers.

Second: There exists a lack of classes offered in the core areas, especially in the laboratory sciences. Don’t believe me? Just try to enroll in a biochemistry lab, second level communications class or how about statistics? Maybe you can get in at night at the Edwards campus.

Third: Because of the lack of classes and the ever-increasing tuition costs, students won’t just take any class to fill up hours so they take less than 15 hours and are delayed in graduation.

Fourth: Every year thousands of students enrolled at KU either don’t get accepted or can’t make the minimum requirements for admission to one of the professional schools. These students then linger at KU either finding a new major or just stay and take a few classes hoping to get in the next year. Either way, these students may stay longer than four years.

So KU here are the clues. Now, go find the solutions.

Warren Quillin,

Lawrence