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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 31.2007
FACULTY SENATE
■ French studies professor Deborah Harter was appointed
speaker of the faculty senate, replacing physics professor
Marj Corcoran.
■ The senate announced this year's executive committee. It
comprises Earth Science Professor Dale Sawyer, Electrical
and Computer Engineering Professor James Young, Political
Science Professor Randy Stevenson and English Professor
Meredith Skura.
■ The Working Group on Evaluations presented an update on
making course evaluation information available to students on
ESTHER. Administrative
Systems Liaison Randy
Castiglioni is currently
working on implement-
ing graphs displaying
student responses to
course evaluations.
Course comments and
summaries are already
viewable under the stu-
dent services tab on the
ESTHER homepage. A
new feature also allows
a user to post a one-time
response to a course
comment immediately
after the response is
made viewable. Evalu-
ations for cross-listed
courses have been com-
bined.
WANT TO JOIN
Newly elected Speaker of the Faculty
Senate Deborah Harter
■ The senate discussed whether to censor course evaluations
containing profanity. No decision was made.
■ The senate discussed possible avenues of response to the
report from the Committee on the Rice Undergraduate Program.
Options considered include as task force and a conversation
or forum.
■ The senate proposed discussions with the Office of Admis-
sion about the criteria admission decisions are based on and
faculty input on the establishment of these criteria.
■ The American Association of University Professors recom-
mended the establishment of standard review procedures for the
reappointment of key administrators.
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Bursten, Julia. The Rice Thresher, Vol. 95, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 2007, newspaper, August 31, 2007; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth443104/m1/5/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.