1959
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
1959 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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iT' Counseling Chairman Defines System
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"It's primarily and simply the
most effective way of getting stu-
dents to continually consider aca-
demic objectives so they will get
a sampling of everything," Prof.
Donald Eschman of the geology
department, chairman of Faculty
Counselors for Freshmen and
Sophomores, said of the counsel-
ing system.
He further described the coun-
seling program ag a means of "in-
suring that students don't go too
far wrong in their course elections
-so they can. meet distribution
requirements and course 'prerequi-
sites - and serving in a liaison
capacity with other agencies, such
as reading improvement and the
Bureau of Psychological Services."
Freshmen receive letters advis-
ing them of their counselor's name
and office number during Orienta-
tion Week, Prof. Eschman said.
They are invited in to see their
counselor any time. by making ap-
pointments for one of the 24 slots
in his six-hour counseling week.
Each of 20 literary school coun-
selors handles 160-175 students
during the year, Prof. Eschmanj
estimated.
Should Handle 1251
"Ideally, the goal ought to be
a maximum of 125," he added.
"There is just enough time to
counsel that many students from
the day the tentative time sched-
ule is issued in early December
untilthe end of the fallsemester."
The role of a counselor implies
some guidance, but they are not
to be thought of as "big brothers,"
Prof. Eschman defined.
"I don't feel this system is
paternalistic," he said, denying a
charge soretimes made against
the counseling system. "We oper-
ate under the principle that there
are certain rules and regulations
concerning the academic curricu-
lum, with certain exceptions to
each," he continued.
Why is academic counseling
done by faculty members, rather
than by a "professional" staff?
Prof. E chman said there are two
reasons for the system set-up.
were added to the program. One
of these was the late Prof. Arthur
Van Duren, who had been called
the "Father of Freshman-Sopho-
more Counseling."
As changes were made in the
program, the staff gradually in-
creased. In June, 1938, Prof. Van
Duren was appointed Assistant
Dean of the College.
Policy Revisions
Under his administration, there
were several policy revisions:
(1) Second - semester freshmen
with a B average and no D or E
grades were permitted . to elect
certain specified sophomore
courses.
(2) Transfer students were as-
signed to counselors for the first
time.
(3) A summer counseling and
orientation program was instituted
to relieve the freshman rush in
the fall.
When Prof. Van Duren died,
Prof. Eschman carried on his basic
philosophy this past year. And
Prof, Eschman was recently ap-
pointed chairman for the 1959-60
academic year, will continue it:
that counselors are not here to be
big brothers, but rather to help
the student help himself.
A plan to encourage participa-
tion by senior citizens in adult
education classes has been an-
nounced by officials of the Divi-
sion of Adult Education of Wayne
State University and the Univer-
sity.
Under the plan, any person 65
years of age or older will be able
to enroll in adult e d u c a t i o n
courses for a registration fee of
$2.00 instead of the normal $20.00
The object of the plan, to be
run experimentally for one year,
will be to permit increased parti-
cipation In the adult education
,.. -
s
program by older and retired c
zens.
A choice of over 100 courses
be open to the older citizens N
join the program, with course
art, music, philosophy and lite
tu being especially emphas
by the division.
Most classes will be held eli
in " the cultural center of
Wayne State campus, or in
Rackham Building, but cla
will also be held in Royal C
Dearborn, Allen Park, Wyando
Grosse Pointe, Ferndale and
Clair Shores.
USED
FREE ADVICE - The office of Faculty Counselors for Fresh-
men and Sophomores, located in Rm. 1210, Angell Hall, is head-
quarters for underclassmen guidance.
firm conviction on the part of The two counselors were given
most of the faculty that this is the added responsibility of advis-
best both for the students and the ing the sophomore class.
The next year, three assistants
faculty."
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Counselors, who receive a small
stipend and are permitted to sub-
tract one-third of the hours that
they would regularly dedicate to
teaching, are selected by Dean
James H. Robertson, assistant
dean of the literary college, and
Prof. Eschman.
Of these counselors, a recently
written evaluation of the program
complained that they "are all
men, and mainly from the young-
er ranks."
Prof. Eschman sees no great
disadvantage to this arrangement.
"We will add a woman to the staff
when we find the right person.
"As for the claim that coun-
selors are mostly young teachers,
full professors are usually not in-
terested in being a counselor or
are too busy with departmental
and college committees. Besides,
from the counselor's standpoint,
this is one of the best ways to get
acquainted with the framework of
the college, a thing of vital con-
cern to the younger faculty," he
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Counseling offices are located in
R~m. 1210, Angell Hall. There, each
counselor has access to a student's
orientation test grades, freshman
application forms, high school
records, residence hall reports and
reports of judiciary action, as well
as all comments from instructors
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"First, the faculty becomes more
alert as to what's going on as far
as the student Is concerned," he
said. "The faculty, themselves, are
thus more concerned,
"And, second, they can counsel
more on strictly academic grounds
than a 'professional,' who would
largely be concerned with such
things as the adjustment to col-
lege life," Prof. Eschman' ex-
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1938. Four years prior to this,
there were only two members of
the faculty available to freshmen
for counseling assistance.
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