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University Daily Kansan, March 26, 1984
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College to consider competency testing
By JENNY BARKER Staff Reporter
Competency testing could become a part of English 101 and Math 101 by fall 1985, if the administration of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences approves a KU task force's recent proposal.
The proposal, released last week by the Dean's Task Force on General Education, would require that KU students in Math 101 and English 101 take tests before being allowed to take upper-level math and English courses.
Under the proposal, KU also would require transfer students to pass the test before taking upper-level math and English courses — regardless of whether they had taken the courses at another school. The University would automatically accept transfer credits for those math and English courses.
Michael Young, associate dean of the college, said yesterday that the competency tests would ensure that KU freshmen and sophomores were
can avoid requirements by taking courses at other schools," Carothers said.
prepared for upper-level courses at the University.
STUDENTS WHO TAKE English 101 at KU already are required to pass a writing sample on a common final exam to pass the course. Under the
Young said students who fail the tests would be required to enroll in college.
'The proposal might cut down on the number of people who think they can avoid requirements by taking courses at other schools'
- James Carothers, associate professor of English
proposal, the math 101 final would serve as a competency test.
James Carothers, an associate professor of English, said, "I'm all for them. I think that most of our advanced courses depend on the skills and habits developed in our basic courses."
Carothers said many students took inadequate basic English courses at other schools and were often not prepared for upper-level courses at KU.
"The proposal might cut down on the number of people who think they
immediately and retake the tests at the end of the semester.
THE RECOMMENDATION would also require immediate and continuous enrollment in elementary English and math courses. Students would have to take English and math 101 or the appropriate remedial course their first semester at the University; they would have to take English and math courses in subsequent semesters through English 102 and math 101.
immediately, and some students put off taking basic math and English courses until they are juniors and seniors." Young said. "Then they might be frustrated not having the sort of abilities instructors would like to take for granted."
YOUNG SAID THE task force proposals had received widespread support from departments and programs at college and from other KU schools.
Young said the proposal would probably become a University-wide standard because the University Core system also sup ported the proposal.
Even without the support of the University Core Curriculum Committee, the proposals would be a standard for most freshmen and sophomores because most freshmen and sophomores are in the college. Young said.
Young said the proposals had already been forwarded to Robert Lineberry, dean of the college, and dean had expressed his approval.
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In other business, AURH rejected a resolution by Jeffley that would have given the AURH Housing and Contracts Authority the authority either than the one chairman it has now
AURH use 5 p.m. March 30 as the deadline to apply to be chairman of one of the Aurh committees.
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