Pre-registration looms
beyond fall, provost says
By OSCAR HALPERT
Of the Emerald
A much-hoped-for switch to
computerized pre-registration is
stuck on hold.
Plans for the new system are
incomplete but the computer
software is ready to go, says
computer center director Arthur
Gloster.
"We’ve got programs that will
put students in class now,”
Gloster says. One-hundred
students have been scheduled
with the programs to test the
system, he adds.
But . despite general
agreement that the system
should be implemented, addi
tional higher education funding
cuts will hamper progress, says
associate provost for planning
Paul Civin.
Students probably will have to
look beyond next fall for im
plementation of the system,
Civin says.
'If the 10-percent budget cut
occurs, things are going to be
slower. It depends upon where
the cuts are made and for how
much.”
The old computer had the
capacity to process 200
students per minute. The new
computer, an IBM 43-41, has the
capacity to process at least
twice as many, Gloster says.
Under the proposed com
puter pre-registration system —
based on a model Gloster
helped develop at Appalachia
State University — students
would fill out a form midway
through the term listing course
preferences. Students also
could list the courses they don't
want.
The computer center would
compile the course requests a
week later. And the results
would be used by the provost's
office to design schedules, says
Associate Provost for Student
Affairs Gerry Moseley.
With computer pre-registra
tion, advisers would play a
greater role in planning
students’ schedules due to the
need for alternate class
schedules, Moseley says.
Academic services counselor
Jack Bennett agrees.
Academic planning would be
enhanced by computer pre
registration, Bennett says. His
office would like registration
forms to be distributed through
academic departments, Bennett
adds.
The new procedure also
would require students to meet
with an academic adviser after
completing 90 credit hours.
Students who don’t get the
classes they need would go
through a registration process
at McArthur Court.
Three methods for distribut
ing registration forms have been
proposed: by mail, by mass dis
tribution and by academic ad
visers, says assistant registrar
Herb Chereck. He believes
mailing the forms would be too
expensive.
The new system also will help
with University financial plan
ning, Chereck says.
Mosely adds the system
would provide the University
with a more modern billing sys
tem.
But don’t worry about being a
guinea pig for the new system,
he says.
‘‘We want it to work the first
time,” Moseley says. "We want
it to be a positive experience
from the beginning.
‘‘I think we'll have to have an
adequate test first. The optimum
check would be summer ses
sion when we could take a limit
ed number of students.”
University Pres. Paul Olum
says the system would serve two
purposes: getting students
registered in advance, and aid
ing with planning by indicating
the demand for courses and
instructors.
The system will save money
‘‘because we won’t need as
many people processing infor
mation and it will reduce costs
for registration,” Olum says.
Olum agrees it’s important to
"de-bug” the system first.
"There’s always a risk that it
could go wrong. The best way to
know is to run through it on a
small sample. We want to know
in practice whether the system
will work,” he said.
Forest Service invites input
Interested persons will have a chance to
comment in the next few weeks on proposed
timber sales in the Willamette National Forest.
The timber sales are proposed during 1982
through 1985 fiscal years, and involve about 660
million board feet of timber each year.
Detailed information about the proposed
sales will be available for review at each of the
Willamette National Forest’s seven ranger district
officies according to this schedule:
— Blue River District, April 30, 9 a m.to 4:30
p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m,
— McKenzie District, April 30, 8 a m. to 4:30
p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. The evening meeting will be
held at the Blue River District Office.
— Sweet Home District, May 13, 8 a m. to 5 p.m.
and 6 to 8 p.m.
— Lowell District, May 14, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
— Oakridge District, May 21, 9 a m. to 4 p.m.
and 6 to 9 p.m. The evening meeting will be held in
the Lane County Public Service Building Cafeter
ia, Room A.
— Rigdon District, May 21,9 a m. to 4 p.m. and
6 to 9 p.m. The evening meeting will be held in the
Lane County Public Service Building, Cafeteria
Room A.
The date for the Detroit District meeting has
not been set.
Forest timber sale planners will be on hand at
the meetings to explain and discuss the proposals
and hear the concerns people may have about the
sales.
Maps showing the proposed sales also will be
mailed to interested people.
All timber proposals are subject to envir
nomental analysis prior to the final decision, says
Bruce Watson of the Willamette National Forest.
Once a sale decision has been made, people
opposing the sale have 45 days to appeal it,
Watson says.
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