The Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) agreed on series of steps to revamp its annual collection of course evaluations, the CUE Guide, to make it more useful and reader-friendly.

At their meeting with CUE Guide Editor Brianna M. Ewert '03 yesterday, faculty and student members of the committee exchanged suggestions and concerns before the book's staff begins work on next year's edition.

After the meeting concluded, Ewert said she expects several revisions to the 1,100-page book.

"There will definitely be changes--noticeable changes," Ewert said.

The most noticeable change will be the exclusion of fractions and equivalents that will be replaced with real percentages and/or raw numbers.

Currently, the Guide either uses fractions or representational phrases such as "a considerable number" and "a handful" to describe the written-in responses from the end-of-class surveys.

Ewert also said she plans to make more "synthesized connections" of the evaluation results without reducing the numerical charts.

The possible inclusion of student quotations raised the eyebrows of numerous members. A general consensus was reached that quotations invite "overly colorful" responses from students, regardless of the personal quality they offer to the reader.