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Last spring, Stechuk and several LSA-SG members proposed a plan to Frye that would have allowed faculty members and students to participate and vote equally on promotion and tenure decisions. Frye rejected the plan, however, saying it was not feasible. IN RECENT months, Stechuk says, he has modified his ideas about student involvement in the tenure process. "I'm not asking for a majority of students in the voting process, I just want students there (on executive committees) to keep an eye on the process," Stechuk says. Three schools in the University - The College of Architecture and Urban Planning, the School of Natural Resources, and the School of Public Health - have student members on executive committees. Carol Smoes, one of four students on the architecture and urban planning executive committee, says that studen- ts are permitted to vote in promotion matters, but the votes are not actually counted. Rather, she explains, the mock votes can influence the real votes of faculty members. THE TWO students on the natural resources executive committee par- ticipate fully in all policy decisions of the school, including personnel mat- ters, according to Dean William John- son. In the School of Public Health, the two students on the executive commit- tee are not permitted to vote on person- .nel issues, but can add to discussions. She says she is content with the system because the student committee mem- SpeciaI To/F 5-7 P.M7 No Cover Drinks %/ Price live Music by: PRISMATIC BAND 611 Church One Block South of South U. THE PROJECT COMMUNITY Income Tax Assistance Program is having a mass meeting for people interested in volunteering for the program. 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ALTHOUGH STECHUK and LSA-SG seem to be making progress in correc- ting what they perceive as problems with the tenure system, Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) President Jim Alland and MSA Academic Affairs Coordinator Marc Breakstone say they have not yet made any plans to increase student involvement in the tenure process. Breakstone says he sees problems but no solutions. "The ideal is to see across-the-board student participation on college and department committees, but that's not likely to happen," he says. "Trying to effect changes at the department or college level gets blown away." Alland also readily points to problems with the tenure system, but has no definite plans to alter it. "We need student involvement on executive committees, but I think it's important that tenure decisions remain primarily up to the faculty." ALLAND SAYS he feels students must prove themselves capable of in- volvement in the tenure process before they will be allowed on executive com- mittees. "Because tenure decisions af- fect the lives of academic professionals, it's important to show that students are responsible. I feel like we're approaching the issue in a rational, responsible manner," Alland says. All three student leaders say they worry that teachling ability is not con- sidered as much as research when tenure decisions are made. Teaching, research, and to a lesser degree, ser- vice, should be considered in tenure decisions, according to University policy. "At this University, there's a real emphasis on national distinction. It's obvious you don't get that distinction through good teaching," Stechuk says. Many faculty and administrators maintain, however, that teaching receives as much consideration as research in tenure decisions. "I'M NOT convinced there's a problem (with the tenure system) to be solved," Frye says. "There's no evidence that teaching is not taken into consideration. In the instance of failure to promote a certain good teacher, RESUMES THESES - DISSERTATIONS COVER LETTERS REPORTS SOFT COVER BINDING 24-HOUR TURN AROUND THE TYPING POOL 612 SOUTH FOREST ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48104 (313) 665-9843 OFFICE HOURS MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. r y C t I' rin an students have expressed concern that teaching was not taken into con- sideration. It's not good logic to con- clude that teaching is not considered if no tenure is granted." Frye says teaching and research are considered on different scales: "It's sort of like adding apples and horses." There are instances in which a strong teaching record could balance an otherwise average record of research, Frye says. At the same time, he acknowledges, "it is true that research may make the critical decision, but that's not unreasonable. Research bears on teaching. If scholarship is deteriorating or not strong, then the basic intellectual strength of the teaching will probably be affected over the years." WRITTEN EVALUATIONS of professors completed at the conclusion of each course are the principal voice that students now have in the tenure process. Those evaluations can take several forms. All LSA departments are urged to administer evaluations, and most ac- tually do, according to Frye. Often a combination of numerical ratings and written comments are included in a professor's dossier of promotion materials. Frye, Alland, and Stechuk each have different conceptions of the ideal evaluation format. Frye would like to see subjective comments on professors. "In theory, subjective comments on teachers are more important than sim- ple rankings," he says. Frye concedes, however, that in large departments it would be difficult to obtain adequate samples in a form that could be quan- tified. Alland wants entirely quantitative evaluations. He says he believes that numerical evaluations show student opinions more clearly than written comments. STECHUK SAYS he desires a com- bination of quantitative and qualitative evaluations. If only subjective evaluations are used, he says, depar- tments could choose to present some opinions and exclude others when reviewing a professor. Psychology Prof. Wilbert McKeachie, director of the Center for Research and Learning and Teaching (CRLT) and an evaluations specialist, says he believes some combination of quantitative and written comments is best. "Quantitative questions may be more accurate, but they are not as per- suasive as written comments," he says. Do promotion committee members even use student evaluations when con- sidering a professor for tenure? There are no definitive answers, but five years ago, student evaluations were not given much weight, according to a study done by CRLT. 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