NSA Requests College Study Investigation

An intercollegiate committee for the evaluation of American college teaching methods will be net up by the National Student Association. The group will concentrate on: curriculum evaluation, honor system, and social contact between student and faculty.

According to the resolution passed at a meeting of the North New England assembly of the N.S.A. held at Dartmouth over the weekend, cooperation between students and faculty is the best way of improving the effectiveness of teaching.

Student Role Undervalued

Allen L. Haberman '51, chairman of the committee, said last night, "We have always felt that the role of the student in the affairs of the University has been undervalued. Through methods such as faculty-controlled teacher rating by students, we feel that the quality of our teaching system will be improved."

The mechanics of the new group call for each member college to send one or more representatives to a central commission at which they will confer with faculty members and other students. From this meeting they will bring back specific recommendations for their own institution.

Haberman would not say if he had any specific recommendations for changes at Harvard at the present time. "We are currently in the process of investigation, but when the commission convenes next February we expect to have a fall report ready."