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Other changes have also helped to take the bite out of union demands. Chafin has improved internal communication through a new organizational structure and monthly plenary staff meetings. Though the chain of command structure still remains in place, complaints do, on the whole, manage to filter to the top. For example, late May, a group of women within the department complained that they were not being treated professionally by the overwhelmingly male force. Chafin says he held a meeting with a core group of the staff to correct the situation immediately because, he says, "I thought it was an extremely...
...Wilson was famous for a unique lecture-demonstration style--one that should adapt nicely to the new labs. He waves his arms above his head and zigzags about the floor to simulate the way the bugs use their antennae to sniff out trails left by fellow ants. Though this may strike some as collegiate show-and-tell, Wilson asserts that by introducing actual research to his students, they can gain exposure to the imaginative and active process of scientific experimentation, yet still "talk in terms of general principles...
...course calls for mastery of German and Tatar recommends a minimum of three to four years high school or two years of college German. But she still maintains that the course is "in the spirit of the Core." Though the stiff language requirement cuts down sharply the course enrollment--Tatar expects no more than 20--the class still has a broad enough appeal to qualify as a Core course...
...Core committee was convinced. They passed her course without reservation, though they urged her to offer the course in English translation. Tatar intends to make that shift in two years...
Most of these hopefuls still have to take that one-year requirement. Though they try to persuade Kenneth T. Dinklage, psychologist to UHS, that their low aptitude and hatred of languages constitutes a psychological barrier they cannot possibly surmount, Dinklage generally tells them politely that they are stuck. These several hundred students who have no physical reason for doing poorly in language courses "are the real victims," Dinklage says. "Those that have an identifiable disability get a waiver...