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University Daily Kansan, March 4, 1982
Page 5
Faculty
From page 1
JAMES AKAGI, chairman of the department of microbiology, said faculty members were not pushing for outrageous salary increases, just salaries that kept up with the rate of inflation.
"we're asking for a reasonable increase because so many people enjoy Lawrence and KU," he said. "They were not born yesterday. They know that if they got $10,000 from California it would be worth it." We're asking for a reasonable increase if it's not, we fall behind very rapidly.
"If the Legislature would go along with what the chancellor suggested, the faculty would feel
Faculty raises have amounted to 22.5 percent in the last three school years, including this one, of which more than 60 percent are female.
"Years accumulate when the salary level stays below the inflation level," Thomas Weak, a senior economist at McKinsey.
"We are under a modest amount of pressure because of the amount and magnitude of industrial offers." Howard Mossberg, dean of the School of Pharmacy, said.
MEANWHILE, Messberg knows some of his faculty are negotiating for new jobs.
J. P. Davidson, chairman of the department of history, ominously, said he knew his faculty was doing a great job.
"Our top 10 are now candidates at Iowa, Cal Tech, Rice and Colorado," Davidson said. "If it were me to choose, I would go for Iowa."
Charles J. Himmelburg, chairman of the mathematics department, said salaries were $160 per hour.
"I'm afraid to death they'll get bad enough they'll have to leave," he said. "If salaries don't
get better we could lose one or two a year for five years and end up with a mediocre program. It's not hard to see why.
THE BEST are going already, according to the officials.
Senior faculty members with tenure, as well as the brightest and most promising young faculty members, are leaving because they are the most versatile and can attract the highest salaries, according to Victor Wallace, chairman of the computer science department.
And those left behind are facing morale problems.
"Good people are having to make an even tougher commitment." Brinkman said.
And that commitment is getting tougher to keep.
Gerhard Zuther, chairman of the department of English, said that two months ago the KU department of English ranked 47th out of 52 other programs in the country in terms of salary.
"We're in very serious trouble," Zuther said. "Quite apart from our actual loss, the morale is lowered when people read we're 47 out of 52 and know damn well they're not 47 out of 52 in quality. So these problems are very severe, whether people leave or not."
For the sciences, budget funds have not been sufficient to keep equipment up to date.
"Our competition with industry is salaries," engineer said. "Competition with other industries is with equipment."
The lack of money is beginning to erode faculty in other ways, too.
DAVIDSON SAID that because of lack of fund, equipment had deteriorated in the School of Pharmacy and they had not had any new subscriptions for five years at the library.
"We're $5 million of labs needed to bring them up to modern teaching labs. The
"I know that all of our scientific disciplines are in a crisis situation over instructional scientific equipment," she said. "We have not had training resources for equipment in the last few years."
Deanell Tacha, vice chancellor of academic affairs, said she was concerned about the effect that lack of equipment would have if money was not appropriated by the Legislature.
"This really concerns us, especially the young faculties who cannot do the job they came to the agency to take."
"I'm extremely concerned about the effect of that because equipment, particularly in the scientific disciplines, is probably just as important to our department as faculty members remaining at the University."
THE EFFECTS of this make the chancellor's goal to put KU among the top 10 universities in the country look far away indeed. The University can only slim 'no advance' officials say.
One reason is that when faculty members leave, they take their experience and specialties with them.
"You don't hire in that kind of experience," ngino said. "You just start at the bottom and work your way up."
Losing Brady and Robert Miller, another 10-
year member, this year hurt his
lungs.
But the history department not only lost three specialists in European history, Norman Saul, chairman, said, they were not allowed to be replaced. He said enrollment had declined a little and fewer courses were offered because of the loss.
Zuther said one professor who left the department of English specialized in modern American drama. Now the specialty is no longer taught at the department at KU, limiting the graduate program.
Zuther said he knew of three faculty members who were thinking of leaving, and that if they
MEANWHILE, they are professors who are thinking of leaving KU that nobody knows about.
did, there would be similar problems in their areas.
'It's not the kind of thing people talk about publicly.' Merage said. "You have to do these things clandestinely. I didn't go out and discuss my plans with anybody. I didn't want word to get out. I didn't know how long it was going to take to find a job. It would've hurt me when I was considered for merit salary. People would say, 'He's not serious about his work.'"
Mertage said that after an initial incredulous reaction from his KU colleagues to the announcement he was leaving KU, at least 20 of them from throughout the University, but mostly in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, asked how he did it and what it involved.
He said the number of those leaving KU could increase if people in the social sciences and humanities realized that they could get jobs in the real world. He would be better for those from professional schools to do so.
"There is a myth that people, particularly in the social sciences and humanities, do not have marketable skills and are not attractive to business or government," he said. "It depends on the individual's ability to extend himself or herself to market themselves there."
"It's not like we have taken monastic vows. It's somewhat harder for people in liberal arts colleges to get involved."
MERIAGE SAID he had to take a long look at his own skills before looking for another job, and that was why he was now helping others make the switch.
"From undergraduate school I went to graduate school, and from graduate school I went straight into the teaching ranks," he said. "If you spend a good deal of your adult life there (in school) it's difficult to know what skills you have that are marketable."
Because university salaries for those in the
humanities are traditionally lower than for those in areas in which there is an outside-ofacademics demand, liberal arts professors may work with students in academic disciplines, although there are fewer job opportunities.
What can KU officials do to stop the drain?
Nurse, doctor, etc.
M. D. Harmony, chairman of the chemistry department, said the University would have to
"What I can do is very limited," said Norris Lacy, chairman of the French and Italian department. "We try to make salary recommendations as equitable as possible and make working conditions as pleasant as possible. But for a lot of people, that's small compensation."
From Mertie's viewpoint, the state would support the University's faculty and libr
"So far we're very fortunate," he said. "Our faculty has been very dedicated to the University, but there is only so long these things can last. It will catch up with us eventually."
"Unless the folks over in Topeka are willing to recognize this, the University of Kansas will never be the truly fine institution it aspires to be." he said.
ANGINO SAID he did not see the situation getting any better.
"I don't think the state can really afford it in the long run," he said. "They're not really fooling with the faculty, they're fooling with the young in the state. They're just mortgaging ... they're not even willing to mortgage—they're gambling with it. They're potentially sending some of the best students out of the state because they can do so much better elsewhere. We don't even care enough about the education program in the state. It's a frustrating period."
Back in Wyoming, Brady says he enjoys his new job, but misses association with students.
"I really loved the university," he said. "If everything else would have been equal . . ."
Paddy Murphy Chaps I.F.C. Big Whigs
Day 4 Thursday, March 4, 1982
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Placed on Probation
Lawrence, Kansas. In a surprise move last night, KU's INa Fraternity Council voted to place Sigma Alpha Epsilon on probation until Paddy Murphy has been found and restitution has been made. Paddy's offenses thus far consist of public drunk, public nuisance, vomiting in public, fondling women's undergardens at local thrift shops, & sheep harassment, just to name a few.
According to I.F.C. Big Whigs, until Paddy has been served the S.A.E.'s will be on a stern probation. I.F.C. spokesman Fatt Armour says, "Unless these jokes find this Paddy dugits, grits are gonna hit the fan." A worried and obviously distressed Bruce Wennis, I.F.C. vice president and S.A.E. member, stated, "Hell it don't matter if they out us on probation, we're already on double secret probation."
The S.A.E.'s have not shown much interest in cooperating with authorities on the case. Detective Chad Devore is quoted as saying, "These animals have been constantly drunk, belligerent and of no help."
Fraternity members have set sheep out in front of the chapter house in hopes that they will lure Mur phy back within netting range.
If anyone has any information leading to the capture of Paddy Murphy please call the K.U. zoo. They too will not accept collect calls.
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