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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, February 5, 1976
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don't want him. I never intentionally hire an average student."
Sam Seminoff, an elementary principal from Wichita, said he looked more for stability and maturity in a student at a high GPA.
"A GOOD or B student satisfies me just as much as the A student." Goffen said.
What is said about the student by his supervisors during his student teaching practicum is probably the most important criterion, he said.
An ability to get along with students and other people, and verbal expression are the next most important criteria he said, with grades at the bottom of the list.
Bob Hudgins, another elementary principal who was interviewing on campus this week, said a preponderance of C's and D's on a student's transcript would cause him to ask, "Has this student been wasting his time?"
On the other hand, he said, a straight-A
record does not indicate teaching ability,
other-
Herold Regier, placement director in the School of Education, said he didn't think training programs would enhance deployment screening process. The top priorities for evaluating potential teachers, he said, are student-teaching performances in job interviews. Grades come
Register cited an incident in which an education student with an emphasis in social sciences was hired as a junior high teacher. The teacher received only Cs and Ca's in morn courses.
"This person was hired because math teachers were much scarcer in supply and
Students may be voting to approve a satellite student union in the Feb. 18 and 19 Student Senate election. The Senate Services Committee voted last night to favor recommend to the Senate that the ballot be placed on the ballot for a student body vote.
Satellite union recommended for next ballot
The satellite union, which would be located northeast of Allen Field House, would serve Daisy Hill residence halls and the campus offices. Jeff Rhoads, committee chairman, said.
The proposed satellite union, a 40,000-square-foot structure, would contain meeting rooms, lounge and aeas, a bookstore and food and check-cashing services, he said.
The cost of the satellite union would be financed by 30-year revenue bonds, which would raise student tuition by not more than $6.25 for every student and $2.50 for summer semester. If the satellite union is approved in the spring election, Rhoads said, it will take three to four years.
The committee discussed the rationale for building the new facility. Wescoe Terrace is the only major food service available to Murphy Hall, Summerfield Hall, Robinson Gymnasium, Allen Field House, Learned Law school law building, the committee said.
There is also a large number of relatively new residence halls, fraternities and sororities in the west campus area not conversely located there. Kansas Union, according to the committees
Some committee members were concerned that a satellite union would take business away from the Union. But other members said that the new union would attract a group of students not presently using Union facilities.
The satellite union was first proposed in 1970, but no action was taken then. Since that time, construction costs have doubled, the committee said.
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Gene Allen, employment manager for the Cessna Fluid Power Division at Hutchinson, said work experience was more important than a student's GPA.
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"Someone with a lower GPA such as a 2.0 or 2.5 is sometimes capable," he said, "but maybe an outside job or military service lowered his GPA."
"There are ways to make a good grade," he said, "but not that much out of the course."
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"I would rather hire a B or C student from a tough school than an A student from an
Allen said grades were indicators of ability, but weren't "all inclusive."
Frederick Madaus, placement director for the School of Business, said grades were emphasized more than employers admitted.
"Companies want to say, 'We take each person and evaluate them as a person,'" he said. "This is more socially acceptable because society objects to quantifying, which is what happens when GPA's are used to evaluate someone."
Robert Giles, former executive editor of the Akron (Boon) Beacon Journal and editor-in-residence at the School of Journalism, said that in the six years he had hired students, he had paid little attention to GPA's.
He said grades were the best and easiest first indicators of ability. After an initial screening, however, grades become less important, he said.
"The top-notch journalists spend a good number of hours on the school paper," he said, "which will probably knock down their grades in other courses."
He said he didn't think editors as a group were very interested in a student's GPA.
Giles said faculty opinions about the student meant more to an editor than a teacher.
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Dana Leibengood, director of placement in the School of Journalism, said employers generally looked first at samples of students who were well-known. He said, is another important criterion.
Proof of leadership ability and work in general also out-rank grades in importance,
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