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Thursday, August 24,1972
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Calm Before the Storm
Rows of empty desks now stretch across empty desks remain idle. For most students Aug. 28, the first class, and camp during Comprehensive Academy, will first day of classes, will all come soon.
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'Feedback' Grades Profs
Course descriptions and statements of course requirements, written by the curriculum committee, among several new features of "Feedback," according to Nancy Harper, Lawrence graduate student and new director of the Curriculum and Instruction Department.
"Feedback" is more than just a catalog of courses, Harper said, because it informs students of past evaluations of instructors as well as each professor's ideas of what his courses entail.
The course descriptions written by the instructors are particularly important. Harper said, "The ideas he plans to stress as well as the course requirements. The students sometimes funny, she said, although some professors write their descriptions in the style and language."
"It's a communicator that you can't get in any other way," she said.
"Feedback" rates each course according to 12 criteria, including the use of value as a learning experience, the instructor's preparation, knowledge, support and interest in the overall rating the instructor.
instructors. One-fourth to one-third of all instructors administered the survey last spring, Harper said.
For each course, a mean score was found for each of the quizzes on the exam. For each area mean was then computed with the overall university mean
Course ratings are based on student responses to the Curriculum and Instruction Survey given voluntarily by
Harper said that in previous issues of "Feedback," courses on the use of analysis rather than mean responses. The four factors obtained through factor analysis were explained as well, but were difficult to explain and did not offer as clear an insight into the nature of the course.
With less than half of the instructors administering the survey, the complaint that good teachers can be given poor response to the poor response by the poor teachers is a valid one, Harper said.
"The answer to that is uniform application of the survey. Then we know what to do, and unquestionable," she said. A committee is being formed to discover the best way to carry out plans for uniform application of the survey.
She said the survey could also be a diagnostic tool that a teacher could use to improve his methods of instruction. The 12 "personal assessment" questions comprise most of the results of this survey and only the results of this survey could be sent to the deans or published in "Feedback," she said.
the option not to have his course ratings on Feedback. He sent resent to him. Then an instructor would not need to suffer penalties for not attending class.
H harper said she favored a plan where administration of the survey would be mandatory for all instructors, so the ratings obtained in a vetted休克 would be published in the weekbook that he plan the instructor could have
The second set of questions deals specifically with teaching beaches where people are improved, she said, and only the instructor himself sees them.
Harper said that a teacher desiring to improve specific skills in his classroom could do so, could find help by consulting the Office of Instructional Resources, which was created by the department of Academy Affairs.
"The goal of the university is to educate and without teaching we can't improve our quality of teaching and "Feedback" can help by showing teachers how to teach and becoming a tool that the administration may use in making decisions on curriculum and tenure." Harper said.
Foster Hall honors George O. Foster, registrar from 1899 to 1942.
Nixon...
At least 11 Kansans attended
eggy Dostal, who will attend
University of Kansas this fall,
say there will be 400,000 VVP
across the country.
Continued from page 1 into a red team, white team an blue team, and a convention activities. When a cheering section was needed to welcome a dignitary, YVP members were bused to that location.
Miss Dostal said she planned to help establish a YVP chapter in Lawrence to cover the city and campus.
Dave Murfin, a Wichita junior probably being used as a tool of the administration but that the activities were benefiting both
One member from Illinois said she believed because she thought the President should have four more finish his administration.
VYP members have been given the opportunity they allegedly paid their own ways. Kansas members made the trip with all expenses paid for
Several hundred arrests have been made since Sunday. The court ordered the streets to clear the streets for delegates to enter convention hall Tuesday.
In contrast, the activities of the protestors have seemed less spectacular and organized.
Regents...
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changolon could be named
James Basham, regent from Fort Scott, said the last time a man was selected to be the process of selecting a new chancellor was completed in 1875.
Regent Paul Wunsch of Kingman said the length of time for choosing a chancellor varied.
"Now it may be an extended time, since it's the beginning of the school year," he said. "It's hard to get people to leave their homes in the spring with a new chancellor than it would have been three months ago."
Robert Helman, regent from Woodland, agreed that the timing of the resignation was inopportune. He apologized some time to name a new chancellor. He said it could happen that the committee would have someone in mind for the job who would be unable to assume responsibility immediately because of a contract with another institution.
Bake Hall honors Lucien I. Blake, a professor of physics. He pioneered in wireless communication medium. He prided himself on being the best-dressed faculty member and was the only one to attend.
The present Blake Hall was built in 1964. It replaced the 1895 building.
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