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Friday, February 2, 1968
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The U goes high-rise
The University's next high-rise struc
ture, Oldfather Hall, will be completed by
next semester, Noel Smith, construction
engineer, said Thursday.
The new building, located between
Burnett Hall and Bessey Hall, will con
sist of classrooms and faculty offices.
The first three floors will be devoted
to classroom space. The remaining nine
Experimental Econ
evaluation awaiting
Forms, questionnaires and
evaluation sheets abound in
stacks cn the desk of F.
Charles Lamphear, coordina
tor of an experimental Eco
nomics 11 class.
Lamphear, assistant profes
sor of economics, distributed
and received over 4,000 forms
and tests from a group of
230 students taking Econ. 11
in the no-lecture experiment.
The first semester class,
which was conducted only
with the aid of a reading as
signment sheet and special
question sessions, has been
discontinued this semester to
allow the department to an
alyze its effectiveness.
Discontinuation of the class
was not based on it's success
or failure, Lamphear said
the department intended to
conduct the erperiment on a
one semester basis.
Although the majority of
the data has not been ana
lyzed, Lamphear and Dr.
Campbell McConnell, origina
tor of the class, both stated
the lectureless median scores
were equal or slightly higher
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than other classes. The lec
tureless classes also aver
aged a two to three points
higher score than did the de
partments new T-V lecture
sessions.
Lamphear said he used the
same curve for both classes
although he originally intend
ed to raise the T-V lecture's
curve about that of the volun
teer experimental group.
Considering the lectureless
session's higher median
Lamphear said, "I actually
should have used a higher
curve for the lectureless ses
sion." He also noted that the ex
perimental group's higher
median could not have been
due to higher intelligence as
the student's average grades
were equal to those of the oth
er classes.
Lamphear offered one ex
planation for the lectureless
class' higher median. "T h e
students knew the course
was an experiment, something
now. They might have tried
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floors of the twelve story structure will
be offices.
The second and third floors of the
building will be connected to Bessey and
Burnett Halls by enclosed walkways.
Construction has been temporarily
slowed by winter weather, but it will re
sume this spring, Smith said.
course's
analysis
to outdo
themselves for this
reason.
Another factor Lamphear is
considering is the presence of
higher iniative in the volun
tary lectureless class. He
could make no definite state
ments on this factor because
the atonomy forms to deter
mine students' iniative have
not been analyized as of yet.
Lamphear intends to eval
uate the variation in the class
es' ability to solve analytical
and conceptional exam ques
tions. He also wants to com
pare the NU's experimental
class to those of other col
leges that used the same bat
tery of tests in the course.
The students' opinions of
the class are also waiting
evaluation, but Lamphear felt
the students were deeply in
terested in the new method.
From talking to students, he
estimated at least 10-15 of
the students wanted the ex
periment to be extended to
the Economics 12 course.
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The chairmanship of the
Faculty Evaluation Booklet
Committee has remained va
cant because ASUN has been
looking for "someone who
could carry ideas with imag
ination and creativity," Gene
Pokorny, ASUN firrt vice
president said Thursday.
Commenting on the recent
delay in appointing a com
mittee chairman Pokorny
said, Student Senate indicated
in DecemDer it wamea a
new book from a new per
son."
The executive committee
looked for three weeks, he
said, but was unable to locate
a person willing to spend the
necessary time, it tnen wok
the issue to Student Senate
which decided the present procedure.
AAUP statement on dissent
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Some of the issues the
document deals with are the
right to dissent in the class
room, protection from unfair
grading, freedom to form
whatever organizations the
students wish, and the con
fidentiality of student rec
ords.
Two committees at the
University are presently
studying the problem of stu
dent rights: the Chancellor's
Committee on Student Rights
and the AAUP Committee on
Student Rights. Neither has
come out with definite state
ments yet.
In a paper prepared for
study in the AAUP commit
tee by Crompton, several Uni
versity disciplinary mea
sures were found not in ac
cordance with the Joint
Statement.
"Records important"
The confidential s t a t u s of
student records is "most im
portant," he said. While the
Joint Statement says that
transcripts should only con
tain information about aca
demic status, University tran
scripts are marked "indefi
nate suspension" when a stu
dent is expelled for miscon
duct.
"Exclusion from higher
education is so drastic a sanc
tion that we ought to be very
wary of imposing it, said
Crompton.
The Joint Statement furth
er says the student should be
allowed to request a hearing
before the Student Tribunal
when disciplinary action is
being taken against him. At
present, states the paper,
"it rests at the discretion of
passed a resolution to appoint
a new chairman for the Eval
uation Committee within the
next ten days.
Chairman chosen
Porkony stated the chair
man had been hosen and
would be announced at the
Senate meeting next Wednes
day. "I'm waiting for Dick
Schulze, (ASUN president), to
return to Lincoln from Wash
ington, D.C., before I an
nounce the appointment," he
said.
According to Tom Morgan,
former Faculty Evaluation
Booklet Committee chairman,
the delay of appointment of
a chairman was understood
by Senate to be due to pro
posals to put the Faculty
Evaluation Booklet under con
the office of the Dean of Stu
dents whether or not a student
shall have a hearing . . ."
The Dean of Students need
not accept the recommenda
tion of the tribunal, but may
himself impose penalties. The
Joint Statements requires
that "The decision of the hear
ing committee should be fi
nal, subject only to the stu
dent's right of appeal . . ."
While there is no formal
rule requiring that the stu
dent be advised of changes
brought against him by the
Student Tribunal, Crompton
said that this was one of the
most important details in the
students receiving a fair
trial.
The Joint Statement re
quires that the student be as
fully aware as possible of the
charges against him.
The document also insures
against "double jeopardy."
It states: "Institutional au
thority should never be used
merely to duplicate the func
tion of general laws."
At present the Student Tri
bunal hears cases disposed of
by the civil courts. The AAUP
committee paper questions
whether such an of f e n s e
merits the attention of the
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Because you're dealing with bigger problems, the
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Giants just naturally seem to attract top professionals.
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Because there's more to do, you'll learn more. In
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trol of Publications Board.
The Student Senate bill
which reads, "be it resolved:
that the ASUN Senate begin
negotiations with the Univer
sity Committee on Student
Publications for the purpose
of placing the Faculty Eval
uation Booklet under its jur
isdiction," plus following dis
cussion on the topic, Morgan
said, gave the impression to
senators that this was not a
long-range plan.
I was content to wait for
the appointment because,
should Pub Board adopt the
evaluation book, chairman
ship appointment would fall
under Pub Board and not the
Senate, Morgan said.
After Christmas vacation
certain contradictions to this
plan became evident, Mor
gan said. The executive com
mittee was looking for a
Tribunal after court action.
"The whole temper of the
academic community is
switching over," Crompton
said, "but acceptance of the
Joint Statement will be "step
by step."
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chairman and the Pub Board
negotiations were definitely
long-range, he explained.
Plans complete next year
Pokorny said plans to put
the evaluation booklet under
Pub Board are definitely
long range and would not be
completed until next year.
The process will first in
clude revision of the Pub
Board itself. Negotiations will
then be mad"1 concerning the
evaluation booklet.
Commenting on the "valu
able, time" that has elapsed
during the delay, Morgan
said, "Assuming that an at
tempt will be made to eval
uate all instructors, as I be
lieve should be done, I can't
see how an evaluation book
can be published by next fall."
Reasons for problems
The former Faculty Evalu
ation Booklet Committee
chairman gave two reasons;
"One semester to do the job
"if a booklet is wanted next
fall, it would be composed of
this semester's evaluations
plus revisions and its worth
would be questionable."
Hindsight is not difficult,
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Pokorny said. "If we had
known at the beginning that;
we would not have been able'
to find someone who could
fill our ideals for a chairman,!
W2 would not have looked, and
the time would not have been'
wasted." j
Pokorny also said he does
not think the situation is that
grave and he believes a bock-1
let can still be ready for next:
fall. j
"I know how much work is
in that booklet and I don't
think it's irr..ossible to do
now," said Pokorny. J
Pokorny listed three main
objectives of the committee.!
They first need to rewrite the i
nnaire which could be done
in an auernoon, ne saia
suggesting that the commit
tee obtain assi ance from
the psychology department.
They must next find some
means of distribution, he con
tinued, and third, they should
find some means of evalua
tion from the graduate stu
dents. IN
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