UCSD's Affirmative Action Rapped by Watson Report
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The Daily Guardian Volume 41, Number 47 University of California, San Diego Monday, November 24,1980 UCSD's affirmative action rapped by Watson report .. Suggest numerous ways to improve program BY PETER MORTENSEN improvement. "One of the critical things News Editor Now it is up to department is to differentiate between A majority of minorities at heads campus-wide to reply monitoring and evaluation UCSD believe that their to the report. Their and implementation and representation on campus evaluations and further achievement. The affirma has taken a sharp downward suggestions are due in the tive action officer can only turn in recent years, Chancellor's office by next monitor and evaluate, they according to a report on Monday. cannot acheive because they affirmative action here The Chancellor was out of are not line officers of the issued by Third College town last week, but his administration," he added. ProvostJoe Watson. assistant, Pat Ledden, said And Watson believes that The 25-page report sharply that the report was "very it is at the line officer level criticizes the administra comprehensive" and "gener where affirmative action at tion's lack of sensitivity and ally very good." Atkinson and UCSD may be breaking poor attitude toward Watson will meet on down. He said that imple minority recruitment and Wednesday to discuss the mentation at that level is not rentention. But Watson says report and its implications, effective, perhaps because that these attitudes are not he said. monitoring and evaluation at permanent, and he expects According to Watson, the other levels is also that his report, commission Chancellor will use the report insufficient. ed by Chancellor Richard as a base on which to build a "Somewhere along that Atkinson upon his arrival master plan for better line there has been a last] une, will be the starting affirmaive action at UCSD. breakdown," he explained, point for change. "I think the best approach noting that the restructuring Watson interviewed is to view my recommenda of the program within dozens of UCSD students, tions as a starting point. I definite lines of responsibil faculty and staff who are certainly personally would ity should being alleviateing involve in the much like to see them implemented the problem. GNQrdilln photo ~ Rebecca Poole criticized affinnative action but I think input' of others, Another of the report's History Professor Emory Tolbert faces tenure review program here in order to particularly those who would recommendations, a Chan again this year. Much controversy surrounds the review formulate his recommen be responsible for di charg cellor's Advisory Committee process in his case. dations for the program's ing the tasks and duties, have on Affirmative Action, is , to have considerable input already in operation to a and their considerations and certain extent. recommendations should The commitee, charged Tolbert's tenure a touchy carry considerable weight," with representing and Watson said. dealing With many phases of "I would never want to say affirmative action on subject - faces final review that my report is the perfect campus, met last week to BY STEVE GOLDSTICK Tolbert came to UCSD in Overton explains that the and all encompassing discuss the Watson report. Staff Writer 1972, with a PhD from UCLA number of black professors at answer," he added. According to committee At one time or anot.h@&:, and a specialized background UCSD has declined from 36 One of the most substanti· chairman Nick Aguilar, the whether, it has been for a in American Intellectual in 1974 to only 18 at present. al changes Watson proposes group's 18 members thought class, working at a job, or in a History of Afro-American "The population of black is the creation of an that the report was "quite relationship, all of us have Studies. Tolbert has recently (students) is also on the Affirmative Action Officer's. comprehensive," yet they been in a sItuation where we published a book on the decline here," Overton says. post. This new administra· offered some criticism of don't quite know what is Marcus Garvey movement "In 1978 the population was tive position would be several of the report's major expected of us. and is currently working on 4.4 percent, in '79 it was 4.1 "defined as principle advisor recommendations. How much 'and what are another book on the Harlem percent and this year it is to the Chancellor and Vice Specifically, Aguilar said we expected to give of Rennaissance. only 2.9 percent. This seems Chancellors on affirmative there was some displeasure ourselves before what we are Tolbert i's"l>J1e of only two to be the general trend at action policies, procedures, with the plan to have striving for is given to us? black and one of the few universities across the goals and objectives," the subcommittees of the And even after we have minority professors in the country and it is something report said. chancellor's advisory done all that we thought was history department here. He all minorities should be "The overall responsibility committee designed to wanted of us, what is to is also one of six out of 25 concerned aout. for affirmative action in all of investigate staff, student and assure us that we will receive professors in that depart In light of Tolbert's new these areas ... in tenns of faculty facets of affirmative what we deserve? ment who are un tenured. book, Overton says that if it monitoring the Iiason with actions. In the time that he has been Why Tolbert was denied was a lack of research last external ascencies and not He suggested that the a part of UCSD and working tenure two years ago is time he was denied tenure, I in terms of acco,mplishinR larger committee "deal with towards his tenure, Professor unclear. don't see any reason how he affinnative action dIrectly, those issues by appointing ad - Emory Tolbert has encount One of Tolbert's most vocal please turn to page 4 Watson said. please turn to page 9 ered these problems. supporters is the, Black Professor Tolbert is no Student's Union (BSU), stranger to the complicated which backed his bid' for tenure process. Two years tenure two years ago and last ago, he was reviewed for week Qersuaded the Associ tenure, as are most ated Students' to pass a professors after their sixth resolution supporting his year of service. But his tenure. tenured associates in the "Last 'time, there really history department, who are was no logical reason, in my responsible for awarding view and many others', why tenure, rejected Tolbert's bid he was denied tenure," says and chose to postpone BSU Chairman Ken Overton. Tolbert's fate. "He got generally food fn January, Tolbert will be reviews in all three 0 the reviewed for the last time. areas in which tenure is The professor will be either reviewed by, and this time he tenured or dismissed at the is even more qualified in the end of this academic year. area where he was thought to be the weakest, research. Today's Weather "The other two, teaching Low clouds and a cool and service, he was given night with a sunny excellent ratings. All you afternoon. The lows will have to do is take one of his be in the low 40s and the classes to find out how he can highs in the low 70s. The motivate the students," water temperature is 61 Overton continues. 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