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Vol. XXXIII,
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March, 1977
CabriniCollege, Radnor, Pa.
New course evaluation proposed by BarbaraPolomano Did you ever feel that you weren't getting your money's worth from one or more classes? That you were wasting your time there not learning anything? Or perhaps that a particular teacher was doing a poor job or giving unfair examinations? If so, read on for what may soon be a solution to these and similar problems . The Student Academic Council, . at a conference with the American Association of University Professors on Feb. 8, made a proposal to a committee of faculty members. "Instead of just a quantitative form of teacher evaluation, we would like to make an addition - a verbal addition, to the evaluations, whereby students could voice their opinions openly," Greg Pasquarella, member of the SAC said. Students have often issued complaints concerning teachers and courses to the SAC seeking some sort of assistance. They feel that their complaints are getting minimal attention and that their voices should t,e heard. The SIR's are the current means of :ourse and teacher evaluation at Cabrini. The students feel that this quantitative form of expressing objections is simply not enough. "The ¡ students are looking for a more efficient, more effective method to deal with problem areas," Mr. Anthony Tomasco of the Psychology Department said. The SAC first decided that a course of action should be taken in Sept., 1976. "We were puzzled as to how to handle these individual complaints. We decided we would get some sort of statistical back-UJ?, maybe poll the students to see that a reasonable percentage had the same complaint," Greg explained.
The SAC tried to put together another analysis sheet, but this only created more problems. The new questionnaire was very similar to the SIR's . The SAC was stumped. Why then, weren't the SIR's working? "Teachers don't give them to every class," Greg answered. 'They pick two classes to fill out the forms. Then the teacher picks one of the two analyses to hand in to the dean. Of course, the better evaluation gets handed in." "The result," he continued, "was that our faculty got an overall rating in the top 20 percent. That seemed a little bit too idealistic in comparison to the manv complaints that we got." The SAC took a new course of action . They made up IBM cards with five
questions on each concerning teachers, courses and textbooks. "We could run these through a computer and find out which courses weren't working out," Greg said. "Teachers invited the student respresentatives to an AAUP meeting to see if we could settle on something," Mr. Tomasco said . The faculty's general response was that they couldn't see a need for any more paperwork . They questioned the students as to why they felt a change was necessary . "We said we felt in an embarrassing position to go before a teacher and say, 'One stude .nt complained about you.' Yet, somehow, someway, we felt that even orie complaint that we considered (cont. p .
Experience necessary by Beth Dunn fhe.., Psyc.hology Club held a Career Forum in¡ the Library Conference Room on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 7 :30 p .m. Cabrinigraduates who had majored in psychology or related fields were the guest speakers . . Pamela Rusinyak '78, president of the Psychology Club, welcomed everyone to the forum and invited the guests to share their experiences . Candy Schuster, a 1976 Cabrini graduate, is presently employed at Wang Laboratories. Her psychology degree has enabled her to become involved with the business aspects of her job . The next Cabrini Graduate to speak was Patricia Rollins, who is presently employed at the Elwyn Institute as a psychological assistant. Some of her duties include: IQ testing , counseling
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emotionally disturbed and guidance counseling. Mrs. Rollins also did some work with juvenile delinquents . Maryann Kane received her bachelor of arts degree from Cabrini in 1972 . She has worked at the Montgomery County Child Welfare Services. Mrs. Kane has done some work in the court system representing children in neglect and abuse cases. She received her master of arts degree in counseling from Temple University . Jane Leary, like Candy Schuster , has become involved in the business aspects of her job. She is an account representative for an insurance gency . Her duties mainly include employer counseling. One of the points Miss Leary made was the ability to "go places" for a woman who is knowledgeable in the insurance business.
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