Study shows
CEP successful
by GARY SEACREST
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Take two groups of equally
talented University students.
The main difference between
them is that one group was in
the Centennial College last year
while the other was not.
What effect did the ex
perimental, coed, residential
college have on the students
after a year? s
The Centennial students were
more intellectually curious,
more tolerant of new ideas, did
less formal dating, and were
more liberal (socially and
politically) than their coun
terparts in the regular
Universfty at the end of the
year.
The greatest success of the
College was the social and living-learning
environment. The
academic aspects of the pro
gram were less successful.
These were some of the fin
dings of an evaluation of the
Centennial College by Robert
D. Brown, an educational
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Service.
The one-year old Centennfal
Education Program (CEP) was
intended to establish a living
learning atmosphere in which
classes were held in the same
building as the living quarters.
The Centennial Course, a core
of six hours offered on an op
tional pass-fail basis, em
phasized group and in
dependent work on self-selected
topics related to a central
theme.
"In its first year the CEP
succeeded in becoming a com
munity, and though not
its participants became
scholars, some progress was
made," remarked Brown.
"This is not a small achieve
ment for the first year of a new
venture."
Although the program was
not Intended to be, an, honors
program, Brown said" It came
to resemble one in many areas.
He found that last year's
Centennial freshmen were
significantly brighter and more
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The greatest success ... of the Centennial College last year was the
social and living-learning environment.
receptive to a living-learning
experience than the typical NU
freshmen.
The educational psychologist
said student performance in the
Centennial course was quite
variable. More students were
deeply involved in their CEP
subject and more students
performed at less than an ac
ceptable level than might be
expected in other regular
courses.
Students also told Brown that
the Centennial course was easy
and relatively few said that the
faculty pushed them to work
hard.
There were a substantial
number of Centennial students
who did not become actively
involved in the program, ac
cording to Brown. He said the
College was most successful for
the outgoing, verbal, and-or
upperclass students.
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Despite the number of unin
volved students, Brown labeled
the College as "a warm,
friendly place, which added a
definite personalized dimension
to the collegiate experience of
these students.
Brown also reported that
Centennial freshmen were less
bored with their first year
university experience than
freshmen in the' "regular
university.
Centennial students were
more enthusiastic about the
program's faculty than
freshmen in the total Universi
ty, according to Brown. Despite
this some 40 per cent of the
CEP freshmen indicated they
had no personal relationship
with any CEP teacher.
Brown attributed the door in
formal dating to the presence
of a common lounge and
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classroom areas which provid
ed greater opportunity for in
formal contacts between the
sexes. Significantly fewer
Centennial students reported
being engaged or going steady
at the end of the year than did
regular University students.
The Centennial College also
affected its faculty. Brown
reported that most of the
teachers believe they can never
teach the same way as they did
before last year's experience.
"I think the program was a
success and I feel it should be
continued," Brown said.
The enrollment of the College
has been expanded from 180
last semester to 240 this
semester. A second residential
college like Centennial is also
in the planning stages.
Robert Knoll, CEP director,
labeled Brown's report as
"good" and "favorable to the
program."
"When we started the pro
gram I had modest hopes,"
remarked Knoll. "Our real
success was that we didn't turn
the students off."
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THE NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1970