University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 19, 1986
Task force asks for creation of boards
By KAREN SAMELSON
Staff writer
Washburn University of Topeka, community colleges and vocational-technical schools will join the six state universities under the umbrella of the Board of Regents if a higher education task force gets its way.
After two days of discussion in Topeka, the Task Force on Education yesterday recommended the Legislative Commission on Economic Development approve a proposal that would create two boards controlled by the Regents.
One of the two boards under the Regents "super" board would continue to govern the six Regents schools and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina. However, it also would coordinate with Washburn, said Mark Tallman, legislative director of Associated Students of Kansas.
The legislative commission will make a recommendation in December to the Kansas Legislature, which begins its 1987 session on Jan. 12.
"It does not speak to Washburn's actually becoming a state university." Tallman said. "The assumption is that it would be moving toward bringing Washburn in, but it wouldn't be made definite."
The proposal also would create a coordinating board to oversee the community colleges and vo-tech
schools to prevent duplication of programs. Tallman said.
These schools now come under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education, he said, although the main priority of the board is elementary and secondary education.
Tallman said the proposal made a distinction between governing and coordinating boards. Governing boards have the ultimate authority to hire and fire, whereas coordinating boards are responsible for preventing program duplications.
The board for the Regents schools would be a governing board and the board for the community colleges and vo-tech schools would be a coordinating board.
W. Merle Hill, executive director of the Kansas Association of Community Colleges, said the proposal differed from one that his association approved in October.
The association's proposal called for an independent board appointed by the governor to oversee only the community colleges, he said. The task force recommended a board that would answer to the Regents and would cover the vo-tech schools as well as the community colleges.
Hill said another proposal, by the Task Force on Business Training, recommended that the community college and vo-tech board include the Kansas Technical Institute.
**Jack Gaumitz, professor of business, will speak on "An Evaluation of TIA/CREF Investment Results" at 11:40 a.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1294 Oread Ave.
On Campus
Maranatha Campus Ministries will sponsor the multimedia presentation "Rock and Roll: A Search for God" at noon today and tomorrow in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Maranatha Campus Ministries will sponsor a speech by Nick Pappis, an evangelist, at 7 p.m. today and tomorrow at the Maranatha Christian Church, 2859 Four Wheel Drive
■ KU Navy ROTC will sponsor a forum on "Combating Terrorism" at 3:30 p.m. today in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
The KU Kempo Kempo and Self-defense club will meet at 5:30 p.m. to
day in 130 Robinson Center.
Campus Christians will meet at 6:30 p.m. today in the northeast conference room of the Kansas Union.
The KU Dungeons and Dragons Club will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Trail Room of the Kansas Union.
The KU Dr. Who Appreciation Society will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Walnut Room of the Kansas Union.
The Undergraduate Anthropology Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in Gallery West of the Kansas Union
The Student Union Activities Champion's Club will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Trail Room of the Kansas Union.
The KU Chapter of the National Organization for Women will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Walnut Room of the Kansas Union.
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