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...Feldman pointed to the need for departments andprofessors to take responsibility for teachingquality in their courses...
...This allows each department to have flexibility to do what they think is necessary and important," Baird Professor of Science Gary J. Feldman said. "And, at the same time, since Dean Buell will review the plans, it guarantees that the departments will meet their responsibilities...
...There's been a lot of publicity lately aboutthe TFs which gives the impression that we have alarge problem with incompetence among the graduatestudents, when in fact the contrary is true,"Feldman said...
Faculty members had several objections to the proposal, none of which are valid. As Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences John E. Dowling said, "Language skills cannot be used to judge someone's teaching capability." His sentiments were echoed by Baird Professor of Science Gary J. Feldman, who observed that TFs can compensate for a "lesser grasp of English" through other attributes...
What these arguments ignore is the simple fact that no TF--regardless of dedication or caring--can be an effective teacher if he or she does not speak the language of instruction. For most courses, this is English. The objections of Dowling and Feldman would make sense only if the proficiency test requires TFs to compose extemporaneously and declaim Petrarchan sonnets...