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LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY 40506-0032

UNIVERSITY SENATE COUNCIL
Io ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

TO:

29 September 1992

Members, University Senate

The University Senate will meet in regular session on Monday,

flktober 12, 19925 at 3:00 P.M. in room 115 of the Nursing Building
(CON/HSLC).

AGENDA:

Note:

5772C

Minutes: 14 September 1992
Chair's Announcements
Resoultions

Report by Faculty Faculty Board of Trustees Members: Deborah
Powell and Carolyn Bratt

Remarks: Board of Trustees Chair, Edward T. Breathitt

Action Items:

a. Proposed Use of the Uniform Teaching Evaluation Instrument
(UTEI). (Circulated under date of 27 August and 28
September 1992.)

Proposed Change in the University Calendar for Spring
Semester, 1993 for the senior class in the B.S. program in

the College of Pharmacy (circulated under date of. 28
September 1992).

Randall Dahl
Secretary, University Senate

If you are unable to attend this meeting, please contact Ms.
Susan Caldwell in the Registrar's Office (7-7155). Thank you.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY UNIVERSITY

 

 MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE, OCTOBER 12, 1992

The University Senate met in regular session at 3:00 p.m., Monday, October l2,
l992, in Room ll5 of the Nursing Health Sciences Building.

John J. Piecoro, Jr., Chairperson of the Senate Council, presided.

Members absent were: Reginald J. Alston, Richard Anderson, Virginia Atwood,
Robert S. Baker*, John R. Ballantine, Robert L. Blevins, Glenn C. Blomquist*, Peter
P. Bosomworth, Joseph T. Burch, D. Allan Butterfield*, Lauretta Byars, Rutheford B
Campbell, Jr., Clyde R. Carpenter*, Ben W. Carr, Chris Carrico, Edward A. Carter,
Shea Chaney, Louis C. Chow*, Donald B. Clapp, Charlie Clark, Jordan L. Cohen,
Georgia C. Collins*, Audrey L. Companion, Sarah Coursey, Randall W. Dahl*, David S.
Durant, Jr., Richard Edwards, Michael B. Freeman*, James E. Funk, Richard W. Furst,
Stuart Gay, Robert D. Guthrie, Derek Gwinn, J. John Harris III, Zafar S. Hasan*,
Christine Havice*, Robert E. Hemenway, Don A. Howard, Craig L. Infanger, Richard A.
Jensen*, Richard I. Kermode, Kenneth K. Kubota, James M. Kuder*, Carl W. Lee*,
Thomas W. Lester, Arthur Lieber*, C. Oran Little, William C. Lubawy, Linda J.
Magid*, Justin Marriott, Peggy S. Meszaros*, Karen A. Mingst*, William G. Moody*,
James S. Mosbey, Phyllis J. Nash, Anthony L. Newberry, Robert C. Noble*, Clayton P.
Omvig*, Rhoda-Gale Pollack, Deborah E. Powell*, Daniel R. Reedy, Thomas C.
Robinson, Ellen B. Roseman*, Arturo A.Sandoval, David Sanford, Michael C. Shannon,
Timothy W. Sineath*, Candi Smith, Crystal Smith, Thomas Stipanowich, David H.
Stockham, Louis J. Swift, Michael G. Tearney*, Phillip A. Tibbs*, Miroslaw
Truszczynski, Henry C. Vasconez*, Carolyn A. Williams*, Eugene R. Williams, Emery
A. Wilson, Mary L. Witt*, Peter Wong*.

The Chairperson welcomed everyone to the second University Senate meeting of
the year.

The Chairperson stated that the Senate Minutes for September l4 have been sent
to duplicating but have not been circulated. The approval of the minutes will be
postponed until the November Senate meeting.

The Chair made the following announcements:

l. The Faculty Workload Committee has sent a mailing to all faculty and it
should be received this week. The mailing is a draft of the Issue
Statement dealing with faculty workload. In the statement there is an
issue statement on teaching, research, and service and questions relating
to each of those areas. The committee would like the faCulty to review the
draft of the Issue statement and then forward any remarks to the Committee
Chair, Karl Raitz of Geography or submit them to the departmental chair,
division director or designee in that particular area. The Ad Hoc Committe
will then have a series of focus panels with the chairs, division directors
or designees to go over the remarks brought forward. The statement will
then be redrafted.

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2. The Senate Council recently recommended to President Nethington a proposal
for a Parental Leave Policy. The proposal is to su5pend upon recommen—
dation of the individual the tenure clock for a one year period for anyone
who becomes a parent during his or her probationary period. This proposal
initially comes from the College of Medicine and has the endorsement of the
ACademic Council of the Medical Center as well as the Senate Council. The
Chair understands President Methington is reviewing the proposal with the
Chancellors and Vice Presidents and there soon should be some action on the
proposal.

The University Studies Program is being reviewed this year by the
University Studies Committee. The University Studies Committee is a
standing committee of the University Senate.

The Chairperson stated that the agenda that was distributed had been put
together approximately three weeks ago in order to get it printed and out for the
ten day period called for in the Senate Rules. He would be making changes in the
agenda.

The Chair recognized Doctor Michael McQuillen, Department of Neurology, to
present a Memorial Resolution.

MEMORIAL RESOLUTION

DAVID B. CLARK, Ph.D., M.D.
November l, l9l3 — September 13, l992

On Sunday, September l3, l992, Dr. David Clark died at The
University of Kentucky Medical Center. He is survived by his wife
-- Dr. Barbara Kinyon Clark; his daughters -— Dr. Anne Barrett
Clark and Lucinda Clark Knowles; his grandchildren -- Elizabeth
Anne Knowles, John David Knowles, Jennifer Marie Knowles,
Katherine Barrett Wilson, and Tamar Elise Wilson; and his brothers
-- Dr. John Clark and Richard 8. Clark.

David Clark is survived as well by a rich legacy in child
neurology -- a discipline whose birth he attended after the second
World War, and for whose growth and development he, more than any
other single person, was truly responsible. He was introduced to
this field by Douglas Buchanan at The University of Chicago, and
later schooled in it by Frank Ford at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Upon completion of an eclectic residency in paediatrics, medicine
and neurology at Hopkins, he spent the year l950-5l as a Fulbright
Lecturer at The National Hospital at Queens Square. When he
returned to Baltimore, he joined the faculty in paediatrics,
medicine, and pathology, rising to the rank of Associate Professor
in The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine over the next l4 years.

In 1965 he was recruited to the new College of Medicine at the
University of Kentucky as its first Professor and Chairman of
Neurology -- a post which he held until 1979 when he became Chief
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Center in Lexington. He achieved emeritus status in l984, and
moved to the Neurology Clinic at the University in l990, remaining
there as Director of the Memory Disorders Clinic until his death.
During the 40-plus years of his academic career, he was directly
responsible for the education of more than a hundred neurologists
(and indirectly, for the education of most of us!).-- including
many who are now chiefs of service or department chairmen
themselves, in Australia, Canada, and England, as well as in this
country.

More than anything, David Clark was the paradigm of the "good
doctor" and of the academic physician as well -- one who mixed a
sensitive concern (albeit with what, to some, was a gruff
exterior) for the whole person and their family, with an enquiring
mind that would challenge his colleagues and students to search
for answers to pivotal questions that only such a mind could
frame. Thus it was that at Hopkins, during the time that Blalock
began to operate upon hearts malformed from birth, Dr. Clark
described the cerebral vascular, infective, and other neurological
complications of cyanotic congenital heart disease. He was one of
the prime movers in the first multicenter study of cerebral

palsy. He, with Frank Walsh and others, was the first to call
attention to some of the neuro-ophthalmologic complications of
oral progestational agents. During his time as Chairman of the
Department of Neurology at Kentucky he was honored by being called
'to give a series of named lectures in England and Australia,
including the Teal Lecture (on the syndrome of minimal brain
damage) at the Royal College of Physicians, in l973; the Sir
Leonard Parsons Lecture in Birmingham, in l973; the Douglas Reye
Memorial Lecture, at the International Congress of Child Neurology
in Sydney, in l979; and the MacKeith Lecture before the British
Society of Child Neurologists, in l980. He received recognition
for outstanding teaching at the University of Kentucky, in l983
and l988; was elected to The Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars in
l984; and was granted an honorary doctorate from The Medical
College of Wisconsin, in l985.

Dr. Clark's contributions to his beloved profession included
service on a number of NIH Study Sections; membership on the
Residency Review Committee for Psychiatry and Neurology (1966—74);
a l2-year term as a Director of the American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology (l967-79); and appointments as a Councillor of the
American Neurological Association and as a member of the editorial
boards of the Archives of Neurology and of Neuropaediatrics.

 

Such a sterile list cannot begin to convey a sense of the man --
and yet that must be done, to convey the enormity of the loss felt
by those who were privileged to know and work with him. The
hospital was his home, in more ways than one. He could be found
there at any hour of the day or night. Indeed, he held his
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come, would; and those who didn't, wouldn‘t feel obligated to
attend. He would put any patient presented at those rounds --
even small children, whom he would hold on his lap, letting them
pull at his moustache (“the best 1.0. test there is, for little
onesi") -- completely at ease, as though they were in the privacy
of his office; and then would proceed to tease out a sensible
history and perform a complete neurological exam, in a masterful
fashion. When he won the Great Teacher Award at the University of
Kentucky in l983, the nomination by the Medical Students'
Association read in part that "above all, he makes learning
enjoyable; his presence is electric." He held no brief for
anything less than excellence, and yet he suffered fools with
disarming kindness, no matter what their station in life. His
departure from Baltimore left Johns Hopkins with a void that could
only be filled by an entire Department of Neurology.

His departure from this world can be marked by a statement made in
the House of Commons, the last time that Winston Churchill paid it
a visit:

"The oldest member here present cannot remember having seen

his like before; the youngest shall not see his like again."

The Chair requested that the resolution be spread upon the minutes and a copy
sent to his family. He asked the Senate to stand for a moment of silence in
recognition of Dr. Clark.

The Chair reminded the Senate that if they had any comments during the meeting
to please identify themselves and their department or college when speaking in
order to facilitate the accurate recording of the minutes.

The Chairperson then introduced to the Senate former Governor Edward T.
Breathitt, the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees. The Chair said it was a great
honor and a privilege for him to introduce Governor Breathitt. The Chair said it
was the first time to his knowledge, in his 24 years at the University, that the
Chair of the Board of Trustees had addressed the University Senate. In the Chair's
opinion it is indicative of the continuing interest that Governor Breathitt has for
this institution and this faculty. Governor Breathitt is a graduate of the
University of Kentucky with a BS in Commerce and an LLB in Law, he also received an
honorary Doctorate of Law. He was governor from l963 to l967 and during his term
in office many significant things occurred that he had a hand in at the University
of Kentucky. It has been said that during his term the University had the greatest
number of changes it had ever had. Some of the changes were the first set of
governing regulations for the University, the implementation of the Community
College System, the construction of the Law Building, the Patterson Office Tower,
and the Whitehall Classroom Building. The Chair thinks the Senate can see that the
right person is the Chair of the Board of Trustees. He then introduced Governor
Edward T. (Ned) Breathitt.

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Governor Breathitt thanked the Senate and said he appreciated the opportunity
to be at the Senate meeting and assured the Chair that any time he or his successor
asked him to come he would welcome the opportunity. He said he had no prepared
remarks but would tell the Senate about his interest in the University and about
his background in higher education. He would then open the floor for questions
because he would like to hear from the Senate members. He said he was delighted to
find that the makeup of the Senate is somewhat unusual in that there are members of
the faculty, members of the administration and members of the student body. He
thinks that is good because it provides a Senate that incorporates views and
representation from all the University family.

I started at the University as a student during the Summer of 1942
in the Commerce College and spent a lot of time with Dean Cecil
Carpenter and the professors at that time. I also took all the
electives I could in the college of Arts and Sciences. 1 took
courses in Political Science even though at that time I did not
know that I was going to run for office.

My family had been involved in politics, my uncle was a Democratic
Lieutenant Governor and my granddaddy was a Republican Attorney
General. So I had heard some lively political discussions at the
Sunday dining room table. As a result, I was interested.

Jack Reeves, Political Science, Jasper Shannon, Political Science,
and Dr. Tom Clark, History had a great influence on me. I
remember Dr. Clark made me write term papers on each of Kentucky's
Constitutions. There was a big referendum in Kentucky on having a
Constitutional Convention and Dr. Clark asked me if I would be the
campus chairman and I said I would. That really got me started in
politics. Dr. Clark had a wonderful influence on a lot of
students, he was a great teacher.

I remember we had a formal debate on the subject of the
Constitution at the library. The President Emeritus was Dr. Frank
McVey; he moderated the debate. My partner was Ed Prichard on the
affirmative side. All I had to do was hang on and let Prich carry
the load. On the other side was Bill Townsend, the great
historian, who loved all the constitutions of Kentucky,
particularly the one we operated on and didn't want to change it.
The other one was Cassius Marcellus Clay, the lawyer from Bourbon
County, who very much was involved in the case in which Ed
Prichard was sentenced for election fraud. Prich and I became
good friends, he was a legend to me and he demolished everyone, he
was a marvelous debater.

With that background I went on and became active in campus
affairs. Dr. Donovan was president at that time; his wife was
from my hometown, Pembroke, so there was a feeling there. I then
went to Law School; the Law School was in the transition period at
that time. The old time law professors were there, Dean Evans was
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Murray was there. They had taught law students for two gener-
ations. I then had all the new ones, w.L. Mathews and Elvis
Starr. Elvis had gotten his Law Degree at Oxford and the first
class he had to teach us was Negotiable Instruments, he was one
day ahead of us in class. We brought in an interesting group of
very young and outstanding professors. Paul Oberst, who is still
a presence there, Professor Nhiteside and Professor Ham who are
retired but still active at the Law School, Professor Ham still
.teaches a class or two. It was a wonderful experience for me. I
was a small town boy from Hopkinsville and whatever I've been able
vto do in life is a direct relationship to the years I spent here.
Because of the great influence that the people of the faculty,
both in the Commerce College, the Arts and Sciences College and
the Law School had on me, I've remained very close to them. In
fact, when I was Governor, Paul Oberst was on the Human Relations
Committee, he also was the faculty member on the University
Board. In those days the Governor was Chairman of the Board.

Paul was my conscience. He and Prich. Prich would gig me and
push me. Between the two of them probably the best thing we ever
did during my administration was the passage of the Civil Rights
Bill which was the first one south of the Mason Dixon Line. I
worked very hard to see to it that we passed a resolution at the
National Governors Conference to support the l964 Act. Previous
Governors had implemented the Brown Supreme Court Decision on
school integration. Governor Laurence Netherby had a simple
answer when the press asked him what he was going to do about the
Brown Decision. He answered in two words that solved it all
"We'll comply”. They went to the Attorney General, J.D. Buckman,
and told him that the Governor said we would comply and asked what
he was going to do. He said "He spoke for me, we'll comply“. It
was a great example of leadership.

While I was Governor, I served as the University Chairman of the
Board of Trustees. We had a smaller board in those days and I
came in a year after Dr. Oswald had been named as president. It
was a period of great change on the campus. I felt that Dr.
Oswald was on the right track and I strongly supported him. He
needed the support because he was doing a lot of changing. He was
moving so fast sometimes he didn't wait to pick up the wounded.
He brought in a lot of people; there was an infusion, but there
was a wonderful spirit at the University. It was divided. He
started a rotation deal for the folks that had been department
chairs and that created problems. I supported him and I think he
made a great contribution to this University.

When I left I went into law practice again. I was out. Louie
Nunn, Republican was elected as governor. I had defeated him
narrowly and he turned around_and beat my highway commissioner and
I knew I was not going to be in the palace guard, so I went back
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I then served on a board that the President appointed me to that was
very interesting, I chaired the Commission on Rural Poverty. I ‘
worked with the Department of Rural Sociology at the University and
we wrote a report to the President called "The People Left Behind".
The President of Berea College, Dr. Hutchinson, was also on that
board. The Department Chair in Rural Sociology was on the board,
appointed by the President. It was an interesting two year
experience that I think gave me some insights in areas of concern in
this country that were helpful to me and as a young man, a young
lawyer and a young former governor.

I then after practicing law was appointed to the Southern Regional
Education Board and served for years and years. I was appointed in
l980 and was not reappointed last year by Governor Wilkinson. I
enjoyed that service and I had an opportunity to stay in touch with
what was going on.

Then I was appointed to the Council on Higher Education and served
there for a number of years.' Governor Brown then appointed me for a
two year term on the University of Kentucky Board. I served when
Bill Sturgill was Chairman and Albert Clay was Chairman of the
Finance Committee. Those were periods of growth and no great
conflict, because it was after the time of student unrest on

campus. I got plenty of that as Governor. That was certainly a
period that many of us remember. I didn't have to bear the
responsibilities of dealing with that as the Chairman of the Board,
when I was Governor.

After that, I was asked to go back on the Council on Higher
Education and served there. I was then asked to go to Morehead.
They were having problems and the Governor asked the whole board to
resign. I went there with my old nemesis and opponent Louie Nunn.
Both of us were on the board and people wondered how that would
work. They called us the Ghost Busters of Education when we

‘arrived. It worked out and we wound up with a good program, a good
chairman and a good new president. After that I was asked to go to
the KSU Board and that was a real challenge. I was happy to have
that experience.

The Committee, under the new law, named me as one of the three f0r
this seat and Governor Jones appointed me and here I am. I'll try
to outline for you a little bit about my basic philosophy as a Board
of Trustees member and a chairman. Number one I don't think we want
to do as I have seen some boards at some institutions try to get
into the governing of the institution. That is not the role of a
board member. Our role is oversight. You have a president who has
been elected by the board. He has the responsibility of being the
chief executive officer of this institution and it is not the
chairman of the board, the committees of the board or the board as a
whole. We have the responsibility of oversight. If the president
does not do a good job then we will get a new president. But the
president should be given a free hand to be the chief executive
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I for one made it very clear when I was sworn in that I strongly
supported the President. I was not a part of the selection process
and any of the divisions that may have gone on at that time. I was
in Washington working for Norfolk Southern Corporation. I like the
priorities that he set and-I endorse them. He set three major
priorities, (l) faculty and faculty salaries, (2) students and (3) a
University Library . I don't think you could have three finer
priorities for an institution. So I signed on for that and I think
it is very important that all of us work together.

I also think it is important that we have a united Board and that
the Board work together and we do not dissipate our energies. That
doesn't mean we are going to have any gag rules and as long as we
have Carolyn Bratt we won't have gag rules. She is going to be
heard. You have a fine new member, Deborah Powell. She is the
first Clinician from the Medical School to serve on the Board. I
want myself to have a very open attitude toward the entire
University Faculty, to be totally accessible. Anytime you want me
to come I will be happy to See you. I will open the floor to
questions. We won't always agree but at least you will know where I
stand and we will have an opportunity for interchange and views
about the campus.

I think we are really in a period where we can go forward in this
University and really move this University ahead. I don't see
divisions that are going to dissipate our energies, I don't see
anything we can't solve by intelligent dedicated leadership and more
money. I appreciate the fact that President Hethington and the
Administration saw to it that any reductions were done through
attrition and we didn't go through what some institutions did in
cutting down. It was done intelligently. But we have gone as far
as we can go. I think there isn't any way we can cut any more
without really getting into muscle and bone and that means we will
have to all stand and fight together. I have been meeting with the
President and members of the Board who are in a position to help us
on this. We are all going to fight a good hard fight to see to it
that we get everything that we can. Not for any reason other than
to see that this University can meet its mission and its mandate to
serve the young people of this state and its students.

I did attend one other school. I had a wonderful experience in
l98l, I had a semester at the Havard Business School in the Advanced
Management Program. We were selected from different corporations.
Forty percent of the students were from other countries. Jim
Batton, who is the President of Knight Ridder News and I are good
friends. Jim and I would have two dinners a week in the Faculty Club
including eight people. We would invite six people. They might be
students, fellows from the Kennedy Center, or from Harvard
University. It was a wonderful experience for someone with my
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I am thrilled with the opportunity to make this contribution at this
stage in my life. I think this will be my last major effort for
this University. I will support it as long as I am around, because
I love this Institution and all parts of it.

Governor Breathitt opened the floor and responded to questions. Governor
Breathitt was again given a round of applause.

Chairman Piecoro thanked Governor Breathitt for taking the time to visit with
the Senate and said he appreciated his comments. He said Governor Breathitt was
welcome to come anytime he liked.

The Chair then introduced Carolyn Bratt, the Senate Faculty Board of Trustees
member for her remarks to the Senate.

Professor Bratt stated that she and Professor Powell were delighted when the
Governor agreed to come and speak to the Senate because it was as far as they knew
the first time that the Chairman of the Board had been willing to appear at a
Senate Meeting. She said they went to him and asked him if he would accept an
invitation to attend and he indicated that he was more than willing to do so and
then the invitation was extended by Chairman John Piecoro.

Professor Bratt stated that Professor Deborah Powell could not attend today so
the task of reporting to the Senate had fallen to her and she wanted to take the
opportunity to thank Chairman Piecoro for giving them the opportunity to talk to
the Senate about what had been going on and what they saw as issues that needed to
be confronted in the future. Professor Bratt's Address to the University Senate is
attached to the Minutes.

After her remarks, Professor Bratt was given a round of applause.

Professor Jesse Neil (Physics) stated he agreed whole heartedly with Professor-
Bratt's statement about the need for accountability. He said he thought there was
something in the works.

Professor Bratt said that was the Administrative Regulation but it had now been
put on hold. They were so many objections to it when it was circulated that it has
not been implemented. It would have required at least as to deans and department
chairs evaluation up and down. There would not have been in place something to
handle higher ups, vice-presidents and Chancellors.

Professor Neil asked if the objections were from administration.

Professor Bratt said as she understood them but she had not been party to the
writing of that Administrative Regulation. She said it was written and circulated
and there were significant objections.

Professor Neil also asked since Professor Bratt had brought up the subject of
restructuring if the Board anticipates supporting restructuring and/or down-sizing
of the administration at the same time they are working to restructure and
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Professor Bratt stated she has not heard a board discussion about that. She
pointed out that the President has consistently said that everything is on the
table during this look at the University. She thinks that he should be taken at
his word and insist that we look at administration as well as other parts of the
University. She thinks that the Senate should implement something to begin to look
at administration.

Professor Lance Delong (Physics) asked if is there a feeling for the relative
size of our administration versus another typical university of our size. He also
asked how many people in our administration are non-academics who do not have a
background as a teacher or a researcher.

Professor Bratt stated she does not have personal knowledge of how our
administrative size compares to other universities. Primarily because it is very
hard to make the comparison. Different universities use different definitions of
what is an administrator so you start out with a definitional problem. There is no
reason to suppose that we are different than any other major research universities
that have been a burgeoning in their administrative structure over the last
decade. Some of that is absolutely justifiable, with increased federal regulations
and demands placed on universities for reporting more people had to be introduced,
non-academics to fulfill that burden. There is not a handle on what else is being
done that might be subject to being cut back or eliminated. She said she read an
article that said there ought to be zero based planning and look at everything done
at the university and asked if it weren't done would the sky fall in and if the
answer is no then perhaps it ought not to be done. She thinks that type of look
needs to be taken at the administrative structure.

In our University on the President's Cabinet the people who have academic
training are Dr. Juanita Fleming who is Special Assistant to the President for
Academic Affairs, Chancellor Hemenway for-the Lexington Campus, Chancellor
Bosomworth for the Medical Center, and the Vice President for Research and Graduate
Studies, Lee Magid. The rest of the people, and there are more than there are
academic administrators, do not have that kind of background.

A Senator stated that the new president at Stanford as his first act has cut
the number of vice presidents at that institution by 60%, is there anyway we can
make Stanford a benchmark?

Professor Bratt suggested if anyone would like to discuss this in more detail
please ask either Deborah Powell or herself to come and talk with their department
or college. They would be more than willing to do so.

The Chairman thanked Professor Bratt.

The Chair then stated that the Ombud Report would be held over to the November
9, l992 Senate meeting.

The Chair recognized Professor Dan Fulks, Chair-elect of the Senate Council for
the following resolutions.

 

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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
SENATE COUNCIL RESOLUTION
(Adepted Unanimously on October 5, 1992)

Whereas, the Commonwealth of Kentucky is experiencing a
substantial shortfall in state tax revenue which has increased the
possibility of further budget cuts to higher education, and

Whereas, further cuts to higher education would severely inhibit
the University of Kentucky’s ability to perform its tri-part
mission, teaching, research and service, and

Whereas, the ability of the University of Kentucky to perform its
tri-part mission is important to the future of Kentucky and to the
faculty, staff and students of the University of Kentucky.

Therefore be it Resolved that the University of Kentucky, on
behalf of the faculty and administration of the University of
Kentucky, is in support of the student rally on October 14, l992.
The purpose of this rally is to emphasize the importance of higher
education in Kentucky and to highlight the negative effects that
further cuts would have on institutions of higher learning
throughout the Commonwealth.

Professor Fulks added that although the Senate Council did not see fit to
render a student absence to at