Tripod Hartford, Conn
,, TRINITY COLlEGETlBRAJfy^ I RECEIVED THE TRINITY CT ..-. TUESDAY OCTOBER 31, 1972 TRINITY COLLEGE TRIPOD HARTFORD, CONN. Inter cultural Director To Step Down By Matthew Moloshok H. McKim Steele, director of the in- facing intercultural studies is the limited tercultural studies program, will step down areas of, faculty expertise currently at the end of the 1972-73 academic year. available at the College.. In a TRIPOD interview Thursday, the The director said such shortages were associate professor of history said he felt he particularly critical in languages. He should give up his chair in order to insure pointed out that students who wish to study that the program would not become too Chinese are sent out to Central Connecticut closely associated with, him. State College and those who want to study Edwin P. Nye, dean of the faculty, said Japanese to Wesley an. At Trinity, Steele that the College has not begun a full-scale noted, these students do not have laboratory search for Steele's successor yet. He said no tapes or sufficient tutors to practice what action would be taken until the Joint they learn at these other institutions. Educational Policy Committee determined Steele suggested the College could im- how to allocate faculty for next year. That plement a "critical languages program" decision will probably be reached in mid- such as the one used by the New York State November, Nye said. Universities. This involves keeping a Steelt, an associate professor of history, program of tapes available for student self- said he was "fairly satisfied" with the instruction with a native-speaking tutor to program's success so far, but added, "given offer assistance and guidance.
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