Student Services To Evaluate Honors Lists r o-K o 5 r I By C. C Paul Welcker Student services will conduct a anew anew anew new survey to find out if the Presidents President's Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's list discriminates against those who work or those who are married said Judd Morgan Dean of Students In an interview with Horizon Morgan gave insights as to the origination criteria and problems of the recently published Presidents President's list The Presidents President's and Deans Dean's lists were established over 10 years ago by Students Services With Morgan himself instigating it a a committee was formed with students student's involvement involvement involvement involve involve- ment to resolve the criteria The criteria established for the Presidents President's list was that students must must be carrying 15 5 credit hours or more and earn a of 38 or better The Deans Dean's list required 15 credit hours or more and 35 to 37 President Carnahan and myself have very little to do with the lists said Max Lowe Academic Vice President Each quarter Lowe and Carnahan receive copies of the lists which they Morgan also commenting on Carnahan's participation said The President encourages it He is excited about the process and allowed us to use his title The major purpose of the Presidents and Deans list is to encourage students to do well Morgan said however has a high percentage of stu students who work outside of college or attend evening evening evening even even- ing classes 45 percent Night students statistical statistically take fewer credit hours than day students The overall credit hour average of all students is 10 per quarter and with graduation requirements at 96 credit hours this wo would ld mean the average student attends 9 quarters or more We have had students come to student services and talk about the problems of working full time while going to school Morgan said when questioned about the traditional non-traditional student Its It's a difficult difficult difficult dif dif- dif dif- thing Where do you cut it off Horizon pointed out that recent research indicated that students who work up to 20 hours a week outside of college get better grades in college Morgan said that he was not aware of the working status of students on the list Morgan said that students not recognized while in school will be picked up at graduation Students with a cumulative of 38 or higher wear a gold braid and those with a 35 to 37 wear a silver braid This would recognize all students achievements Morgan said that Jf if the lists are doing more harm than good maybe Student Services would just discontinue this practice Morgan said If the consensus is that we ought to be lower I l would be willing to pull a committee together and discuss it Morgan promis promised d to survey all students on the Presidents President's and Deans Dean's lists to see if there is discrimination against those who work or those who are married L 1 Y t tAll All students on the Presidents President's and Deans Dean's list will be able to respond respond respond res res- res- res pond to student services survey to help Morgan collect accurate information information mati mation n t that at will affect student recognition in the future The University of Utah is presently considering changing their criteria for the Presidents President's list from 35 to 38 This is in response to a large number of students on the list and computer mailing costs averages about on the Presidents President's list and on the Deans Dean's list each quarter according to Students Services Horizon published the names of on the Presidents President's lents lent's list for the 1988 fall quarter x t tr r rt