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Show DoaI Enrollment Eliminated Sn Fall By JEANIE KEMPE Clironicle Staff Writer No more waiting in line for advisers' signatures at registration next fall. And dual enrollment will be eliminated. But, emphasized Oakley J. Gordon, dean of academic counseling, this does not mean there will not be any general education requirements. "There will always be general education requiremnts." A letter will be mailed to all students May 1 explaining the new registration reg-istration changes. All registration will be done in advance via mail, even for autumn quarter, and advisers' signatures will not be required for registration for students beyond their second quarter at the University. Dean Gordon also explained signatures will not be required for changes, to add a class before the first week or even if a student decides to take more than 18 hours. If a students adds a class after the first week, he will only need the signature of his instructor. Replacing the counselor will be an adviser from a student's major department. de-partment. These faculty advisers are not for approving schedules and giving signatures, but for counseling if a student does have academic questions. Better Ratio "We hope that with the change, when a student has a question, he will go to this guy," said Dean Gordon. He said the University is trying to get a better student-counselor ratio. Dean Gordon hopes to achieve a ratio of one faculty member for 40 students. stu-dents. Some general educations counselors now advise as many as 300 DR. OAKLEY J. GORDON , . . dean of academic counseling students. Each department will submit a list of faculty members who are willing to counsel. These will be "real advisers," Dean Gordon stressed. "I hope before the end of this year to have an orientation program for these advisers." This system requires a student to choose a major. But a student may change his major every quarter if he wishes. A change of major will not require an approval signature. Therefore, if a student is "undecided" "un-decided" as to a choice of major, he should choose one now, remembering remember-ing that he may shop around and change majors at any time. The Counseling Center in Annex 2120 will also assist a student in choosing a major. If a student still does notwant to choose a major, ho will be assigned randomly to a departmental adviser. A Major Choice A card will be enclosed with the May 1 letter asking for a major choice. The faculty adviser's name will then be printed on advance registration material which will be sent by mail in August. The registration changes are being made on several assumptions. It is assumed a student's best academic advise comes from a faculty adviser in a student's major department; that general education classes are important and will stay in the curriculum, but that their importance should be felt throughout all four years of undergraduate work. It is also assumed a faculty adviser should become more of an adviser and less of an approver, and that after a student's first two quarters of registration reg-istration with an adviser's signature, he is ready to read the catalog and other relevant printed instructions and seek the assistance of the faculty adviser when necessary. General education courses will be viewed as a requirement for graduation gradu-ation instead of a freshman and sophomore program of dual enrollment. Dean Gordon stated, "It is a lot of newness, and there is a lot to keep straight." A Right Direction Freshman will work under a different system for the first two quarters "simply to get students started in the right direction." But even freshmen will get their registration materials by mail. They will be sent a freshman fresh-man notebook during the first of June, said Dean Gordon. The notebooks will contain "careful instructions to help the students sign up for their first quarter without getting in trouble." A postcard will also be included with the material. If an entering fresehman needs further help, he may fill out the postcard and a counselor coun-selor will call him. They will receive registration material by mail in August the same as other students and will get first bid on classes. Whereas schedules will be mailed to continuing students, freshman will have to come to orientation to get them, Dean Gordon explained. "There they will meet their faculty advisers for the first time. If they have made a mistake, their registration will be changed." Mailed To Freshmen During their second quarter, registration material will be mailed to freshmen, but they will have to have them appi'oved. From then on, they will register without faculty signatures. Dean Gordon said next year the University will be able to send not only the quarter's report card, but a student's transcripts. In 19G9 it hopes to include report on how a student is doing in his general education requirements. Dean Gordon made these changes with a council of faculty advisers representing every undergraduate dean's office, the dean of students and the registrar. Dean Gordon will report this program to the Faculty Council in its main meeting. I 1 i ! k! i Is ! r -" i r.;,4frv . ' J 'j. I v s L V "" Senior Class President nominee Scott Robertson was refused the right to vote for himself Wednesday, having taken more than nine quarters of education at the University. Election rules stipulate (hat such students cannot vote for Senior Class President. |
