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The UNL registration office is one place where each
student is treated as a name instead of a number,
according to Tony Schkade, assistant director of registra
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"Even a paper document, such as a course request, is
always referred to as a 'student' by the clerical staff,
which probably reflects the attitude of the peopl? behind
the scenes," Schkade said. ,
Fifteen people are directly involved in the registration
process, he said. Although it takes 24 to 36 hours to
process the average registration, it is 350 days from the
time the schedule of classes is made until the last student
is registered, he said.
From the time a registration is deposited in the slot at
the bursar's office until the printed registration is sent
to the student, every attempt is made to keep the registra
tions in the order in which they were received, he said.
"If I were to suggest anything to a student, it would be
never to miss an early request date," Schkade said. "A
difference of even one place can make a difference."
When a registration is received by the bursar, it is stamped
with the date and the $25 deposit is removed. The course
requests are then sorted into numbered packets of 200
ad delivered to the registration office, he said.
Students at fault
Most errors in UNL registration are "logical mistakes
made by students in filling out the course request," said
Tony Schkade, assistant director of registration.
The most frequent errors made are entering an
incorrect call number, omitting a required lab or recita
tion and registering for a time conflict, he said.
Schkade said the computers make few errors. However,
addresses may be incorrect or a crease in the form may be
read as a mark. Folded sheets usually are copied over in
the registration office, he said. -
Tve found that most time conflicts occur when the
student didn't read the call number straight across," he
said. "We try to catch this in editing so that as many
students as possible will get the right courses in the
beginning."
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A clerk at the registration office skims the course
requests for minor errors such as failure to enter a Socisl
Security number, a last name, a call number or the
number of credit hours. , .
"Students may hate the idea of always having to give
their Social Security number, but using" the name only
would probably double tuition," Schkade said.
After the coruss requests are checked, the information
is forwarded to an optical scanner which transfers the
information to computer tape and then, according to
Schksde, "comes the real hitch."
Each course request is assigned a number which
determines the order in which the request will be filled
by the computer, he said. Graduate students and seniors
are assigned a first priority number. Juniors usually will
be given one of the highest numbers in the second priority
along with freshmen and sophomores, while students
registering after their priority deadline are given a third
priority number.
The number of available spaces and
enrollments for each class are listed in a "course request
demand analysis," Schkade said. The computer auto
matically programs a student's first class choices unless a
conflict arises. '
If student requests for a class exceed the number of
available class spaces, adjustments may be made, he said.
The department head may decide to raise the limit on a
class or open new sections, permitting more requests for
the class to be filled.
While demand and analysis is being carried out, the
course requests are "edited and unscrambled," he said.
The student's history of enrollment is checked to 'make
sure he has been admitted to the university and that there
is no hold on his admission.
. The course requests are edited for errors, such as
registering for the same course twice or failing to register
for a required lab or recitation, he said.
Next, hi the leveling" process, all the available courses
are filtered through the student data stored in the com
puter. If a class is filled, the computer automatically con
siders any alternative section of the course which will
fit into the schedule, whether it is listed on the course
request or not, Schkade said.
If none of the sections fit into the schedule the
computer considers a different class registered by the
student as an alternate, he said. The computer wiH not
register a student for a time conflict,
Time conflicts that appear on a printed registration
come about because the department has changed the
course time after the printout," he said
At this point, the registration is printed out and sent to
the student, Schkade said. If a student has missed early
registration, he must go through general registration
which, according to Schkade,. "leaves you open for the
leftovers." . .
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Photo by Ted Kfck
Bound computer printouts, shown in the fore
ground, list students whose pre-registration forms
are incorrect or incomplete about 4203 of the
133&3 pre-iegistrations received by Tuesday. Vir
ginia &2cCocnc3, registration superintendent,
checks the forms.
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