-
ith student enroll­
ment trend t Lake ichi­
gao College sho . g shift
to part-time and night
hool udents and con -
quent greater utilization of
part-time faculty members,
the C Board of Trustee
Tuesday, June 19, pproved
plan of sy tematically
evaluating all L C part­
tim in ructors.
Th evaluation plan
pre nted by Dr. Jame
Be ering, dean of Art
d Science and cting
e-pre . dent of in ruction
a a means of uring
quality of teaching by part­
time faculty members,
chieving continuity of cur ..
ricular offerings, improving
cl room learning environ-
m nt, maintaining high
te chin and cademic
tandard and establishing
or ing relati on-
ip between part-time and
full-time faculty members.
The plan, Dr. Bekkering
indi ted, h been in delib­
eration for months with
full and part time faculty
involved. It represents the
first formal and sy ematic
evaluation, as informal
evaluation has been the
practice.
THREE T ES AS ANY
PART-TIME FACULTY
At the present time,
according to Dr. alter F.
Browe, LMC pre ident, the
college uses from 150 to
200 part-time faculty mem­
bers during' a year and
employs 58- full-tim
teachers.
Recent enrollment sta-
. tics presented to the
Do rd revealed an incre
in student enrollment of
13.35 per cent in the
inority
faD of 1978 over fall of
1977, and an increase of
11.3 per cent in spring
mester 1979 over ring
1978.
STUDENTS, LESS
HOURS E S LESS AID
Though the ctual num­
ber of students has increas­
ed, the number of hours
taken by these uden has
dropped, Dean Margaret
Crishal reported. .
U e are rving tod y
more part-time students
ho are combining edu -
tion and ork more than
ever before," Dean Crishal
said, 'with approximately
42 per cent of our students
employed half-tim and 27
per cent employed full­
time."
Because of the deere
in credit hours being taken,
state aid based on total
credit hours taken by stu­
dents has been decreasing.
. Dr. Bekkering pointed
out that the decrea in
total hours taken hil
actual enrollment rises
Of the 3,931 udents
enrolled at C in the fall
of 1978, part-time tudents
comprised 76 per cent of
the total.
In 1968, part-time
students comprised approxi­
mately 40 per cent and
full-time ',�udents about
60 per cent of the total.
Historically, the larger
the number of pan-tim
students, the greater the
• coll ge's . night school
enrollment. It is in the
night school and off­
campus extension centers
that part-time teacher
are utilized roo t frequent­
ly.
LA 5 E
SE TE CEO
ight Ku Klux Klan
m n convicted in federal
court of misdemeanors
involving racial violence
ha e been sentenced to two
years in prison and a ninth
received a four year term in
Birmingham, Ala.
Tent KKK members
originally er indicted on
charges ranging from imper­
sonating an FBI nt to
shooting into the homes of
AACP I der.
The gov mment drop­
ped charges during the two­
wee trial for 1 c of evi­
de ce again four klans­
men. Three others pie ded
guilty.
us. Attorney J.R.
Brook said those convic­
ted Thursday ere "mo t
deeply involved in the
violent ctivity" in Talla­
dega County, ea of Bir­
mingham.
atroniz
our
adv.rtis.rs
J 26-J 2,197
11IE CITIZEN
s
'a national trend.
The Trus ee hoped to
O1HE ARD e th transition of De-
Am S vine from the Sherif'rs
TIle C tr tee also payro to the co 's
accepted the 10 bid of the by .ving the affumati
Klett Construction Com- ction requiremen for
pany, of Hartford, of filling po at the
S5 $77.50 for repair of the college.
main entrance ro d on the Trustee Ho d Jab-
api r A nue campus and Buffalo, and
the 10 bid of Central St -..:"
, e n;nwe,
Tile and Terrazzo Company to exception to the
of Kalamazoo, of S22,345 aiver pointing out that
for carpeting the ne Com- it uld t a bad exam-
munity Center. e for the college and th t
The trustee al competition for the po ition
extended for fi years the underconditio . of affirma-
pre n t contract . th the ti action desirab .
Canteen Company of South- The Board concurred
estern ichigan to provide and retained affirmati
food services and �nding ction requirements for th
machines on the college 21 000 a year posi tion
campus. In other matters, the
Under the contr ct, the C trustee :
Canteen Company pay the Heard report by
college rental of 5 per cent Trustee Earl ce, of St.
for all catered even on Jo ph, of a recent meet­
the carnpu plu commis- ing of the Association of
ion to the college on net Community College Trust­
machine vended ees hich emphasized com.
ranging from 2 to 20 munity colleg and the
per cent. energy crisi .
Dean Chrishal present- Heard reports by Rene
ed a gr duation analy·.' Fishman, coD equal op­
The college has awarded portunity officer, regarding
4�57 associate degrees and equal opportunity de elop-
574 certificates since its ments at the school and by
first graduating cl. Ste Small, n Iy elected
When th hool chairman of the C Foun-
the Junior College of Ben- dation, regarding extending
ton Harbor (1948-53) the invitations to are groups
school a arded 249 . to ha members join the
ate degrees and certificate; Foundation.
the Benton Harbor Com- .- •
munity College and Techni­
cal Institute (l954�, it
gave 997; and LM (since
1965) the school has award-
. ed 3,585.
VOTE TO KEEP AFF
ATIVEAcrlO
A difference of opinion
developed among trustees
over a resolution . ving
affirmative action require­
ments.
The Board h created
a n administrati posi-.
tion at the' college of
Coordinator of Criminal
Justice and Public Safety
Programs. Lt. Mich 1
Devine, a member of the
Berrien County Sheriff's
Department, has held th
post since 1971. the
position will be funded by
the school.
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