University Daily Kansan, April 30, 1981 Page 3
KU governance gets B-rating
By KATHRYN KASE Staff Reporter
KU student-faculty governance got a B- from George Worth, professor of English, vexedav.
Worth gave the grade during a University forum sponsored by the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. He spoke as chairman of the Senate Executive Committee on the topic "Is Student Governance Working?"
"I wish the topic had been 'Is Faculty-Student Governance Work.'" Worth joked to his audience. "The answer is yes."
WORK OR NOT, a student-faculty governance is working, Worth said. He then listed four reasons for assigning it a B-.
The first concerned the size and diversity of the University community.
"I think it is very difficult in a University this size for a governance system to work in an ideal manner," he said, citing that University Senate had not had a quorum in years. "I want you to understand, however, the reasons I consider the University an institution place to be is because we are large."
The second problem is University governance's tendency to become bogged down with small details, said Worth.
"I don't think University governance
is unique in its fascination with trivia, but it is there and it is a problem," he said. "When Executive Vice Chancellor Cobc came to the University Council to speak about the library, one of the more pressing issues this year, we spent 45 minutes, before he even got to speak, talking about parking."
LACK OF CONSISTENT participation by students and faculty is University governance's third problem. Worth told the forum.
"You can't get in when you're interested and get out when you don't care," he said. "I think with college students and faculty there has been a deplorable lack of interest in governance except when troubled."
Appropriate participation also means fulfilling governance responsibilities.
"I think this ought to be more than an opportunity to add one more item to your resume," Worth said. "This ought to be more than one more opportunity to get more attention," the paper reports, than one more opportunity to get some name recognition."
University governance's fourth problem involves the status of the University positions, according to Worth.
He noted that every top level position at KU this year had been occupied by a newcomer or filled by a temporary administrator.
THIS STITUTION has made it difficult for the administration to understand the needs of University governance, Worth said.
"I am not accusing anyone in the administration, or the administration collectively, of any lack of goodwill." that has been there in abundance."
The problem is that it is difficult to become excited about governance when administrators are new to KU or in a temporary position, he said.
Worth closed his speech by suggesting that University governance could raise its grade if it addressed these four problems. He reminded the faculty members present that the key was to work together.
"If University governance is going to work, there has got to be close and cordial relations with faculty and students over here and faculty and administration over there," he said. "University students and administrators to trust work with each other and to trust one another."
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KU to sponsor Elderhostel program
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By LISA MASSOTH Staff Reporter
Youth hostels scattered throughout the European countryside provide a place for young refugees to stay before continuing across the country.
Elderhostel, an educational opportunity for people over 60 and their spouses, will offer classes, social activities and group living for the participants from July 5 to July 11
Forty not-so-young travelers are going to come from all parts of the country to meet at宴席 Sellarski Pearson Hall for a program inspired by the youth hostels in Europe. The KU students will all be over 60.
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"Looking at Art: Regionalism Meets Modernism" will explore contemporary art through lectures by the Spencer School of Art staff
THE STUDENTS are coming from as far away as Oregon, Hawaii and California, according to Beulah
"It Takes a Little Time," sponsored by the Natural History Museum, includes the study of fossils and geology. The students also will take two course-related field trips.
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