Newspapers / The Guilfordian (Greensboro, N.C.) / Dec. 1, 1995, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Guilfordian (Greensboro, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
2 Cory Birdwhistell • editor in chief Amy Broach * business manager Kari Albertson • news editor Susan Allen • features editor Keir Bickerstaffe • editorials editor Sara Johnson • photography editor Elly Lonon • arts and entertainment editor Rob Mirchin • sports editor Sarah Weissberg • campus editor Jessica Wood • illustrator Wende Doolittle • copy editor John Cocking • copy editor Mariah Sawyer • subscriptions manager Richard Dailey • circulation manager Alice Reid • assistant to the editor JeffJeske • advisor The Guilfordian STAFF Jon Simon • Josh White • Mary Wyman • Betsy Blake • Colin McFadden-Roan • Christy Herbes • Chrissy Nashner • Michael Belan • Ann Sutter • Adam Lucas • Nate DeGrafF• Jack Shuler • Ben Thorne • Luke Parris • Kelly Davis • Tim Forbes • Annie Buchanan-Clary • Kris Belmonte • Amanda Cogar • Will Cooper Staff meetings are Mondays at 9 p.m. in the Passion Pit THE GUILFORDIAN Box 17717, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC 27410 (910) 316-2306 • FAX (910) 316-2950 GUILFORDIAN@RASCAL.GUILFORD.EDU B E 6 YOUR PARDON The Guilfordian seeks to correct all errors. Please bring them to our attention by contacting us via any or all of the above communication methods. it** The Guilfordian news Guilford checks out okay KARI ALBERTSON news editor The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has reac credited Guilford. Following an intensive self-study by the school, chaired by Dan Poteet, Provost, the SACS committee reviewed the re port, visited the college, and made their suggestions with positive re sults. Conducted every ten years by colleges and universities, the reaccredidation process serves as a check of a school's purpose and programs. "It checks to make sure you have sufficient higher education pro grams, sufficient resources and people, and to see that you have fulfilled your academic mission and purpose," stated Poteet. When the SACS visiting team left, they gave an exit report which included their immediate re sponses and suggestions to the school. In a few months a detailed report will be sent. Guilford will then have five months to respond to the committee's suggestions, improv- December l, 1995 ing or changing various aspects as oudined by the committee. Poteet affirmed, "It's routine. It doesn't seem routine, but it is rou tine. Every college and university goes through it every ten years." He continued, "They made rec ommendations for changes, which they should. We expect them to raise some issues to which we have to respond." In the exit report, the SACS team mentioned concern for the Board of Trustees and the need for a more complete institutional as sessment. This means that the out come expectations for offices, de partments and programs need to be compiled into an institution-wide outcome report instead of indi vidual ones. Also brought up were questions concerning the Accounting De partment. According to Poteet, the matter "will be discussed with the Southern Association," because of a difference in the the way the committee reviews professors cre dentials and the way Guilford looks at them. Guilford sciences listed as top notch Guilford College has been se lected by Peterson's Guide as one of approximately 200 colleges and universities in the United States that offers an outstanding under graduate program in the sciences and mathematics. Guilford will be included in a new book, Top Colleges for Sci ence: Leading Programs in the Biological, Chemical, Geological, Mathematical and Physical Sci ences, which will be published in 1996. Have an opinion you're just dying to voice? M!.I il ' VT T t'i !i' ( i'.! . ill ' . ii' il •' lor it ! Hi. Dan Poteet, Provost The Office of Admission, as stated in the Appendix of the self study, should "set about significant change in virtually all operational areas with the intent of achieving more experienced and stable staff." It should also "involve networks of parents and alumni and other friends" to support the school and its programs. In addition the Admissions Of fice should assess the effectiveness of budget allocation and realisti cally set "higher enrollment tar gets." Other topics included issues of improving sexual assault pro tocol, retention, and a review of the judicial system. Poteet affirmed that this self study is continual regardless of the ten-year process. He said that fol lowing every annual report the school "takes that standard expec tation and expands it a little bit." He went on to say that the school is always "fleshing out its academ ics and programs and this is why Guilford is in fine shape." Guilford was selected from ap proximately 1,500 four-year col leges and universities initially identified according othe classifi cations listed in the 1994 Carnegie Clasification of Institutions of Higher Education. Top Colleges for Science will be the first-ever college guide to the nation's leading undergraduate sci ence programs. The book is being assembled for those students in high school who are serious pro spective science majors. Mariah Sawyer/The Guilfordian
The Guilfordian (Greensboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 1, 1995, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75