Vol. 7, No. 12
the university of north Carolina at asheville
friday, february 4,1972
Under auspices of Comet:
Course and Faculty Evaluation Revived;
To Be Turned Over To SGA Next Term
Stein and Harris Lead
Project; Conduct Survey
advantage of the program.
The findings of the program
will be published and placed in
the library periodical room some
time around February 7. Karen
Harris, one of the student organ
izers, stated that as yet, the exact
The Course and Faculty
Evaluation for UNC-A has been
revived this year primarily through
the efforts of Dr. George Stein
and student, Karen Harris, under
the auspices of the Committee
More Effective Teaching.
After a trial run last term, the
evaluation is now being run
campus-wide with the aid of the
computer facilities on campus.
Each faculty member must elect
whether he wishes his students to
fill out the questionnaires which
will then be processed by the
computer. The questionnaire and
cards were made available to
all faculty members on campus so
that 1) the faculty member
might, through the returns of the
questionnaire, determine how
effectively he taught the class
and how students reacted to his
presentaton, and 2) so that
other students, by consulting the
published findings, can choose a
form the published results will
take is uncertain but it appears
that the questionnaire will be
used as a code and percentages
will be given for responses in
each area to give the student a
good idea of the range of opinion
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One of the computer cards used in the eva
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uation questionnaire.
professor and a course with some
idea of the reactions of other
students to that professor and that
course.
Out of 72 faculty members
eligible to receive questionnaires
and elect to be evaluated, 55 took
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NAIA Academic
Ineligibility Rules
Disable Athletics
At UNC-A
One of the prominent members of the “Faceless Five’
Joe Kagel, is among those players found in violation
of NAIA eligibility rules.
presented by the students polled.
The Evaluation reinstituted
this year, according to Dr. Stein
is an extension of the evaluation
program which existed at UNC-A
'two years ago. That program
collapsed in tons of paperwork
and red tape. But the use of the
computer, according, to Harris
should.clear up a great deal of
the confusion that hand tabulation
caused.
Karen Harris, one of the two
student members of COMET
serves as a liaison between the
SGA and the Committee, and at
present stands to become the
acting manager of the program
when it is taken over by the SGA
for the coming semester.
Stein and the other members
of the team examined evaluation
questionnaires from other
universities, in particular that of
Indiana University. The members
of ODE, the Economics Students
honor fraternity at UNC-A
also presented suggestions, as
well as the Political Science
Students Association. Karen also
spent several days interviewing
students in the cafeteria to get
their ideas of what should be
asked on a questionnaire and
what should be measured.
Other students actively in
volved in the evaluation program
are Mary Kruziewski, Tony Gold,
Virginia Hollifield, and Michael
Wyatt. It was Wyatt who wrote the
computer program which will be
used by the evaluation committee
to tabulate the results.
The Course and Faculty
Evaluation will be administered
at the end of each term by the
SGA in cooperation with COM ET
from now on, said Stein.
’ Next issue of the Ridgerunner
will carry more details on the
Course and Faculty Evaluation.
UNC-A athletics have been
given a sting in the arm. Last
Tuesday, Head Coach and
Athletic Director Bob Hartman
announced that basketball
players Greg Headen, Joe Kagel,
Mai Blankenship, and Bob Wolf
had been found ineligible for
varsity competition. Hartman
also announced that swimmers
Mark Clements and Burt Peake,
and golfers Larry Carter and Al
Perkins were ineligible for the
season.
Hartman said three of the
basketball players were found to
be so because of their deficiency
in class hours. The minimum
number of hours recognized by
the N. A. 1. A. is 24 semester
hours during the previous two
semesters. Wolf had completed
23 hours, Blankenship had 21,
and Kagel had 21 with one course
incomplete. Headen had com
pleted 27 hours, but also had
failed a course, and had to sit
out one semester of school.
Headen may app>eal his case,
however. Says Coach Hartman;
“Headen can take his case to a
grievance committee, but I think
the possibility of his being el
igible is very slim. As far as I’m
concerned, we’re going to have
to come up with some new faces
for our ‘Faceless Five’,” he added.
Hartman pointed out that the
loss of Blankenship and Wolf
would hurt the Bulldog’s depth,
but said that he would look for
other players to fill their positions.
Some of those being considered
include Dave Dilling, Carl Cohen,
Randy Pallas, Steve Brashear,
and Gary St. Clair of the fresh
man team; and varsity-men
Gray Gautier, Mike Zimmer, and
Kevin Cantwell.
Both Headen and Kagel will
have a semester of eligibility
remaining next year, and are
expected to return then. Blanken
ship and Wolf are juniors and
are expected to return to action
during their senior year.
The swimming team and the
golf team, unfortunately, will be
hurt more than Hartman's forces.
Rumors are that the swimming
team will be dismantled. Only in
it's first year of existence, the
team was operating under some
strain before the new ineligibil
ities. At this time, the swimming
coach, Mrs. Montgomery was not
available for comment.
However, the golf team will
play a full schedule this spring.
Golf Coach Daughton plans to
use the remaining players along
with some new players. Expected
to return this spring are Rick
Oates, Tom Dechnt, Dave Bobo,
J. C. Hyatt, Rick StricWer and
John Bolten.
Wilson Outlines Plans
for Summit 1971-1972
“Gimmicks” are the plan for
this year's Summit again, accord
ing to Mark Wilson, Editor.
Following up on last ydar’s
concept-centered artistic approach,
Wilson says, “Since we are de
dicated to the idea that the year
book should be visually exciting,
the use of what are termed “gim
micks” is not necessarily cheap
or commercial.”
This past year’s yearbook was
developed along the lines of a
turn-of-century picture album.
“We have gotten a basically
positive response to last year’s
Summit. This year, the Summit
will attempt to center the book
around a pop art or surrealistic
theme. Presidents of all organiza
tions on campus are asked to
get in touch with Wilson or'
Organizations Editor, Steve
Stevens to schedule an organiza
tion photograph.
As last year, there will be no
class mug shots but photos will
be made on an individual basis
and as many students as possible
will be photographed, according
to Wilson.
The Summit, by decreasing the
size of the book this past year and
by ending the use of color photos.
has drastically decreased the
book’s indebtedness, and by the
end of this year, the Summit
should be out of the red entirely.
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