University Daily Kansan, February 23, 1981
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FacEx endorses standards
By KATHRYN KASE Staff Reporter
Acting Chancellor Del Shankel said yesterday that he would gladly co-sign an academic standards resolution the Faculty executive committee considered at its Friday meeting.
"I would be happy to co-sign it," he said. "In fact, I'm in the process of formulating my own resolution and I hope to ask both professor (George) Worth and Mr. (Bob) Marcum to sign it."
Shankel said his resolution would be completed today. He said he hoped to know by tomorrow or Wednesday whether George Worth, the chairman, Mr. Bob Marcum, athletic director, would sign the resolution.
TTE RESOLUTION FacEx considered Friday condemned any action diminishing professional status at the University of Kansas.
FacEx unanimously endorsed the resolution. They then sent it to the Faculty Council, which meets this week, saying the resolution would have more clout if endorsed by a larger body.
"I propose we put this on the agenda of the Faculty Council," Worth said. "It would have more impact if it is endorsed by them."
The resolution's final wording, as approved by FacEx, states; "Mindful of recent allegations that the integrity of the academic faculty has been compromised, the Faculty Council, as the elected body representing the entire faculty of the Lawrence campus, wishes to go on record as deploring any diminution of standards at the University of Kansas.
"Moreover, the Faculty Council herewith states its unremitting opposition to any interference with those standards by individuals or organizations inside or outside the University."
GERHARD ZUTHER, Faculty Council presiding officer, said he had no idea about the degree of the resolution would receive.
"I think it's basically a motherhood and apple pie resolution and theoretically it should have no problem passing," he said.
Grant Goodman, professor of history who proposed the resolution to FacEx two weeks ago, predicated Faculty Council support.
"I would imagine that it would be supported by the Faculty Council after it was unanimously endorsed by FacEx." he said.
Goodman proposed the resolution because of recent events that
questioned University academic standards.
HE SAID YESTERDAY he was responding only in part to a Kansas City Times story. The Times' story alleged that academic standards at the university were faculty members so that athletes could have lighter academic loads.
"It wasn't just that, specifically," Goodman said. "There have been other attacks on academic standards. Of course, this resolution is meant for the faculty. We can't police the athletic department."
IN SUPPORTING the resolution at Friday's FacEx meeting, Worth said that it indicated the faculty were professionals.
"I think it says we are professionals, that we have professional standards and that we don't want anybody outside the University messing with them," he said.
Felix Moos, professor of anthropology and FacEx member, agreed that the KU faculty should be drawn with which to police themselves.
"I think we have to make it clear to our Legislature that lawyers police themselves, doctors police themselves," he said. "We are just as capable as any other profession of policing ourselves."
Police investigating phony salesman
Lawrence police are investigating an insurance scam involving the sale of burial insurance to older Lawrence residents.
A man calling himself Larry F. Smith has tried to represent himself as an insurance salesman for two local funeral homes, police said yesterday.
The insurance policy offers $2,000 of insurance at $30-a-month payments,
police said. The small print in the contract said that Smith had the authority to write checks on the client's checking account.
Several older women have notified police that a man came to their houses to sell insurance but would not produce any identification.
Vernon Harrell, police lieutenant of administration, said people should not give anyone money or sign any contract unless the salesman gives proper identification.
The women refused to talk to the man or let him into their houses.
He said any checks written for insurance should be made out to a particular company and not to the salesman.
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Regents approve planning guidelines
TOPEKA-State Board of Regents schools will be asked to take a new look at their future because of changes approved by the Regents on Friday.
By DAN BOWERS Staff Reporter
The changes were made in the 5-year academic planning guidelines to prepare Regents schools for anticipated enrollment declines.
The new guidelines will use full fiscal year enrollment projections instead of the current system of predicting enrollment using only fall enrollment figures.
JOE MECFARLAND, academic officer for the Regents, said using the figures for fall, summer and spring enrollments would give an accurate indication of enrollment, and help in the preparation of assignments for various academic programs.
The changes will also require Regents schools to prepare 5-year academic plans for three different levels of possible enrollment declines. The plan will be based on declining estimates of 4 percent, 8 percent and 12 percent.
Reports with projections and plans
The reports will aid the institutions and Regents in making adjustments in faculty sizes and financial appropriations to academic programs.
for the 1986 academic year will be submitted to the Regents in April.
MEFARLAND SAID that with the difficulty in predicting enrollment figures, plans for three different levels would provide a better picture of how an university would experience.
He said that the Regents plan would allow the universities in the Regents system to submit academic plans under a consistent format.
Over the next five years, McFarland estimated that KU's decline would probably be near the 4 percent figure, and it would still be below. See a decline near the 12 percent level.
ACTING CHANCELLOR Dei Shanker said the University would probably begin selling the bonds within the next two months.
In other action, the Regents approved the sale of $1 million in bonds to help finance the construction of a new health Health Sciences in Kansas City, Kan.
Final plans and construction documents for the Med Center library were also approved by the Regents.
With the amendment, the faculty member could extend his probationary period to a maximum of 7 years giving him time to conduct research and develop academic activities that would meet standards of tenure review.
The Regents also conferred the title of Clinical Professors Emeritus of Surgery upon Hjalmar E. Carlson in addition to many years of distinguished service.
The change allows a new faculty member to negotiate the length of his tenure probationary period before becoming eligible for tenure review.
The Regents approved an amendment to rules and regulations governing the school.
SHANKEL SAID that faculty members coming from other schools may not have had an academic environment that would give the faculty opportunity to conduct scholarly research the meet KU's tenure standards.
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