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rade point averages although they
re doing no better work than former
tudents. If grade inflation means
>wer students are getting F’s be-
ause they Q-drop courses, it would
»ad to grade inflation.
C.J. Leabo, member of the
,0.C. and coordinator of the gen-
ral studies program, said he would
ike to see the Q-drop system remain
s it is now.
“I think that there is merit in stu-
ents having the option to drop
ourses. I think students pay for it
th their loss of time and money. ”
Leabo said he thinks there is fac-
ilty abuse of Q-drops as well as stu-
ent abuse. He cited the example of
rofessors who tell their students to
rop the course if they don’t make a
ertain grade on a test.
Leabo said advisors play a major
ile in Q-dropping.
“We shouldn’t just rubber stamp
drops. We should take the time to
ilk to the students, to make them
mre of the consequences if they
rop the course,” he said.
Statistics released by the regis-
rar’s office reveal that there were
,837 Q-drops this semester, more
ran half of which occuredin the final
;n-day period. This marks a9.6per-
ent increase in Q-drops over the fall
emester of 1976, with an increase of
nly 4.8 percent in student enroll-
lent.
Dates for Q-drops have fluctuated
ince 1964. At that time, students
ere allowed to Q-drop until the day
efore the final exams. In 1969, stu-
ents could Q-drop only through the
elfth class day.
The policy was extended in 1973 to
le twentieth class day, and in 1975
tudents could Q-drop through the
{ites today for
brmer Ag. head
Services for Elmer R. “Alex” Ale-
ander, 89, former head of agricul-
ral education at Texas A&M Uni-
ersity, will be held at 2 p.m. today
Memorial Funeral Chapel with
urial in Restever Cemetery in
ryan.
He died late Tuesday in a local
ospital.
The central campus flag will be
iwered to half staff Dec. 20 in mem-
ry of Alexander, who served as head
f the Agricultural Education De-
artment from 1928 until he retired
1953.
Born Oct. 3, 1888 in Bridgeport,
joined the faculty of what was
len the Agricultural & Mechanical
ollege of Texas in 1919 after earn-
ig his bachelor of arts degree from
aylor University. While at Texas
&M, he received a B.S. degree in
923 and earned a M.S. degree in
last class day prior to the reporting of
mid-term grades. The present policy
of allowing Q-drops through the
eighth week of class has been in ef
fect since 1976.
If the current policy is to be
changed, the A.O.C. subcommittee
will have to recommend revisions to
Cooper. The matter would then be
turned over to the Academic Policy
Committee, which is comprised of
the deans from each college. After
A.P.C. approval, the proposal would
go to the Rules and Regulations
Committee of the Academic Coun
cil. Rules and Regulations is com
prised of students, faculty and staff
members. If Rules and Regulations
approved the change, the proposal
would then go to University Presi
dent Jarvis Miller for his approval.
Two student members of the
Rules and Regulations Committee
said they would be opposed to mov
ing the final date for Q-drops to ear
lier in the semester.
Committee member Allison King,
a senior marketing major, said she
would not approve of a revision in
the Q-drop policy.
“As a representative of the stu
dents, I would have to disagree with
changing the date for Q-drops, ” King
said. “A lot of times students don’t
have a test in a class until right before
mid-terms are reported. I don’t
think an earlier Q-drop date would
be fair to students.
Susan Rudd, a freshman med stu
dent and Rules and Regulations
Committee member, said if the revi
sion proposes that Q-drop be moved
to the twelfth class day, she would be
against it.
“I think students should be given
as much time as possible to decide
whether they will be successful in a
course,” Rudd said.
She added that she might be will
ing to compromise if there were
proof that the present Q-drop date
presents major problems to the fac
ulty and staff.
Compared to four other Texas
universities, A&M’s Q-drop policy is
one of the most liberal. North Texas.
State University, like A&M, sets the
final date for Q-drops at a week after
mid-term grade reports. Texas Tech
University allows students to drop
throught the fifth week of class with
no penalty.
The University of Houston sets
the final date for Q-drops at four
weeks after classes begin. At the
University of Texas, students can
Q-drop courses through the fourth
week of class with no penalty. Stu
dents at U.T. can also Q-drop
courses in which they have a C aver
age through the week after mid-term
grades without penalty but students
who drop course they are failing then
receive an F.
They’re Here!
From Germany It Europe:
• Christmas Ornaments
• IS ut crackers • Pyramids
• The famous Effanbee dolls (since 1910)
It other collector dolls
• Creche [Nativity] Sets
• Advent calendars
• and other gifts from all over
Happy Cottage
(across from Luby’s)
the world
Alexander was vice president
raeritus of National Farm Life In-
irance Co. and formerly taught at
test High School. He also had
wked for die V.S. Department of
griculture and the Farm Bureau,
le once served on the Governor’s
dvisory Committee on Veteran’s
education and was author of “Cotton
ection in Southern Field Crops”
nd co-author of “Southwestern Ag-
culture.” Alexander resided at
119 Ashburn in College Station.
He became the first state advisor
the Future Farmers of America in
when the state association re-
eived its charter.
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