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By Carlin Lockee
School of Journalism
It used to be that a student's grades
said something about him. Now,
however, students grades are saying
something about the instructor and
some feel what is being said isn't very
good.
Regent Robert Prokop of Omaha
calls students the product of the
faculty. And, he said, the products
issuing from the faculty at the
University of Nebraska are at best
mediocre.
Prokop bases his conclusion on a
report he assembled recently concerning
the all-University grade point average
(GPA). He said there has been a
significant rise - in fact, a drastic rise
in the last five years in the accumulated
GPA.
Grading change
Even though within the last five
years the University has had a
changeover in grading methods, other
factors must be considered to explain
the rise, Prokop said.
In 1968, the University changed
from a four-point grading system to a
nine-point system. This gave a numerical
value to any plus grades received by the
student.
Soon after that, the passfail method
of taking a course was introduced.
Gerald Bowker, director of academic
services, said any changes in the GPA
over the last five years are due mainly to
the popularity of this system. From
1968 to 1972, the number of students
registering for a course passfail
increased from 300 to 3,000
Rise explanation
The plus system and passfail, along
with removal of a D or a F grade by
retaking a course, seem to explain the
rise in the GAP. However, Prokop takes
" ' i ' " ' nt- m 'M t it i t
University salaries were
raised on July 1 when the new
fiscal year began. After the
salary increase 11 University
employees were earning
$40,000 or more a year.
Another 71 employes were
salaried at $30,000 or above.
Twelve of these 82 top-paid
staff members are from UNL;
three work at UNO, and five
work with the University-wide
administration.
The remaining 62 employes
earning $30,00 or more work
at the Medical Center.
Shubik, P.
Ecklund, R.
Sparks, R.
Wilson, W.
Kugol, R.
Dettman, P.
Varner, D.
Land, F.
Hodgson, P,
Shipp, J.
Wingard, D.
Hood, T.
Eaton, M.
Messer, R,
Osborne, R.
Hobson, M
Neville, H.
Redding, J.
Roskens, R.
Zumborge, J
Starr, P.
Fellman, A.
Fusaro, R.
Records, R.
Yarington, C.
Ho I singer, J.
Skultcty, M.
Blanchard, R.
$2,300 $48,450
47,400
2,100 44,100
1,344 43,344
2,025 42,575
1,312 42,312
2,000 42,000
1,296 41,796
1,200 41.200
1.249 40,449
40,000
606 39,387
1,144 39,053
1,653 38,953
1,200 38,866
1,800 37,800
1,800 37,800
2.200 3 7,800
1,800 37,800
1,800 37,800
1,233 37,483
37,000
1,139 36,739
1,139 36,739
3,970 36,030
833 35,833
1.201 35,791
1,000 35,72b
. 1,107 35,707
562 35,618
2,075 35,603
G.2,191 35,200
1,088 35,088
35,000
1.250 34,250
1,500 34,200
33,849
1,04 8 33,748
1.329 33.6G4
33,600
1,500 33,500
1. 1,580 33,422
1,900 33,110
1,024 33.024
3,000 33,000
Friedlander, W,
Eliot, R.
Bart ho low, G.
Van Leeuwen,
Toronto, N.
Bach, S.
Pearson, P.
Barione, F,
Burrows, W.
Gilmore, J.
Ellirigson, R.
Cromwell, N.
Trotter, V.
Ruwiamiir, W.
Koefoot, T.
Bradley, R.
it one step further.
Prokop calls university teaching a
prestige battle among faculty members.
He said faculty members must "make
the grade by the time they're 40." By
that' time they must have proved their
worth by their scholary research and
output of commendable students.
However, the student grading
procedures used by instructors seem to
be based not on the output of the
student, but on the chances for
advancement and prestige for the
instructor himself, Porkop said.
Students evaluate
The only way an instructor's
teaching methods can be judged is by
student evaluation of the teacher. And
to get a popular rating from the
students, the teacher must give high
grades, Prokop said.
However, he said, in the years to
come the student won't remember his
grades, but the instructor who taught
him the most "Whereas I might be
easier on the students myself if I wanted
a pay raise or a oain in prestige," Prokop
said, "it's not giving the student what
he's paying for."
Prokop added that this subject was
not his responsibility, but he felt he
should call it to the attention of the
faculty to "stimulate the faculty
members to re-evaluate and see if their
grading procedures are what they
want"
Average salaries
The University faculty salary scale is
average for the Big Eight schools. But
Prokop said that an evaluation by the
American Council in Education placed
the University of Nebraska lowest in the
Big Eight in education standards for
graduate courses. He suggested that this
indicates faculty salaries are not
commensurate with metit.
30,000 mark
Long, W. 3,000 33,000
Musselman, M. 1,150 32,750
Blose, I. 800 32,652
Harmon, D. 600 32,600
Cuka, D. 3,731 32,331
Miscia, V. 500 32,300
Davis, C. - 32,166
McFadden, H. 1,096 32,146
Sellers, R. 1,510 32,110
Egbert, R. 1,500 32,000
Frolik, E. 1,900 32,000
Rigby, P. 1,500 32,000
Scott, J. 1,700 31,700
German, J. - 31,685
Eaton, L 407 31,667
Keller, J. 1,650 31,650
Schripsema, R. 1,500 31,300
Harned, R. 970 31,470
McWhorter, C. 1,500 31,300
Dobry, C. 968 31,268
Hubble, K. 1,050 31,250
McBride,J. 1,200 31,200
Kass, I. 600 31,160
Ferlic, R. 1,100 31,100
Lemon, Henry 470 31,070
Donaldson, J. 1,050 31,050
Haskins, F. U00 31,000
Newland, J. 959 30,959
Fox, H. 1,000 30,900
Cooke, J. 600 30,600
Gretcr, H. 2,000 30,500
Breckbill, D. - 30,300
Gardner, C. 1,460 30,160
Anthony, H. 1,500 30,000
Beer, R. 1,000 30,000
Gaines, W. 1,400 30,000
Hanna, G. 1,500 30,000
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Because of the grading methods,
Prokop said he views the significant rise
in the GPA with skepticism. However,
Harry S. Allen, director of institutional
research and planning, said he hopes
grades have gone up.
Allen said that according to national
ability levels, in 1966, 67 per cent of
incoming freshmen at all universities
had a B or better average in high school.
But in 1972, the percentage had gone
up to 77.8.
More competent students
Bowker said that high schools are
turning out more competent, advanced
students than they did 10 years ago.
However, even with more
accomplished students, tho passfail
system, the plus system and removal of
a D or F grade, Bowker said that the
GPA hasn't risen much in the last five
years.
From 1967 to 1972 the second
semester accumulated average has
risen from 2.562 to 2.834, Bowker said.'
"That's from a C plus to a C plus," he
said, "and that isn't what I'd call a
significant rise."
Lewis F. Fowles, associate dean of
student academic services, said that the
GPA has gone up in universities all over
the country. He added that any study
done on grades shouldn't be limited to
the grade changes at just one university.
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"The GPA ought to be going up,"
Bowker said, "because the students are
better prepared and doing a better job."
'50 States'
at Sheldon
Are you afraid to take a
vacation because of the
gasoline shortage?
You can see the United
States at the Sheldon Art
Gallery through the
photosilkscreen images of
Larry Stark's portfolio entitled
"50 States." The exhibition is
on display through July 29.
Stark received a grant from
the Rhode Island School of
Design several years ago to
photograph the continental
United States. Since then he
has crossed the country several
times, stopping only to develop
his film and to make prints of
his travels.
A portfolio of 50 prints,
one for each state, is the
product of his transcontinental
trips.
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