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Thursday, November 6, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Report advocates dropping SATs, ACTs
By TONY BALANDRAN
Staff writer
New students would hurt themselves more than the University if they didn't take admission tests, KU officials said Monday in response to a national report on undergraduate education.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching issued a 241-page report Saturday titled "College: The Undergraduate Experience in America."
The report called for an overhaul of undergraduate education and offered 83 recommendations, which included not requiring standardized admission tests at most colleges and universities.
Many KU officials contacted said they couldn't comment on the report because they had not read it yet.
The three-year, $1 million report estimated that fewer than 50 U.S. colleges and universities today could be considered highly selective.
They discovered that although students were under pressure to perform well on the Scholastic Aptitude Test and on the American College Test, the majority of colleges based admission decisions on grades, activities in high school and on application essays.
Two KU officials said the University's policy toward admissions didn't heavily rely on standardized tests.
Bruce Lindvall, director of the office of admissions, said the University used the ACT primarily for counseling and placement purposes rather than for admission decisions.
"The ACT is a small part of the decision process." Lindvall said. "We place more emphasis on the high school record.
"There would be no significant impact of dropping the ACT requirement in terms of admissions."
The best indicator of how well the
student performs in college is the academic record, he said.
Robert Adams, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said the ACT, along with the high school transcript, helped achieve the best possible advising for a student.
The ACT allows students to judge themselves with their peers, he said. The test also aids the student and the adviser in planning the student's schedule.
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.
Halls out for blood in donor competition
Bv PAM MILLER
Staff writer
Ellsworth and Lewis halls have decided to engage in competition.
caught. But not against each other. The two halls are each having their own competitions, and they are put for blood.
Literally.
Early on, the competition is for blood donations. The floors in each hall will compete against each other to try to donate the largest number of units.
Natalie Thackston, Lawrence senior and intern for the American Red Cross Blood Center, 329 Missouri St. visited campus groups to encourage blood donations. Thackston said the residence halls, not the blood center, came up with the idea
for a competition.
American Red Cross does not offer incentives to people to give blood, she said. The center has no part in giving any awards.
part in giving any award.
However, Thackston will keep count of the students who are competing and giving blood at the center. The halls will sponsor the awards to be given to the winning floor, based on the figures they receive from the blood center.
The blood drive goal for the halls is 75 units each Karen Greene, Lawrence and fourth
they receive. Usually, Thackston said, she goes to the halls herself, gives a presentation and sets up appointments. She said she thought this was the first time that the hall's officers had taken the responsibility of encouraging people to donate blood.
floor resident assistant, brought the idea of a blood donor competition to Lewis after she heard Thackston speak at Greschel's personal community health class.
Greschel said that floor presidents and vice presidents would recruit donors by knocking on the doors of their floor or by having sign-up sheets at dinner and at the front desk.
The competition dates for Lewis and Elsworth are from Nov. 10 to Nov. 25. The winning floor in Lewis probably will have a pizza party sponsored by the community services committee, said Dana Schell, Lewis Hall vice president.
Ellsworth's competition is similar to Lewis', but hall officers will not be canvassing the floors, said Lee Collard, Ellsworth Hall president.
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