The course is being offered at five area high schools, none of which are in Lorain County. Carol provided comments from the high school instructors of the courses that were very supportive of the program, though it is too early to have rigorous evaluations of the courses. EPPC finds that the program is making very good progress. The substantial organizational burden of mounting this program has been born successfully by Carol Lasser. EPPC finds the growth of the program, both in the number of classes offered and the number of participating schools, very encouraging.
Several concerns remain.
At least one member of EPPC expresses concern about the principle of offering Oberlin College credit for classes that are taught in area high schools. A more widespread concern is over how students will be evaluated for credit. One suggestion from the committee is that the supervising instructors of the courses might have departmental colleagues read final papers or read over final examinations and give advice about which students should receive Oberlin credit. While EPPC is generally supportive of the program, we feel it is premature to extend the program prior to any conclusive results from its first year. We request the Advistory Board to bring to EPPC a full report on the first year of the program in early fall, 2001.