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University Daily Kansan, April 5, 1983
Rankings aid grad programs
By DAVID POWLS Staff Reporter
Graduate degree programs in KU's physical sciences and engineering departments will not be eliminated by the Board of Regents because they have high national rankings, KU officials said yesterday.
The departments are the first in a scheduled review of academic degree programs by the Regents.
The Regents last fall called for a review of all degree programs at the state institutions over a period of five years. Since then, Kansas lawmakers have pressured the Regents to eliminate those graduate programs that are unnecessarily duplicated in the state
STANLEY KOPIK, executive officer of the Regents, said that all six of the state's Regents schools had high rankings in some areas.
He said that although the Regents had asked for reviews over a five-year period, some programs might have to be eliminated before then.
"It would be easier to put things in perspective then," he said. "But if the bottom falls out of the state's resources, something will have to be
"Weak programs will not be automatically eliminated. We may need to
provide special funds for weak programs that are important."
He said programs that had evolved with great demand in the past but that had declined in numbers through the years should probably have to be eliminated.
"PROGRAMS THAT we wouldn't create today and programs that we can hardly substantiate demand for, are likely to be eliminated," he said.
The review of degree programs in physical sciences and engineering will be published in the May/Jun 2015 issue.
John Augell, chairman of the department of geography, said, "We are not especially concerned because we don't strong in the national reviews."
And. Julian Holtzman, chairman of the electrical engineering department, said that the department's graduate program ranked in the upper 20 percent of all electrical engineering programs in the country.
JOHN EASLEY, director of the civil engineering department's graduate program and a member of a KU committee studying the aerospace engineering department, said that based on library facilities, curriculum, administration and research and publications by faculty, the civil engineering graduate program was the best of its kind in the state. The aerospace engineering graduate program is ranked 18th nationally, he said.
Georgina Torres, assistant to the dean of the School of Engineering, said that the Regents usually also considered the number of degrees awarded in
"Schools that do not make the minimum requirements are put on probation." Torres said. "Programs that do not act, probably will be eliminated."
Koplik said that the Regents considered programs weak if the programs had an unstable or inadequate staff or equipment. The Regents higher level at another Regents school.
"THE MAIN REASON for the reviews is to educate Regents members about programs at the six state universities," she noted. "These reviews can be used in a variety of ways."
Kopik also said that some programs needed to be offered by more than one
"Necessary duplication, for example, is like all Regents schools offering a bachelor's degree in English," he said. "Unnecessary duplication is like all Regents schools offering a master's degree in Slavic languages."
The Regents will comply with the state Legislative Educational Planning Committee's decision last week, requiring them to present their studies and plans concerning unnecessary duplication he said on or before June 19, 1884.
The Kansas University Endowment Association has undergone some personnel changes, including the resignation of the treasurer, Endowment Association officials announced last week.
Richard Porto, treasurer and trustee of the Endowment Association for nine years, resigned effective last Wednesday to take a job as business manager for Soiland Companies, Inc. of Kansas City, Mo.
The other personnel changes were three promotions, said Todd Seymour, Endowment Association president.
controller, was selected as vice president for administrative services and assistant secretary. In this position, he will oversee the association's data processing, loan and finance operations.
Endowment personnel reshuffled
GEORGE E. STEWART,
Stephen M. Cartart, assistant controller, was promoted to controller. He will direct the Endowment Association's accounting operation.
Porto is a 1968 graduate of the KU School of Business and a 1970 graduate of the School of Law. He joined the Endowment Association in 1972 to attend college and was elected treasurer and a member of the board of trustees in 1974.
While Porto was treasurer, the Endowment Association's assets increased from $26 million to $119 million, and annual revenues increased from $11 million to $35 million.
"I KNOW THAT while much has been accomplished by the entire staff during this period, the potential for greater future achievements is at hand," Porto said. "I will continue to support the purpose of the association, only I will be doing so from a different vantage point."
Beverly Rosenfeld, assistant treasurer, will assume Porto's duties.
Judge will not subpoena Weinberger
By United Press International
WICHTA — A federal judge yesterday refused to subpoena Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger for the trial of a Mennonite college student accused of failing to register for the draft.
officials with the Selective Service and the Department of Justice all be subpenaed to testify in the trial of Charles Epp. 20, Henderson, Neb.
Arthur Benson II, a Kansas City, Mo. attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, yesterday asked that the president send a letter of recommendation to the president; and senior
EPP, A STUDENT at Bethel College in North Newton, was indicted last fall for refusing to register for the draft.
EPP's LAWYERS have said they planned to use the selective prosecution defense, in which they claim Epp was chosen for indictment only because he spoke out against the draft. To prove the defense, Epp's lawyers need to show how top-level administrators in the federal government determined criteria for which individuals would be prosecuted.
U. S. District Judge Frank G. Theis ruled that Epp could not subpoena the high-level officials but that he instead could subpoena two other federal officials in the Justice Department and the Selective Service.
Theis scheduled an evidentiary hearing for May 23 on the selective prosecution defense.
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