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University Daily Kansan, April 15, 1983
Discontinuance policy OK'd
By SARA KEMPIN Staff Reporter
The University Council approved a policy yesterday that gives KU administrators guidelines if they decide to discontinue anything from one academic program to an entire school.
The University of Kansas has never had a discontinuance policy, and the Council's vote amends the University of Kansas' Rules and Regulations to include one
Administrators have said they would approve the proposal, said James Carothers, Council member and associate professor of English.
BUT ONE COUNCIL member wants the full University Senate, which includes all faculty members, to petition against the proposal. The Senate has never had a quorum.
James Seaver, chairman of the University Senate Executive Committee, said he thought that because the Board of Regents had asked KU to develop such a provision last semester, the council was obligated to adopt a policy this year.
BUT SEAVER the president of Kansas State University's Senate told
him this week that he was concerned that the proposed policy contained no provision for severance pay for faculty members who are forced to leave.
taarthers, one of the two subcommittee members, said that a severance pay provision was rejected because of potential legal problems.
T. P. Srinivasan, Council member and professor of math, said he thought the Council should vote against the motion to adopt the policy, and asked that the full Senate petition against it.
"THE FINAL draft of the proposal ducked some of the issues or watered them down," he said.
The Council then passed an amendment he proposed stipulating that program discontinuance must reflect long-range judgments about academic missions and not be a result of temporary enrollment variations.
The Council did not act on Srinivasan's other amendments.
srinivasan said he was concerned that the proposal did not outline what would not be permissible grounds for program discontinuance.
The policy states that program discontinuance "may be a means by which the University seeks to avoid financial exigency."
ADMINISTRATORS MAY declare financial exigency when the University is so low on funds that it must lay off faculty and staff and eliminate programs.
problem, we need to get more input from the faculty at large about the issue by holding an open meeting." Srinivasan said.
CAROTHIES SAID, "It is quite clear that there are areas of policy that will require immediate and continued attention.
continues and improves.
"It is imperative for the new
County to develop a coherent policy
for the organization of academic
program reviews, and particularly to
assure faculty consultation in the
selection of program review
committees. But the essential faculty
protections are included."
The Council also elected six new SenEx members; Earl Nehring, professor of political science; Carothers, Charles Kahn, professor of Architecture and Urban Design; Margaret Byrne, professor of Speech, Language and Hearing; Arno Knapfer, professor of business; and Vivian Rogers, assistant to the dean of Continuing Education.
Continuation Lost to Carothers was elected chairman of SenEx, and Seaver was elected chairman of the Council.
By WARREN BRIDGES Staff Reporter
Residents lose meals if bills overdue
The last thing, the KU housing department wants to do is suspend a student's meals — but it will if it has to.
Less than three weeks ago, 79 residents of residence halls were told that if they did not either pay their overdue rent or make other arrangements with the housing department they would have their meals suspended, Steve Keel, the assistant director of housing, said yesterday.
THE PLAN worked. Keel said that as of yesterday, only six of the 79 residents were not receiving meals.
Keel said the housing department gave students every opportunity to work out any financial problems they may have.
The department considers three months as its suspension date, he said, but there is no set date.
The department reviews the monthly payments, and sends reminder notices to those students who are delinquent in paying their monthly rent.
HE SAID THAT before the meals were suspended, a list of those who were delinquent in paying their rent
was reviewed by David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs
If the suspensions were approved, he said, the hall's house manager and food supervisor were notified.
TINA MILLER, Cullison junior and a checker at Templin, said that when individuals approached her who were on the list, she told them first the first get from the resident in the assistant residence hall director before she could let them eat.
details.
Elmer Gunckle, food supervisor at Templin Hall, said that when the hall received the list of those who were late in paying their rent, the list of names was given to the checker.
"It's hard telling them sometimes," she said. "Especially when they are my friends.
In extreme cases, when the housing department has exhausted its efforts to collect the bills, Keel said, the names are given to the University's general accounting office.
"When those fellows approach the desk, they are told they cannot eat," he said. "And we advise them to contact the housing department."
"We give them a list of names," Keel said. "They have no idea how much money is involved or any of the details."
Howard Tiffany, the office's assistant comptroller, said that after his office tried to collect the bills, it held the student's college transcript.
Turn it Loose
In that program, Tiffany said, former students who become state employees can have the amount they owe deducted from their paychecks. The amount can also be deducted from any Kansas tax return.
Those students who are placed on SARB, are also listed with the state of Kansas" "set-off" program.
THE FINAL STEP, Tiffany said, is to submit the names of those who cannot be reached through SARB to one of the state's collection agencies.
STUDENTS THE NAMES OF delinquent students who will not be returning to the University are placed in a program called the Student Accounts Receivable Billings, or SARB, Tiffany said.
Tiffany said the program, which also is used to collect overdue library fees, health service fees and tuition fees, sends out notifications in an attempt to collect the bills.
"In the future if things are looking good, we'd love to say. 'We won't have a suspension,' " Keel said. "But then, the opposite could very well be true."
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