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Show rr The Daily Utah Chronicle Commission proposes higher ed. assessment Plan designed to demonstrate Utah's public accountability By Tonia Gruschdm Chronicle Staff Writer A statewide higher education assessment proposal was presented to the Legislature's Education the office of the Commissioner of Higher .Interim Subcommittee by Education last week. The assessment is a means "for faculty, institutions, boards and legislators to demonstrate public accountability by measuring student and program outcomes," according to the proposal. The plan calls for $500,000 to fully implement a comprehensive systemwide program in addition to new student tracking procedures required by the Federal Student and Campus Each Act. institution and Security the Board of Regents would be Right-to-Kno- w allowed $50,000. The draft will be presented to the Regents for discussion and approval for submission to the full Legislature in January. In response to an auditor's report, Workload, Post High School Education 4 Year Degree or More (18.5 of Workforce) and Productivity Assessment, released in August that focused on input oriented questions like teacher classroom time, the new proposal calls for a concentration on outcome results as a more accurate measure of the contributions of an institution to its community. Factors such as productivity, faculty credit hours, student-facult- y ratio, student evaluations, as well as grants and contracts are considered. Qualitative factors such as activities, community services and creativity will also be addressed. "These things are difficult to quantify. It will take a while to develop a system to collect the information and make a definition of what needs to be done," J. Wayne 4 Years College (21.9 of Workforce) 2 to 1 to 2 of Workforce) 11.2 6 Mos. to Years College 1 Year College (6.6 of Workforce) 3 Mos. to 6 Mos. Training (19.5 of Workforce) 1 Mo. to 3 Mos. Training (12.8 of Workforce) Less Than 1 Month Training . (9.5 of Workforce) Lewis, research analyst for the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, said. He added, however, "Anytime an institution is required to report on how well and what they're doing, there is more see "proposal" on page three Average Weighted Salary $0 $20.00 $15.00 $10.00 $5.00 Source:Utah Department of Employment Security Earning potential of graduates is one kind of outcome oriented assessment of higher education being considered in a proposal presented by the office of the commissioner of higher education. Hospital's emergency room not Confirmation hearings yet hit by overcrowding problems only political struggle Judge Bork contends U. political battle for the court. He called liberal opposition to his and other judges' confirmations "the left" and he discussed the By Jason Wood Chronicle Staff Writer nominees after his confirmation hearings. "Law is viewed as a political prize and a political weapon," said Judge Robert Bork, former U.S. Supreme Court nominee, to a capacity crowd Friday night at Symphony Hall. The lecture was part of the American Value Lecture Series that is being sponsored by the Cannon for Senate Committee. CHROHICUPHOTOAcollSine The University of Utah hospital emergency room does not currently have the same "big city" problems of overcrowding that are facing much of the nation, according to hospital officials. By Steve Sessions Chronicle Staff Writer now. It may get to be, though. We are noticing that we are getting busier." The U. hospital handled 20,000 physicians or who do not have than under used," she said. One of the reasons that Utah escapes the problem of emergency room overcrowding is that hospitals throughout the valley have an excellent working relationship. "The hospitals are very close. They might send their patients to us or vice versa. They are very cooperative," Nielsen she encourages people to use the emergency room if they have serious The U. hospital has one attending see "emergency" on page three patients in its emergency room last year, with an average of 6 patients 55-5- Emergency rooms have become victims of our nation's health care problems. Big cities are reporting overcrowded and understaffed emergency rooms. Fortunately, the University of Utah is not among them. Tami Nielsen, nurse manager at the U. hospital emergency room, said, "We don't have big city problems concerns about their health. "We would rather have to be over used per day. On the average, few patients arrive with traumatic problems, while there are others with minor illnesses who have been unable to contact their own ' regular physicians. Nielsen said that said. Symphony Hall was packed and the overflow watched the on closed circuit television in the Salt Palace speech The Daily Utah Chronicle's Homecoming issue reveals Homecoming traditions of past and present, including the Homecoming Queen and King contests and the new "U Oughta be in Pictures." See pages 7-- Utah came up with the big plays when they counted and Colorado State made a bevy of blunders leading to the Utes' 6 win Saturday in Rice Stadium. Get the inside scoop on what happened in the Chronicle SportReport. 21-1- See pages 12-1- 3 Judge Bork's failed confirmation. He said that Justice Anthony Kennedy's nomination was fairly uneventful because his hearings had "exhausted" the Senate Judiciary Committee. He said, "the liberals didn't gain anything by Kennedy's confirmation because he votes about the way I would have." Bork said that David Souter's theater. Joe Cannon introduced Judge Bork and spoke of the role that confirmation didn't generate a storm because, "Souter had spent conservative Bork then spoke about the Clarence Thomas hearings. He called the process a "farce that turned into somewhat of a Bork plays in jurisprudence. a Cannon, republican, is vying for Jake Garn's Senate seat when Gam's term is over. Bork is currently a John M. Olin Scholar in legal studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He served as Solicitor General, acting Attorney General of the United States, and Circuit Judge on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Inside There have been three nominations to the court since before his nomination to the court by President Reagan. Judge Bork began by praising both Orrin Hatch and Jake Garn for their work in the Senate. He talked of the degeneration of Capital Hill politics, and how Congress is increasingly being viewed by the public as unethical. Bork spoke about his nomination to the court and the process in general. He said that the process has become a "political struggle for control of the law." Bork spoke often of the 50 years not taking any positions, so why should he start now?" tragedy." He called the hearings a "Roman circus on television." Bork said that the Senate Judiciary Committee tries to pin nominees down on positions concerning the Constitution. He said that he counted 70 remarks Senators democratic by Thomas' concerning position on Roe v. Wade. Judge Bork said that someone on the democratic side of the Judiciary Committee leaked the story of Anita Hill's sexual harassment allegations as a "calculated political assassination." Bork said that race and gender relationships will be the major issues. that the court will be dealing with in the 1990s. He said the court needs justices with "individual virtue and responsibility to deal with these issues in the future." Org. 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