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Friday, October 20, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Regents keep UNC's peer status in limbo
The Board postpones decision, will decide after research review
By Josh Yancey
Kansan staff writer
HAYS — The Board of Regents voted yesterday to postpone a decision on whether to remove the University of North Carolina as a peer institution of the University of Kansas and Kansas State University.
"We need to delay action on this until we have had the chance to study research similarities within the schools," Regent Phillis Nolan told the board. "We're not ready to do this."
The Regents cited the need to further review Kansas' two largest public universities' similarities in research and other funding with those of other national universities.
A Regent-appointed task force in May expressed concerns about UNC's viability as a KU and K-State peer institution. Generally, peer schools represent the top five schools that mathematically match a university's state funding, enrollment and tuition costs, but the task force found UNC to rank seventh for KU and 12th for K-State in such areas. One factor the task force didn't consider heavily, however, was research funding.
The task force suggested that UNC remain a peer institution, but it warned of the possibility of the peer institution system losing credibility in the eyes of state legislators. It offered the regents two other options:
The Regents' choices:
Continue with the five existing peer institutions: Colorado, Iowa, Oklahoma, Oregon and North Carolina.
Use four institutions for peer comparisons, and drop UNC.
Use the five peer institutions that mathematically match KU and K-State. The University of Ohio would replace UNC for KU, and Washington State University would replace UNC for K-State.
Regent chairman John Hiebert echoed the task force's concerns. He said UNC's retainment could hurt the credibility of the peer institution system.
"I'm puzzled why we use this enterprise," he said. "We are more or less rationalizing it, and it's a weak rationalization."
However, Chancellor Robert Hemenway said UNC was an example of the excellence in higher learning that KU represented. He said he hoped the regents would retain UNC.
"This is important, because it is a reminder that KU is a major-league school," Hemenway said. "We need to keep these goals in focus."
The Regents will re-examine the topic at next month's meeting in Topeka.
The Regents also discussed 20th-day enrollment figures, which showed a 1-percent decrease in enrollment at all Regents schools, including a 1.2-percent decrease at KU. Projections of increases in Kansas high-school graduates within 10 years have lessened concerns, but dismal state-funding projections also have spurred the decision to make the maintenance of the existing budget base the No. 1 priority for fiscal 1996.
The Regents discussed a format for the re-engineering of several academic areas within all Regents schools. Its goals were defined as:
Re-examination and revamping of curriculum, the standards of student achievement and the instructional process.
Re-examination of allocation of faculty time and performance expectations.
Re-examination and revamp of faculty development, reward and support systems.
Re-engineer administrative structures and processes to reduce work, increase efficiency and increase effectiveness in achieving the academic mission.
The Regents voted to postpone minor business, including the approval of final plans for the KU Law Enforcement Training Center and the amendment of a legislative request for residence hall renovation at KU, until next month.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor "Volunteer and Intern Placement Fair" at 10 a.m. today at 1204 Oread Ave. For more information, call Thad Holcombe at 843-4983.
Environmental Law Society will sponsor a speech by Mitch Reiber about asbestos at 12:30 p.m. today at the courtroom in Green Hall.
St. Lawrence Catholic Center will celebrate Mass at 12:30 p.m. today at Danforth Chapel. For more information, call 843-0357.
■ KU Democrats will sponsor a caravan to President Clinton's speech in Des Moines, Iowa, at 7 tonight. For more information, call Ted Miller at 842-0766.
Japan Film Society will sponsor "MacArthur's Children," at 7 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Chris Duggan at 832-2791.
The Mustard Seed will sponsor praise and worship at 7 tonight at 700 Wakarusa Drive. For more information, call Hugh Wentz at 841-2647.
KU Ki-Alkido Club will meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow at 207 Robinson Center. For more information, call Matt Stumpe at 864-6592.
STOP the Violence Committee will sponsor fingerprinting for children of Stouffer Place residents at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Ellis Drive. For more information, call 864-5572.
Country Club Christian Church will sponsor "Women on the Move" at 9 a.m. tomorrow at 6101 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Mo. For more information, call Susan Diebold at 363-1856.
Lawrence Apple Users Group will sponsor a swap meet at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Holcom Park Recreation Center. For more information, call Shawna Rosen at 864-4950.
Lawrence Public Library will sponsor an Internet seminar at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the auditorium in the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
KU Dance Club will sponsor dance lessons at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Sonia Ratzlaff at 864-1581.
Amanza will sponsor an informational meeting at 5 p.m. Sunday at 205 Stauffer-Flint Hall. For more information, call J.R. Clairborne at 841-5611.
Canterbury House (Episcopal/Angican) will celebrate Holy Eucharist at 5 p.m. Sunday at 1116 Louisiana St.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor student worship at 5 p.m. Sunday at 1204 Oread Ave. For more information, call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Lutheran Campus Ministry will sponsor dinner and worship at 6 p.m. Sunday at 1116 Louisiana St. For more information, call Brian Johnson at 834-4948
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday at 1204 Oread Ave
International Students Association will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
KU Yoga Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at 310 Burge Union. For more information, call Melissa at 749-8372.
**KU Kempo Karate will meet at**
7:30 p.m. Monday at 207 Robinson
Center. For more information,
call Mark Hurt at 842-4713.
KU DATELINE
Weather
Watkins Memorial Health Center's hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with Urgent Care services from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday hours are 8 to 11:30 a.m., with Urgent Care services from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Today is the last day for student basketball ticket distribution. Students may pick up tickets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the east lobby of Allen Field House. Students must show their KUID with a Fall 1995 sticker.
Source: Brian Buckley, KU Weather Service
ON THE RECORD
Items valued at $180 were stolen Oct. 11 from the fourth floor of Wescoe Hall, KU police reported. The items were a day planner valued at $150, identification cards valued at $20 and a bank card valued at $10.
The driver-side fender and door of a car were scratched between 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 p.m. Sunday in Lot 111, west of Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall, KU police reported. Damage was estimated at $300.
CORRECTION
The times listed for "Days of Our Lives" in an article on page 1A of yesterday's Kansan were incorrect. The soap opera is shown weekdays at noon on Channel 27 and at 2 p.m. on Channel 41.
The University Daily Kansan (USPS 650-640) is published at the University of Kansas, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, Kan. 60405, daily during the regular school year, excluding Saturday, Sunday, holidays and final periods, and Wednesday during the summer session. Second-class postage is paid in Lawrence, Kan. 60404. Annual subscriptions by mail are $90. Student subscriptions are paid through the student activity fee.
Postmaster: Send address changes to the University Daily Kansan, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, Kan. 60405.
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