Body tackles
access issue
Student access to course
evaluation information is
scheduled for debate by the
Universrty Assembly today
at 3:30 p.m. m 150 Geology
The University Senate
endorsed student access to
statistical course evaluation
data — with instructor s
consent — last Friday.
It will present its recom
mended amendments to
the Assembly after heanng
a student-faculty com
mittee's substitute motion,
which ignores the issue of
student access.
Stanley Greenfield and
Paul Holbo say they will
present their motion as a
substitute for the commit
tee s recommendations on
student course evaluations,
even though the Senate did
not support their move for
substitution last Wednes
day.
The revised Greenfield
Holbo substitute amend
ment leaves administration
and format of student
course evaluations up to in
dividual departments, limits
evaluations to two ‘ rep
resentative courses each
year, and limits evaluation
use to promotion and tenure
decisions and the
instructor s personal use in
improving the effectiveness
of teaching."
The recommendations of
the Ad Hoc Committee on
Student Evaluation of
Courses would allow stu
dent access to statistical
course evaluation data, with
the instructor s consent.
Senate-recommended
amendments to the
committee s report include
1) separating the
committee's recommended
questionnaire from the body
of the committee s report: 2)
requiring instructors to take
“positive action to close
evaluation data to public
access by filling out a clos
ure form each quarter; 3)
having evaluation ques
tions deal with course qual
ity as well as teacher effec
tiveness: and 4) suggesting
that the Assembly set up an
evaluation form committee
to construct a standard Uni
versity wide evaluation
form.
The Student University
Affairs Board will support
the Senate s recommenda
tions in the Assembly, says
SUAB Chairer Gary
McMahon, even though last
week SUAB proposed
elimination of the instructor
consent clause McMahon
says SUAB will take a
moderate stand in order
to get the most it can out of
the Assembly meeting.
Harold McLean of the
SUAB last week introduced
an amendment approved
by the Senate to require in
structors to fill out evalua
tion data closure forms
each quarter
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could counton supplemental fund
ing, he and other staff members
would wait for salanes. he adds
But a state hiring freeze"
makes things especially difficult
for the center. Gordon says Staff,
who are lad-off because of a lack
of funds, can not be re-hired when
funding comes through, he adds,
unless governor-elect Victor
Atiyeh ends the freeze.
translate this community support
into governmental funding based
on the individual s need for our
vital services are meeting with in
creasing frustrations.
Miller says he feels government
and University agencies are giv
ing the center as much as they
can If DIC s services are to be
mamtaned. funding probably will
have to come from private
the most, but anything wilt do. he
says.
Miller adds that individuals can
see if their business organizations
have a means for tax-deductable
donations Potential donors
should contact Miller at the DIC.
1763 Moss St.. 606-5411.
The DIC is an educational and
informational resource center af
filiated with the University Health
“Efforts to translate community support into government
funding based on the individual’s needs for our vital services
are meeting with increasing frustrations,” says DIC director
Mark Miller,
The problem with the funding
is that it looks good—we have a lot
of people working for us and it
looks as though we ll get some
money But the question is. will it
come in time?" Gordon says
DIC staff began to realize fund
ing troubles were on the way
about two montlis ago. he says
but waited until last month to go
public" in hopes money would
come in.
"What s bumming us out is the
time constraints. Gordon sighs.
Budget requests take time We
keep getting put off"
Miller attributes the funding
ensis to pressures for reduction of
property taxes and governmental
spending Another factor is that
people are more willing to fund
DIC services than staff. Gordon
adds
We think that in the coming
years — the writing is on the
wall—the funding won t be there,
and a lot of social agencies are
going to fall by the wayside, he
says
In an open letter to "friends of
the Drug Information Center. Mil
ler says community support for the
program is enthusiastic and
strong. But. he adds. Efforts to
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Aside from seeking supplemen
tary funds from the Lane County
Community Health and Social
Services and the ASUO. DfC staff
hope private citizens will come to
the rescue
Mliter suggests that individuals
make out a tax-deductable dona
tion to the center Amounts be
tween $500 and $1000 will help
Education department Founded
m 1972 with project money from
ASUO the center has grown to
serve the needs of people
throughout the state, DIC staff
say
The whole idea of the program
is to give people skills to be able to
cope with drug technology. Gor
don says As far as we can tell,
we are unique in the state "
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