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Task force examines continuing education 4 by Marjorie DeKam up courses than the Curriculum Committee for non-credit Another facet of education at courses." Chairman of the group Hope is being studied by a faculty is Dr. Michael Doyle, professor of task force on continuing educa- chemistry. tion. SO FAR, Program Develop- CHAIRMAN of the task force. ment and Evaluation has drawn Dr. John Hopkins, chairman of up a continuing educational unit the communications department, which would contain ten hours of said the study began in December. contact in a well supervised pro- Provost David Marker asked him gram, according to Hopkins. The in November to chair an ad hoc group is exploring the possibility committee tcT develop a proposal of transferring such a unit into on continuing education, and credit hours. work was started over the semes- Tuition for continuing educa- ter break. tion is a concern of the task force. Work has continued for two Hopkins said students may feel months on the task force, and five short changed if credit hours are task groups have submitted pre- offered by such a program at a liminary reports. The task groups cheaper rate than they pay. are: Market Analysis, Staff Re- THE TASK group on Fiscal sources. Program Development, Affairs, led by Dr. Herbert Der- Fiscal Affairs and Administrative shem, associate professor of math- Structure. ematics, is looking into the fee problem and. has concluded so far HOPKINS SAID the task force that there would be no change in olland, michigan is an inventory and exploration of cost per credit hour for the new the feasibilities of a continuing program. education program. "Indications Faculty pay is another area the Volume 87-17 Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423 February 14,1975 are that things look positive but we can't recommend anything group has discussed, as well as the yet," he said. possibility of obtaining funding The preliminary reports are not for some programs from outside Aids accountability necessarily going to become pol- the fee structure, Hopkins said. DR. LES Beach, professor of icy, Hopkins said, as it is up to the psychology and chairman of the administration after the final re- department, heads the Adminis- port is submitted March 31. S.C approves district plan trative Structure group, whose THE TASK group on Market concern is coordination of the Analysis is led by Dr. Barry Rich- by Tim Mulder continuing education program. district.' by the student body, executive ardson, professor of economics If put into effect, continuing THERE WAS some opposition elections will take place in April, and business administration and The Executive Council of Stu- education will, "enable the college to the district system, two of the with the remainder of the repre- head of the department. The dent Congress has been working and the Holland community to eleven voting members of the sentatives being elected by their group has defined four market double-time lately trying to finish interact," Hopkins said. "It will Council voted against it. Congress ^^8 districts in mid-September. areas outside the daytime class the remaining work which needs Paul be valuable in terms of our rela- Vice President Tom O'Brien, who Timmer expressed con- program at Hope: business and to be done before the new Con- ti0 0 0 U n S gress Constitution can be sub- voted for the system, explained men commerce, education, technology ^fn^s "!:/ ^!u ® !. < why he voted yes students if elections are held in STUDENTS and faculty can mitted for student body ratifica- and churches. He said, "There's not going to the fal1- He said>.<tIn September also gain from a continuing educa- tion some time in mid-May. w a An important factor in the tion program, as Hopkins ex- AT A meeting Monday night be any system of getting students h t freshman is going to be on the Congress that doesn't have thinking about Student Congress whole study, Hopkins stressed, is plained, it can expose the college the Council approved a system of and ro e students' opinions. Although only people to ideas and materials electing Congress members from kinks and is perfect, but my major ^ ^ community gover- concern now is that we get stu- nai) c®- _„ _ . one student has been involved, he which aren't normally found in ten district areas. The districts are t 0frTT I said the well being of the degree the college environment. comprised of residence halls, cot- dents to be accountable to the STUDENT is more con- Congress and to his constituency, ^"a^time with adjusting program for Hope students is a The program, according to tages and off-campus units. to the new situation of being at primary concern. Hopkins, should be profit produc- The residents of each district and I think that the district sys- tem can do that." college. He's not known by other "WE ARE trying to satisfy ing; and he said, "If it isn't self will elect representatives from students and he doesn't yet know learning needs at a quality consis- -supporting, I wouldn't even do their own particular district to the FOUR ISSUES still confront what's going on with campus is- tent with Hope College, and also it." He feels that the college could Congress. the Council before the Constitu- sues." to protect the integrity of the make a profit on continuing edu- STUDENT Congress President, tion will be complete. They deal Beran responded to Timmer's college and the degree program," cation, but might have to operate with what responsibilities and Jim Beran, commented on the concern stating that, "In light of he said. "in the red" financially for a system saying that it has two powers will be allocated to the the fact that boards and commit- Dr. Carl Schakow, associate couple of years. executives of the Congress and strong points. "Small districts will tees begin to meet early in Octo- professor of education, heads the TWENTY SIX faculty are in* - who will comprise the Executive allow for direct accountability of ber, it is necessary that Congress task group on Staff Resources. volved in the task force, with the the people who are elected to the Council. members be elected by that time This group faces the problem of chairmen of committees also sit- people who elected them as repre- Also how members will be se- so that they play an active role in whom the continuing education ting in on other groups. Also, sentatives." lected for the Board of Trustees the structure's workings from the program would be offered to, and administrators serve as resource and the Judicial Board, and what Second, "Diversity from the very start. * • who would teach the classes. persons to the groups. will comprise the voting mem- districts should yield a stronger "SINCE students generally POSSIBILITIES would be not Vice President for Business and system because it will more accu- bership of the Appropriations only Hope faculty, but also educa- Financial Affairs William Ander- Committee. change their residences each rately appraise the sentiment of school year and the new system of tors or businessmen from the Hol- son,' Registrar Jon Huisken, Pro- r the constituency of any given IF THE Constitution is ratified election is done according to land area. Even national or world vost David Marker, Business Man- living units, it wouldn't be feasible leaders could possibly be invited ager Barry Werkman, Acting Dean to elect them in the year preced- to Hope to conduct seminars, of Fine Arts George Ralph and ing their term of office, as that Hopkins suggested. Dean for Natural Sciences Shel- Poli. Sci. Department would negate the accountability "Students in the continuing don Wettack are on the task force. built into the system." education program can be any- Problems still exist for the con- As the task of the constitu- one," Hopkins said. tinuing education program, Hop- offers D. C semester tional committee nears its end, THE PROGRAM Development kins admitted. He described the Beran said, "Progress is being anci Evaluation group is studying problems as questions of how the by John Scholten take a seminar in the legislative made, even though it's been ex- enrollment, credit allocation, and administration will view faculty process. tremely diffi:ult at times, toward ^ trying to develop an easier way participation in it, how it will be EACH STUDENT will be ex- a student governmental system to get courses approved. administered, and more funda- Recruitment will begin this which spring for a new program at Hope nected to work at his internshin * ** similtaneously represen- They want, as Hopkins said, mentally, does the college want to which will start next fall. The Monday, Wed^s^y and Friday tative, efficier t and effective." "To have an easier way to draw go through with it? .