i ‘ait Re eee ete [ emetiinnat: tiation Ul anemia ans boat a ke 6d A TIL WINE, 7 tl Ee ie eee Tt cl eect a Ae og! x \chodhham shat SK Latte, ume enntianh 1 dd ob. Mbt Ll. IN JAN 17 YT ATX UO WM 7M Ww (604) 520-5400 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, B.C. Mailing Address: P.0. Box 2503, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5B2 ) eee OT Ih co Cetra ts Summer semester may grow Citing increased summer enrol- ment and results from a new stu- dent survey, Gordon Gilgan said he will recommend that Douglas Col- lege expand its summer semester and begin operating on a trimester system. The Dean of the Academic Division said the integration of sum- mer sessions into a full trimester makes sense because most summer registrants are students who also take fall/spring classes at Douglas College. The majority are university- transfer students attending summer courses to more quickly achieve educational goals. Summer semester enrolment has increased Dr. Raoul Arreola speaks about faculty evalua- tion at Douglas College. College hosts faculty evaluation workshop from 1,587 in 1988, when the sum- mer term was reintroduced, to 2,564 in 1991. "| will be making a recommenda- tion for discussion that we expand summer school, moving the next step to a full trimester system," said Gilgan. "Per-class enrolment during the summer is as high as for the other semesters. The summer is also the only spot where we have room left to grow. We are already pretty well at full capacity in the fall and spring." Gilgan added he doesn’t expect summer enrolment will reach the 5,000 levels of spring and fall semesters, but believes summer numbers could reach 3,000. While pointing out a move to Summer continued on page 6 An expert in faculty evaluation sys- tems says the key to developing a system is melding of input from both faculty and administration. The University of Tennessee’s Dr. Raoul Arreola co-presented a workshop on how to develop and implement faculty evaluation two weeks ago at Douglas College. "This workshop is about a process that a college can go through to as- sist it in developing a faculty evaluation system with input from all levels," said Arreola. Some seventy Douglas College faculty and administrators took in various parts of the workshop. Ar- reola says it’s been presented at more than 200 colleges and univer- sities over the past three years. "The latest cycle of interest in facut ty evaluation is energized by a movement to give attention to how good a job we’re doing as teachers. It’s a way to provide faculty with a method of enhancing their teaching skills. The detailed information can be used by the faculty for self-im- provement,’ said Arreola. Evaluation continued on page 2