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It gave them a chance to see what researching was like, he said, and a chance to learn through experience instead ol only through lectures and textbooks. The center's research teams con sisted ol two faculty members and three to live undergraduate students at each school that was tested, he said. The center started the project in cooperation with the Nebraska De partment of Education, he said. Re search teams conducted tests at about 40 different schools across Nebraska, he said. Sharing the research results bene fits the center by improving commu nication between the center and the rest of Nebraska’s communities, Wand/ilak said. The researchers at the center compared their test results with the national average determined by the National Children’s and Youth Fit ness Test to see how lit Nebraska students were. Wand/ilak said the research showed that Nebraska stu dents were in better than average shape until about age 16. Students in the 7th and 9th grades did better than average in all compa rable tests. Students in the 11 th grade performed below average on the sit and-reach test and males did below average on the chin-up test. Students’ physical fitness might be declining at around age 16, he said, because most of them arc done w ith their physical education require ments. Nebraska high school students arc required to take one year of physi cal education. The center’s research is available to Nebraska schools. Wand/ilak said that if the Nebraska schools use the results, they could improve their physical education programs. Nothing will be forced on the schools, but hopefully the schools will use the research to benefit their students, he said. When profs fail UNL students suffer By Victoria Ayotte Senior Reporter Professors failing to meet dead lines for reporting grades can create problems for some University of Ncbraska-Lincoln students, said Ted Pfeifer, director of Registration and Records. Students on academic probation may need to know a grade in order to meet academic requirements which will allow them to continue classes at UNL. “In that case, it would be an unfair situation,” he said. However, Pfeifer said, those stu dents affected arc not dismissed until the missing grade is known. Don Gregory, director of the Divi sion of Continuing Studies, said complications can occur when grade reports for students on academic pro bation are not figured into the semes ter’s grade report. Students who face dismissal should be most concerned that all grades have been figured into their semester and cumulative grade point averages, Gregory said. If appropri c grades have not been figured into those reports, he said, second semes ter classes automatically will be cancelled. Those students who arc affected by unreported grades may go through an appeal process, Gregory said. The first step is to contact their adviser, he said. Students who are on academic probation, but do nol face dismissal, do nol need to be as concerned, he said. Their grades will be figured into a revised grade report which is pub lished two weeks after grade reports are given out, he said. Pfeifer said he did not know how many students were affected by late and missing grade reports in previous years. Professors turn in final grades dcpending on the day the final exam i - nation of the class was given, Pfeifer said. The grades arc due five days after the class’ final exam, excluding weekends and holidays. A significant number of faculty do not turn in grades on lime, Pfeifer said. But most grades have been re ported by the time grade cards go to press to be printed, he said. Pfeifer said that usually, about six grade rosters arc turned in after grade point averages have been figured for grade reports. Students receive a no report or N/ R on the grade report if grades for a particular class haven't been turned in, he said. 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