vis@ethz.UUCP (Informatik Studenten) (03/02/88)
WANTED: info on student associations at US universities
Summary: We need infos about the influence that US (graduate) stud.
assocs have on "political" issues like curricula, study organization,
exam modes etc. Urgent!
I'm posting this on behalf of the Student Association of ETH Zurich
(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), VSETH. This organization represents
the interests of the ETH students; about 70% of all students are members
(and 95% of the CS students, by the way).
Currently, the VSETH and its chapters (one per department) have a
certain (small) influence on questions concerning educational topics, e.g.
curriculae, exams etc. For example, we have students (with voting rights)
in commissions discussing curricula reforms. In the course of a new law
regulating ETHZ's operation (note: ETH is a state university), it is planned to
discard these voting rights with the argument that "it takes too long to
get consensus" and "other schools don't have that, either" etc.
In the discussions about other topics of the proposed new law, US
universities turned up at several points ("in the US, it is like
this..").
THEREFORE, WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: how is the situation at US universities?
Does YOUR student organization have any influence on such questions?
Any help is appreciated *VERY* much. If you know something, please
let us know, especially if it is about the situation at one of the
better-known universities. Please forward this request to your student
organization or send me the e-mail address if you know one.
Please reply via UUCP or to VIS@CZHETH5A.BITNET. Thanks a lot!
Urs Hoelzle, ETHZ
VSETH, Leonhardstr. 15, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
fink@acf5.NYU.EDU (Howard Fink) (03/04/88)
Dear Urs,
A new book will be published in a few weeks,
called NEW VOICES, Student Activism of the '80s
and '90s, by Tony Vellela.
Quoting from the press release:
The late 1980s have witnessed a resurgence of student activism that has gatheredtogether all types of people and social change issues to create a broad, wide-
ranging, and powerful movement among young people. Based on a year of extensive
travel, research and interviewing, this book brings together under one cover
all the different strands of student activism that make up today's multi-issue
student movement.
Within the two broad categories of foreign policy and domestic policy, the author looks specifically at: student movilization around South Africa and
Central America, the role of the CIA, the War Machine, the economy and general
welfare, racism, sexism, gay, lesbian and bisexual rights, and student empower-
ment.
It is an empowering exploration of the politics of young people, the links
being made between issues, the growth of national as well as local campus organ-izations, and the ways that, although they have inherited the legacy of the sixties, today's student activists are coming up with exciti
and strategies. For anyone who follows social change movements, and of course
for students who are using their campuses as forums for political contest, this
is an essential book heralding an important new movement.
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Hope this helps.
Howard Fink
fink@acf5.nyu.edu
202 W 107 #6W
New York, NY 10025