That new cabinets be mounted sufficient to accommodate the needs of the courses MATH 251, MATH 310, MACM 316, and one further course which would vary with the semester. It is not easy to obtain permission to mount the cabinets on the 9000 level where we would like them. Students may well prefer to have answer keys and other information on-line rather than posted in cabinets. Scanning can be used to convert hand-written materials into PostScript files. Not making answer-keys too readily available may help persuade some students to attend tutorials.
Materials posted in cabinets represent an obsolete technology.
Posting solutions on the web can lead to their being disseminated too easily to future classes. This makes it easier for some students to cheat. Rustum Choksi presented a motion calling for the cancellation of the tutorial hours for MATH 251 and MATH 310. Thus, if five tutorial hours are traded for five office hours, there is no saving. Another important point is that a TA giving tutorials receives 41 hours of preparation time.