r LANCE, Thursday, March U, 1976
Faculty Workshop
(Continued from Page 1)
lAssessing student le^ing
\is using possibly a bat-
Lf six to eight inventories
£ as personality, reading
hL.leamingskills.criUcal
Iking ability, and goals, as
,•11 as assessing career
tential and learning in-
,test-and thus determining a
iident profile wUl provide
nnther key to increasing the
j[g,tion rate and decreasing
,e attrition rate.
pr Meeth also reconi"
lentoi an “early w^ing
item" consisting of an
„vising program, peer group
iput, and a senstive faculty.
It also suggested toe
Istablishment of education
[upport programs in the areas
if learning skills-reading,
iting, speaking, and critical
jinldng, coupled with
[utoring possibly involving
iidencehall programs; and
!ie aihancement of personal
lounseling services.
Professor Meeth stressed
J. one of the more important
auses of attrition occurs if
.16 student does not ex-
lerience a social and a
ademic congruence with the
jool. In other words, small
ier group association is very
aportant.
Following the presentation a
iscussion session was held
(ilh Dr. Meeth answa-ing
luestions and helping to
:larlfy the points in his
resentation. After an ad
journment for lunch the
rorkshop resumed with Dr.
leeth speaking specifically
mthe aspects of Advising and
Irientation.
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sday began at 1:00 with a
presentation by Meeth on
“Advising and Orientation.”
As a basis for his talk Meeth
used the orientation and ad
vising plan of Stirling College
in Stirling Kansas.
Stirling’s advising
program, successful, ac
cording to statistics relating
to attrition, emphasizes that
academic advising should be
a developmental activity.
Tliat is, the advising should
focus on the expectations and
goals of the student while
assessing his or her strengths
and weaknesses. This ad
vising process ^ould coincide
with dianges in the student as
well as changes in the college.
There are five recom
mendations, said Meeth, or
do’s and donts in the Stirling
program. Ihese include: 1)
Don’t assign students to an
advisor on the basis of in
dicated major prior to their
arrival at s^ool; 20% change
their minds. 2) Dai’t require
signatures of advisors for
students in registration;
broaden the right of approval
to clerks or upperclass
students. 3) Don’t require
students to meet with their
advisor, but let it be known
that appointments can be
arrang^. 4) Don’t require
students to remain with the
same advisor. 5) Ekrn’t expect
students to seek out their ad
visors; make office hours,
telephone numbers and such
known.
The goal of such advising is
to integrate it so closely with
the learning process that tiie
two virtually become aie. To
help gain this, Meeth asserts,
“I f the student is at the cen
ter of the learning process
and is regarded as more im
portant than the subject he is
learning, the chances are
greatly enhanced that
teaching and advising will be
the same.”
Stirling’s orientation plm,
endorsed by Meeth, carries
one hour of academic credit,
is required of all freshmen,
and is centered around goal
orientatiwi. The orientation
begins in the sununer Md
runs throughout the first
semester with emphasis on
assessmenn of skills and the
planning of an overall four
year educational syllabus.
Thh syllabus each freshman
develops is not a binding con
tract but a tool by whidi he or
she learns how to go about
getting what he or she wante
from college. Within this
overall scheme, Meeth
stresses the advantages of
parental and environmaital
orientation as well - two in
cepts rarely included in orien
tation programs.
The afternoon ended witn
Crossley leading small groi^
discussions. Each groupuig
was mae up of student
leaders, faculty and ad
ministration and was asked to
list as many ways as they
could conceive that St. An
drews could employ to retm
more students. High on the
cumulative list, which m
eluded such items as servmg
beer in the Red Uon to adop
ting the Stirling pja"
wholesale, were tne
statement of a “clear S .
Trustees* Letter
mMate and long-range well-
|>eing of the College foremost
in our minds. A re
examination of our action in
this instance leads to the con
clusion that our decision was
properly made and that fur
ther reconsideration is not in
order.
As the CoUege begins a new
phase of its life under new
leadership, much time and ef
fort will be expended in the
SMrch for clear purposes and
direction. I hope that students
will participate fully in that
exciting and positive task. We
invite all students and faculty
to join forces with the new
President in halping to
strengthen St. Andrews
Presbyterian College to serve
well you and future
generations of students. We
hope that you sense a renewal
of commitment and that you
share our faith in the future of
the College.
Sincerely yours,
E. J. Mack
Chairman, St. Andrews
Board of Trustees
3
Seminar
(Continued from Page 1)
Seminar, in addition to Dr.
Melton, will be Lucylle
Keylon, State Coordinator of
Health Services; N.C. Deputy
Director of Youth Services
George R. Hicks, Jr.; N.C.
Dq>artmenn of Corrections
Area Personnel Officer Cedle
Murphy; Horace Ferguson,
Assistant Director of
Rehabilitation Services in
North Carolina; Vernon
O’Dell, Principal Teacher at
the Econaluftee Center of thh
National Park Service J(*
Corps near Cherokee, N.C.;
Dr. Paul Fox of the Ap
palachian State University
chapter of the National
Teacher Corps; Verne Hawes,
Headmaster of the Raven-
crops Sdiool in Ralei^; and
James Williams of the Wayne
Countv D^ School in Gold-
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Informational materials
will be available from
Christian Education Centers,
Inc. of Gainesville, Georgia;
Overseas Presbs^erian Ser
vices Agencies, and United
Nations Youth Services Agen
cies.
Oppenheimer: A Review
NEW YORK Poet Joel
Oppenheimer read in New
Meek’s main lounge Monday
and Tuesday nights. See Bob
Haley’s review at right.
(Bioto by BiUy Howard)
drews philosophy” - a concise
declaration of purpose for the
college as well as the devel^-
menn of a more cohesive
community.
by Bob Haley
JOEL OPPENHEIMER:
“Bom 1930, Yonkers, N.Y. Educated public schools Yonkers,
N.Y. Cornell Univ., School of Engineering, 1947-48. Univ. of
Chicago, The College, 1948-49. Black Mountain College, 1950-53.
No degrees. Bom for the Depressim, but too young to remem
ber any suffering. Too young for WWn-in school and 4F during
Korean. Consequently, having missed the 3 major social
calamaties of my time, I am always feeling just a little guilty.
Now living in NYC.”
JOEL OPPENHEIMER:
What do you say about someone who reminds you of you 50
years hence? Obviously you talk about the kind of impression
(physically, verbally) he made on you. Impression, Physically:
See above. Please note that he reminds me alot of M.C. Richar
ds. Both have faces that seem to be cut from sandstone. San
dstone you will remember is soft and easy to shape but once
shaped looks hard and shiny. Impression, Verbally: ffis poetry
and verbal prose is soothing at times and at others very discon
certing. He is the domestic Poet i.e. he talks about the normal
micronism of his life, experiences and relates that to the
macronism we call the 6 o’clock news. When he is soothing he
is talking about times like walking his son to school and
relating that to some guy who shot himself out of cannons.
When he is disconcerting he is talking about Mother Dances,
failure in relationships are the impetus it seems. Evening went
well with Joel talldng prose with the audien e; views on
education, “Are you frustrated?”
More verbal prose was had by all and aU in all we found
correlation: “The only difference between here and Black
Mountain is that you do your work.” He loved Marilyn Monroe
we love the girl on the shaving lotion commercial.
Let’s not forget the three songs we deserved.
All in all two evenings worth the time spent from the micro-
macronism across the lake and here.
Joel I have to tell ya I did not like the Woman Poems but I
gotta admit you became my favorite Poet, if term is ap
plicable.
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