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Programs stress quality in education
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annually from each University college.
Recipients most likely will be non-tenured
assistant professors and will receive a $5,000
teaching grant. They will be required to con
duct research and share their results with the
University.
The CTE Visiting Scholars Program will
bring nationally recognized teaching scholars
to campus for conferences, workshops, semi
nars and individual tutoring.
The Classroom Communication Enhance
ment Program, working through the CTE, is al
ready in place. Students are able to file com
plaints about a breakdown in classroom com
munication, and all complaints must be inves
tigated and resolved within seven days.
"This was put in place to ensure we were
having proper communication between stu
dents and instructors," Gage said. "It gives us
an opportunity early in the semester to correct
the difficulty or make a faculty reassignment if
necessary."
The Reload Program began this spring to
give students in general studies an extra
semester to pull up their grades to enter a spe
cific major. Gage said there are careful selec
tion requirements and circumstances involved,
but it pays off for the students.
"Most students are challenged and commit
ted to making the grade from that point on,"
he said.
Other programs already in place include the
Teaching Assistant Training and Evaluation
Program, the University Honors Program, a
network of University advisors and coun
selors, the Office of Professional School Advis
ing and international student exchange pro
grams.
The University influences high school stu
dents through programs with the Center for
Academic Enhancement and Outreach.
The center helps academically troubled high
school students to stay in school and continue
their education at a higher level.
"It's an integral and important part of re
cruitment to diversify the student body," Gage
said. "We're not just trying to recruit for A&M
or for other colleges involved in this — we're
trying to recruit for higher education."
A&M works with other shcools, including
the University of Texas, the University of
North Texas and the University of Houston, to
help students academically and financially.
"Many kids don't have a home where
there's literacy and tutoring," Gage said.
The University also is trying to maintain
quality through enrollment management. Gage
said. The goal is to maintain a total enrollment
of 41,000, 75 percent of that undergraduate stu
dents, and 25 percent graduate and profession
al students. ,
Presently, the University is at 80 percent un
dergraduate students and 20 percent graduate
and professional students.
"Limited enrollment is essential to maintain
quality in classroom and laboratory instruc
tion, and have adequate faculty, facilities and
support services that are so very important,"
Gage said.
If University enrollment continues to grow
as it has in the past, there would be 60,000 stu
dents at A&M by the year 2000.
Gage closed his program by saying "we
haven't stopped" and that the University will
continue to maintain a level of excellence in ed
ucation.
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