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Senate
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Oxley said it would be too costly to
make a change from the university’s
9-point system.
The change would cause grading
inaccuracies and confusion, he said.
Under a system with more catego
ries, instructors would make more
errors in assigning grades, he said.
“There is a probable chance that
many of the grades will be inaccurate
ly reported,” he said.
But Ford disagreed. More grading
categories would allow instructors to
better evaluate graduate students, who
usually receive marks above a B, Ford
said.
“We really do need ways of distin
guishing some students from other
students at that level,” he said.
In addition, he said, more grade
categories would reduce the cost of
instructors’ mistakes.
“No one ever says the more grada
tions there are, the smaller the mis
takes will be,” he said.
James Griesen, vice chancellor for
student affairs, agreed with student
government members that changing
the grading system would entail costs.
Two grading systems would have
to be used in figuring grade point
averages and both systems would have
to be explained on transcripts, he said.
Oxley said that would confuse po
tential employers and graduate
schools.
But Ford said opponents of the
minus system were underestimating
the intelligence of employers and oth
er universities that dealt with different
grading systems everyday.
“The system we use here is only
used by 4 percent of the schools in the
country,” he said.
“I rely on the intelligence of the
employer (and schools),” Ford said. “I
don’t think it’s a problem.”
But Griesen said other costs were
involved.
The minus system would change
the value of letter grades, making a
B+, which is worth 3.5 grade points in
the current system, worth 3.33 points
in the minus system.
This change would force the uni
versity to reconsider scholarship and
academic policies, Griesen said.
“It can be done, but it’s not going to
be done without cost,” he said.
Legislature
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In other testimony, Massengale said
deferred maintenance was one of the
university’s biggest concerns.
“Deferred maintenance and infra
structure capabilities are items of
growing concern. The university falls
far short of repair ... needs,”
Massengale said.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chancellor Graham Spanier told the
committee that funds were needed to
remove asbestos from Burnett Hall
and to renovate Richards Hall.
Spanier said UNL tried to reallo
cate funds to address deferred mainte
nance problems, but the problems were
too large to be handled within the
university’s current budget.
“We have tens of millions of dol
lars ofdeferred maintenance ” Spanier
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Spanier said UNL also needed funds
to expand its outreach programs and
to continue developing informational
technology and distance education
programs. He also requested instruc
tional funds to lower class sizes by
offering more class sections.
UNL student regent Keith Benes
told senators he was concerned about
a trend toward students paying an
increasingly higher percentage of the
total cost of education.
Vision
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make great wealth,” he said.
Steward said students who consid
ered architecture received a broad
education—getting training not only
in mechanics of buildings, but also in
humanities. He said students would
have to deal with people as well as
drawings.
More than 50 people came to hear
the deans answer questions over lunch
at the Seward Chamber of Commerce
meeting.
In opening remarks, Steward said
university and world events dictated
what course the university would take.
“(The Vision Statement) is still in
draft form, and that’s why we’re here,”
Steward said. “There is nothing I can
emphasize more than this is your uni
versity.”
Other questions came about stories
of assistants teaching classes instead
of professors and foreign professors
that had difficulty speaking English.
Edwards said university officials
often heard similar stories. He said he
hoped the issue was historical, since
UNL chancellor Graham Spanier had
instituted language requirements for
foreign faculty.
Many people misconstrue teach
ing assistants with junior faculty mem
bers, Steward said. He said he would
not give an assistant the primary teach
ing role in a class.
“If anyone hears from a son or a
daughter that they are having this
kind of difficulty, the chancellor’s
office needs to know,” Steward said.
The tour moved about 30 miles
down the road to York, where 12
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Appropriations Committee
chairman
Benes said deferred maintenance
problems needed to be addressed.
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Chancellor Gladys Styles-Johnston
testified that several buildings on her
campus needed renovation funds.
Johnston called the condition of
Copeland Hall deplorable and said the
library’s ventilation was unacceptable.
Weber said his campus needed to
expand libraries, revamp its cooling
and heating system and repair the roof
on the engineering building.
Massengale said the university
would testify later in the session in
support of Waverly Sen. Jerome
Warner’s bill to allocate lottery reve
nue toward the university’s deferred
maintenance projects.
Massengale also said money was
needed to maintain funding for
EPSCoR, the Experimental Program
to Stimulate Competitive Research.
The university is required to match
federal funds.
people gathered in the Chances ‘R’
Restaurant.
The discussion ranged from tele
communication opportunities to ad
ditional stories about university prob
lems.
Edwards said telecommunications
offered UNLopportunities to transmit
classes to remote locations. The Col
lege of Agriculture transmitted an
agricultural marketing class via the
AGSAT satellite to more than 1,000
people nationwide.
“We have a lot of networks, but we
stiU have a long ways to go,” Edwards
said. “But it is costly.”
Woody Ziegler, a UNL graduate
student in education, said he would
like to see student fees increased and
have the money be put into telecom
munications.
bod Hose oi york, a memoer or rne
UNL Parents Association, said stories
of classes filling up kept some stu
dents from going to UNL.
But Hose said those stories were
mostly the fault of the students.
Edwards said those problems would
soon stop with the addition of the
telephone registration system.
“The feedback will be instant,” he
said. “In the past, there has been a lag
(in the) system.”
The lag, Edwards said, created
problems of classes filling up on se
niors about to graduate.
Steward said after the meetings he
had expected more focusing on the
Vision Statement, but was happy over
all.
“I think from those visits the act of
being there and the openness is as
important as what was said,” he said.
“The effort to go out to them is criti