Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Is There a Limit?Have the cost-saving strategies of managed care decreased quality? Have they affected the ability of health professionals to do what they consider best for their patients? Does choice of insurance plan justify cost-saving devices (if advertised in advance)?
Alan Brooker, DO (Medical Director, Sierra Valley Medical Group)
Kit Costello, RN (President, CA Nurses Association)
Joel Zimbelman, PhD., Professor of Religious Studies, CSUC)
Merit Pay for Faculty: A Good Idea in Principle or Practice?Scientists are making remarkable advances in finding ways to help couples who want to have a baby. What technologies are currently available? Is there any limit to what scientists should be allowed to do, e.g. regarding artificial insemination, selection of desired traits, or human cloning? The forum included presentations about these questions from biological, ethical, religious, and feminist perspectives.
Terry Hassold, Genetics, Case Western Reserve University
Eric Gampel, Philosophy
Kate McCarthy, Religions Studies
The Ethics of War: a Forum on Kosovo and the BalkansCSU is moving away from automatic salary increases (Salary Step Increases), and toward "merit" as the basis for salary increases beyond cost of living adjustments. This forum explained and critically examined the new merit award strategy at CSUC. Should faculty be subject to a merit award system, so common in business? Or is there something different about academia that blocks such merit systems? Are there specific problems implementing merit awards here at CSUC? How might these problems be mitigated or overcome?
Peter Gross, Journalism
Irv Schiffman, Political Science and faculty union President
Jack McKenna, Management
CAPE sponsored a visit from a panel of students at the U.S. Army War College who discussed general questions about the ethics of war and the current military and political situation in Kosovo. The panel visited eight classes during the day, as well as participating in this evening public forum. Panel members travel around the U.S. to participate in constructive, candid exchanges on current issues. They address current government policies, but they are not bound to champion those policies. They often prefer to share personal views based on their own experience, research and reflection.
Lt. Col. Arthur Corbett (Marine Corps)
LTC William Moyer (Army)
LTC Jack Summe (Army)
COL W.C. Garrison (Army)
LTC Hubert Newman (Army)
COL Charlette Roman (Army)
Computers in the School Classroom: Re-thinking
literacy and teaching in the computer age
Wednesday, May 5, 1999, 7-8:30 p.m., Tehema Hall 108
A panel of teachers discussed the use of computers in the classroom, in light of current research and their own experiences. The forum addressed the following questions: What does using computers do to children's learning? Should teachers invest more time (and school money) in computer-aided instruction, rather than just using traditional teaching methods? Is there a trade-off, or do children learn more in every area if computers are an element in instruction? Which kinds of learning are best promoted with computers? Are there dangers to be avoided?
Bob Benoit, Curriculum Coordinator, Butte County Office of Education and Co-Director of Schools of California On-line Resources in Education (SCORE)
Robert Williams, Classroom Teacher and Principal, Nord Elementary School
Dr. Joel Zimbelman, Staff Member of CAPE and Professor and Chair, Dept. of Religious Studies, CSUC
Dr. Bruce Grelle, Assoc. Professor of Religious Studies, Staff Member of CAPE, Director of Religious and Public Education Resource Center (RPERC).