The University Daily
KANSAN
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Vol. 90, No. 147
Thursday, June 19, 1980
KU minority faculty declines in spite of affirmative action
Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas has failed to in-
tervene its members in spite of an affirmative action program.
Whites still fill 95 percent of full-time faculty positions at KU. Minority representation on the KU staff has actually declined one-half percent to forming to forms filed with government agencies.
KU has also failed to establish formal goals and timetables to insure minority hiring even though it was required by a five-year contract. It has not been ratified by Commission on Civil Rights and by federal law.
KU WOULD stand to lose $33 million in federal funds if it did not comply with federal law and did not remedy the situation. Investigators from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance are working to find a solution.
If the University does not comply with the
KCCR agreement, it could be sued in federal court.
But KU administrators and KCCR officials said they were satisfied with the progress made in recruiting women and minorities as specified in the agreement.
However, in 1975 there were 65 minority full-time faculty members at the University. Four years later the number had dropped to 60. Black faculty membership declined 40 percent and the number of American Indians on the faculty went down from 23 to 12. In 1986, to the nine who were already faculty members.
FOUR YEARS ago when the KCCR agreement was signed, employment practices at the University "may not have been on the up and down" for its awards, acting director of KU affirmative action.
Last week William Minner, KCCR contract compliance provider, said one of the reasons KU was investigated was that historically, KU women faculty members had been undermined.
"Let me give you a hypothetical situation," he
said. "A male professor in the department or anthropology might have been making $28,500. A female with the same experience might have been paid $18,500."
But currently three lawsuits are pending against the University by KU faculty members alleging sex discrimination in pay scales and tenure status.
THE THREE FACULTY members suing the University for discrimination are : Mary Hinman, associate professor of English; Flora Silini, associate professor of music performance; and Ann Willner, professor of political science.
The goals and timetables that were specified by the KCCR agreement are not in the current KU affirmative action plan, according to Edwards.
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KU seeks minority students
Ry SUSANA NAMNUM
Despite continuing efforts to recruit minority students at the University of Kansas, some faculty members think KU's efforts have fallen short.
"We're not doing enough," Marilyn Ainsworth, associate professor of law, who directs a federally funded summer minority program at the University of Missouri. "The money is tight, but often it's not spent efficiently."
"We have to do more because there are so many minority students who would benefit from the education and so many other students at KU who have no contact with minority students or teachers. We have people coming to law school who have never had a black teacher."
Staff Reporter
AINSWORTH DIRECTS the Council of Legal Education Opportunity program, which is funded mainly by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and hosted by KU
Only a few of the 33 students in the program will enroll at KU, she said, because they get better offers from other schools. CLEO is an intensive summer program that prepares students for law school in the fall. Answorth said that one of its goals as director was to recruit students for KU.
According to the KU Profiles which are published every two years, KU had a 5 percent increase in profit.
"We're trying to change things," said Sam Adams, associate professor of journalism, who runs the program.
program at the William Allen White School of Journalism.
IN ADDITION to summer minority programs, the School of Business and the School of Engineering have full-time recruiting programs. The school's recruitment program is being planned for new students in the fall.
Adams said the integration of the media and journalism education was particularly important because newspapers and television people perceived themselves and their environment.
ETHNIC MAKEUP OF FULL-TIME FACULTY
1975: black
1979: white
INGEGRATION WILL help stop black children from psychologically "painting themselves white," he said, and will show them alone is not a barrier to succeeding in society.
ETHNIC MAKEUP OF KU ENROLLMENT 1978
Source: "Higher Education Staff Information (EEO4)" 1973 and 1979 Equal Opportunity Commission
Two young ones from the Hilltop Nursery enjoy a run through a sprinkler on the lawn of Flint Hall. Classes from the center often go there to visit the sprinkler.
DREW TORRESI Kancar
Limits may be put on acting chancellor
Rv DAVID STIPP
Staff Reporter
KU's acting chancellor probably won't have the amount of administrative power that a permanent chancellor has, Jordan Haines, Regents chairman, said yesterday.
"I don't envision it as just a baby-sitting job at all. But at the same time I don't think an acting chancellor will have the same degree of authority as a permanent chancellor." he said.
John Conard, Regents executive officer, said the Regens hoped to appoint an acting chancellor by tomorrow and to name members to a new committee or permanent chancellor by the end of next week.
THE REGENTS were scheduled to meet at 1 a.m. today to consider candidates for acting positions in the department.
replacement for Chancellor Archie Dykes can be found. Conard said.
Dykes' resignation as chancellor will take effect Aug. 15.
The Regents are hoping to get the appointment of acting chancellor settled by the Act of Acting.
Haines said the Regents would probably outline administrative guidelines to the acting chancellor and monitor University ad-
ministration during the search for permanent chancellor.
Haines said he could not define the specific limits to the acting chancellor's power, but said radical changes to the University by the acting chancellor would be considered inappropriate by
JIM SCALLY, administrative assistant to the chancellor, said the most important job facing
the acting chancellor would be "shepherding the University budget through the state legislature"
"This will be the single biggest job for the legislature as much as Dykes, 'Scaly said.'
Conard said the Regents would probably appoint a 12-member search committee for permanent chancellor during their Thursday and Friday meetings next week.
The Regents decided on the composition of the search committee in a series of conference calls.
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SUA film chairman's policies criticized
Rv VANCE HINER
Staff Reporter
"Citizen Kane" and "2001" will not be shown at Wooldruff Auditorium this summer because Mike Gebert, SUA film board chairman, does not want to miss him while he is out of town.
Gebert also said he did not want to end his policy of letting program participants take home their work.
But there are those who say that such policies could cost the SUA film program thousands of dollars and be difficult to get.
"I DON'T APPROVE and I'm sure no other board member would approve of such a practice," he said. "It's a risk to the films and there's too many people how many people get to see the films for free."
Films could be lost or damaged during private screenings, said Rick Kastner, SUA user.
"I think it's a perfectly reasonable request, he said. "We exercise a fair amount of caution. A
Gebert said private screenings were not necessarily bad.
person can't just walk in off the street and take one. They need my permission."
Gebert also has been criticized for his film selection methods. Current SUA policy gives Gebert final say on what films are brought to the University.
MARK KLOBASSA, who is in charge of the summer film series, said "Gebert has rejected several film suggestions because he didn't want to miss them while he was gone for the summer. I don't think that was done in the interest of KU students."
Although Gebert admitted that he had vetoed some films in order to see them in the fall, he did not stop filming.
"I've never said that board members absolutely couldn't bring the films they wanted."
Klobassa said that films were also chosen on the basis of their past financial success at the University and that such a practice was not with the Kansas Union philosophy statement.
"According to the statement," he said, "the Union seeks to develop and enhance the out-of-
class learning experience* of KU students. I don't think you can do this by showing reruns.
GEBERT SAID the SUA film program was expected to provide a profit each year and could be lost to loaning.
“There are other departments in the SUA program that don’t bring in money at all,” he said. “If we lose money, these departments are lost. We’re definitely a profit oriented program.”
Klobasa said that the pressure to turn a profit made it difficult to bring new or unknown films
"I think student film questionnaires should be sent out at the beginning of each semester," he said. "Students should be asked what types of films they want to see, when they attend films and how often. It's a chance for people to really have a say about the program."
GEBERT SAID that a suggestion box was available in the SUA office and was often used in
"I think we do a pretty good job already," he
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Housing costs force changes
By LAURA LUCKERT
Staff Reporter
Because of rising building costs and increasing demands for houses, homebuilders and buyers in Lawrence and across the nation must consider these factors for their dreams, builders and realtors said this week.
JIM LUTZ, Kansas City area home builder.
These baby pools are beginning to buy houses. This
baby pool is building a new home in Kansas City.
forces demand to exceed supply and drives up prices even more.
This has forced the building industry to construct smaller and less expensive housing, he
"The average person is now finding it difficult to qualify for hope mortgages." I札萨 said.
These trends include transforming apartments and duplexes into condominiums, an increase in manufactured houses and a decrease in the quality of new housing, he said.
Lutz predicted that Lawrence would follow housing trends that have already hit larger cities in the United States.
building a house—and condominiums are not cheap. Some Kansas City condominium complexes are selling half a duplex for $115,000, Lutz said.
STUDENTS ATTENDING the University of Kansas may in the future have to face the challenge of managing a large student body.
Mike Lowe, of McGrew Real Estate in Lawrence, said that when West Meadow Condominiums went on the market, most were sold within six weeks.
McGrew Real Estate is asking $34,900 for a one-bedroom unit. This price does not include a $33 monthly charge for maintenance and homeowners insurance, Lowe said.
Lutz said that condominium owners hold two titles. The first title is to the structure. The second title, shared with the other owners in the condominium complex, is for the common land,
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DREARY
Weather
Today's forecast calls for a chance of scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Temperatures will rise to the 70s and will be from the southeast at 10-20 mph.
Skies will become mostly cloudy
tunnel, with a 40 percent chance of rain.
Lake Winnipesaukee.
Cloudy skies will prevail again Friday, with a 30 percent chance of rain. Highs will be near 80.
Highs Saturday and Sunday will be in the 90s, and may reach 100. The chance of precipitation will remain through the weekend.