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New engineering degree proposed at Marist by Eileen Hayes the undergraduate engineering The reasons cited for the rejection she said. munications system to transmit courses, and-RPI will offer the were a shortage of faculty, a According to Maher, the courses to the Marist campus. A Marist is currently working the graduate-level study. The limited budget and a lack of consortium meets the needs of the one-way video with a two-way with two other colleges on a "formal proposal from the three laboratory facilities. New Paltz's Mid-Hudson area better than a audio system has been suggested. proposal that would bring an colleges is expected by next March proposal was opposed by State totally new program would With such a hook-up, students at engineering degree' program to and will require state approval. Education Commissioner Gorden because it offers an established, Marist would be able to see, hear campus. IBM and other, companies in Ambach. high-quality degree. and participate in a class being The program, if approved by the area support the idea of an Marist officials claim that the Maher said the details of the taught at PINY. the New York Board of Regents, engineering program in the regents' rejection of New Paltz program are still being finalized. Maher also said tuition will will offer degrees in electrical •region. Currently,, no such has little or nothing to do with The courses will be offered to compensate for the costs of the engineering under a cooperative program exists in the Mid- Marist's plan. "We assumed New part-time adult students, but will new program. agreement involving Marist, Hudson Valley. Paltz would have the degree," eventually be available to other "It is a positive development, Polytechnic Institute of New In November, the State Board said Julianne Maher, dean of the students. "Engineering meets the in my vision of Marist, to become York of Brooklyn and Rensselaer of Regents rejected by a 10-6 vote School of Adult Education. ' 'The needs of adults working in the — in addition to being a liberal Polytechnic Institute of Troy, a proposal by the State University meetings to form the consortium Dutchess, Orange and Putnam arts college — a strong learning N.Y. •.••••••.' College at New Paltz to start a weren't until after it was county, area," she said. resource for the community," Marist and PINY plan to offer four-year engineering program. disrecommended at New Paltz," 'The plans call for a telecom­ Maher said. r *\ Volume 29, Number 9 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. December 8,1983 J CSL to seek open evaluation of faculty by Steven A. Berger academic programs and services, chairman because grades are at said that if the CSL officially stake," he said. "An anonymous The Council of Student Leaders asked for access to evaluations, survey will serve this purpose." SUNY schools publish evaluations has started a campaign to he would make a "no" recom­ An additional way to handle by Steven Berger conduct its own instructor mendation to Academic Vice the situation would be to have evaluations, the results of which President Andrew A. Molley, instructors post. their course The idea of transforming instructor evaluations into a would be accessible to the student who would ultimately make the syllabus' for public view prior to magazine for student advisement on course selection is not a new body. decision. registration, according to both one. In a survey conducted recently "It would be inappropriate to Toscano and Galanti. '.„-'•- Instructor evaluations are published and made available to by the CSL, 500 students were reveal such sensitive in­ Augustine Nolan, chairman of. students at State Universities of New York at Buffalo and polled with 96 percent supporting formation," said Toscano. "Both the Faculty Affairs Committee, Bingham ton, according to Charles Galemmo, research director a move to release instructor custom and law are behind that." said if the CSL used a second at the student association of the state university in Albany, New evaluations to the public and to , Toscano further said that if the evaluation form, he would be York. ... „..-,-' include students and faculty in the people who provide feedback in happy to see it. ^He added that it - Galemmo said,the publications are organized by the student evaluation of "Marist ad­ evaluations knew their'comments .would have, tcL'oe a proper JornT • governments, -who-^receive-the- evaluation information -from*-' ministrators, according to CSL would be made public, their input seeking meaningful information/ ' computerized results of the school's instructor evaluation. He President Keith Galanti. could be Vruined." • • Nolan said the FAC had made said the publications, titled Scate (Student Course and Teacher Galanti said the CSL is putting - • The survey stated that students changes in this year's faculty Evaluation), rate courses and professors with additional in­ together a committee to create a and faculty do not take part in the evaluation policies and forms. He formation on prerequisites. •relatively bias-free * evaluation evaluation of administrators. said the computerized evaluation The SUNY Binghamton student government, according to form. "This (form) would be a Toscano said this was in error,, information cannot be used to Galemmo, was forced to publish Scate independently for a more objective basis for students because students and faculty do compare one faculty member to number of years until the administration agreed to cooperate to find out which professors are have input in this area. another. with the funding. , more preferable," he said. Staff supervisors, said The last question on" the form Similar publications can be found at the City University of James Barnes, president of the Toscano, are responsible for "How would you rate this.in­ New York, Cornell University, New York University and the college union board, said the conducting evaluations in an structor overall?" has been University of Illinois. CSL's evaluation forms would be "effort to let the (Marist) eliminated. Nolan said it was filled out by students in classes community give feedback on "too general, a question" with with the instructor's permission. college operations — like the "too much missing for- a proper ~ He said it is hoped that all library." He said that every five statement." Students will also no Sex trends in area teachers will accept the CSL's "years or so, he conducts a "wide- longer be required to sign their evaluations over time. scale" evaluation, which also names on the form. The CSL had originally con­ involves student and faculty A further change will be that conflict with U.S. poll sidered trying to obtain Marist's input. tenured instructors — faculty instructor evaluations, according In response, Galanti said this with seven years or more of by Sandy Daniels According to Clatworthy, to Galanti, but the ad­ evaluation may occur, but there is experience — will be evaluated by cohabitation among students has ministration's cooperation much that goes unheard. "A lot only one class this year, as op­ Despite recent statistics halved in the same period. "I seemed doubtful. of students have complaints, but posed to other instructors, who showing a "decrease in casual sex think sexual activity is being Vincent L. Toscano, dean of won't complain to the" division are evaluated by four classes. in the United States during the modified by a trend toward past several years, local experts conservatism generally," Clat­ say they have seen little change in worthy told the Times. the Dutchess County area. Locally,' however, those in­ Likewise, counselors and volved in . sex education and health personnel at Marist say counseling have not seen a clear "they--have'not seen much of a' trend. change in the past years either. Judy Hankel, director of - A New York Times article education and communication at 'Marist has a tendency to sweep issues of human sexuality under a rug.' — Kevin Ryan former coordinator of health services recently reported the results of an Planned Parenthood of Ulster- extensive survey taken on the Dutchess Inc., said that one-third sexual habits of American of the group's clients are between society. The study found that the ages of 20 and 24. there is a shift away from the kind "We don't keep track of the of indiscriminate sexual behavior number of college students that that involves people who are not come in, but I'm aware that engaged in an otherwise intimate college students have come in for relationship. information and treatment," said Roasting Bob Norman, left, was the subject of jibes, testimonials In the article, Dr: Nancy Hankel. and awards last month at a "Bob Norman roast" at Marist. Clatworthy, associate professor Kevin Ryan, who recently More than 200 people — including college President Dennis of sociology at Ohio State resigned as coordinator of health and Murray — were in attendance at the event. Roast sponsors University, found that the per­ services at Marist, said that it is announced a new scholarship fund in honor of Norman, a centage of women engaging in hard to estimate the trends in professor of communication arts. See story: page 3. (Photo by pre-marital sex has dropped from sexual activity on campus. "Not toasting JeffKiely) 80 percent in the 1960s to 50 many students come in to discuss percent in the 1980s. continued on page 2 >00« 2 • THE CIRCLE- December 8,1983 •December 8,1983 - THE CIRCLE • Page 3i Revolution— BUY ONE DOIN'THE TOWN BOOK r continued from page 1 Norman honored by friends, colleagues matters of sexuality, but that AT OUR REGULAR LOW PRICE doesn't mean they aren't out by Paul Beckerle from his present days at Marist all John Doherty, an alumnus public relations firm Hill and that makes Marist faculty special.

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