UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAM
Wednesday, January 29,1997
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Information, please
Students could learn more about classes
By Kevin Bates
Kansan staff writer
Students soon may receive more information on classes in which they enroll.
The University Senate Executive Committee discussed a proposal yesterday to release to students a form with information about the classes they are taking.
The proposal was developed by the Student Advisory Committee, which is composed of the student body presidents from the Board of Regents schools.
Grey Montgomery, student body president, said he saw the need for releasing faculty evaluation information to students but that the form was an acceptable compromise.
"This does affect both students and faculty," Montgomery said. "The quality of the teacher is important, but it is not the only thing students use when choosing classes."
The information would be distributed to students at the beginning of classes and would include details such as textbook price and time investment in the class.
Montgomery said the student committee wanted the information collected and distributed through a third party unaffiliated with either the students or faculty.
SenEx tabled the proposal until its next meeting, which is Tuesday. If SenEx passes the proposal, it would go to University Council for consideration at its Feb. 13 meeting.
"The quality of the teacher is important, but it is not the only thing students use when choosing classes."
Grey Montgomery student body president
Laurence Draper, president of University Council and professor of microbiology, said he was concerned that forms might include items that also appeared in departmental evaluations.
"The same information may be in both," Draper said. "It would be confidential in one form, open in another."
Draper said he wanted to see more on how the forms would be administered to students.
"Ithink these should focus more on the course, rather than on the instructor," Draper said. "Iagree that students should have more information than just the little squib in the catalog."
Lloyd Sponholtz, SenEx chairman and associate professor of history, agreed with Draper about the lack of information about specific classes and echoed concerns about the process of collecting and administering course information to students.
CLAS must fill vacancies
By Mark McMaster Kansan staff writer
The search is on for new faculty and administration within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. A number of positions need to be filled, including two department chairpersons and numerous professorships.
Robert Weaver, associate dean of the college, said simultaneous searches for faculty were common because of the college's large size.
"Actually, it's a little fewer than normal." Weaver said about the current number of openings.
A search committee that formed last semester is looking for a new English department chairperson. The department also is interviewing candidates for an assistant professorship.
Weaver said that a search also would begin for a chairperson in the division of biological studies.
The chairperson would head the new department of biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, which would be created by the merger of the department of biochemistry with the department of physiology and cell biology.
orophishing. Although the merger proposal is still awaiting Provost David Shulenburger's acceptance, Weaver said he thought it would be approved.
He said positions needed to be filled within the natural science departments. The math, physics, systematics and ecology, and environmental studies departments are searching for new instructors.
Beverly Sypher, associate dean of the college, said college is looking for new instructors in economics, clinical psychology, human development and family life, and sociology.
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