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Tenure Can Be a Boon or Liability, Nichols Says
By CAROLYN OLSON
Editor's Note: This is the first part of a two part series explaining the role of administrators and students in determining faculty tenure.
By CINEMAS OF KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Tenure is regarded as a guarantee of academic freedom by various administrators and faculty members at the University of Kansas.
Although the concept of tenure has remained constant, the procedures for granting tenure have changed in the last 25 years.
Louise was traditionally granted to faculty members after they had taught for six years, under rules compiled by the University Professors (AALUP), in 1940.
Local rules governing tenure appointments, which varied from the AAUP rules, were adopted by the Kansas Board of Regents in 1979. The Board members after their fourth year of teaching, instead of the original six years.
Faculty members who were hired before Oct. 15, 1971, before the local rules were abolished, are still reviewed for tenure after their fourth year of teaching.
These local rules, however, were abolished by the Board of Regents Oct. 15, 1971 and all faculty members hired after that year were entitled for tenure after six years of teaching.
Reforms in the present tenure system have been proposed recently, according to Chancellor Raymond Nichols. Nichols said that after a faculty member was tenured, the university would go before the hearing board of the Tenure and Related Problems Committee.
NICHOLS SAID some educators had proposed a review every five or ten years for tenured faculty members to determine whether they should remain tenured.
"There is some merit in the periodic review of faculty members," Nichols said. "But I'm not sure how often that review should be."
He said any tenure review policy would
"The only way a professor would be released for being incompetent is if his peers said he had been grossly neglecting the class, not meeting with his classes." Särks said.
have to be approved by the Board of Regents.
Saricks said an example of moral turpitude would be a professor having an affair with a student, of which many persons were aware.
The University Promotions and Tenure Committee grants tenure to faculty members. It is composed of nine faculty members, a member of the Senate and a member of the Academic Board; two chancellorors of academic affairs and research and graduate studies. The
OF THE 350 PROFESSORS at KU, all are tenured; 255 of the 280 associate professors are tenured. Forty-nine of the 270 assistant professors are tenured and of the 46 instructors, only two have been granted tenure, according to Saricks.
Once a faculty member has been granted tenure one of two things usually occurs:
committee usually meets to discuss tenure decisions in Anji.
"Either the tenured faculty member blossoms under his new academic freedom or he tends to vegetate because he doesn't care about losing his job." Nichols said.
He said that most tenured faculty members at KU didn't "vegetate" after receiving tenure and that KU was not tenured at KU because the tenure regulations set up by the AAUP
if a tenured faculty member is to be released, there is much legal "red tape" to go through, according to Frances C. Browning, who complains faculty member must present
grevieances to the Faculty Senate committee on the Problems, Language and Literacy change.
Ingeman said the problem was usually solved in an informal session before it came before the Tenure and Related Problems Committee.
"In the last nine or ten years that I have been associated with the Tenure and Related Problems Committee, I can remember only one formal hearing," said William Kellogg, professor of law and former Director of Tenure and Related Problems Committee.
KELLY SAID a formal hearing was a last resort for a professor who was being fined.
"It is very important to have tenure to insure a good faculty," said William Paden, professor of English, and former secretary of AUAP. "Tenure just insures that the student will be able that a professor can publish articles without fear of being fired for his views."
"It is essential that a faculty member be able to speak out on issues without fear of
being reprimsed," said Ernest Angino, professor of civil engineering, and chairman of the Faculty Rights, Marges, and Responsibilities Committee.
Angino said the strongest people on a staff didn't need tenure because they felt reasonably sure of themselves in their position.
Saricks said the accumulation of year- toward tenure didn't transfer completely from one stage to another.
Sarics said that granting tenure helped to ensure that the faculty, faculties and faculty members at a university and the professional professionals needed to have the assurance of continuous tenure to be effusive.
SOMETIMES PROFESSORS are granted tenure when they first come to KU, but often a professor must wait one or two years before be reviewed for tenure. Sarkas said.
Most educators, whether in public schools or universities, want the security
A LITTLE COOLER
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
SHRIRIVE SAID Nixon had a secret plan to end the Vietnam War four years ago and still had a secret plan to end the war four years later.
Wednesday. October 25, 1972
War on Crime A Campaign Issue
"But," he added, "let us never forget running against Trick Dixon Nick
Kansan Staff Photo by T. DEAN CAPLE
describes Nixon as a man who hedes, walks, talks and "tys around who ate."
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Nixon stands accredited as the president
The crowd roared with agreement when Shriver said the greatest asset the Democratic ticket had was "their opponent, Richard Nixon."
Sargent Shriver Welcomes Crowds Wednesday Afternoon in Kansas City
Interview for Jacobs County Court Supervisor of Pleasers.
A rock band began to play, and the guests complained of its loudness, but kept on.
Shriver Rallies in K.C.
THE CROWD talked quietly among themselves, bought tickets for drinks and nibbled on cheese and crackers, which were served by Women for McGovern.
Guests who were under twenty-one stayed downstairs because of the state liquor laws. Shriver spoke briefly to that group, before leaving Kansas City.
No one complained when a staff member announced that the Shriver party would be late. They were saving their voices for shouts of approval when Shriver arrived and began his attacks on the Nixon administration.
By NANCY JONES Kansan Staff Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sargent Shriver, the Democratic vice president nominee, attacked the Nixon administration in a noon, in a burst of rhetorical energy.
Approximately 400 Democratic officials, candidates, workers and guests were invited to attend the reception in the main room of the restaurant.
And the crowd loved it. At times, before the former Peace Corps director had time to complete a critical sentence, someone from the crowd filled in the words for him.
Shriver and his wife, Eunice, in Kansas City briefly to attend a Jackson County Democratic Convention at the Iowa State Fair. Quay section of downtown Kansas City
who has dropped the most bombs in the history of the world, Shriver said.
"Never forget that he has cost you and your children four years of war, and for that reason alone he should not be reelected president." he said.
Then, in an attack on Nixon's economic policy, Shirley accusered Nixon of throwing more people out of jobs than anyone since Herbert Hoover.
ON LABOR Day, Shriver said, Nixon had lectured people about welfare, to tell them why they shouldn't be on welfare, when he put them on it.
Shriver said the president and vice president did not go where the people were, they did not come out and talk to the people. He was very sure about the people who are unemployed.
"And the岭," Shriver said, "to throw more neege out of work."
"He has the nerve, the brass . . . ," he said.
"And the gall," someone shouted
"You know the story in the Bible about separating the wheat from the chaff!" the man asked Shriver. "Well, he said Nixon is not a Christian." The Americans are getting the chaff.
Shriver then askleb with members of the street crowd, before leaving with his wife and children.
He ended his attacks with a story a man in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, had told him about the Republicans trying to reinterpret the Bible.
Instead, they go where there is economic and military power, because they are more interested in bombs and bucks, he said.
Referring to Nixon's recent visit to Westchester, an affluent area in New York, he said they didn't go where the people are, they went where the money was.
On the issue of crime, Shriver said, Nixon has taken crime off the streets and has brought the public out to enjoy life.
Thieu Stands Firm On Peace Conditions
SAIGON (AP)—President Nguyen Van Thieu said Tuesday night that Hanoi has requested a cease-fire and one could come soon, but he stood firm on his demand that any truce must cover all Indochina and be internationally guaranteed.
Thieu also rejected a tripartite coalition government for South Vietnam, as proposed by the Communists. He said his country's political future could be negotiated only between Saigon and Lyon, and could only be based on free elections.
"There may be a cease-fire in the near future because the Communists have requested it," he told his countrymen in a speech Tuesday. "We need to protect it, for it, because they are weak militarily."
HE SAID the Communists had implored the United States for a cease-fire agreement in order to keep territory they have recently captured.
Thieu asserted the North Vietnamese wanted the cease-fire before the Nov. 7 presidential election because President Trump might be tougher to deal with if relected.
His two-hour national radio and television speech shed some light on his five days of intensive talks with Henry A. Kissinger.
It coincided with the disclosure that the United States had cut back on its bombing of North Vietnam in what sources called "a sign of good will." Thien, who has steadfastly opposed a bombing reduction, did not comment on this.
He said his talks with Kissinger had been exploratory and that no formal agreements had been reached. At another time he said in "very clear and useful discussions."
IN WASHINGTON, White House press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler claimed, "Some progress has been made at achieving a negotiated settlement."
Thieu's speech, not announced in advance, was essentially a reiteration of his long-standing positions on a cease-fire and invasion, and contained these major points:
He spoke after Kissinger had briefed Nixon on the meetings with Thieu.
Nixon Backers Spend $22 Million; McGovern Expenditures Are Half
New reports filed with the General Accounting Office showed Tuesday that although the chief Nixon finance committee was slightly in debt earlier this year, numerous satellites had a minimum of $8 billion into the final two weeks of the campaign.
—The 1954 Geneva accords, which provided for international supervision of the truce, should be used by both sides as the basis for an agreement.
-The Communist peace proposals are the schemes aimed at taking over Vietnam.
McGovern's key campaign committee,
McGovern for President, Inc., of
Washington, D.C., showed a cash deficit
$107,000 and debts of $2.86 million.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Committees set up to finance President Nickon's re-election campaign have spent at least $22 million since April. This is almost twice the amount spent for Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern.
The reports cover the period Sept. 1-Oct. 16, but also include cumulative totals going back to April 7 when a new federal elections went into effect. The law required disclosure quarterly and on the basis of those events before a primary or general election.
contributions appeared to be flowing in at a greater rate than those for the President
Because of a delay caused by the federal government's observance of the Veterans' day holiday Monday, when the reports were filed, a number of the hundreds of reports on hand.
THESE AVAILABLE included six major Washington-based Nixon committees and 20 state committees. Only cumulative totals were available for McGovern.
The largest list contributor to Nixon during the Sept. 1-Oct. 16 period was John J. Lous Jr., chairman of the board of Combined Communications Inc. of Chicago. Louis gave $28,191, dividing it up among chunks among various committees.
Contributors of $100 or more accounted for $2.08 million of the $4.4 million contributions taken in by the Finance Committee to Re-elect the President, the lead Nixon committee, between Sept. 1-Oct. 16.
DURING THE same period, McGovern for President, Inc., received $7.7 million in contributions, $4.8 million or 82 per cent contributors in the amount of $1.00 category.
—Any cease-fire acceptable to Saigon must encompass all Indochina, including Cambodia and Laos, and must be guaranteed internationally. The North Vietnamse must pull all troops and equipment back to North Vietnam.
—A tripartite government consisting of Saigon, the Viet Cong and a third neutral element is unacceptable.
—South Vietnam will not be forced into any agreement that it does not want.
SAIGON (AP) -The United States was quietly curtailed its bombing of North Vietnam at this crucial stage of the peace talks, informed sources said Tuesday.
Informants confirmed that American jets have been flying half their usual number of strikes over North Vietnam and the Philippines. The US Air Force Huphong on orders from President Nixon,
U.S. Bombing Is Curtailed As Peace Talks Continue
The U.S. Navy acknowledged, without elaboration, that three of its four carriers had steamed south from the Gulf of Tankin and now were stationed off the coast of Florida. The Navy said since April that only one 7th Fleet carrier has been off the coast of North Vietnam.
Normally, three carriers operate against North Vietnam and one in South Vietnamese waters. For the past two days, American tactical fighter-bombers have averaged 130 strikes a day over the North, with the previous daily average of 280-300 strikes.
Most of the latest missions have been
flown below the 20th Parallel in North Vietnam 80 miles south of Hanoi, similar to President Lyndon B. Johnson's partial bombing half of 1968.
Informants conceded that American bombing of North Vietnam usually is affected by monson rains at this time of the year, but they said the weather was not severe enough to warrant a 50 per cent curtailment.
In Washington, the Pentagon declined to comment on the report that raided on North Carolina.
There has been no bombing backup in South Vietnam. Military sources said B52 strike strikes on the commandist community on certain areas before a bombing.
More than 100 of the eight-jet bombers flew 36 missions over terrain held by the enemy in the South on Tuesday. This was the largest number of raids in South Vietnam for any one day of the war. The previous high was 35 strikes on July 28.
Getting Close
When voters receive their absentee ballots in the mail they know election time is drawing near. For Delbert Mathia, Douglas County clerk, and his staff
Kansas Photo by MONA DUNN
Election Day will end a tedious preparation process. This is the first election in which the county clerk's office, instead of city offices, have handled registration procedures. This includes handling requests for and counting this year's 1,500 absentee ballots. (See Story Page 10.)