The College Faculty passed a motion at Tuesday's College Faculty meeting that will change the college's policy on cross-listed courses.
A cross-listed course is now divided into one of three categories: those that are team-taught, those that cover material from two or more disciplines and are taught by faculty with joint appointments, and those approved by the Educational Plans and Policies Committee (EPPC) after application by two or more departments.
Part of the drive behind the proposal comes from the installation of BANNER, the new computerized catalog system. BANNER makes it more difficult to enter cross-listed courses in the system and results in a lot of data repetition.
The new proposal seeks to aid BANNER in managing cross-listed courses more adequately. Additionally, the updated program would allow students for a greater accessibility to cross-listed courses in that the titles will be posted clearly and punctually.
While there was debate at the meeting, with some faculty worried the new system would have a "chilling" effect on cross-listing of courses, the motion was passed.
Twenty-five percent of courses are now cross-listed.
Winners of the first-, second- and third-year class officers elections have been announced.
The first-year class president is Chris Anton. His vice president will be Tyron Rogers. The second-year winner is Rianna Brown. Her vice president will be Isaac Natter. Jennifer Ok will be the third-year class president with Ingrid Wong as vice president.
The presidents were the candidates with the most votes. The vice presidents were the runner-ups.
Student Assistant in Student Life and Services college senior Nicole Johnston said the presidents and vice-presidents will need to organize their class councils first thing.
Johnston said candidates who ran in the election and didn't win will automatically be invited to join the councils. Other students will be nominated or invited.
Each class will have a budget of $2,000 to use for class projects, parties, speakers or other events. The presidents and vice presidents will have a big hand in deciding what the money is spent on.
Copyright © 1998, The Oberlin Review.
Volume 127, Number 6, October 9, 1998
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