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A bill now before the state legislature
would help students be better shoppers for
a priceless commodity.
House Bill 2831 would make it possible
for student governments to publish the
results of instructor evaluations filled out
by students at the end of each term.
According to Molly Smith,Oregon Student
Lobby (OSL) legislative coordinator, the bill
would have an effect on the number of
clases students drop and possibly
graduate sooner.
One of the main reasons students drop
classes is the lack of information on classes
and instructors. At the College, the only
sources of information oh classes are
catalogs and course schedules. Passage of
this bill would help alleviate this problem.
If the bill passes, the results of teacher
evaluations would be used in conjunction
with course improvement programs that
would help make better instructors.* In ad*
dition, students could make more informed
decisions about choosing a course or in*
structor.
The new legislation would make it
possible, but not mandatory, for student
governments to publish the results. Ad*
ministrators, faculty and students at each
institution would work together to for*
mulate the evaluations. Publication of
these evaluations would be up to the
student organizations.
Two provisions in the bill include the
right for an instructor to have a rebuttal
printed next to this evaluation if he feels
that some extenuating circumstances
caused the poor evaluations. The other
provisions state that first year instructors
would not have their evaluations printed.
We urge you to support HB 2831. Studen*
ts pay hard-earned money for classes only to
find out too late that the classes weren't
what they wanted.
More public* testimony will be taken
tomorrow at the state capitol during a con­
tinued hearing on the bill. If you are not
able to attend the hearing in Salem, call the
OSL or your representative and tell them
what you think.
Get your
Education is a commodity.
money’s worth.
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To The Editor:
Denzel Ferguson, also asul
Donald R. Breakey I
The Malheur Field Station is
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M.F.S. this summer to enroll in
one of the summer classes will
be greeted by its director, Dr.
This is intended as an open
lpfteyjjo all students and faculty
who' were concerned for the
continuation /of the Malheur
Field Station and the retention;
of fejs director, Dr.^Denzg^
Ferguson. I speak tor the
M.F.S. Consortium Advisory
Council and myself in exten­
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various legislators and to those
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