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From: scott@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Holt)
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Subject: Topics for Discussion
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Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 10:38:12 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 20 10:38:12 1985
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Hello out there...you wanted some topics for discussion, well I have a few
for you.

I am on the Academic Priorities committee of our SGA here at Tech and over
the past quater we have brought up several academic issues which I think
might be of interest to the net. I am interested in finding out what kind of
policies and requirements other schools have in the following areas:

		1) Drop policy - what are the rules and regulations
				 reguarding withdrawls from classes and
				 who sets them ( ie. the major school or
				 the institute ). Here it varies from
				 very restricted to free and unrestricted,
				 depending on the major school. For most
				 of us, we are allowed to drop any class
				 without penalty before the end of the 4th
				 week of classes.
		2) Pre-registration advisement - Are you required to have it
				 and if so, how helpfull is it. Some schools
				 require it, some don't. Some schools put
				 effort into it, some don't.
		3) Physical Education requirements - What kind do you have.
				 We are required to take a drown-proofing
				 course and some people don't like that.
		4) Use of GTA's as instructors, especialy in upper division
				 classes.
		5) Computer Based registration systems - We are moving from
				 a op-scan form batch processing system to
				 an online terminal based system. We are
				 interested in finding out what other schools
				 have.

If you have any ideas on these subjects, send me mail or post it to the net if
you feel it would make a good discussion.

			- Scott Holt.
				 
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I'll stop procrastinating tommorow.

Scott Holt
Georgia Tech Po Box 36199
Atlanta, GA 30332
       
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