Students think the current 10-credit late drop limit is inadequate, are unsatisfied with the plus/minus grading system and agree with the Undergraduate Student Government's pursuit of an open budget, according to a survey conducted by the USG Academic Asembly.

The assembly disclosed the results of the student concerns survey last night and passed a resolution to make their Student Organization Budget Committee members accountable for their decisions.

The survey was distributed to 1,230 students in upper and lower level classes in all colleges and the results were compiled by University Testing Services, said Chester Tau, author of the survey.

Tau said he was surprised to see so many students in support of the open budget. "They indicated on paper what they did not verbally," he said.

Tau said overall, he would have liked to survey more students.

Other results show that nearly half of surveyed students would like to see a foreign language requirement established for General Education and 78 percent said students need to improve their writing skills.

Sixty-nine percent of surveyed students indicated that they had experienced a teaching assistant who could not speak English well and 63 percent said they had TAs who could not teach well.

Sixty-six percent of students had not heard of the Academic Assembly before taking the survey and 87 percent did not know they could call the assembly office for academic information or assistance.

The budget committee resolution makes assembly-appointed Student Organization Budget Committee members accountable to the assembly for their activities. The committee allocates University funds to registered student organizations. The resolution also facilitates the removal of a SOBC member by a two-thirds vote.

Bob Zoldos, USG Senate liaison, said he did not see that happening because mustering a two-thirds removal vote is rare. The resolution, which was passed by the Senate last semester, is intended to make SOBC members accountable to their appointing bodies, he said. SOBC members are appointed by Academic Assembly, Senate, USG Executive Committee and Graduate Student Association.

In other business, Assembly President Maria Witmer reviewed the past semester's accomplishments and assembly members set goals for this semester. The goals include: Looking into adding class sections to meet student demands and looking into problems experienced by liberal arts majors trying to get into department controlled classes.

The assembly's weekly meeting time has been changed to 6 p.m. Mondays.