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was desirable, the Office of Affirmative Action is not so sure
Vickie Thomas, University general counsel, said the student affairs policy had not yet been challenged in court, and a suit would only be successful if the master's degree requirement violated state or federal laws.
PAT HENRY, associate director of the Office of Affirmative Action, said her office had found no legal precedent for successfully challenging professional standards used in job interviews. She said that when she added, she is one that challenged a bachelor's degree requirement that was later upheld as a valid means of ensuring that safety standards be met on the job. The student affairs policy could be challenged on the grounds that she had not earned a degree in the past, she said, but the Student Affairs office could claim that the degree was a "business necessity."
Thomas said a plaintiff must prove that a requirement effectively excluded certain groups from qualifying for a job, but professional standards were usually valid. As an example of a discriminatory hiring practice, she mentioned a Lawrence Fire Department policy that required residents within the city limits. The policy was struck down by a federal appeals court.
MIKE EDWARDS, Affirmative
Action director, said his office had looked into the student affairs requirement as possibly discriminating against minorities, who generally might meet practical experience but not the degree requirement.
"They have the right to set their standards," he said. "They seem to think they can find applicants with degrees. But we certainly feel that allowances ought to be made for work experience, particularly for persons of affected classes, who might not have a degree."
Edwards said that he was trying to acquire national statistics on the number of minorities who had advanced degrees, and that his office had encouraged emphasis on applicants' experience in various University positions. So far, the student affairs policy has survived as a valid means of finding the best person for the job, he added.
DAVID AMBLER, vice chancellor
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standard for the future.
"Not so many years ago, I wouldn't have been the only one with a terminal degree in our office," he said. "Now some of our assistant directors have Ph.Ds. To be sure the trend is not heading the other way. I think we'll be seeing more and more people with advanced degrees, and in the future our
dean-level positions will require a' Ph.D."
A terminal degree is the highest level of education expected in a particular field. In the College of Liberal Arts and Science, for example, the terminal degree is always a Ph.D. In the library system, however, it is a master's of library science. In KU academic, as opposed to administrative units, deans, associate deans and assistant deans come from the faculty ranks and therefore normally have Ph.Ds. An exception is the department of music, where practical experience is crucial and advanced degrees are not common.
"If an administrator isn't willing to get a Ph.D., he might as well lower his career expectations," Ambler said. "Without advanced training he won't be worth a thing on the job market."
ADMINISTRATORS WHO are picked from the faculty ranks and thus also have Ph.D.s, include the executive vice chancellor, some of the associate vice chancellors.
The policy established in 1978 did not automatically disqualify directors
AS POSITIONS become vacant, they are being filled with people who have at least a master's degree. The most recent example is Judy Browder, former acting director of the information center, who was replaced in May by Pat Kehde, who has master's degrees in both library science and human relations. Browder is working on a master's in social work.
already on the job who had only bachelor's degrees, but it did make them technically unqualified for their positions. Amber said that many of them had been encouraged to go back to school to enhance both their job performance and prospects for advancing their career.
“If an administrator isn't willing to take a Ph.D., he might as well lower his salary. He's not afraid.” And it “without advanced training he won't be worth a job on the job market.”
honors and expects advanced-degree work, Ambler said, and student affairs people want to be considered "academically equal" to faculty members. A study of the annals of the University, he added, shows that many faculty members were teaching with only bachelor's degrees.
"On the surface it looks as if yesterday they were doing a fine job without a degree but today they're not qualified," Ambler said. "But you have to put it into an academic perspective. We don't know how training. If we didn't believe in advanced training as a means of improving the quality of our staff, we might as well question the need for anything beyond a bachelor's degree."
"That's not possible any more," he said. "Now, about 80 to 90 percent of our faculty have Ph.D.s. Likewise, the days of the codery老 dean of men and administrators must be trained to deal with students."
Woodyard said that more education would enhance the academic credibility of administrators by proving that they are competent in discipline associated with graduate work.
ALTHOUGH A MASTER'S degree in student personnel, guidance and counseling or a related field is an absolute requirement for administrators who deal directly with students, exceptions exist in other areas.
THE LAWRENCE COMMUNITY
The manager of the Union Bookstore, for example, has only a bachelor's degree because the job primarily calls for retail management skills. Similarly, the Union accounting positions may require experience or certified public accountants, but not an advanced degree.
In the area of custodial services, Sherwood said, a related degree offered
THE UNION and the housing office of the city manage their directors have an advanced degree.
If J. J. Wilson, housing director for about 25 years, or Frank Burge, union director for about 28 years, were to resign, their successors probably would have to have master's degrees. Although Sherwood stressed that the housing director's job mainly called for skills in managing a large organization, Amber said an advanced degree probably would be a must.
WILSON SAID that he had "grand-father rights," and was qualified for his position, although he did not have an advanced degree. He predicted that the requirement would be built into a job description if he were to resign.
Burge would not comment on the requirements for his position if it were to become vacant, saying that they were entirely in the hands of the administration and that the affair's policy had not yet been formally extended to the Union, where some directors already have master's degrees.
MOST OFFICIALS admit that a degree is not everything, although they look forward to a flood of Ph.D.s in the administration and point out that some assistant directors have little or no practical experience.
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