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Friday, September 20,1974
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Other members questioned the usefulness of Feedback to students.
The association voted to "urgue a reexamination regarding the use of Feedback
The AAUP retirement committee report drew unanimous support, but it was recommended that the retirement committee meet with the executive committee to determine the most effective method of approval.
The report included several recommendations to be made to the state legislature, including the proposal that faculty retirees be allowed to receive their retirement income along with income from work done with grant support. Another proposal intended to further its restricting a retiree's ability to move from the state and still receive his income.
insurance program after failure to make one monthly payment. The other proposal would allow a surviving spouse to continue with the original subscription after the death of the original subscriber.
The AAUP also voted to submit for reconsideration a report by the AAUP executive committees on its recommendation to be amended in accordance with the faculty at the University of Kansas.
Two other recommendations made by the report involved health insurance. One urged the relaxation of the rigid requirement that the subscriber would be dropped from the
election can be held to establish a state employee bargaining unit.
Charles Krider, member of the AAPU executive committee, presented the committee's recommendation to the chapter.
Determination of the composition of such a unit is required by state law before an
The recommendation stated that the unit should include all faculty at the University of Kansas, Lawrence campus (excluding one half time or more in the following professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, acting assistant
professor, lecturer, librarian I, librarian II,
librarian III."
Adoption of such a proposal would eliminate at least 62 categories of employees at the University, including everyone per an administrative or supervisory function.
Debate followed Krider's presentation concerning the question of whether department chairmen should be included in the unit. Krider said the national AAUP recommended that department chairmen be included.
Another member argued that the exclusion of department chairmen would "contribute to the deterioration of the quality of professional life on campus."
One professor explained his situation as a former department chairman.
"Even though I want to act like a blanket-blank administrator," he said.
He said that the inclusion of department
chairmen would generate a conflict of inter-
est.
Retirement age to be discussed by KU council
By DENNIS ELLSWORTH Administration Reporter
A proposal to lower the mandatory retirement age for most unclassified employees from 70 to 65 will be considered by the University Council later this fall, James Seaver, chairman of SenEx, said at a Council meeting yesterday.
Most faculty members and administrators are unclassified employees; most secretarial and maintenance personnel are classified.
The proposal, which would take effect in 1975, is contained in a report of the Kansas Board of Regents' Committee on Retirement of which Seaver is a member.
The report proposes that new regular restrictions on the use of situations under the Regent's jurisdiction would, in except rare cases, be required to retire at age 65 beginning with the 1975-76 period.
Present unclassified employees may be retired at age 65 beginning June 10, 1985. They could be retired by the University or choose to retire, the report said.
This proposal would be gradually imposed over the 10 years from 1975 to 1985. Every two years, the retirement age would be increased one year, according to the proposal.
The committee proposed in the report that all regular fulltime unclassified employees should be offered a program. They also proposed that a Committee on Fringe Benge benefits be appointed to study and make recommendations on fringe benefits such as health, life and work.
A forthcoming change in distributing
these products was also discussed at the
Council meeting.
Beginning July 1, departments of the University that generate funds in programs sponsored by off-campus sources will receive a fraction of the money which pays for overhead, administrative officials told the Council.
William Argersinger, vice counsel for research and graduate studies, said a small percentage of this "sponsored program would be returned to the departments.
Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor,
said that the administration had agreed in principle to the plan, which was proposed by Mr. Shankel. However, he said, the budget was prepared for far in advance to change the funding system for this fiscal year.
"Some units will benefit greatly from this and others will not profit effectively," he
He said that the money would go to both the schools and the departments involved. Keith Nitcher, vice chancellor for business affairs, said there wouldn't be any limitations on how the returned money be used, except that it be legal.
"It will reduce flexibility at the administration level," he said. "People might differ as to whether this will aid or detract from the quality of the University."
Shankel said that this overhead was part of the entire university budget and that budget cuts would have to be decreased according to how much money was returned. He said any cuts would increase the cost.
The guidelines for professional activity of faculty members that the Council of Presidents was asked to approve at their meetings yesterday in Topeka were also discussed.
James McChesney, associate professor of pharmacy and botany, questioned whether the guidelines count semistate breaks towards the 39 allowable days that a faculty member could consult or provide services outside his position with the University.
Grant Goodman, professor of history and East Asian studies, was concerned that activities for which the faculty member had been involved under the agreement part of his outside consulting load.
"we feel very strongly about it," he said. "We would be interested in services would be considered under this."
Seaver said he was concerned about the way the policy was formulated.
"It was just to SenEx that Vice-Chancellor Argersinger came and the study was already well under way," he said. "We were asked for our advice and little else. It all proceeded in the administration and with little faculty input."
The council voted to have open meetings unless one third of its members votes at any time to close them. Attribution and disclosure of members will be permitted.
In other action, Jonossek, Johnson, junior, was elected vice chairman of the公司.
Del Brinkman, associate professor of journalism, said, "SenEx should develop its own policy and its own philosophy. It should be a positive approach."
Seaver said Ron Calgaard, associate vice chancellor for Outreach, would be invited to a council meeting to talk about the proposed changes in the University's effects it would have on the University.
Seaver asked for comments on the policy that SenEx had for its meetings.
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