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...this issue, among others, is being addressed by sixty leading educators who meet once a month as part of a Seminar on Assessment. These scholars, who began meeting in September, are assessing the effectiveness of various aspects of the University, ranging from specific academic programs to the role of extracurricular activities in student life...
...order to evaluate teaching and extracurricular programs the Seminar first needs to determine what constitutes a successful outcome, Light says, adding it then must develop tests and other criteria for measuring those definitions of success...
...thought of college basketball thriving in Las Vegas is slightly chilling. Of all the extracurricular activities, basketball might be the most worrisome to universities today. Chances are, at the bottom of the Iran-contra scandal is a basketball coach in a checkered jacket and plaid pants. As bleak history shows, the potential for corruption, particularly of a gambling kind, is potent enough in places like Kentucky and New York without putting a franchise in Gomorrah...
...Undergraduate Council will remain the anemic, ineffectual organization it is. Accomodating and unambitious council representatives regularly forego controversial confrontation and concentrate on the mundane tasks of doling out small sums of money to small student organizations. But the limits on its faculty charter and its status as a student extracurricular activity severely limit its potential. The council has the potential to serve as a responsible voice for the student community in the affairs of the College. It might play a role in the current review of the tenure system, guaranteeing that student concerns to improve the quality of teaching have...
Sugiyama was particularly taken back by the admission and interview process conducted at Harvard. "In Japan 95 percent of the entrance weight is placed on exams. Other extracurricular activities are not nearly as important. Group interviews are common, but they usually are only for five minutes," he said...