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MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE, NOVEMBER 12, 1973 3666

The University Senate met in regular session at 3:00 p.m., Monday, November
12, 1973, in the Court Room of the Law Building. Chairman Adelstein presided.
Members absent: Staley F. Adams, Lawrence A. Allen, Charles E. Barnhart, Robert
P. Belin, Norman F. Billups*, Ben W. Black*, Harry M. Bohannan*, Robert N. Bostrom*,
Garnett L. Bradford*, Charles L. Brindel*, Thomas D. Brower, Stephanie Brown,
John M. Bryant, C. Frank Buck*, Collins W. Burnett*, Thomas F. Connelly, Charles
Conner, Lewis W. Cochran*, Clifford J. Cremers*, Vincent Davis*, Wayne H. Davis*,
John A. Deacon*, John L. Duhring, Anthony Eardley, Roger Eichhorn, Robert 0. Evans*,
Juanita Fleming*, Lawrence E. Forgy, James E. Funk*, Zakkula Govindarajulu*,
George Gunther*, Joseph Hamburg, Thomas Hansbrough, George W. Hardy, Virgil W. Hays*,
Charles F. Haywood, Andrew J. Hiatt*, Ron Hill*, Raymond R. Hornback, Eugene Huff*,
Raymon D. Johnson*, L. Clark Keating*, E. Barrie Kenney, David L. Larimore,
Robert L. Lester, John H. Lienhard, James W. Little, Michael P. McQuillen*, William
G. Moody*, Alvin L. Morris*, Vernon A. Musselman*, Arthur F. Nicholson*, Jacqueline
A. Noonan, James Ogletree, Thomas M. Olshewsky, Blaine F. Parker*, Paul F. Parker*,
Bobby C. Pass, Doyle E. Peaslee*, Carl Peter*, James E. Prestridge, John A. Rea*,
Thurlow R. Robe*, Wimberly C. Royster, Paul G. Sears*, Otis A. Singletary*,
David Smith, Stanford L. Smith*, Earl L. Steele*, William J. Stober*, Joseph V.
Swintosky*, Lawrence X. Tarpey*, William C. Templeton, Paul A. Thornton*, Relmond
P. VanDaniker*, Jacinto J. Vazquez*, M. Stanley Wall, Tom Weber, Rebecca Whitis,
David Williams, Leslie K. Williamson*, Paul A. Willis*, Miroslava B. Winer*,
William W. Winternitz*, Ernest F. Witte*, Leon Zolondek, Robert G. Zumwinkle*.

The first item on the agenda concerned the minutes of October 8, 1973. Chairman
Adelstein made one correction: He stated that he had announced at the last meeting
that the Senate Council had approved the proposed Planning degree in Architecture
up to the Fall semester, 1976. That should have been "up to and including the
Fall semester of 1976." There being no other questions or corrections, the minutes
of October 8, 1973, were approved as circulated.

Chairman Adelstein then made the following remarks:

I would like to mention that Ms. Shelburne, who is usually here as our
recording secretary is absent today. She has been in the hospital, but is
getting along fine and we expect to have her back here next time. In the
meantime, Cindy Todd, the Staff Assistant to the Senate Council, will serve

in her place.

Dr. Blyton, our Parliamentarian, is also absent. He is at the inauguration
of one of his former students, "Dino" Curris, President of Murray, and instead
we have Bert Ockerman serving as Parliamentarian.

I would also like to report very briefly on the activities of the Senate
Council since last I reported them to you at the last meeting. We met
with Dean Royster concerning the Lowitt Report; we met with President Singletary
twice: once to discuss the proposed budget, and another time to discuss the
report of the Committee on Tenure named after its chairman, Joe Krislov, the
"Krislov Report," and also the report from the Medical Center, the "Noonan

Report."

We have arranged a meeting with the Community College Council to which
our Community College Committee will be invited.

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We continue to struggle with committee charges and the reorganization
procedures under the Jewell Report; we have also prepared the Lowitt Report ,¢\
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I'd like to announce that the December 10 meeting will tentatively be
concerned with the Krislov Report—-this is the tenure report; a restrictive
admissions proposal from the College of Architecture and a number of rule
changes that were prepared last spring and that we have not had time for on
our docket. 1

Many committees have been meeting and working quite hard. The Rules
Committee under Sidney Ulmer; the Admissions and Academic Standards Committee ;
under Jane Emanuel, who'll be considering the report from the College of
Architecture; the student affairs Committee under Dick Gift is getting startefi
the Teaching, Learning, and Advising Committee under Al Levy is working on
student evaluations; the Community College Committee under Jean Pival hopes
to have a report soon on transfer of credits—~the 67 credit rule; Willis
Sutton is working valiantly to get the General Studies Committee going. ,
This is a large committee of over 21 members, and he's wrestling with ‘%d!
the mandate that the Senate gave him last time—-considering proposals x
in the Ulmer Report. I know that Irv Kanner's Academic Facilities Committee,
particularly the sub—committee on Space Utilization has been working,
has met with Larry Forgy; and that Jim Criswell has had one or two meetings
with the Academic Organization and Structure Committee. There may be ‘
other committees working; if I have failed to mention them, it's just
that I have not been informed and would appreciate being informed of your
activities. ‘

Let me announce that J. W. Patterson has accepted the position of chairman
of the Recognition Dinner. This is the dinner given to retiring professors
and there will be forty—six professors retiring this year. That will be I
held sometime in April——the date to be announced. ~

A word to the Senate Council: There will be a meeting tomorrow; we
will meet at the unusual time of 2:30; please try to be there.

held December ll. Under the demands of inflation, we will have to raise
the price of our tickets to two dollars, but this still entitles you and
your spouse to unlimited drinks and goodies. So, we're sorry that the
price had to go up, but the Trustees will be there, the top administrators
will be there, and we hope all of you will be there.

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The Senate Christmas party, which I have mentioned before, will be 4%0'
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I'd like to mention that a special word of congratulations should go ‘
to Dean Swintosky and the faculty of the College of Pharmacy and to Dean
Bohannan and the College of Dentistry for being recognized as among the
top five schools in their professions by Change magazine this month. This
is a fine honor to both these professional schools and they are certainly
to be commended.

Finally, an unpleasant reminder about final examinations. As you know, ;*
there is a Senate Rule that requires that the examinations are to be “fig,
given when scheduled. If for emergency reasons they cannot be given when
scheduled, they can be changed only with the recommendation of the department
chairman, the dean, and the approval of the registrar. We always have a lOt
of difficulties about final examinations and I hope you will remember to follOw

the established guidelines in the Rules.

  

    
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
    

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Chairman Adelstein referred to the first item on the agenda, that of the
Lowitt Report circulated to the faculty by the Senate Council under date of
October 25, 1973. He stated that each Recommendation would be presented
separately for discussion and vote. He then called on Professor Constance
Wilson, Secretary of the Senate Council, to present the first Recommendation.

On behalf of the Senate Council, Professor Wilson presented a motion that
Recommendation III.A be approved as recommended to be forwarded to the Administration
as a recommendation for implementation. The Senate approved Recommendation III.A
as presented. Recommendation III.A reads as follows:

The Graduate School shall annually collect data on the number of
teaching and research assistants in the University and the funds
allocated to them.

On behalf of the Senate Council Professor Wilson presented a motion that
Recommendation III.B be approved as recommended to be forwarded to the Administration
as a recommendation for implementation.

Motion was made and seconded to add the phrase ". . . at the outset of
each semester." After some discussion, Chairman Adelstein called for a vote on
the proposed amendment. The motion carried. Recommendation III.B was then
approved as amended. Recommendation III.B reads as follows:

Teaching assistants shall be carefully supervised and guided in their
duties and responsibilities, which shall be thoroughly explained at
the outset of each semester. In departments with large numbers of
teaching assistants an experienced teacher in the department might
provide their service or possibly an appropriate specialist in
teaching methods might be consulted. If necessary, funds should be
designated specifically for the supervision of basic courses to
which teaching assistants are assigned.

On behalf of the Senate Council, Professor Wilson presented a motion that
Recommendation III.C be approved as recommended to be forwarded to the Adminis—
tration as a recommendation for implementation.

Motion was made and seconded to add the words "and research" to the original
recommendation. After some discussion, Chairman Adelstein called for a vote on
the proposed amendment. The amendment was approved. Chairman Adelstein then
called for discussion on the motion as amended. It was moved that the motion
be amended to read "according to established departmental criteria.” After
some discussion, the Senate voted to approve this amendment. The Chairman then
called for a vote on the original motion as amended twice. The motion carried.
Recommendation III.C reads as follows:

Departments shall be responsible for a systematic evaluation of the
performance of teaching and research assistants, according to
established departmental criteria and the results of this evaluation
shall be presented to them in some formal manner.

On behalf of the Senate Council Professor Wilson presented a motion that
Recommendation III.D be approved as recommended and be forwarded to the Adminis—
tration as a recommendation for implementation. Motion was made and seconded
to add the words ". . . and research" to the original recommendation. The
amendment was approved.

 

    
 
 
   
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Chairman Adelstein then called for a vote on the original motion amended.
The motion carried. Recommendation III.D reads as follows: 1

 

Teaching and research assistants shall be notified by March 1, ‘5
either that their appointments will or will not be renewed for

the coming year, or why a final decision cannot be made and when

they will be notified.

On behalf of the Senate Council, Professor Wilson presented a motion that
Recommendation III.E be approved as recommended and be forwarded to the Administratmn‘
as a recommendation for implementation. Motion was made to add the following
words ". . . and approval by the appropriate dean." After some discussion
Chairman Adelstein called for a vote on the proposed amendment. The amendment ‘
was defeated. Motion was made and seconded to delete the word "incoming" and l
the words "at the time the initial offer is made." After some discussion,

a substitute motion was proposed to add the following ". . . and to all assistants
whenever the policy is changed." The substitute motion carried. Chairman
Adelstein then called for discussion on the original motion as amended. An ‘f
editorial change was suggested to delete the word "incoming" and replace it 9“”
with "prospective." The motion as amended was approved. Recommendation III.E

reads as follows:

Each department shall state in writing its policy concerning the *
appointment and reappointment of teaching and research assistants,

and this statement shall be made available to all prospective assistants
at the time the initial offer is made and to all assistants whenever
the policy is changed.

On behalf of the Senate Council, Professor Wilson presented a motion that 5
Recommendation III.F be approved as recommended and be forwarded to the Adminis—
tration as a recommendation for implementation. After some brief discussion,
Chairman Adelstein called for a vote. The motion as stated carried. Recommendatflm
III.F reads as follows:

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treating graduate assistant stipends as tax exempt fellowships and QEMD
his findings should be forwarded to all appropriate department V’V‘
chairmen. E

On behalf of the Senate Council Professor Wilson presented a motion that
Recommendation III.G be approved as recommended and be forwarded to the Adminis-
tration as a recommendation for implementation. After some brief discussion,
Chairman Adelstein called for a vote. The motion as stated carried. Recommendatflm
III.G reads as follows: r

Until a uniform Internal Revenue Service policy is formulated departments ‘
shall annually furnish graduate students serving as teaching and
research assistants with a standard form, authorized or approved by
the administration, that might be of help in reporting their annual
incomes to the Internal Revenue Service.

On behalf of the Senate Council, Professor Wilson presented a motion egg,
that Recommendation III.H be approved as recommended and be forwarded to the ;
Administration as a recommendation for implementation.

     
  
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
  
    
  
   
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
     

 

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An amendment was proposed to add the words ". . . classroom teaching,"
the purpose being to provide representation by teaching assistants when
‘;'\ they have classroom teaching responsibilities and not grading or other ,.
Avg» responsibilities. Further clarification was requested as to whether this lwm
" assistant would have a vote. The response was that it would depend on the
individual department, that the motion as stated does not require a vote.
Additionally, it was asked if classroom as designated in the amendment also
means laboratory if the teaching assistant has teaching duties in the laboratory.

1 The response was affirmative. Chairman Adelstein then called for a vote on
rathnl the amendment. The motion carried. Motion was made to amend to add the

‘ follow1ng words ". . . at least one teaching assistant shall be present . . .";
motion died for lack of a second. Chairman Adelstein then called for a vote
‘ on the original motion as amended. The motion carried. Recommendation III.H
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Teaching assistants shall be represented in department deliberations
‘ about courses for which they have any classroom teaching responsibilities.

9% On behalf of the Senate Council, Professor Wilson presented a motion that
W5 Recommendation III.I be approved as recommended and be forwarded to the
Administration as a recommendation for implementation. After some brief dis-
! cussion, the motion was approved as stated. Recommendation III.I reads as
follows: .4 d

Teaching and research assistants who are also full time graduate
students* should be assigned responsibility requiring no more than
, fifty percent of their time. Normally for teaching assistants,
this would mean service for not more than an average of twenty hours
per week including time spent in preparation, in the classroom and
l laboratory, grading papers, counseling students or in any combination ,‘
of those activities in which teachers are customarily engaged. The fig
responsibilities of research assistants will vary with the fraction l
of time for which they are employed, but normally a oneuhalf time
appointment should require no more than twenty hours per week of
assignable duties.

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QM *Full time graduate students are graduate students with a course load
of nine or more credit hours during the academic year or six hours

in the summer session.

On behalf of the Senate Council, Professor Wilson presented a motion that
Recommendation III.J be approved as recommended and be forwarded to the Adminis—
tration as a recommendation for implementation. After a brief discussion,

 

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designed to inform them of their upcoming duties, rights and respon-
sibilities. This program shall be in addition to any University
orientation program.
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4%; On behalf of the Senate Council, Professor Wilson presented a motion that
'; Recommendation III.K be approved as recommended and be forwarded to the Adminis-
tration as a recommendation for implementation. After some discussion, the
motion was changed editorially to read "Full-time students who are appointed
at least half—time as teaching or research assistants should have no major employ—

ment." The Chairman called for a vote and the motion was defeated [46—37]. ffl‘f , l

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
   
 
  
  
 
  
   
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
   
 
   
   
  
  
  
    
  
  
 
 
    

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Chairman Adelstein then recognized the members of the Lowitt Committee to
move several other recommendations. gr
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It was moved to include item IV.A to be inserted under Section I, as R
item E., to go to the Graduate Council for further deliberation. After a
brief discussion, an editorial change was made to include the word "terminal"
before the phrase "master's candidates." The motion to forward item IV.A to
the Graduate Council carried. Recommendation IV.A reads as follows:

Graduate students serving as teaching and research assistants whenever
feasible should be doctoral rather than terminal master's candidates.

It was then moved that item B on page 5 under Section IV be inserted under
Section I, as item F, to go the Graduate Council for further deliberation.
Motion carried. Recommendation IV.B reads as follows:

Candidates for doctoral degrees should gain teaching experience Y
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It was moved to reinsert item C, Section IV as a recommendation to the

Administration with the verbiage changed to read: "An appropriate administrative
office in the University should seek to establish an improved scale of stipends
for all teaching and research assistants." After brief discussion, the
motion as presented was approved. Recommendation IV.C reads as follows:

An appropriate administrative office in the University should seek to
establish an improved scale of stipends for all teaching and research
assistants.

It was moved that item D. Section IV, be reinserted under Section III,
as a recommendation to be forwarded to the Administration. The Chairman called
for discussion. It was pointed out that this policy would be contrary to state
policy and that of the Council on Public Higher Education. After some further
discussion, Chairman Adelstein called for a vote. The motion carried.
Recommendation IV.D reads as follows: eflflb

The University should consider awarding tuition scholarships for
teaching and research assistants.

It was moved that item E, Section IV, be reinserted under Section III, as
a recommendation to be forwarded to the Administration. There being no
discussion, the Chairman called for a vote. The motion carried. Recommendation
IV.B reads as follows:

As a fringe benefit to teaching and research assistants, the University,
where it does not already do so, should consider charging only in—state
tuition to their spouses.

Professor Wilson then presented a motion that the Senate approve the
recommendation from the College of Education which concerns the proposed policy ‘
for admission to professional teacher preparation programs, circulated under Qgéa
date of October 26, 1973. A

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Chairman Adelstein then called on Dean Denemark and Dr. Arnold from the
College of Education to answer questions from the floor.

Dean Denemark addressed the Senate as follows:

I'd like to indicate that the rationale for the College request for
selective admission policy for the professional teacher education program
centers around a concern for quality. For most of the past three decades,
the shortage of qualified teachers for elementary and secondary schools
has placed a pressure on colleges and universities to recruit, admit
and graduate the largest possible number of candidates for teaching
positions on the grounds of meeting critical teacher shortages. The
emphasis has tended to be upon numbers produced rather than upon the quality
of persons that are completing the programs. Many excellent teachers have
come through such programs, but many others less well qualified for
teaching assignments have graduated also. The changing supply and demand
picture suggests that a continuation of the present trend to 1980 would
result in 4.2 million college graduates prepared for teaching in a market
which would be providing only 2.4 million teaching job openings. We now
have in this situation, a unique opportunity to establish quality standards
for affecting the admission of candidates for teaching——the nature and
effectiveness of the training experiences included in their college program
and the performance standards with which they leave such programs.

No longer are we being pressured by schools and communities to prepare
larger numbers of teachers to serve. Instead we are being urged by
professional teacher organizations and by school administrators, to raise
the standards of our training programs to insure a better product entering
the profession and the classroom. Further, we are being asked for more
help in providing effective continuing education with a larger number of
experienced teachers who are continuing in teaching positions at sub—
stantially higher retention rates than was true in years past. We are
really talking about the quality question in terms of four dimensions. The
first of these is selection and retention of persons with the best potential
or effectiveness as teachers. Second, the management of numbers in a
manner that will enable us to insure that those admitted in the various
specialty arease—there are some 15 of them in the College-—will receive
adequate clinical and field experiences under the supervision of competent
school system and University personnel. And third, by finding ways of
expanding the time of existing faculty available for new and developing
program emphases involving expanded and earlier field and clinical dimensions,
competency—based efforts, in—service education for new teachers in the field
and for their colleagues already on the job—-and doing this in an era of
at best stable economic resources available to higher education generally
and to teacher education in particular. And fourth, the greater allocation
of existing resources to the building of a more adequate knowledge base
through research and development activities. These emphases on quality
are in addition to our efforts to respond more effectively to urgent school
and community needs for trained personnel in fields like special education,
early childhood education, and counseling and so forth for supplementary
assistance on problems of teaching in urban poverty areas, fields like
remedial reading and the general updating of teachers on the job for some years.

We feel that as a unit of the state's major University, the College
of Education shares in an important responsibility for research and development
that extends a boundary knowledge. This responsibility has necessarily been

 

 

   
   
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
   
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

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slighted in an era when major attention was concentrated upon number of

persons prepared for the classroom. We have made substantial strides, A
we feel, in the right direction during the past several years, more than
doubling the number of graduate faculty in the College and greatly
increasing the outside funding coming to us for the support of their
activities. But the rapidity of change in the education front means

we must focus more of our energies on research and on service if we are

to maintain a leadership role appropriate to this University. While we
have a continuing obligation of importance to train persons in the several
teaching fields, we have the additional responsibility of carrying out
that training in experimental and in exemplary programs for which we can ,
serve as models for sister institutions, and as sources of knowledge for
students of the educative process. We need the authority to manage our
resources and our enrollments in a manner that will help us better to

discharge the responsibilities assigned to this University by the Commonwealth.

May I remind you that this request for a selective admissions policy
is for the upper division level rather than for beginning freshmen. We gas
would expect some differential application within the several programs H‘
of the college dependent upon differences in qualifications important
to those fields. Sources available and so on would be other factors.
Undoubtedly, however, certain criteria would be seen as common to the
programs and we have identified some five or six of those including:

1. Evidence of above—average intellectual ability; we want here to
reaffirm our belief in perhaps the old—fashioned notion that those

persons to whom we assign significant responsibilities for the intellectufl,
social, and moral development of our children be capable themselves of
better than average performance in those fields.

2. A high level of both oral and written communications skills both

as originators and as receivers of communications; and here we

would see that perhaps key courses in English Composition and

Speech and the interview process would help in assigning individuals

in these areas who might be checked further. 6&flh
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3. The ability to accept persons of different background, experiences,
values and characteristics; we would expect that through interviews,
through the required experiences with youth—oriented activities and

contacts in other classes there would be an opportunity to get insight
into that dimension.

4. Evidence of commitment and of initiative assessed through self-
initiated involvement in child or youth oriented activities having an
educational dimension would be relevant.

5. An evidence of healthy, flexible, and stable psychological condition,

free of excessive need for dependency relationships; again the interview
situation, contacts from previous instructors might at least give

us a basis for identifying those students for whom a much more formal

and sophisticated process of review would be appropriate. ¢%E~

  

     
  
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
    

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6. Evidence of the student's examination of other career alternatives——
his understanding of the demands and limitations of a career in teaching. p,
Q' In addition, interviews and recommendations from other instructors “flir
“35 might be helpful to us in identifying potential problem areas in one i
or more of these.

 

We would point out that no one of these six areas might necessarily H,
preclude a student from admission but rather some review of the summary 37 §r~f
of the six would be a basis as determined by individual department action. ‘

 

 

And so, to conclude as I began, our feeling is that the proposal is
, a realistic one, designed to help us meet the problems of growing enrollment
in certain areas, helping us to manage resources in others, to facilitate _
and support roles in areas of particular need of the Commonwealth. h

 

 

lth. I would be happy to respond.

One Senator asked the following questions: (1) How many students are you
gag talking about? and (2) Where will the students go?
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Dean Denemark responded that there is the possibility of moving the students " K
into another program of teacher preparation in the College that has somewhat ”
different requirements, and that may be possible and appropriate for some. In
other words, a program in one specialty area, let's say Speech Pathology and
Audiology may well have requirements that make it inappropriate for a student to ,
be admitted to that area, but he may be quite appropriate for some other teaching fl
major in the College; and so he might be diverted to that area. It is possible, ' "
ctuflq also, that a student who simply is not seen as having potential for any career

in teaching would be advised to go into some other program within the University
or elsewhere which is judged to be more suitable to him.

 

In terms of the numbers involved, it is difficult to say. We do have in 3
our present situation, again in the area I mentioned--Speech Pathology and Audiology——
we have more than 70 students desiring entrance to a program where the practical
limit of clinical experiences is about 40 and the practical limit of field experiences ‘
for those students of an appropriate quality level is about 45. If we are placed ‘ Q
,_‘. in a situation where we have no means of holding the numbers to those which we
, can provide quality experiences for, it seems to me the students will be cheated

in that way.

 

When asked if limitations were already being placed on programs in Education 1 W 2 fi
specifically the Speech Pathology and Audiology program, Dean Denemark responded '
in the affirmative, and added that this is one of the reasons why the College of
Education has requested that the Senate support the present policy change. The
College of Education would like to exercise some controls on these areas early
enough to prevent any further situations of strain.

on, x Dr. Ockerman then addressed the Senate:
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I certainly do not speak to disagree with elements, or most of the
elements of rationale which Dean Denemark has presented here today. I do
‘%fi‘ not necessarily speak in opposition to these proposals, specifically to
A that of the College of Education. But as some of you know, I have spoken
against the type of process or the process which it seems to me we are
currently engaged in at this institution.

 

    
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
   
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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As you will remember last year, two colleges were approved for selective
admissions or for controlling enrollment, those being the Colleges of
Nursing and Allied Health Professions. Some of you know also perhaps, «3%
and maybe others do not, that last year there was established a task group ‘
or task force by the President of the University to study the ways and
means of controlling enrollments in the institution.

It so happened at the time that we were talking about controlling
enrollments there really was a thrust toward contolling enroll