ASUN tries
This is the second article of
a four-part series on
educational reform channels
available to UNL students.
Today's segment deals with
channels in ASUN.
"Most students at the
University, although
disappointed with the
education system, don't know
exactly what the problem is
and won't take the time to
change."
ROBIN WEST, until
recently in charge of the ASUN
Center for Educational Change
in the Nebraska Union, said she
would like the Center to make
an organized effort to talk to
students . about problems and
changes.
The Center, with a $1,150
budget, functions as a
reasource center oh education
and as an aide to the ASUN
Educational Reform
Committee, she said.
The 1 5-member Educational
Reform Committee is studying
some of the educational
innovation's on campus and the
avenues for instituting
innovation before submitting
any proposals, according to
chairman John Theisen, ASUN
Senator.
THE COMMITTEE expects
to formulate a philosophy and
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goals by Christmas, he added,
although some priorities were
established in October.
The committee will attempt
to change the grading structure
of the University to an
A,B,C-Incomplete system,
Theisen said. This would give
the student with a grade below
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A minor innovation would
be to expand the Pass-Fail
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system. However, "the
opposition to a Pass-Incomplete
system is tremendous,"
he said, and would involve
extensive teacher-student
evaluation.
OTHER AREAS being
explored by the committee are
the feasibility of Drop and Add
all semester and seminars or
programs of study for
freshmen instead of the current
indroductory course load.
The Education committee
set up freshmen seminars this
semester attended by about
100 students. Theisen said the
committee would like to
expand the program to include
more departmentS) in the
University.
The Education committee
set up freshmen seminars this
semester that were attended by
about 100 students. Theisen
said the committee would like
to expand the program to
include more departments in
the University.
A proposal is being studied
which would provide for the
hiring of educational advisers
to inform freshmen and
sophomores of the alternative
programs available, such as
integrated studies and
independent study, he said.
SINCE ABOUT 70 per cent
of the students take courses in
the College of Arts and
Sciences, the committee will
direct its efforts toward that
college, Theisen said.
He added that it's
"probably the most innovative
and easiest college to work
with."
The committee intends to
make people aware that some
graduate schools, by receiving a
disproportionate amount of
funds, are hurting
undergraduate, departments,
Theisen said.
BECAUSE OF the large
number of students in Arts and
Sciences, Theisen said the
University should allot more
funds to the college. More
funds would enable the college
to hire more professors and
reduce the class size, he added.
This semester the
committee, along with the
Center, operates the Bitch Line
to answer student complaints
about the University's
education system.
The committee's record in
the past includes helping to set
up Centennial College,
freshmen seminars, Pass-Fail
system and publicity to expand
the independent study
program.
Tomorrow: educational
reform via Free University.
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