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Montclair State University Montclair State University Digital Commons The onM tclarion Student Newspapers 10-22-1987 The onM tclarion, October 22, 1987 The onM tclarion Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/montclarion Recommended Citation The onM tclarion, "The onM tclarion, October 22, 1987" (1987). The Montclarion. 519. https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/montclarion/519 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Montclair State University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The onM tclarion by an authorized administrator of Montclair State University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Vol. 61 No. 23 Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, 07043 Thurs., Oct. 22,1987 Restructure of senior year suggested President programs before agreeing on in life. Petrone of the Department of By Lynn M. Cowan objectives.” Two facts colleges Boyer then spoke of out Economics all related their W alters News Editor must consider, in his opinion, comes assessment’s role in this reactions to the preceeding address. The fourth annual Presiden are the goals of assessment and integration, saying, “Colleges update the process of implementing should evaluate beyond seper- Of the four respondents, tial Fall Symposium focused on President Walters is still the controversial practice of these goals. ate courses-they should evaluate Reilly-Petrone presented a com Boyer stressed the impor plete, detailed model of Boyer’s undergoing tests for possible college outcomes assesment in a student’s overall comprehen brain lesions at Columbia- both the keynote address and tance of language proficiency in college students, saying, “lan sion.” ideal of college assessment. Her Presbyterian Hospital accord the faculty respondent period. His suggestion of testing for model adapted Boyer’s three- ing to Dr. Edward Martin, The symposium, entitled, guage is a means to larger ends... (it) is a tool, a skill that can overall comprehension consists part plan to fit MSC’s academic Dean of Students. “Assessing the Undergraduate of three steps before a student structure. It used the college’s Martin said that “I have no Experience,” was held on Oct. control the lives of others.” The current debate on lan graduates. five-school design to form an further information regarding 14 in Memorial Auditorium. the president. I don’t know Dr. Ernest L. Boyer, president guage proficiency, he said, The first step would be a assessment program unique to concerns the fact that, “when we senior thesis within the each MSC. anything new or different that of the Carnegie Foundation for hasn’t been presented to the the Advancement of Teaching, evaluate, we don’t evaluate the student’s major. The thesis topic Boyer’s first and second steps language process at its best.” college community already.” and Senior Fellow of the Wood- would have to relate to social, were rearranged and specified He said that he would inform row Wilson School at Princeton Basic Skills tests that assess by Reilly-Petrone. To integrate language proficiency, stated historical, and ethical perspec the students as soon as anything University, was the keynote was learned. speaker. Boyer, “diminish the meaning of Boyer, listed for five consec a college education with min Mitra Achtiani utive years by US News and imal achievement goals.” World Report as one of the A more feasable approach to language proficiency in colleges 1963-1987 nation’s top educators, began would begin with better pre By Paul Mampilly his speech by stating outcomes Assignment Editor assessment is an “arresting, college education. A policy of higher admissions standards essential, and dangerous topic” and remedial work at the start in higher education today. The 24, died Fri., Oct. 16 at a recent possibility of New Jersey of a student’s college years would yield higher results. The imately 9:40 am in i “ state-mandated assessment test eventual outcome of language side Hospital, Glen 3 ing has raised many questions Achtiani, of Nutley, " for students and educators proficiency should enable a student to “think critically, draw seizure on Oct. 15 t alike. Boyer stated that the inferences, and see subtle shades public’s most common miscon of meanings” in language, said ception regarding outcomes assessment is the belief that it Boyer. is a test to assess what students Another point that Boyer stressed was the need for “cul was have learned. However, this is diately by not true, according to Boyer. tural literacy.” Colleges, he felt, Ernest L. Boyer, second from right, chats with faculty members (1-r) Reilly-Petrone, Gawley, Bernstein and Nash. or students The purpose of assessment is to should have a “global perspec pus police evaluate whether or not “the tive.” Campuses tend to be very tives. disciplines, she restructured the and pieces (of a student’s education) parochial, without a sense of the The second step, a senior senior seminar into a format of and also gave her oxygen. add up to a coherent whole.” outside world. Boyer illustrated seminar, would involve an oral five two-week periods, where “She was then transports Boyer stated, “New Jersey is this when he related the story presentation of each thesis for the dean and a chosen professor an ambulance emergency unit being gently nudged to consider of a classroom where students peers to critique. of each school would rotate to Mountainside Hospital and evaluation of college students could not find El Salvador on Finally, after peer presenta through each of the other four at that time the doctors told us through outcomes assessment, that she was doing the best that and a general fear is that ‘pol a map. He went on to say, “We tion, five or six seniors would schools for one semester, lectur are willing to go to war with be selected to' present their thesis ing the other disciplines. could be expected under the iticians will impose it if we do circumstances," said Martin. He not choose it.’ ” a country that we cannot locate in a colliqium format, where the The role of the visiting dean also said the seizure “probably The result of this fear is the on a map. What’s happening?!” entire campus community and professor would be to resulted from complications out current trend of colleges form Boyer expanded on this when would be invited to attend. integrate their own discipline of a serious ing their own outcomes assess he spoke of how students tend After Boyer’s keynote ad into the student’s major. Topics a child.” ment programs. MSC’s Out to focus on their major and dress, four MSC faculty discussed might be the impact Martin, who talked to Ach- comes Assessment Program ignore other disciplines. “The members presented their re of the visiting school’s General tiani’s parents, said “They told committee, headed by Dr. Tho problem with students,” he said, sponse to outcomes assessment Education Requirements me that Mitra loved commg to mas Bridges of the Department college and it was an important of Philosophy and Religion, has “is not their technical capacity. and Boyer’s ideals. Dr. Joan (GER) on a non-major’s edu It is their ability to put technical Bernstein, of the Department of cation. part of her life. The parents also begun to formulate an approach expressed their appreciation to to assessment of undergraduate skills in a historical and cultural Home Economics, Dr. Irwin H. Reilly-Petrone said that after perspective.” Students must all who had tried to help.” students. Gawley, of the Department of the 10-week visitation period, Achtiani transferred A problem with outcomes begin to relate “liberal” and Chemistry, Dr. James Nash, of each seminar student would Bergen Community College to assessment, according to Boyer, “useful” arts, and integrate them the Department of English, and choose a thesis topic within his MSG and according to Martin, is the tendency to “measure in college as they are integrated Dr. Margaret M Reilly- major that would integrate the was 1 ‘very good student.” other four disciplines. The funeral was held at the The second semester of her Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Tuition Incre model would be spent writing in Nutlcv on Oct. 19 the senior thesis, to be presented in the seminar. Inside 1987 is the largest ever Reilly-Petrone admitted that the Montclarion By Shawn Smith According to budget officer The capital is so that we can her model was not fool-proof, MSC beats WPC, 12-10. pg. Staff Writer Charles Moore, there has been go ahead with day-to-day op listing two obstacles to be 12 MSC students and their par a yearly increase in tuition for erations.” overcome: faculty and admin ents may have found that they the last four to five years, istration. -MSC faculty would Good Woman of Setzuan had to dig a little deeper into usually by $2.00-$3.00 per credit The increase was voted by the have to committ more time to recieves rave review, pg. 8 their pockets this semester in hour. Ten percent is the largest Board of Trustees in the spring the senior seminars, and the order to compensate for the yearly increase ever. With this semester of 1987, said Nancy administration would have to $4.00 hike, Moore says, “The Carver, assistant to the Vice cooperate in using faculty re tuition increase. SGA free phone service is The tuition rate, $40.00 per projected increase comes to $1 President for Administration sources. This, she said, “Would back. pg. 3 credit hour last semester, has million, half for salaries and half and Finance William Griffith. be a challenge to the faculty and increased 10%, making the for working capital.