A History Department Faces Larger Classes, Fewer Visitors, and Less Travel

By THOMAS BARTLETT

For a scholar who studies the past, Kenneth J. Cmiel is spending a lot of his time lately worrying about the future.

As chairman of the University of Iowa's history department, Mr. Cmiel faces some unpleasant realities. His department is short four professors and has lost two teaching assistants, while enrollment is at a record...

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