. June 13, 1944

To The College Faculty:

Your Committee on lrogram 2 and. Cyrrioula recommends the approval of the
report of the Subsormittce on Tuprovere At of Teaching, with particular
emphasis on the foulowina pointes

Ie Departments should assume responsibility for studying the
effectivenacss of ins teuction and for makirg adequate pro=
wisioa for discussion withia the department of provlens
related to tessrings

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Departments are urged to evaluate the amount of work re-=
quired in each course, ™n fereral, students should be
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expect3d to spenn a total ce three hours time per week
for eauh semester howr et ore dit Tro hours of outside
preparation eheuld be requived for each hour of lecture

or recitations

TI. Faculty members should maintain a lively interest in
educational vroblems in geravel, and in their own fields,
through att ae means availabis to them as dy reading
current bool and journals, attending conferences, and

study and 4 aes at other institutions o

to know pohosangrike they are

It is desirable in fr
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e stment to college worke

hman classes that an early check

be mads to Derm n

meking satisfactory adju

A continuing emphasis shonld be winced on capaple English
oe 41 all courses of the College by eavh depart
‘ment's requiring a reasonable amount of written work which
will give the student opportunity to formulate ideas and
to state propositions.

The Committee makes the following additional recommendations:

1. That the services of the speech clinic be made available
to the faculty and thet yourdg meidbers in pa rticular
be cnoouraged to seek criticism and suggestions of the
clinic for improving their spesche

2, That leaders in the field of higher education be
brought to this campus more frequently to discuss
educational problems with this facultye

3. That an abstract service be established to furnish
faculty members at regular intervals with abstracts of
significant articles on educational problems.

4. That 2 standing committee be appointed for the purpose
of continuovsly meking suggestions concerning the
instruction of superior stvdentse

S, The quaiity of instruction in any institution depends
in a considerable measure on the morale of the staff.
Morale, in turn, is def Died affected by the finan-
cial ability of the staff to provide for their families
and themseives reasonably comfortable Mi conditions
and a fair degree of ecohomic security In bddition,
good morale aud good instruction peauine that faculty
members be able +0 make some provisions for travel,
purchase of books and journals, and attendance av meet=
jugs of learned societies