Wednesday, may 3, 1978
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Roskens may lead delegation to China
NU President Ronald Roskens has heen asked tn mn
sider leading a Nebraska delegation to China next sum
mer. The delegation would travel to China to become aware
of a culture few Americans have visited. Roskens said.
"It would be a cultural in-depth trip," Roskens said.
"The group would visit universities, schools and agricul
tural areas and other places of interest."
Roskens stressed that the trip is not definite. Restric
tions placed on trips to China by the Chinese government
must be considered, he said. The group size has been lim
ited to only 96 people, he explained.
Interest in the trip must also be determined, Roskens
said. However, early indications show "there is little
doubt that 96 people will be able to take the trip, Ros
kens said, which will cost about $2,000 for two weeks.
Roskens said the trip was suggested by the Director of
International Education at Kent State University. Roskens,
who was a Kent State administrator before coming to
Nebraska said he previously has led delegations to the
Soviet Union through the Center. He said he always has
wanted to lead a group to China.
Roskens said anyone may go on the trip. Interested
parties should contact the president's office at Regents
Hall.
Final decision on the trip will be made in mid-July,
he said.
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Few UNL students appeal
grades to college boards
In these days of grade inflation, very
few -students are willing to pay the price
for change.
Each college has a grade appeals com
mittee, and most have appeals committees
within departments, but students' appeals
are at a minimum.
Al Dittmer, UNL ombudsman, said each
college is required to have a grade appeals
committee under the NU Regents bylaws.
He said he would guess that such commit
tees existed before, but that some colleges
formed committees after students filed
complaints.
Although participation is limited,
Dittmer said he thinks the grade appeal
committee is effective.
In many cases, compromise is tbe
answer, Dittmer said.
When students come to his office with a
grade complaint, Dittmer's first sugges
tion is that they try to settle the disagree
ment with the instructor. If that does
not work, he said his office will help stu
dents prepare their appeal.
Procedures differ among colleges, he
said, but generally administrators try to
avoid having the student and instructor
appear at the same time because direct
confrontation could be uncomfortable.
Ted Hartung, dean of the College of
Agriculture, said each department has its
own committee and if the problem can
not be handled there it is appealed to a
university wide committee.
Hartung said the faculty makes grading
policies clear at the beginning of the se
mester, which is one reason the appeals
committee is not used extensively.
Max Larsen, College of Arts and Sci
ences dean, also said the grading appeals
committee is effective. He said students are
encouraged to first consult their instruc
tors, then appeal to the grading appeals
committee within the department and
finally to the overall committee for the
college.
Larsen said the system's effectiveness is
shown by the fact only three cases were
appealed to the university-wide commit
tee from April 1977 to April 1978.
Teacher's College also has appeals com
mittees in each department and not many
students use the university side commit
tee, according to Ronald Joekel, associate
dean.
He said few appeals are brought to the
universitywide committee because few stu
dents are failing and it is not "worth the
hassle" for most students.
The students have a responsibility to un
cover data to support their position and
most students are not willing to do it, he
said.
The architecture department has had
one appeal in four years, according to
William Speese, associate professor.
He said the committee tries to resolve
the problem by working with the student
and professor. If that is not effective, the
appeal is made to the department commit
tee where it is recorded by a secretary.
A College of Architecture appeals com
mittee does exist but Speese said he can
not remember its being used.
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