38th Year Ar GUELPH Total to date: $66,163 Volume 38 No. 33 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario •October 19, 1994
FIRST GLANCE Nominations sought for A breath student life award of fresh Know an individual or group that has helped en- air hance the quality of student Prof. Michael Dixon , life at U of G7 Here's your Horticultural Science, chance to bring them the rec- admires so me of the ognition they deserve by plants that form part of nominating them for the a new environmental University's annual R.P. room in the Canada Gilmor Student Life Award. Life building in Any student, staff, faculty, Toronto. The room , U of G graduate or commu- which contains 8,000 nity member who has had - plants, will be used to an association with the Uni- study the effects of versity may be considered plant and aquatic life for the award. Nominations on improving_air qual- are due in the Office of Stu- ity. See story on page dent Affairs Oct. 28 at noon. 2. Pholo by Margarel Boyd, For more infonnation, call University Communlcalioos the office at Ext. 3192. The award is named for Paul Gilmor, who served as provost of the University from 1967 to 1987.
B of G schedule Board of Governors has scheduled the following The ties that bind meetings for 1994/95 - Nov. 17, Jan. 26, March 23, April 20 and June 21. The OCUA hearing draws outpouring of support for University meetings begin at 3 p.m. in Room 424 of the University ommun}ly·• leaders in the Guelph Mayor John Counsell re- sity for that period. This financial Uni versity would mean less cash flow in the city and would result Centre. The meetings are CGuelph 'area and the internal inforced the ties between the city impact represents lOto 15 percent in all-round reduced reven.ues and open to the public, but a University community were out in and the University in his presenta- of total economic activity fo r 1he increased unemployment, he said. ticket is required to attend. full force Oct. 13 to support U of tion to OCUA. The city's econ- Guelph area. As the first speaker of the day, Tickets are available from G at the Ontario Council on Uni- omy is very much dependent on Education is the key in this in- the Board Secretariat on Rozanski told OCUA that Guelph versity Affairs (OOUA) hearing the University, he said. "The local tensely competitive global envi- Level 4 of the University accepts the need for change and on campus. economy benefited to the tune of ronment, Counsell said. "Govern- Centre. does not shy away from making In his opening remarks, presi- almost $400 million in 1992193." ment spending on education is an hard decisions. He reminded the dent Mordechai Rozanski in- Counsell noted that this is more investment that produces divi- council that since 1992, U of G formed OOUA representatives than three times the combined On- dends in excess of the investment tario government operating and itself." Inside: that they would learn a great deal See DON'T on page 3 about the transforming forces that capital grants made to the Univer- Any reduction in grants to the Guelph participates in tie the University and the commu- Mac/ean's issue 2 nity together. Rozanski told At Guelph Friday Calendar. 7 that OCU A appeared surprised SPC committees submit reports and impressed by the outpouring Ideas needed for safety for the University. '1t was heart- Summaries of the reports from seven Strategic- "SPC would particularly appreciate comments initiatives ...... 8 ening and encouraging to see the Planning Commission (SPC) committees appear on these reports because they will provide a sig- spectrum ot support for U of G," on pages four and five of this issue. Their insights nificant base for discussion leading to publication he said. "The council was able to on the essence of the academy will influence the of its •next report," he says. see many different perspectives. direction of change at Guelph. The unabridged versions of the reports were dis- each offering the same conclusion The committees defined learner-centred and re- tributed to deanst directors, chairs and managers. Thought for the week - that quality higher education search-intensive, evaluated the semester system are posted in GRIFF and are on reserve in the plays a v.alued and fundamental and courses versus credits, looked at more effec- 1.Aughter is the shonest library. Reports from other committees - includ- role in society." tive involvement of alumni, recoaunended ways ;"g those dealing with internationalism and co-op distance benveen nvo to align performance evaluation with the academic It's important that U of G con- programs and the spring semester - will be re- people. tinue its dialogue with the public goals of the University, and described an enviroo- men! of respect and trusL SPC chair Prof. Bev Kay, leased when they become available. sector, said Rozanski. "We must Responses to any of the reports can be mailed to Victor Borge increase our efforts to get out our Land Resource Science, says these reports present Kay c/o the SPC office on Level 4 of the University message that postsecondary edu- ideas that should be debaled, evaluated and en- iii'il Centre. 0 DOWN"IOWN ~ • I cation has important tangible and larged on by the University community. G~ intangible benefits to society.'' CIBC Make your money grow! ASK US HOW!
Get ,,,-*8igfarP'' CIBC 23 College Ave. W., Guelph m 824-6520 2 At Guelph/Oct. 19, 1994 Farcus Canada Life unveils boardroom 'breathing wall' Waterfalls, orchids and tropical plants, mosses, will add to the understancling of fields such as Dixon say s the project will contribute to the fi sh and amphibians co-exist harmoniously in botany and medicine. development of closed-cycle plant-gfowth fa- the most unlikely of places - the new corpo- The room houses about 8,000 hydroponi- cilities to be used for future research with the rate boardroom of the Canada Life Assurance cally grown plants, with more than 250 species Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science. The Company in Toronto. of mosses, fems, orchids, bulrushes and tropi- room will fonn the base of activity for a num- Unveiled last week, the $500,000 Canada cal water lilies. Insects, molluscs, amphibians ber of different spinoff studies, including Life.environmental room has been des igned as and fish are found in the water system. One of waste-management technologies. It will also a mini ecosystem to be studied as a means to the room's key features is a "breathing wall" contribute to education; University of Toronto ~· ~:;::~Ji!~~!l!1~~~~~:~~~~~:~:~ ~~;~:~=~:X~~~i~~~~f~!:! 0:s~:iI~~ ~~~;~~~1~~=:~;1d~~~r ~:~;c!~~:: ·"···,,., nego.. ll ate,... 1n ra,goo,d.. 1 ,:::::.:a11 h: ' · systems to monitor indoor air quality and as- Lighting, air-circulation and water-filtration sess the benefits of replicating nature. systems have been specifically developed to pu s to observe specific reactions in similar It 's the first time such an experiment has been support the self-sustaining ecosystem, created ecosystems. These prototypes will be inocu- developed. Ultimately, its findings will have by Genetron Systems. a Canadian ecological lated with various gases and then monitored, $7 5 0 00 applications for commercial and home use and engineering firm • says Dixon. D
for Graduating Students U of G will participate in the fourth Wilfrid Laurier University and annual Mac/eon 's magazine sur- Conestoga College. "This is an vey of Canadian uni versities, to be excellent opportunity for these in- Call for details: published Nov. 7. It is al so one of stitutions in Canada's research tri- ~ Wellington 83 universities included in the re- angle to promote the value of a cent Saturday Night Uni versity postsecondary educatiOn," says V6(J Planner, a resource guide for po- Motors Ltd. Mary Cocivera, director of Uni- tential students. in the Guelph Auto Mall versity Communications. "The The pl anner outlines campus fa- cil iti es and services and academic M aclean 's university issue is a programs, but stops short of rank- prime vehicle for th.is message." ing uni versities. It was written in Chuck Cunningham, assistant 822-8950 registrar for liaison, sees value in co-operation with the Association of Universiti es and Colleges of bo th the Saturday Night and Maclean 's publications. "I think Administrative changes made G l A s s C A P E S Canada, which had asked member they can both be useful documents H I s p I 0 c H 0 0 S E institutions to boycott a compet- Two changes as part of the review has held this position since I 992, to people seeking out a university E H TI C E l E H T E H ing survey in Maclean's that of U of G's centraJ administrative has left the University. as long as they use them as just E 0 I T• C R E W E l scores uni versities on various cri- areas were announced by adminis- The reporting relationship for E S K E R A s H teri a. Only per cent ofEnglish- one resource among many," he trative vice-president Charles 12 the director of the Real Estate Di- c A H 0 Y• VI E T E A speaking uni versities actually says. "The best way for people to Ferguson last week. vision has also changed. John A G EI c R I C K C R t joined the boycou. make a decision is to visit the uni- The functions of the University 0 u O I E E L• E T H E R The Maclea11 's issue will in- versity." treasurer have been redistributed Annstrong, who previously re- S E T - 0 E H S E clude a joint one-page ad from U He notes, however, that the 60- within Financial and Administra- ported to the treasurer, will now - E F F U S E A -S H of G, the University of Waterloo, page Saturday Night supplement tive Services. Roger Phillips. who report to Ferguson. 0 G A R l l c C •sA T T L E 0 p 1 A T £ K R A T E R B E C K s - -· E A 0 E LETTERS No mention of CBS student quality Ecology ~ As I sat sipping my morning cup As a member of the College of come so blas6 and apathetic to strongly ,1 - of coffee, I thought l should peruse Biological Science and being as- excellence that we ignore it and our media organ and bring myself sociated with the B.Sc. program, I only consider the weak areas? Is supported Mite. up to date with Guelph affairs. Lo feit a rush of pride, so l started to this another premeditated strate- IA~ and behold, l read the headline read the article. To my surprise, gic-planning precursor? Old "Ozymandias" and "second STE.AMA.TIC. " More Ontari o Scholars call disappointment and disillusion- "No," I tell myself, "not in At banana" perhaps have a concept of 101~1 ckan1n~ .1. rcs1orm111n Gu elph Home" (At Guelph, Oct. ment, it did not mention my col- Guelph, surely?" Then why was it ecology somewhat different from 5.) lege. not reported? Why are we not that apparently he)d by Prof. Ward "1W" "My God! !" I remarked and, in proud of our strengths? Why do Chesworth (At Guelph , Oct. 5). Mite not. so doing, spilled my coffee on my we always consider agriculture? I Por us, ecology is A broad study Ugly dust miles aren't the only trousers. What about CBS. the am perplexed. spread widely in the teaching and things living in your air ducts. Thanks for B.Sc. program? Why only Perhaps we have not overcome research throughout the Univer- 111cy keep company with B.Sc.(Agr.) and B.Comm.? CBS bacteria, germs, pollen and dusL the concern our "Moo" image after all. Be- sity. lt has always been strongly And more dusL Clean Ulem out boasts an enrolment of 96.4-per- cause if we had, we would really supported and represented in and save money now. cent Ontario Scholars and 74-per- Our famil y was touched by the be proud of our academic achieve- CBS. You 11 feel a mile better fo r iL personal expressions of fri endship cent Canada Scholars. The re- ments and report it accurately and Ask about our electrostatic air filten:. Because of its breadth, we think and support from Doug's fri ends maining 3 .6 per cent were fully in the only public voice we it unwise to tum the subject into and colleagues during his brief ill- admitted on student profile forms have, Al Guelph. some sort of narrow academic cult ness and following hi s death Sept. by design, or we could have Darn it, I will send them my with some of the negative features 27. bragged I 00-per-cent Ontario laundry bill. Sketchley has a 50- Please accept our thanks for your Scholars. per-cent-off sale. This is in keep- of cults generally, including ex- thoughtful concern during this No other college or degree pro- ing with our cost-saving initia- clusiveness and intolerance of the difficult time. We are most appre- gram can match this academic tives at Guelph. views of others. b!!!!!!vo!!!fo!!.n•"'•'"'••"'ll!!!o•~JI d ati ve. achievement. But I did not read Aw CARl ' ~"T •UPllOl.S'l»tY •DRAPERY CIBANINC these facts, which filled me with Prof. Fred Ramprashad Prof, Keith Ronald Marilyn Robinson and family such pride. Why? Have we be- CBS dean's office Prof. Roy Anderson
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Education, lntematlonal Association of Business Communicators and the Councn for the Offices: University Communlcatlons, Level 4, University Centre, University of Guelph, Advancement and Support of Education. Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 . Telephone: 519·824-4120, Fax: 519-824-7962. Office hours: Subscriptions: $44.00 (includes GSl): outside Canada, $51 .00. 8:30 am. to 4:45 p.m. ISSN 0836·4478. Continued from page I last year approved a student-pro- file admission program that con- has removed almost $30 million siders students for admission on from its operating budget for rein- the basis of other criteria besides vestment in academic enhance- marks. ment. He al so noted that Guelph is Rozanski stressed that U of G is in the midst of a major strategic- committed to teaching excellence planning exercise to define a new tied to research and scholarship. mission for the future. Ten faculty hold Canada' s top Rozanski described OCUA' s teaching award-the 3M Fellow- proposed purchase-fo r-service ship .- and the University has a system as fl awed and unaccept- policy that provides support to able. If implemented, it would un- faculty· who wish to pursue a dermine the autonomy of univer- teaching c~eer path. sities because decision maki ng He also pointed to Guelph's U of G community representatives at the OCUA could be centralized at the gove'm- unique undergraduate programs Lonsdale, vice·chair of Board of Governors; Daniel ment level, he said. It would also hearing included, from left, Prof. John Barta, chair of Sellen of the Graduate Students' Association; and through the Office of First-Year the Senate Committee on University Planning; Kate undermine universities' account- Studies and Akademia, collabora- Prof. Wayne Pfeiffe r, chair of the U of G Facul ty Armstrong of the Central Student Association; Tanya Association. ability to their boards of gover- tion among area universities on Photos by Maurice Oishi. Univeislly Communfca lions nors and senates and destroy the graduate programs and interactive collegial and community process video teaching links, seven articu- the OCUA paper's lengthy rheto- He noted that Guelph has in- unique to universities. advised agai nst a study of revised lation agreements with commu- ric about the need fo r accessibil- creased its external research fund- BIU weightings. "Guelph would lose the ability nity colleges, and an initiative ity, with virtually nothing sai d ing by $30 million since 1986, and to make the kind of decisions, in- with the Six Nations Reserve. about quality, and as ked how the now has 22 per cent more students • Prof. Glen Filson, Rural Exten- dependently and collectively, that Rozanski concluded by urging panel couJd accept a charge from and 40 FTE fewer faculty. sion Studies, a member of the U of are in the best interests of this OCUA not to change the whole the minister of education that ig- Even the question of dividing Faculty Association, said fac ulty Univer.;ity," he said. fabric that provides universities nored the tuition element of fund- faculty time between research and would fi ght to avoid OCUA's OCUA has made a false separa- with the predictability to manage ing. teaching functions is misleading Model C. "It is a direcl attack on tion of teaching, research and their own affairs. 'W e can accom- He advised OCUA to "fi x" those and suggests a competition be- tenure and the character of the pro- scholarship, continued the presi- modate and respond to change and parts of the system than need im- tween functions that are intri nsi- fessoriate," he said. i'It would de· dent. "If this view is perpetuated, stroy academic freedom." will continue to do so if you don't provement. but not to recommend cally united, said Mi lli gan. Stu- especially through a funding Fil son said OCUA has a prefer- prevent us." massive change. de nts a nd s ocie t y a re the ence fo r Model C, which he sug- mechanism, the integrity of the Research vice-president Larry benefactors of that union. gested was due to the strong pos- academic system and the ability of World-class education Milligan said the OCUA discus- In other presentations: universities to provide quality Academic vice-president Jack sion paper is provocative "at a ter- sibility that less money wi ll be given to uni versities. But at a time education - the hallmark of the MacDonald rejected the OCUA ribly dangerous time in which to • Prof. John lfarta, Pathology, when the economy is rebounding, Ontario system - will be seri- discussion paper's underlying as- be overly provocative." There's a chair of the Senate Committee on it would be wiser to provide uni - ously undermined. This view sumption that the university sys- real danger that provocation - Univer.; ity Planning, rold OCUA must be opposed.'' tem in Ontario is not functioning notably the report's summary of representatives that the changes versities with more money in· Rozanski focused on responding well. "I don't see any evidence uni versity research - may be they 're looking for are already be- stead of less. he said. This is be- to those iss ues tha t OCUA whatever that our system is bro- taken as fact and acted on by out- ing implemented at Guelph. cause the researc h and cJaimed were insufficiently ad- ken." side agencies. he said. This is a development supplied by uni ver· sities will help refu el the econ- dressed by universities, including Canada consistenrly ranks as time when Canadians need more • Engin eer Tanya Lonsdale, a omy's upturn. accountability, diver.;ity, teaching one of the best countries in the recognition of the importance of graduate of OAC who is vice·chair excellence and collaboration. world to live in, said MacDonald, research. of Board of Governors, noted that Guelph has been responsive to Guelph has responded to the report • David Robinson of the Depart- and a big part of that ranking is Milligan said U of G takes its ment of Biomedi cal Sciences, accessibility c once rns , said based on the educational system. research responsibilities seri- ''University Accountability: A Strengthened Framework" and president of the U of G Staff As- Rozanski. It is 3,000 BIUs over And Ontario educates 40 per cent ously, including the account- now has a broadly representative B sociation, also urged OCUA 10 the midpoint for which it is not of the people who receive univer- ability required by granting agen- of G that is meeting its responsi- adopt a funding system that is sta- paid anything for tuition - the sity education in Canada. cies, the public's need to know bilities to the institution and the bleand predicrable. He praised the second highest intake in the sys- about research accompJishments He challenged the OCUA panel people of Ontario. University fo r taking a consult- tem. If U of G were fully funded to compare that international and the implementation of new ative approach in de aling with for these additional B!Us, it would ranking with the council's own knowledge in undergraduate edu- • Prof. Janet Wood, Chemi stry economic and environmenta l have received $12 million to $15 documentation, which states that cation. and Biochemistry, chair of the Re- pressures. He said the current stra- million in additional government Ontario universities are now re- He was critical of the 1986 data searc h Board, questioned the tegic-planning initiati ve, by seek- grants. ceiving one-third less funding per on which the OCUA paper bases OCUA discussion paper's figures ing input from all sectors of the Guelph has also addressed the studentthan they did 15 years ago. its analysis of faculty time spent and perception concerning re- community, has made staff feel issue of diversity, he said. Some This doesn't sound like an educa- on research. Much of it is based on search. She said the integration of both encouraged and empowered. 68 to 70 per cent of the entering tional system in need of massive student surveys, much was col- teaching and research would be Robinson said staff are primarily student population in the Jast two change, he said. lected outside Ontario and all of it improved by modifying university concerned with the balance be- years has be.en female, and Senate MacDonald went on to criticize is out of date, he said. policies to evaluate and reward tween research and teaching. If faculty activities that best integrate there is a shift in provincial fund- research and education. It 's aJso ing to maintain the research infra- important to incre8se financial struc ture of laborato ri e s . support di rectly to qual ifyi ng sen- equipment and research staff. re- training may be needed, he said. ior and postgradaate students fo r study with faculty advisers of • Kate Annstrong, local plan- proven ability in integrating re- ning commissioner for the Central search and education, she said. Srudent Association (CSA), said she fears that if students are con- • Susan Faber, a staff member in sidered consumers, they will be- the Department of Biomedical Sci- come the direct and principle ences who sits on B of G, said the source of capital for a university's discussion paper fail s to distin- operations. Any tuition increases guish the university system from will in tum decrease university ac- community colleges and hi gh cessibility, she said. The CSA schools. except by higher tuition does not favorany ofthecouncil 's fees. "This would cause unjvei-si- funding models, believing they all ties to lose students and fac ulty," have s e riou s fl a ws. said she said. Armstrong. The CSA believes thar access and equity concerns • Derck Jami eson, director of are being recogni zed and ac- Analysis and Pl anning, said the corded high priority under the cur- most effi cient way to run th e On- rent funding arrangements. tario university sys rem would be to provide impl ementation at the lo· • Don Gruber, president of cal level. As that is not plausible. CUPE, said CUPE does nor share · some special incentives should be the optimisti c view of the future of given to aJ low fo r inherent differ- uni versities. They must be made John Counsetl; John Wood and Sharon Giles of the President Mordechai Rozanski, left, poses with rep· ences in the system. He also said more accessible 10 the poor, par- resentatives of the city of Guelph. From left are David Chamber of Commerce; and William Stevens, presi· that un funded Brus are creating Creech, the crty's chief administrative officer; Mayor dent of William Stever1s L!d. much inequity in the system and he Su COMMUNITY 0 11 page 8 4 At Guelph/Oct. 19, 1994 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'T'J Strategic-Plann Enhance the relationship between teaching, research he way instruction is carried and instruction must continue to folio of their work so they can mittees annual reports on the na- support the continued improve- T out at U of G must change if be considered as part of hiring, measure their progress through ture of all exams being given in ment of learning to faculty and the Unjversity is to emerge as a promotion, tenure and regular their university career. Another is programs. help graduate students develop research-intensive learner-cen- evaluation reviews. Teaching to create smaJl-class opportunities Students need to be exposed to a teaching skills, says the report. It tred insti- tution, says the final dossiers should include a descrip- so students can sharpen their variety of learning experiences, also suggests that upper-level un- report of the SPC committee on tion of how researc.h-teaching speaking skills. says the report, and program com- dergraduates serve as mentors to the learner-centred university. links are made with students. The report encourages experien- mittees must work to balance of- lower-level students in a proposed The report says Guelph should: Faculty and staff must help stu- tial instruction - Jabs, studio ferings. Student representatives program organized by the student • enhance the relationship be- dents develop the capability for work, semester-abroad and ex- should sit on departmental cur- government or Student Affairs. tween teaching and research; self-reliant inquiry, and faculty change programs, faculty-super- riculum committees. The library is the major source • develop the capability for self- must challenge themselves to con- vised placements and field stud- Students deserve the best of aca- reliant inquiry; sider what they have to say and ies. U of G should also encourage demic counselling. The commit- of resource-based learning and • reorient structures to support why, and what exercises they will and sup-l'ort skill-upgrading and tee calls for strengthened aca- will become more important as the learner-centred environ- have their students perfonn. Stu- personal-development courses for demic program counselling student self-reliance develops, ment; dent:faculty ratios must be im- faculty and staff. (APC) offices and makes seven says the committee. It calls for an • increase the effectiveness of proved, and each student should Academic structures must be re- recommendations to strengthen increase in the library's budget teaching and learning activi- be involved in small groups in at oriented to support the leamer- the relationship between depart- and in the number of professional ties; and least two courses each semester. centred concept, says the commit- mental counsellors and APCs. librarians. • ensure accountability to the stu- tee. Faculty must enhance Some counselling-related work Students should have their own dent and society. First-year experience opportunities for self-reliant now being done in departments personal computers by the start of It aniculates more clearly than The committee notes the impor- learning in all courses. The Uni- should be done in APCs, which the second semester, and the Uni- earlier SPC statements what a tance of the first-year experience, versity must refurbish some lec- would free up faculty time for stu- versity should study ways to pro- learner-centred education is. It including the creation of required ture rooms with seating arrange- dent contact, course preparation, vide them with financial aid to buy provides each student with oppor- inquiry courses, and makes many ments for seminars and class research and scholarly activities. hardware and software. The num- tunities for self-evaluation, to other recommendations for ac- interaction, and large lecture halls Career counselling should be ber of lines for access to campus problem solve, to have a sense of made better known to students. tion, including giving under- need state-of-the-art projection networks from both on and off the past and an appreciation for graduates in their final year op- and sound equipment. Faculty campus should also be expanded. national and international issues, portunities to integrate and apply who lecture-to large classes need Different approach The committee encourages elec- lo write and speak effectively and their knowledge. Graduate stu- adequate graduate teaching assis- U of G must take a different ap- tronically based teaching experi- to be skilled in numeracy. It also dents need to think in fresh ways, tant (GTA) support for small proach to learning, says the com- ences and calls for a study to de- supports them as they develop in- says the report, so they should be seminars or lab sections, and fac- mittee. It suggests that under- termine the costs and benefits of dependence of thought, a sense of integrated into the learning envi- ulty who need to enhance their graduate and graduate programs computer-assisted learning. moral and esthetic maturing and a ronment in such programs as Grad classroom delivery should be able and the Office of Continuing Edu- Finally, the report addresses ac- love of learning. Days, advanced research semi- to obtain help from Instructional cation offer more opportunities The commiftee encourages the nars and courses on research is- Support Services. for non-traditional learning, espe- countability. It says all first-year research-learning link. Guelph sues. Where feasible, faculty The repPn says program com- cially for the part-time older stu- students should take literacy and should continue to support both should involve graduate students mittees must accept their respon- dent and those with speciaJ needs. numeracy tests at the entrance and teaching-path and research-path in their personal research. sibilities. These include review- The report recommends chang- exit levels. Faculty, staff and career emphases and encourage The committee makes eight rec- ing all specializations, majors and ing the name of distance-educa- GTAs and undergraduate and faculty on teaching paths to en- ommendations to improve numer- minors and providing annual re- tion courses to distance-learning graduate courses should continue gage in research. Links between acy and writing skills. One is to ports on these reviews. Depart- courses and changing the name of to be evaluated. Program and de- each faculty member's research encourage students to keep a port- ments should give program com- the Office of Continuing Educa- partmental curriculum commit- tion to the Office of Continuing tees should regularly review and Learning or Lifelong Learning. evaluate al1 course offerings. And The report encourages faculty to the University must continue to Change needed to advance research bring experts and visitors into the provide the public with frequent classroom and to make class visits reports on the positive conse- uelph is already a pre-eminent research-inten- funding to support facilities, renovations. new equip- to workplaces. Some ..service" quences for individuals and soci- Gsive university, but its position could be ad- courses should be offered through ment and library resources and facilities. ety that result from U of G being self-instruction resource modules vanced ifso me issues are addressed, according to the Faculty need time lo pursue scholarly inquiry, con- ' a research-intensive leamer-cen- SPC committee report ''Guelph as a Research-Inten- or distance education. tinues the report. Teaching is the most important tered institution. sive University." U of G should move to a regular other responsibility for many faculty, but there is a Co-chaired by David Knight and The single most important internal factor that will slot system for scheduling, with a need for more flexibility at the departmental and affect Guelph as a research-intensive institution is fixed period during each semester Terry Gillespie, the committee institutional levels to- make different choices about the declining number of faculty and staff, says the designated as University time, consists of Tom Carey, Don these responsibilities. report. In recruiting rehlrees, U of G must select says the committee. Instructors Cockburn, Anna Dienhart, faculty who can develop a high-impact research pro- The report makes seven recommendations. The should be permitted to designate Christopher Garner, Tom gram in an environment that is not limited by time or institution should: an appropriate time span for ex- Michaels, Larry Milligan, Peggy the initial level of resources. • develop criteria and methods to assess the impact ams, and faculty should be given Patterson, John Roff, Constance A slrong research program should continue to be of that part of a faculty member's scholarly activity more time to grade essay exams. Rooke, Jennifer Story and Susan considered in awarding tenure, says the report, and that relates to research; The institution should overtly Waterman Maclean. D the evaluation process should recognize and support • develop an orientation/training program for new faculty who are uniquely gifted in discovery. integra- chairs that places emphasis on nurturing new fac- tion and the application and sharing of knowledge. ulty; There should be an increase in the rigor in assessing • make an institutional commitment to a research performance of research, and resources shou ld be environment that recognizes and supports high- Reduce entry points focused on the most effective researchers. More at- impact research in a learner-centred environment he entry points to the semes- prepared to give up entry points, it tention must be paid to assessing the impact of re- of which it is a part; T ter system should be reduced could reduce the excessive admin- search. • pursue opponunities for collaboration and foster from three to one, says the SPC istrative procedures required by These significant changes must be accompanied by skills in collaboration in graduate programs, par- committee charged with looking the current system - three entry an institutional commitment to a research environ- ticularly at the PhD level; at the advantages and disadvan- ment that is crea1ive, compassionate and supportive, • establish a slrategic research initiative group to points for students, three aca- tages of the semester system. says the report. Faculty will need encouragement to identify new directions; demic reviews and three pre-reg- This is the main recommenda- istration and registration periods." shift and alter their academic career paths in response • establish a research opponunities fund to help new to change. tion of the committee chaired by This would free up time that could faculty set up a research program, 10 enhance the Faculty gifted in research should have responsibili- Ken Grant. The committee be- be used for classes and learning infrastructure and to provide seed money for 1ies heavily weighted towards research. Faculty who lieves the semester system should instead of administering, he says. promising new initiatives of strategic importance; arc no longer able to obtain financial suppon for their remain in place, he says, but there The committee's report says the and research should be encouraged to look for suppon would be significant advantages spring semester in its current fonn • suppon this fund from the University's operating through collaboration with external agencies or other for students and the instilution if is not viable from a resource-allo- budget and aggressively seek new funding th.rough faculty or by directing their research energies to areas the number of entry points was cation perspective and must either targeted fund-raising campaigns and federal and that require fewer funds or facilities. reduced - a change that would be downsized or changed to serve provincial funding. The report also stresses the imponance of faculty put Guelph in line with other uni- more learners. This might be ac- Edited by SPC chair Bev Kay, the report is based collaborating with other researchers and building versities and would affect fewer complished by changing the mix partnerships with industry that will allow graduate on discussions involving Larry Milligan, Jack than 200 full-time new students a of course offerings, increasing students to prepare for careers. MacDonald, Alan Meek and Constance Rooke. II year. distance courses and offering In terms of research infrastructure, the commiuee also involved reviews of reports from a Research "Usually, in order to get some- year-long courses over the 12- to calls for a reallocation of funds in the University's Board's task force on research and recenl literature thing, you have to give up some- I 3-week term. operating budget and a vigorous pursuit of other on university research. O thing," say~ Grant. "If U of G is The committee makes the fol- At Guelph /Oct. 19, 1994 5 n :E~~~~~~~~~~~~---''-- i.ng Commission Expand course system, vary weights Alumni collaboration of G should move away from its current "Although this may appear on the surface to be U system of requiring a specified number of a fairly small change," she says, "the committee must be two-way. street equally weighted cour.;es to graduate from a pro- thinks that it would, in fact, open the way to a he SPC committee asked to gram. So says the SPC committee assigned to variety of innovative program developments and • communicating U of G's ac- consider the courses and credits required for T look at collaboration with complishments off campus; allow students more flexibility in planning their graduation. alumni returned a clear message: • raising money to support own courses of study." Instead, the University should adopt a system This has to be a two-way street. worthwhile University pro- The committee was also asked to consider the that is based on the current semester course system Alumni are ready and willing to be jects; and but is expanded to include cour.;es worth half a notion of "course challenges" - allowing stu- more involved in the )jfe of U of • acting as international ambas- credit, 1.5 credits ~d two credits, the committee dents to challenge and waive a required course G, says committee chair Clay sador.; for Guelph. says. Credit weight would be determined not j ust when they can demonstrate they already have the Switzer, but they expect in return The report recognizes that by class contact hours, but also by some estimate knowledge needed to complete the cour.;e. The an equal commitment from the Guelph has already initiated ef- of the relative amount of student effort required. committee recommended that U of G develop a University community_ forts in several of these areas, but This approach would respond to criticisms that "challenge system" for undergraduate courses. A former dean of OAC and now says they could be expanded. "In the current system is inflexible and unfair and that Other member.; of the committee are Bob Auger, president of the U of G Alumni particular, additiona1 opponuni- it forces students to focus on too many different Mike Jenkinson, Jennifer Neal, Dana Paramskas, Association (UGAA), Switzer ties should be created for alumni says too many alumni think the subjects at once, says committee chair Carole Jim Pickworth, John Phillips and resource per.;on to become more involved with the University ·views them solely as a Stewart. - Barry Millman. 0 University community (faculty, source of revenue. Alumni must staff, students, parents) and po- be made to feel that their time and tential applicants. Ex.amples of knowledge are also welcome, he such potentiaJ involvement are: says. They offer a collective wis- review of admission applicants, dom that can benefit both aca- orientation, special events, award demic and administrative areas. Link pay for performance, employee presentations and convocation." but the University has to recog- The committee also says that nize that wisdom, listen to it and plans to involve alumni should reviews to achieving strategic plan use it to make decisions. consider the resulls of a strategic- The report goes on to identify planning exercise recently under- ood management is the key portant contribution to the insti- • ask the Joint Faculty Policies specific areas where the commit- gone by the UGAA. Gto achieving the Univer- tution: Committee to review the crite- tee can visualize more collabora- sity's goals, says the report of the • introduce a performance-re- ria for department tenure and tion: The SPC committee report is re- SPC committee to assess perfonn- view program for managers promotion guidelines to ensure • providing an interface between ally an offer from alumni to meet ance evaluation a nd orienta- that measures progress towards these are consistent with strate- undergraduate students and the the University halfway, says tion/retraining for faculty, staff specific perfonnance goals; gic directions; workplace; Switzer. "The committee inter- and administrators. • introduce a program for manag· • develop a training program for • contributing to academic pro- viewed many alumni who would Committee chair Wayne Marsh ers that allows them to train graduate students and tliaching grams as guest lecturers, men- like to be more involved but arc says the report defines a process staff to implement the strategic assistants to.prepare them for a tors and living examples that a waiting for the initiative to come that links pay for performance and directions and to motivate staff learner-centred leaching envi- lifelong relationship with U of from the University in the form of performance reviews to achieve- through constructive perform· ronment: and G is essential for rhe future an inscitutionaJ commitment." ment of the institution's strategic ance reviews; • ensure that management re- well-being of every graduate; The repon concludes: " ff the plan. "It gives the employee a di- • develop an adequate and appro· sponsibilities for conducting • returning to campus to enrol in University community truly ac- rect stake in helping reach these priate compensation system for meaningful performance re- or teach continuing-education cepts alumni as part of the family, alumni will respond to sustain and goals," he says. department chair.; and modify views and developing staff programs; The process aJso includes em- the administrative officers' training and development plans • providing industry and govern- strengthen the University in ways ployee training at all levels and training program for them; be featured in the University's ment networks to keep Guelph as yet unimagined.'' Other members of the commit- improves accountability within • require that the responsibility statement of management phi- programs up to date; tee are Elizabeth Cockburn. Bill and outside the Univer.;ity. for staff development and re- losophy. • fostering links with various Gregg, Tom Sawyer, Andrea The report makes 12 recommen- newal be part of supervisory Other members of the commit- alumni groups, such as class, Pavia, Ron Downey and Denis dations. It says the University positions and that supervisors tee are Danny Butler. Mario department, athletic team and Lynn. Alternates are Mary should: be accountable through the per- Finoro, Ken Jeffrey, Colin Marsh, student organization: Haggarty and - S usan • establish funds for reward and formance-review process; Rob McLaughlin, John Roff. Ian • liaising with prospective stu- Vercruysse.0 incentive programs to ensure • determine the skills and activi- Simmie and Jane Watt. 0 dents: strategic directions are imple- ties needed to ensure thequality mented; ofleaming and the institutional • negotiate a pay-for-perform- environment and develop pro- ance program for all U of G grams for appropriate skills Communication, support, education employees; training; • set aside a sufficient portion qf • require that performance re- the annual salary budget to pro- views for staff who provide di- needed during process of change vide a significant reward for rect service include measures employees who make an im- of client satisfaction; Ithough a climate of trust is intangible, its Commiuee on Internal Communicarions. Chairs, A impon anceshould not be underestimated. The , managers and senior administrators should be se- University should define its goals not only in terms lected in pan because of their communication skills. of activities, but also in terms of the climate lhat Job descriptions and performance evaluations should prevail. So says the SPC commiuee focusing should recognize the importance of communication. to semester system on cUmate of trust and respecr of open commurijca- Senior administrators, particularly the president, lowing recommendations: required to register in at least tion. play a crucial role in seuing the tone for a two-way • AU new undergraduate degree three year-long courses. "We recognized that the Uni versity is in a period communication process on campus. The commiuee students should be admitted • A working group should be es- of profound change and that maintaining a climate endorsed any initiatives that encourage informal only in the fall semester. tab Ii shed to co-o rdin 8:,te of trust and respect in a period of uncertainty and communication within and among units on campus. insecurity is even more difficult," says committee • The winter undergraduate reg- Guelph' s distance and other The Uni versity will be subject to "more rapid, co-chair Barbara Abercrombie. ''Because of this, we istration period should be credit course spring offerings frequent and dramatic change" over the next decade. focused on the management of change in a large and eliminated. with those at other institutions. says the committee in its report. Bringing abo~ I complex organization. Many of our recommenda- • Academic review should be At the recommendation of this major change in a large and complex organization tions deal with communication. support and educa- conducted once a year. committee. SPC established a will require skilled management of the change proc- tion during the change process.'' • Three entry points should be subcommittee to analyse co-op- ess and constant communication and support of em- retained (or students transfer- The committee referred to the employee morale erati ve education programs and survey and recommended formulating an action plM ployees. ring programs during the aca- Focusing on the management of change. the com- determine how they might be for unresolved issues. Also recommended are regu- demic year. changed, particularly in light of mittee recommended that managers be educated in • More class weeks should be of- lar, though not necessarily elaborate. updates of the the above recommendations. making change, that a comprehensive communica- fered in all semesters. survey to gauge changes in the climate. Other committee members are Employees want to be consulted. This must involve tion program be devised for the transition period and • Each graduate program should that a member of the community be designated spe- dete rmine how many entry Cathy Beattie, C huck employees providing input and management giving cifically to be responsible and accountable for the points will be normal for that Cunningham, Adrian DeLyzer, evidence that comments are listened to and acted on. management of the change process. program. Bill Frisbee, Virginia Gray, Jan Because secrecy is inimical to trust, the group says Co-chair of !he committee is Mary Cocivera Other • Graduate Studies should adopt Jofriet. J nck MacDonald, Joe committee processes should be open and that agen- the undergraduate registration Moka ns ki , David Murray, das should be communicated in advance. members are Diane Boyd, Madie F6r~re, Kevin periods. Kimberley Radboume and Brian The committee endorsed many of the recommen- Kelloway, Barry Millman, Shaun Newsome, • First-year students should be Sullivan. 0 dations in the 1988 Report of the President's Ad Hoc MichaeLNightingale and Doug Odegard. 0 6 At Guelph/Oct. 19, 1994 Guelph & Wellington Credit 'hi Union _ft_ FOCUSING ON YOU .E\nyfhi11Jyovr OUR COMMUNITY StiJJ Haven't Joined flNJn.:illlirutirun·on!lhotJdk a Credit Union? 822-1072 NOTICES Ontario Weed Act changes under study Pasture science 13 at the Barber Gallery with a visit the InfoCentre at Interna- reception from 2 to 4 p.m. The tional Education Services on Level A one-day workshop to review the also be recommended that new "Paslure Science: Issues and De- 1995 cal endar, which offers more 4 of the University Centre. Ontario Weed Act and its regula- species such as the invasive exotic velopments" is the topic of a sym- than 400 chances to win cash tions will be held Nov. 3 at the posium Nov. 4 and 5 in the Uni- prizes throughout the year, will be purple loosestrife be included in Volunteers needed Arboretum. Participants will have versity Centre. Keynote speaker available for purchase at the open the act. an opportunity to have direct input Alison Davies of Wales will dis- house. The Recreational Equity Club is The workshop is hosted by the cuss pasture agronomy in the looking for volunteers to help out into recommendations to be sent to Arboretum and the OPA in co-op- the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- United Kingdom. Other speakers A beam of peace with its programs. For more infor- erati on with Continuing Educa- ture, Food and Rura l Affairs include University of Alberta plant Guelph Museums and the Guelph mation, call Ext. 6208. tion, with finarlcial support from scientist Jane Ki ng and University Amateur Radio Club give you the (OMAFRA). restoring Nature's Place, a part- The workshop. entitled "Weed of Manitoba animal scienti st Kari n chance to beam your message of A helping hand nership initiative between Eco- Wittenberg. Cost is $40. For more peace around the world. ''Remem- Control Act: Recommendations logical Outlook Consulting and information, call Prof. Ann Clark, brance Week Harn Radio Broad- The Victorian Order of Nurses for Change," was prompted by the OPA. 0 Crop Science, at Ext. 2508 or e- casts" runs at McCrae House Nov. needs volunteers who can spend growing controversy about the mail to [email protected]. 5 to 11 from 10 a.m. lo 5 p.m. two to four hours a week with so- role of the Ontario Weed Act as a barrier to efforts towards land- CSB deadline nears Students to meet cially isolated individuals. The VON volunteer visiting program scape naturali zation. The work- JOBS Oct. 28 is the deadline for applica- The fo urth National Student Con- works to aJleviate the isolation, shop is designed to review and tions to purchase compound-inter- ference on Northern Studies As of Ar Guelph deadline Oct. 7, will lone)jness and depression of cli- make recommendations on revi- est Canada Savings Bonds through be held Nov. 26 to 28 in Ottawa. sions to the act. the following opportunity was payroll deduction. Anyone who ents. If you can help, call Connie For registration information, write Participants will include repre- available: purchased 1993 bonds can pick or·Lisa at 822-5081. to the Association of Canadian sentatives from the Ontario Parks Graduate Program Liaison Of- them up from Human Resources Universities for Northern Studies, Association (OPA), the Ontario ficer, Faculty of Graduate Studies, between Oct. 26 and Nov. 4. lden- 130 Albert SL , Suite 201 , Ottawa Education exhibition tification must be shown. For more Association of Landscape Archi- contractually limited two-year ap- KIP 5G4. The 1995 International Education information. call Ext. 3374. tecture, the Federation of Ontario pointment with possibility of <•- and Training Exhibition, one of the Haveacuppa Naturalists, the Weed Inspectors tension. Salary range: $31,034 to Environmental debate biggest events on higher education of Ontario and OMAFRA. The Guelph Unitarian Fellowship $36,465. Closing date: Oct. 26. Members of the Canadian Asso- will host a fund-raising coffee in Asia, will be held April 28 to 30 The workshop could result in ciation fo r the Club of Rome will in Karachi, Pakistan. For more de- recommendations that some of the To determine the avallablltty of Uni- house Oct. 29, featuring Raspberry versity employment opportunities, 23 listed "noxious weed" species, be at the Arboretum Oct. 20 from Jam, a Hamilton-area folk group. tails, visit the lnfoCentre at Inter- visit Client Services on Level 5 of I 0 a.m. to 3 p.m. to di scuss the It begins at 8 p.m. in The Loft. Cost national Education Services on such as milkweed and wild carrot, the University Centre or call 836- environmental and social prob- of $IO includes refreshments. To Level 4 of the University Centre.D be removed from the act. It may 4900. 0 lems of today. Previous and cur- reserve tickets, call Louise Colley rent students of the di stance- at 824-6927 or Kevin Crowley at edu cati on course "5,000 Days" are 824-8640. particularly encouraged to attend CLASSIFIEDS the session. To register, call Jane Managing a farm Dougan at ExL 8219 or 2 113. 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