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something, but we haven’t fig
ured out all the details yet.
We’re getting into the time
where we are trying to build a
budget, so we’re going to try
and get that decision made in
the very near future.”
Perry said more will be
known today after the
University releases its budget
guidelines. However, Perry
was confident that a solution
could be found.
“I’m certain we’ll come up
with something to approach
the graduate issue — I’m cer
tain of that,” he said. “It’s for
part-time employees who are
faculty and staff that we’re still
looking at.”
Steve Hassel, the System’s
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Russell, will also join the team.
A Web-based teaching and learning tool called
“Calibrated Peer Review” will be used to institute
writing skills into science and engineering pro
grams to graduate well-rounded students.
CPR was first developed for the chemistry
department at UCLA and was implemented in
A&M’s chemistry department in the fall of 2002
by professor M. Larry Peck, Hobson said.
CPR teaches students how to evaluate writing
on a certain topic such as math or the sciences.
Then, students look at and compare poorly- and
well-written pieces on the subject, and eventually
post their own assignments. After evaluating oth
ers’ writings and their own, these students' cri
tiques are taken into consideration and a final
copy is turned in to the professor. All of the inter
action is anonymous and takes place online.
These CPRs will take place in a regular class
room environment as an added part of the cur
riculum.
“When students write about what they are
learning, they learn the material better,”
Hobson said.
Three faculty members from the physics, math
is sending a negative message
about graduate education.
“The Texas Legislature has
sent a message by passing this
legislation that they are not
concerned with the well-being
of anyone seeking advanced
study in Texas,” said Josh
Peschel, president of the
Graduate Student Council.
“They have placed an addition
al financial barrier on graduate
education in this state.”
However, Peschel is confi
dent A&M will help graduate
students cover the increases.
“A&M fully realizes the
essential role that graduate stu
dents play within the University,
and I am absolutely confident
that they will do everything in
their power to maintain our
high quality of graduate educa
tion,” Peschel said.
and biology departments will attend an instructor
retreat July 31 through Aug. 2, where they will
learn how to write CPR assignments.
The program will target first-year calculus
classes, a fundamental biology class, biology 214,
college physics for engineers and pre-service
teachers, Hobson said.
The program also will improve grading
processes, Patterson said.
He said some students feel they are limited
when taking a multiple-choice exam and wish to
have the opportunity to show what they know.
This program will give students a chance to
answer in short answer or essay format.
WALS will run for four years beginning this
fall, and nine new faculty members will be cho
sen each summer to participate in the project.
Faculty members will have a structured way to
evaluate if the program is helping the students
learn, Hobson said.
At the end of the four years, a symposium
based around the results of the WALS project will
take place.
One goal of Vision 2020, Patterson said, is to
increase the skills with which A&M graduates
communicate with the world and with others.
“We hope to teach students that not everything
in the world can be solved by choosing among
five choices,” Patterson said.
director of benefit programs,
said two factors contributed to
the increased costs.
“It’s a significant change for
our System,” Hassel said.
“Health care costs are going
up, but they’re not going up as
dramatically as last year. For
the part-timers and graduate
students, increases are driven
more by the reduction in
employer funding than it is by
increasing health care costs.”
Hassel said the Legislature
left a door open for universities
to help out graduate assistants,
but other part-time workers
might not be so lucky.
“Of course, that’s all
dependent on funding, which is
a big ‘if’ right now for all of
us,” he said.
Some students say the
increases mean the Legislature
Hong Kong cleared
of SARS, WHO says
HONG KONG (AP) - The
World Health Organization
removed Hong Kong from its list
of SARS-infected areas Monday,
but warned the territory to keep
up its guard against future out
breaks that might put it back on
the list.
WHO officials urged Hong
Kong to avoid a repeat of what
NEWS IN BRIEF
happened in Toronto, where a
new outbreak was discovered
after Canada's largest city was
taken off the WHO's list. Two
people died of SARS on Sunday
in Toronto.
Hong Kong Chief Executive
Tung Chee-hwa said the territo
ry was "of course happy" about
the WHO announcement, but
he expressed sadness over
nearly 300 deaths from the dis
ease and cautioned, "this could
come again."
Hong Kong's removal from the
list was expected. Sunday was
the 20th day since the last con
firmed SARS patient was put in
isolation in Hong Kong, the con
dition set for the territory to be
taken off the list.
Only Beijing, Taiwan and
Toronto remain on the list fol
lowing the ebbing worldwide of
the SARS crisis since its peak in
March and April.
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body. Minorities mustbepresa
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