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Monday, April 30,1973
University Daily Kansan
AAUP Discusses
By PETE RONSSE Kansan Staff Writer
The fact that many Universities are becoming "tenured" inured was discussed Friday and Saturday at the 59th annual national convention of the American Association of University Professors (AUAP) in St. Louis.
Diminishing enrollments and budgets at universities and a rise in the number of middle-aged faculty members have resulted in a high proportion of tenured faculty. They represent the largest part of history and East Asian studies and president of the KU chapter of AAPU.
The convention recommended that universities encourage early retirement and broad course offerings if they wish to de-
sign a new curriculum of tenured faculty, Goodman said.
However, a careful screening of professors before granting tenure is considered by AAUP to be the most effective method of controlling the number of tenured faculty.
Decisions regarding tenure should be based on quality rather than numbers, he said. The problem resulted from the high costs of training and certification standards were lax for attaining tenure.
If universities want to lower the proportion of tenured faculty, they should increase retirement benefits or consider paying faculty salaries. A statement approved at the convention.
Goodman said that the only drawback with this was that the best faculty members might take advantage of the benefits and flexibility provided by working jobs elsewhere. However, particular faculty members might be offered lump sum settlements to retire, which would avoid the problem.
Next to tenure, most of the discussion at the convention focused on the role of AUP in collective bargaining, Goodman said. Several local AUP chapters have won collective bargainting elections recently, including Briggs College in Denver, he said.
"the long-range future of the profession is moving toward collective bargaining," he said.
Goodman estimated that about 20 local chapters have formed collective bargaining units. He said this represented a larger number of units than had been formed by the National Education Association or the American Federation of Teachers, which
have been competing to represent professors.
This is significant, he said, because AUAIP has less money to spend in collective bargaining.
Thirteen schools were added to the list of schools that AAUP considers in violation of AAUP standards on academic freedom and tenure, which the convention revises every
The University of Missouri at Columbia was among the schools "blacklined." The reason for the censure on the school was the summary dismissal of several professors in the spring of 1870 for involvement in the attack against the U.S. invasion of Cambodia.
A committee on the status of women presented a statement that vigorously
Tenure
addressed the inequality between men and women, professors, salaries. Good read.
Many chapter presidents are women, and the election of Frances Ingman, professor of linguistics, as vice president of the KU chapter and president-elect for next year is in line with developments in other chapters, he said.
The discussion of salaries occupied much time at the convention, and Goodman said that he found the discussion quite embarrassing.
The University of Kansas is in the lowest of five categories of university salary levels.
"Compared to other universities in its peer group, salaries at the University of Texas are among the highest."
WASHINGTON (AP)—William Ruckelshaus plans to take over as acting FBI director today with the intention of pursuing all leads turned up by the grand jury investigating the Watergate bugging raid, an aide says.
Ruckelshaus to Probe Bugging
Press side Jack Comny told a newsman over the weekend that Ruckleisha "is not simply going to be a caretaker director," although Ruckleisha told President Nixon that he would serve only temporarily—perhaps for two months.
Ruckelshaus could not be reached for comment.
Ruckelshaus, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, was appointed to the post less than two hours after Gray's resignation.
Conny said Ruckelshae thought the FBI must "must run down all leads turned up by the grand jury" in the Watergate case, a revelation that has sparked action by FBI Director L. Patrick Gray.
Asked whether Ruckelshaus would assume personal responsibility for the Watergate investigation, Conny answered: "He will be up to his neck in it."
Rucklekshalen indicated over the weekend that he would not run for the U.S. Senate in his home state of Indiana next year. There had been increasing speculation that Mr. Rucklekshalen against his old political foe Sen. Birch Bay, who defeated him in a 1988 Senate race.
Ruckelshaus said in a statement that he
would not run because his FBI duties "must not in any way be compromised by political pressure."
it remained undecided wenee Ruckelshaus would be able to serve for more than 30 days without Senate candidate by the senate. Ben. William Proxmire, D-Wis.
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Second Boycott Lacks Support In Lawrence
Another meat boycott began today and will continue through Sunday, according to Fight Infirmation Together, a Los Angeles organization that organized the April 17 boycott.
In a survey of seven Lawrence grocery stores, no employee knew of any organized chain.
University groups that participated in the April boycott have not made plans to ob- ject the new policies.
Robert Harulin, assistant professor of speech and drama, said, "Nothing has been done to improve his life."
During the April boccy Hamlin's speech 32 class members handed out information on meat substitutes and explanations of the high prices at two Lawrence grocery stores.
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