College VIII newsletter (October 27, 1975; Volume V, No. 5)

              The College Eight Newsletter
VOLUME V, No. 5
October 27, 1975
EDITOR:  STEVE MULFORD
THE ASILOMAR CONFERENCE
I attended this conference as the
College Eight student representative.
The conference was billed as a "planning workshop" for high level UCSC
administrative and academic staff, and
included token student representation
(one from each college).  However, we
did not seem to be doing much planning.
Instead, various pieces of information
about the future development of the
campus were distributed by administrative figures.  Subjects covered were
(these are the highlights):
1) A discussion by Karl Lamb (Politics)
of a draft document prepared for the
upcoming accreditation appraisal of
UCSC.  This document is an institutional self-study which has been
prepared, but not released, by a
committee Lamb is chairing.  It
appears likely (the professor did no
more than hint at the document's contents, discussing the campus by means
of analogies only) that the document
will recommend the strengthening of
colleges at the expense of boards of
study.  Lamb also appeared to favor
the adoption of a comprehensive
course-labeling system; the curtailment of any further diversification of
boards, majors, etc.; and the adoption
of an interdisciplinary, liberal-arts
orientation to undergraduate education,
stressing "excellence", however he
understands that.
2) A discussion by Herman Blake
(Provost of Oakes) of "faculty development".  Blake stressed that faculty
development could not be separated
from the effort to achieve "excellence"
(not necessarily the same as Lamb's
excellence) of instruction.  Faculty
should be evaluated and promoted
(i.e. "developed") on the basis of
their commitment both to their
(Cont'd on p. 4)
1976-1977 FINANCIAL AID BULLETIN
This Bulletin is for planning
purposes only.  Although the application forms, etc., are not yet available (PLEASE WAIT FOR A LATER
BULLETIN BEFORE COMING TO THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE) , all students who
intend to apply for aid for 1976-1977
should begin making plans to apply
and should ask their parents, if
appropriate, to do the same.
Deadlines
December 6, 1975:  All applicants
for aid who do not hold a California
State Scholarship will have at least
three quarters to complete are
required to apply.  This is the date
the applications for either a State
Scholarship or a College Opportunity
Grant (COG) this year (75-76) and
who will have at least three quarters
to complete are required to apply.
This is the date the applications for
either a State Scholarship or a COG
must be received by the Commission
in Sacramento (or postmarked by this
date).  All applicants for either
of these awards must also file a
Parents' Confidential Statement with
the College Scholarship Service in
Berkeley by this date.  The Commission
grants no exceptions to this deadline.
All aid applicants must apply again
even if they were declared ineligible
for the 75-76 academic year.  The
Financial Aid Office will assume all
eligible applicants (residents of
California) will have applied and aid
will be awarded on the basis of this
assumption.
UCSC students who presently have a
State Scholarship or a COG will be
contacted directly by the Scholarship
Commission for renewal.  Renewal
applications will be mailed to you
(Cont'd on p. 5 )