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Editor:
Your story on the classroom renovation project (Oct. 31) requires clarification. First, the story was reporting on an open house organized by the University Teaching Center to get feedback on what has been done in the first phase in order to improve the second phase. Thus, the headline '$10M classroom renovation project faces complaints' was misleading at best.
Second, a quotation from Daniel Madden featured prominently in the story suggested a rather large failure of the project. Subsequent discussions with Dr. Madden indicated rather that he was concerned more specifically about two issues identified in the story - maintenance of the white boards and a better match between room capacity and class size. Both of these issues are in the process of being resolved. The white boards installed in the classrooms are not of the requisite quality and will be replaced shortly; in addition, custodial services has been notified of the need to give them special attention. Room scheduling has updated its records to note the changes in room capacity following the renovations.
The classroom renovation project is a major attempt to improve the classroom environment on this campus, but its success requires the input of faculty members and students. The University Teaching Center and Facilities Maintenance remain committed to collecting as much information as possible about faculty and student preferences and needs.
Susan M. Steele
associate vice president for undergraduate education
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