Tuesday, April 16, 1974
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University Daily Kansan
IEC Students Confront Frustrations
By KEN FULTON
"You can say that AGAIN," the student says.
You need to emphasize the word 'that' or the meaning of the sentence changes, the first
"You can say THAT again," the student repeats.
With a combination of patience and frustration, students and instructors at the Intensive English Center (IEC) continue drilling on their pattern practices.
Besides pattern practices, students attend classes in composition, pronunciation and grammar and spend time in language laboratory.
Repetition is stressed in many of the center's classes, and this can cause classes
This difficulty is compounded since many of the students at the center already have degrees in their native countries and are frustrated at not being able to speak English better than children, John More, IEC assistant instructor, said recently.
ANOTHER PROBLEM is that some students coming to the center with low levels of proficiency aren't able to complete the requirements in one semester and are not entering in the fields they came to study, and Pat Ireland, IEC assistant instructor.
Many of the students blame the material and curriculum for their frustrations.
"The books are too simple compared to the exams," said Haddi Hessan, Tehran, Iran.
"The basic problem is the difference between the teaching and the tests. The level of teaching does not correspond to the level of training you Tazerbarat, Tehran, Iran, IEC student."
Other students are satisfied with their teachers and classes.
CHARBEL SARKIS, said, Beirut, Lebanon, IEC student, that he couldn't judge all the instructors, but that the ones in his classes were good teachers and good people.
Cagri Paykoe, Izmir, Turkey, IEC student, said he was also satisfied with his work.
However, Paykoc and Sarkis did company that students weren't able to change their names.
A complaint often heard was among the grievances presented by protesting students last Friday—the instructors aren't professionals.
More refuted the claim saying that half of the instructors had degrees in applied linguistics (Teaching English as a Second Language) and that they had degrees in either a two or three, had degrees in
general linguistics. The others have degrees in education. More said.
Pat Halabi, IEC instructor, said the teachers at the center served being labeled as incompetent. Halabi has a Master's degree in Secondary English and is working for her Master's in English as a Second Language.
THE POLITICAL EVENTS of the past week have caused some division within the party.
In one class a student accused the teacher of making special efforts because a reporter was in the room. The teacher attempted to explain, but the teacher refused discussion, but the language barrier prevented this, in spite of one student acting as interpreter. Both parties were in conflict.
After class, a group of six students came to the teacher's office appologizing for the incident and explaining that the teacher's methods had been no different than usual.
The group also admitted that they had been coerced with threats to join the walkout, but had refused and had come to class anyway.
Dissenting from the general faculty opinion, Jane Sheffield, IEC lab technician, said she agreed with all of the students' demands.
"There's an incredible amount of boredom," she said.
Profs' Views on Bargaining Vary
By DAVE BURPEE
By DAVE BURD LR
Kanaan Staff Reporter
The results of a survey at the University of Kansas indicate there is a sharp difference of opinion among faculty members on the subject of collective bargaining.
The survey was conducted by the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AUP) Charles Krider, assistant professor of business, said about 1,300 questionnaires were mailed to faculty members.
According to the results, 49.4 per cent of the responses opposed collective bargaining, 47.4 per cent approved and 3.2 per cent wanted to seek other solutions.
The percentages were based on a total of 462 responses to the questionnaire.
According to the survey, 48.5 per cent of the people who opposed collection barrages were male.
The survey further divided the total responses into the two categories of faculty, which included librarians and others with faculty status, and teaching assistants and assistant instructors. The faculty voted 52.3 per cent to take no action on collective instructors and assistant teachers and instructors voted 63.9 per cent to approve collective bargaining.
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Informed sources say that the three original choices of the dean search committee are the best.
Ambrose Sarices, vice chancellor for academic affairs, has repeatedly declined to comment on the appointment because he was a graduate of the proceedings could jeopardize the proceedings.
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was unprofessional. The second most popular reason for voting against it, 22.9 per cent, was that collective bargaining was premature. Incomplete understanding of the issues was listed by another 15.4 per cent as a reason for rejection.
The remaining 13.2 per cent were unde-
cided or wanted to be represented by an
unknown person.
Grant Goodman, professor of history and East Asian studies and local AAPU president, said he would give a letter to Richard Arcite R. Dykes on financial exigency,
The questionnaire also asked, "If a representation election were held at KU this year, which organization would you vote for?" Four out of the five votes, the American Federation of Teachers 11.3 per cent and the National Education Association 3.7 per cent. The option of no representation was selected by 40% and 7.3 per cent didn't answer the question.
The questionnaire results were released yesterday at a meeting of the KU-AUPT executive committee. The committee also discussed financial exigency.
The letter asks Dykes to delay making a final statement on financial exigency until the AAUP national office reviews his accounts and returns reactions and comments.
The letter clarifies that any AAUP that wouldn't be binding to the University,
SHEFFIELD ALSO CONDENMED the "hostility and prejudice" that the students meet when they try to use facilities on the campus. They are also the language laboratories as an example.
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Checking out a tape can be a monumental task for a person with limited English usage, she said. Sometimes people aren't very patient with a person who doesn't understand what someone tend to shy away from foreign customs which appear aggressive, she said.
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Sheffield said she had talked with other lab technicians and they agreed that the material was presented in a confusing manner.
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More disagreed, saying that the materials had been developed after much research and the texts used were produced by the University of Michigan, which also distributes the standardized exams used by the center.
"NO MATERIAL is perfect, but the materials used here come as close to being perfect."
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TO: K.U. Faculty Members
FROM: Bob Clack Announced Candidate for Governor Family Safety Trends
SUBJECT: Faculty Salary Trends
Bob Clack
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As compared to the average per capita income of Kansas citizens, faculty salaries in higher education have declined more than 21% in the past six years. The greatest disparity occurred in 1973 when average per capita income increased 15.7%, while faculty salaries increased about 6%. Even with the 10% increase scheduled for fiscal 75, it is not likely that faculty salaries will improve as compulsory requirements because inflation is likely to stimulate personal income in Kansas by at least 10%.
As long as a constant fraction of the State tax resources are dedicated to faculty salary, no increase in tax structure would have been necessary to have prevented student attrition.
State governments have only minor influence on the overall inflationary trends but where tax revenues are tied to personal income, through sales and income taxes, state legislatures can reasonably accommodate to existing inflationary trends created by the fiscal ill-discipline of the Federal government.
I am sensitive to the problem and will make best effort to prevent any further erosion of faculty base as compared to the income of the average Kansan. Moreover, I will make conscious effort to repair the damage of the past six years. If I am not sensitive to the problem, my elected who is not sensitive to the problem, the disparity is likely to increase.
I will be running a low-profile campaign, the primary instrument of which will be the small newspaper ad such as the one above. If you, as a K.U. faculty member, want to support our campaign and send it to me if you wish to support my campaign financially, put a $1 bill in the envelope also. (I not will knowly accept more than $10 from any contributor.) If you really care about salaries, it is of surpassing importance that I receive these candidates rightfully conclude that the issue is not of political importance.
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