University Daily Kansan
Thursday, February 28. 1974
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Fund Cutbacks in College Threaten LA&S Courses
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ments," Dewey said. "It's a very traditional argument that one certain
But Calder M. Pickett, professor of journalism, said in a recent speech, "There's nothing wrong with discussing sexual movies or the urban crisis, but it's not a bad thing for and why they read newspapers and magazines. It is not why they go to college."
Pickett compared the University to an "academic garbage can" because of what he sees as a trend toward curricula that are totally elective.
"ILL SAY THAT in my opinion we watered down the curriculum, in part to accommodate the demands of graduate students teaching three. We did much of our work at the university marketplace. We got the message that it would be desirable to attract students."
LA&S courses have attracted the students. Lewis said the courses were ex-
course, however, is that the student didn't know what else to take and was looking for a
"I wanted a pud," said Gary Isaacson,
Wilmette, Ill. senior.
Isaacson chose Topics and Problems in Human Relations in University Life, in part, he said, because his roommate was taking him. He had positive things to say about our lives.
ISAACSON SAID he didn't think the course was easy.
"It's an aide insofar as it makes you question the way you react," he said. "I would have liked to be very confident."
Susie Stutz, Topeka junior and a student in the same course, said, "We just get to
"You can gloss over it, treat it very lightly, but if you do, you won't get the grade," he said. "The course will help once I leave the University, which is what at a university are supposed to do. If they don't, they're a waste of time and money."
'There's nothing wrong with discussing sexual mores or movies or the urban crisis,' Calder Pickett, professor of journalism, said in a speech. 'But that is what students have bull sessions for and why they read newspapers and magazines. It is not why they go to college.'
tremely popular and generally were filled during the first day of enrollment.
An average of 25 to 30 courses a semester have taught about 1,300 students a semester. Attendance, as a whole, has not significantly from that of other departments.
Lewis has said he thought the courses were popular because they offered topics that interested him.
TWO STUDENTS who are enrolled in a course called Britain Today said they took the course because it was the only one offered on contemortory Great Britain.
know each other. We talk about dating relationships and talk about classes."
The course, a typical one, involves required readings, papers and class participation, and grading will be determined by the instructor's evaluation and assignments.
She said her helpers of the class were to get to know "other kinds of people."
STUTZ AND ISAACSON both rated the instructor highly.
A more common reason for taking a
"There was very little content," he said. "We never did any readings and just sat around and talked. We didn't learn more than we already knew."
gave his instructor and the course he took called American Violence a low rating.
Lewis and Dewey agreed that the instructor was the most significant factor in improving student learning.
Pickett said he was concerned about the number of hours a student could accumulate toward a degree by taking LA&S courses.
Lewis, however, said no one yet had come close to taking the 24 possible hours out of his schedule.
But those people involved in the administration of the program admit that problems have arisen from subject matter of some of the courses.
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL courses taught in the program was called Topics and Problems in the New Leaf. The course was taught by eight students and was popular.
However, the course aroused suspicion and concern outside the University, Lewis said, about what was being taught at the University.
A course in astrology became an issue when it was discovered that the instructor was teaching students how to写 horoscopes, according to Clifford Ketzel, professor of political science. The Liberal Arts and Sciences Governing Board, of which he is president, said the course content unacceptable, Ketzel said. The course was discontinued.
Bob Dennis. Shawnee Mission senior,
The responsibility for maintaining high standards in LAAS courses falls on the program's directors and on the LAAS governing board which is composed of six faculty members, one graduate and one undergraduate student.
THE GROUP HAS devised and revised a system of checks and balances to guard against "fad" courses, according to assistant Dewey.
He and Lewis receive applications from graduate and undergraduate students who want to teach courses. Information on the application form must include a detailed week-to-week outline for the proposed course, a required reading list, personal
since then have totaled $51,550 according to senate records.
qualifications of the instructor including grade point average and an abstract of the course. In addition, a letter of support from the sponsoring faculty member is required and must include an outline of the sponsor's own projected participation in the course.
Lewis said it was "partly a matter of tradition that the University not fund" the new courses. He said they were an exertion for students, and he had arisen elsewhere in the country so
'I think it would be a serious mistake to eliminate the (LA&S) program,' Dennis Quinn, professor of English, said. I think those courses that are the most successful should be supported as well as the hundreds of departmental courses that are supported as a matter of routine.'
of routine.
since the beginning of the program, Dewey said, in a continuing effort to upgrade the system.
"You can tell whether a course is a pad." be said. "If it might to have a read-list training you need to use a pad."
DEWEY, LEWIS and the eight-member board review the applications and attempt to weed out what Dewey referred to as the pud courses.
A proposal for a course called Topics and Problems in Skydive was recently released.
"We read it and everybody started laughing," he said. "The fact that we go into the proposal in great detail, and there's a lot of concrete academic detail to get by."
After a proposal has been approved, funded and taught for a semester, it comes before the LA&S board for review. Lewis said Feedback, a published student evaluation of courses and instructors, was given to evaluate LA&S courses and their instructors.
These requirements have been modified
"THE WAY I SEE "I", George Worth professor of English and LA& board member there. We establish first of all that there is content in the book has intellectual content. We try to be sure of the quality of instruction. We expect the sponsor to actively involve himself in the teaching."
AAUP Passes 2 Tenure Motions
The executive committee of the KU chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) unanimously passed resolutions yesterday concerning tenure and collective bargaining.
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The tenure resolution called for an extension of an invitation to Carl L. Couter, president of the New York Society of Biblical Literature.
to speak at the March meeting of the local AAUP.
Inviting. Courter will give AAUP members an opportunity to discuss the relegits' position on tenure, according to Grant Goodman, professor of history and East Asian studies and local AAUP president.
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In a separate tense resolution, Goodman was asked to write a letter about tenure to the president.
Relief Sought for Suspicion Engendered by Drug Raids
The approval of Chancellor Archie R. Dykes is necessary before the group can be formed, Seaver said, Dykes and Executive Vice Chancellor Del Shankel will attend next Wednesday's SenEx meeting to discuss the issue.
The University Senate Executive Committee (SenEx) is considering a proposal to form a group that would meet with area law enforcement officials to discuss problems with campus drug raids, James Seaver, SenEx chairman, said yesterday.
Seaver said the presence of undercover agents had created suspicion among students. The tense situation that developed from Vern Mellor's latest drug raid, he said, could lead to a confrontation between students and law enforcement officials.
Leroy McDermott, Welch, Okla.
graduate student and member of SenEx,
said he had heard rumors that students were organizing to protect themselves.
"Apparently there have been some near situations created by these raids," McDougall said.
Richard Paxson, Baxter Springs senior and SenEx member, said he had heard rumors of fictitious at Ellsworth Hall during the latest drug raid.
had heard no rumors of residents to protect themselves against future risk.
Gary Flanigan, resident director of Ellsworth Hall, said he had seen no scuffing or interference by Ellsworth residents during the bus. Moreover, Flanigan said he
Don Harmon, resident director of Hashinger Hall, and Malcolm Robinson, assistant director of McColm Hall, said that he was among慕音cion among either residents or employees.
On the other hand, Elaine Green, resident
director of Oliver Hall, said she had noticed
that her children were very close to her.
None of the resident directors or assistant directors interviewed said they knew of any students who were considering organizing an emergency equipment officials during future drug raids.
Paxson said he hoped the University group that would work with law enforcement officials could establish procedures for conducting future raids so that the rights of those living in residence halls could be more protected.
But Flamigan expressed doubt that law enforcement officials would be willing to change their tactics. He said residence hall directors had attempted to accompany officers during past drug raids but were told intervene or they too would be arrested.
Paxson suggested that residence hall directors could accompany raiding officers to see that the residents' rights were safeguarded.
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The resolution on collective bargaining called for the publication and distribution of a questionnaire on the subject. The purpose of the questionnaire, according to the NSF-1AUP chapter in preparing to take action on the collective bargaining issue.
In a separate development, J. Bunker Clark, associate professor of music history and president of the Kansas AUAP, said Dykes would make the opening address at the conference, which will be a general topic, Clark said, will be faculty participation in a university's government.
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Topics discussed by the executive committee that didn't result in resolutions in front of Congress.
The letter, Goodman said, will ask Dykes to issue a signed statement about whether he thinks the regents are still committed to academic freedom and tenure principles on academic freedom and tenure.
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A committee report was given by Carl Leban, associate professor of East Asian studies and oriental languages and literature.
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The executive committee urged that each faculty member be told by his department chairman what salary recommendations were being made for next year.
He said that the AAPU committee on analysis and improvement of instruction would have an open meeting in late March. The subjects, he said, will include factors affecting learning, including educators affecting "professional environment", and evolution and reward of teaching.
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"The number one priority is to make sure courses students have to have to graduate are offered," Waggoner, dean of the college said.
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Liz Caldwell, Lawrence senior and former course instructor, said that in her case, the board's review was lengthy and that she did not have a lot of phrases asked questions about her course and the materials she had used. The course was written for the teacher, she said, but did not receive funding.
Limited availability of course funding restricts the number of instructors who can be paid for teaching although it does not prevent students from being profitted. Salaries over the last five years have increased from $100 to $500 a semester and have been paid from money allocated by university funds.
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THE SENATE BEGAN funding the program in 1970 after approving a request from Catalyst, a student group formed to advocate for the university taught at the University. Senate allocations
However, his staff is aware of the problem and he has received a letter from Marilyn Stokstad, associate dean of the college, requesting him to seek more funds from the vice chancellor for academic affairs.
VICE CHANGELLER Saricks said he had not vetted received a request from the college.
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"We are going to hope to be able to help the college out later on," he said. "But in preparation of the regents' budget, we don't have any leeway to do anything."
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University did not think it appropriate to fund the courses.
Although Smith wasn't the leading scoring for KU, his scoring and rebounding did help keep KU in the game. Smith scored several key baskets in the final minutes of play to help keep KU's Big Eight Title hopes alive.
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However, the University was put in the position of either funding the courses or letting the program drop in December when the senate funds were cut back.
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Dennis Quinn, professor of English and an LA&S independent studies course, said, "I'll eliminate the program. I think those courses that are the most successful should be supported as well as the hundreds of others courses that are supported as a matter of routine.
THE LA&S PROGRAM had requested $22,000 from the fiscal 1973 budget but received only $9,000 for one semester. The University matched the $9,000 for this semester, but did not promise to take over funding of the program indefinitely.
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"As a whole, the program fulfills a need and adds a dimension to the curriculum. It has a good effect on the University as a whole in that it constitutes a challenge to the departments to make their own offerings better and more appealing to the students."
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