University Daily Kansan
Friday, August 27,1976
SenEx to investigate need for new position
By JERRY SEIB
SenEx yesterday asked its leaders to further investigate a new administrative position soon to be filled at an annual salary of at least $20,000.
SenEx members said the position, University Director of Institutional Research and Information Systems, had been created without their consultation, and they questioned the need for another administrator.
According to a job description, the director would be responsible for Universitywide institutional research, maintenance of a data base and development of administrative computer programs. The officer is to be named sometime after Sept.
Joel Gol, professor of English and a SenEx member, said he was skeptical of another high administrative position that would take funds from academic programs.
SOME SENEX members said they weren't sure what the new director would do.
"I guess the key thing that sticks in my mind is the relation between this position, which the administration apparently wants very badly, and the ombudsman the (University) Council voted for and the faculty apparently wanted."
"I have some grays misgivings about the position, about why the position was funded, how the decision was made to fill it and how we got the money to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填它 to填充到 meeting.
THE UNIVERSITY Council voted twice during the 1975-78 school year in favor of a University ambudsmian, a position that hasn't been filled yet. Gold said an ombudsman would serve as a liaison between administrators and the faculty and staff and would try to settle grievances with administrators.
"The council voted twice that the position be filled," he said. "So there is some foot-dress."
Chancelor Archie Dykes was unavailable last night for comment.
SenEx members instructed the group's chairman, Eldon Fields, professor of political science, and its vice chairman, Bill Blessing, Kansas City senior, to discuss the state budget. The chancellor. Fields and Blessing were asked to report their findings to SenEx.
FIELDS DECLINED to comment on the proposed meeting with Shankel, saying his remarks might jeopardize the success of the discussion.
H blessing said the purpose of the meeting with Shankel would be to answer questions about the issues raised by the group.
"We just really didn't understand what had happened," Blessing said, "and we wanted to know about the creation of the position and the implications."
Fields told SenEx that Shankel had said the new position had been advertised nationally and locally. Shankel had told him that applications for the job had been narrowed to four choices to be recommended to Chancellor Dykes, Fields said.
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE for the new director consisted of Shankel; Max Lucas, assistant to the chancellor; Russell C. Mills, associate vice chancellor for the KU Medical Center; Robert Kugel, executive vice chancellor for the Med Center; and William Hogan, associate dean of the School of Engineering.
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