Do CR's exist in foreign universities?

[Major]

So in our university, bahria uni, there is the concept of Class representative(CR).

The students are put into a group of 50, and this group of 50 have class together(like in primary school). Groups are called sections and each section has a CR. Cr is chosen amongest the students

Teachera dont send emails directly to students regarding asaignments or quizes. Such info is forward to the cr who then forwards it to us.

Im quite surprised by this concept as i believe students wont be able to learn how to take responsibilty and be punctual. Plus i think teachers are able to remove the burden off of themselves by only habing to deal with crs and not with whole class regarding quizes and assignments

 

[Major]

Crs alao exist at master level aswell. Mba classes also have CRs

 

[cricketjoshila]

CRs exist in India.

 

[sshakir411]

Nope. Never heard of it.

 

[CricketCartoons]

CRs exist in India.

Didn't know that. We had no such thing during my education in India.

 

[Major]

Dont you guys think this a childish attitude to have at a university

 

[cricketjoshila]

Didn't know that. We had no such thing during my education in India.

Class Rep is common in med colleges.

 

[cricketjoshila]

They exist even in IITs.

 

[Sidilicious]

Professors in western universities usual have Phd or post doc researches helping them out with the mails and stuff. I have always received mails directly from Prof.

There are representatives, but their roles are limited. The Student council has much more power.

 

[Nostalgic]

I studied at a government-administered Engineering university, and taught at a private one, so I saw two different types of CR.

At government-run institutes, where politics is rife, the identity of the CR is a litmus test of which way the political wind is blowing. The dominant political party will invariably end up nominating the CR, and his job isn't simply to serve as a liaison between the faculty and his classmates, he (it's always a he) will also try to steer the class in the right direction when it comes to conflicts with the administration. He is invariably a talented henchman of his political body, but one who is able to comfortably don the velvet glove over the iron fist. Politically active classmates answering to rival parties will try to undermine him, and he has to have the nous to either outmaneuver them or to get them on board. The exact dynamics of the role vary based on the makeup of the class, how strong the admin is vis-a-vis the student bodies, which party dominates the campus, etc.

At the private institutions, the CR is simply a nerd who is given the grunt work of keeping track of what the faculty want communicated to the class.

 

[srh]

CR only exist in primary and high schools. In universities you have TA (Teacher assistants) who are working towards becoming full teachers; they take care of CRs responsibilities

 

[CricketCartoons]

Class Rep is common in med colleges.

Mrs CC is from a famous medical college. She just told me CR? No we didn't have them.

 

[kaayal]

Mrs CC is from a famous medical college. She just told me CR? No we didn't have them.

No there are 2 CR's in each batch. 1 male and the other female.

 

[CricketCartoons]

No there are 2 CR's in each batch. 1 male and the other female.

Didn't know you were her batchmate to say she is wrong about her college.

 

[kaayal]

Didn't know you were her batchmate to say she is wrong about her college.

I said generally in an Indian medical college like CJ told there are 2 CR's . I don't know where your wife studied. Aiims/Jipmer/PGI Chandigarh?

 

[Major]

I studied at a government-administered Engineering university, and taught at a private one, so I saw two different types of CR.

At government-run institutes, where politics is rife, the identity of the CR is a litmus test of which way the political wind is blowing. The dominant political party will invariably end up nominating the CR, and his job isn't simply to serve as a liaison between the faculty and his classmates, he (it's always a he) will also try to steer the class in the right direction when it comes to conflicts with the administration. He is invariably a talented henchman of his political body, but one who is able to comfortably don the velvet glove over the iron fist. Politically active classmates answering to rival parties will try to undermine him, and he has to have the nous to either outmaneuver them or to get them on board. The exact dynamics of the role vary based on the makeup of the class, how strong the admin is vis-a-vis the student bodies, which party dominates the campus, etc.

At the private institutions, the CR is simply a nerd who is given the grunt work of keeping track of what the faculty want communicated to the class.

so in private institutions, do you believe the CR concept should exist? you i think were a lecturer at Air university so you could give better insight.

 

[CricketCartoons]

I said generally in an Indian medical college like CJ told there are 2 CR's . I don't know where your wife studied. Aiims/Jipmer/PGI Chandigarh?

Generally? Do you have any data or have you extrapolated your knowledge of 4-5 colleges? And why did you say NO, when I only posted about her college not having CRs.

 

[kaayal]

Generally? Do you have any data or have you extrapolated your knowledge of 4-5 colleges? And why did you say NO, when I only posted about her college not having CRs.

Ok first of all I didn't mean to offend anybody. I said "generally" in the context of the South Indian IMC's i know. May be that's not how it works up north.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Ok first of all I didn't mean to offend anybody. I said "generally" in the context of the South Indian IMC's i know. May be that's not how it works up north.

No one is offended. I want to know the source of your truth. How many do you know which have CRs. Care to name those institutes.

 

[Nostalgic]

so in private institutions, do you believe the CR concept should exist? you i think were a lecturer at Air university so you could give better insight.

As a lecturer at Air, I quite liked the concept. It gave me a convenient whipping boy, someone I could yell at. I played Machiavelli, driving a wedge between him and his classmates, and then exploited the division to keep them on their toes, or bring them to their knees. It wasn't like at UET, where the CR could orchestrate a boycott against me.

 

[cricketjoshila]

I said generally in an Indian medical college like CJ told there are 2 CR's . I don't know where your wife studied. Aiims/Jipmer/PGI Chandigarh?

Every college in my state had CRs and they were elected ones.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Ok first of all I didn't mean to offend anybody. I said "generally" in the context of the South Indian IMC's i know. May be that's not how it works up north.

Bangladesh may not have CRs.But medical colleges in India generally have.

I remember attending Pulse in Aiims and even there the paricipating batches from different colleges had a CR.

 

[Sirris]

Quite a weird concept. Is CR in the same year as you or a year ahead? Is the CR different for different lectures?

 

[Pakistanian]

This is a weird concept, in America we're treated as adults, also Professors or their TAs are responsible foe posting thw syllabus and notifying students about assignments.

 

[Nostalgic]

Quite a weird concept. Is CR in the same year as you or a year ahead? Is the CR different for different lectures?

Same year, and only the one CR for a batch, at least in the public universities.

In my day, the CR was "elected." We voted him in, but the way landless peasants vote for their wadera: there wasn't much of a choice.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Quite a weird concept. Is CR in the same year as you or a year ahead? Is the CR different for different lectures?

Same year.1 or 2 per batch. Generally elected.

 

[maxamax]

Professors in western universities usual have Phd or post doc researches helping them out with the mails and stuff. I have always received mails directly from Prof.

There are representatives, but their roles are limited. The Student council has much more power.

Its same here. CRs also exist for strict class tasks. Like if there's a change of room, MS/Doc/PostDoc assistant is expected to mail CR who will dissipate it to whole class.

 

[Napa]

I find this idea of CRs a bit childish, and certainly they don't exist in US universities. There is a very strong concept of "personal responsibility" in the US and the first thing someone designated as CR would say "So you want me to take this responsibility and do this work, how much do I get paid?".

We didn't have CRs in IIT, Delhi when I was an undergrad student there. We did have "monitors" in middle school, which meant you could wield a scale and smack anyone who you decided was not behaving. A total power trip for a ten year old.

 

[kaayal]

Every college in my state had CRs and they were elected ones.

Bangladesh may not have CRs.But medical colleges in India generally have.

I remember attending Pulse in Aiims and even there the paricipating batches from different colleges had a CR.

True. That's also what i meant.

 

[cricket083]

Don't know about rest but at my university most of the teachers subtly give extra marks to CRs as a honorarium for what they do and that's just so unfair with other students.

 

[Madplayer]

We had the concept of CR but whenever a CR was to be appointed, everyone used to bunk the class. CR was known as "Nokar" of the class