Show iWTHf esHath Page 18 Student Life Monday Dec 6 1976 Changes made in College Council charter USU's College Council charter has been revised to allow for more student input in departin the mental decision-makin- g areas of curriculum develop- ment hiring promotion and tenure "The councils m the past have dealt with activities rather than academic concerns" said Kevin Anderson academic "We revised the charter to include the academic side of things " The charter revision of November 3 permits selection of one student from each department to represent dealings with that department's academic affairs The representative is to aid the department m making objective and decisions by making recommendations appropriate to the needs and concerns of the students The representative attends department faculty meetings and acts as a sounding board and resource "The most important decisions are made at the departmental level" Anderson said "The student should have a close relationship with the department head because man) decisions are made by him without calling any meeting If the student has a good relationship the department head could ask the student s students think opinion on what about an issue ” Anderson said the implementation of the program has been discussed bv the dean ’s council Tenure is one of the aspects that we want to get involved in" Anderson said "The deans want student input into these very delicate decisions but they want the tenure committees to be respon” sible for gathering the data When a teacher is granted tenure his position becomes permanent Under the University Code each new faculty member has a tenure advisory committee of at least five membes one of whom is from outside the department This committee evaluates the candidate's qualifications for continuation as a staff member and for tenure Criteria used for making ten- motion decision-makin- 113 4 inches In comparison only inches fell m 1925 considerable thought to whether they could provide the time and objective assistance to such an People’s important committee lives are involved” The dean said hiring cai take as long as 18 months 'Sometimes if a student begins in this process he may have graduated before it is finished My worry is that by the time we set up a system there would be new students and we would have to start all over" sad BaJam "Skners snowmobilers and winter lovers in general should not give up hope on this year’s ' ieetots smrcsr Arams: X - -- UV V 'the Iree Smithfield West 1st North In 7v JT 13 MONDAY NITE KP0NY Tuesday Afternoon F021Y DEE Will Dance BEER BUST Wed CflPITOl 9:00 THE RECORD SHOP 1mm SPECIAL! ALL VAYLON JENNINGS ALBUMS $390 NOW musical intruments ACCESSORIES SPECIAL ORDERS CLASSICAL COUNTRY WE VlAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF CHRISTMAS ALBUMS TApis AND ' SHEET MUSIC CACHE VALLEY HALL 7nn se Junior ond 2S CACTUS CLUB r z 1° 8 PM December 678 1976 Utah State University HRER Dance Studio Admission ’100 6 s r Representatives will be trained for these duties in a workshop SKIED DOS'JH EVEREST 563-318- NO COVER CHARGE if they have any lems" TOE MAN WEu winter already” Richardson DISCO DANCING that department" he said dents can contain these HOLIDAY TIME FOR THE SPECIAL GIRL 16 said He expects a substantial amount of snow by at least Dec 15 but isn’t guaranteeing Anderson said names of stn on college councils win publicized in the near future "We want them to be a oar advisor to the other students® dents g "That information is available to the tenure committees" Ballam said "and this is ususally the evidence that the person being considered will present first ” Ballam suggested that student representatives work with department heads to find out which teachers are being considered for tenure or rank advancement Then the student could work out a ure and promotion decisions are excellence m teaching extension way with that teacher to provide or research professional status student input into the decision "We need objective valid inand leadership attainment of a satisfactory academic degree formation" Ballam said "The evidence of quality service disfaculty has to hav e confidence tinctive promise as a scholar and that the evidence is accurate the candidate's personality and unemotional and unbiased ” attitude toward work students Ballam said rating teachers arid colleagues accurately and objectively is dif"There are many legal as well ficult and takes time as professional implications as to "Students would have to give Winter will come this year "Yes winter is coming" said Arlo Richardson Utah State climatologist stationed m Logan The official date for winter to arrive m Cache Valley and the intermountain west is Dec 21 he said Temperatures point to the arrival of winter m Iogan ranging from lows in the teens to highs in the twenties Winter 1976 is lacking in snow however with only traces falling over the Thanksgiving week The average date for the first snowfall m the Cache Valley is Nov 1 Extremes range from Oct 1 1971 to Jan 15 1962 "Winter is behind schedule m Logan this year but is likely to easily catch up with the accumulative snow fall later in the year” Richardson said A normal snow fall is an accumulative 74 8 inches The snowiest winter was in 1949 with membership on a tenure committee’’ said Oral Ballam College of Education dean "The committee may be in existence for six years and there wouldn’t be any continuity if a student was moving in and out of it Also the code doesn't specify that a student be included on a tenure committee so that would have to be changed " Ballam said he favors a regular student evaluation of teachers as input to aid in tenure and pro- i 7 I I I I ? |