Sandspur, Vol 90, No 09, February 28, 1984
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University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 2-28-1984 Sandspur, Vol 90, No 09, February 28, 1984 Rollins College Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Rollins Sandspur by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STARS Citation Rollins College, "Sandspur, Vol 90, No 09, February 28, 1984" (1984). The Rollins Sandspur. 1620. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1620 ROLLINS LIBRARIES SERIALS Rollins College February 28,1984 Volume 90 Number 9 Baseball Team Has High Hopes For 1984 (The Pirates Are Coming, p. 16) Rollins College Sandspur, February 28,1984, Page 2 VALVOLINE PRESENTS COLLEGE DAYS AT Stanley H. 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University, Nashville, TN 37203 or call 615-322-8410. 6 A.M.-3 A.M. Fri. &Sat. 345W. FAIRBANKS Rollins College Sandspur, February 28,1984, Page 4 NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS WS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NE WS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS N NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS WS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NE WS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS N NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS WS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS N WS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NE Tenure Question Arises At Rollins by Tim Kinskey guarantee of job security, insuring a professor a "At Rollins, sixty-five to seventy percent (of the place on campus if he stays long enough; faculty) are tenured. Nationwide there is a perception that an institution can become stale At a meeting this weekend, the Board of however, tenure was originally based on or stagnant in its development because of a high Trustees discussed the status of three College protecting their academic freedom. During the tenure rate; we don't think that's necessarily true. professors who are being evaluated for tenure, a McCarthy Era, for example, countless We think it's important that members be position that every instructor hopes to achieve. professionals lost their jobs for personal beliefs. encouraged to continue their own professional They are: Larry Eng-Wilmont of the Chemistry As Patricia Lancaster, Associate Dean of the development in a variety of ways by attending department, Roy Kerr of the Foreign Language Faculty put it, "the academic area is the one in meetings, getting grant support for research, and department, and Ruth Mesavage, who holds a which that cannot be tolerated." In order for attending seminars and workshops. Others, like joint appointment in Foreign Languages and teachers to be protected from losing their jobs Harvard, keep salaries low and want to assure Theater Arts. because of views presented in the classroom, it new faculty, and they can afford to be less The entire process takes over a year to is important that this sort of institution is present, it was pointed out. careful than we are because they assume the complete, after faculty members go through a person won't be there long. probationary period of at least two years. If they Recommendations and evaluations are based do not have at least four years of experience at a mainly on a professor's teaching, advising, "You have to make opportunities for renewal four-year, accredited institution, they can request research, writing, publications and overall and development — that's the Rollins approach. evaluation during their third, fourth, or fifth year; contribution to the college. Other department A lot of foundations look at the tenure rate while experienced teachers can be evaluated members sit in on classes, or the professor's because they assume your institution will not be during their second year. students are interviewed, but a great deal of the renewed by fresh faculty.'Essentially, we point First, an evaluation committee is gathered information used in measuring performance is out that we are extremely careful in recruiting from the member's department, with two other gathered from student questionnaires given at new faculty, those who have the potential to faculty members outside that department. Their the end of each semester. become tenured members. recommendation is then reviewed by the Dean of Lancaster commented, "teaching is a very "I think tenure makes them more committed to the Faculty and then the Provost (Dr. Denicola is important factor and it's hard to evaluate without the students and the campus community both). After he gives a recommendation, the those questionnaires. Students are positive in because they have a stake in it and are more President makes his decision and if it is their comments, more than you might expect. interested in advising and committee work. Dr. favorable, the Committee of Education from the With the new evaluation sheets (with written DeNicola likes to think of it in a special way. Board of Trustees makes its' review. By this time comments instead of a checklist), I thought they When you bring a person into the faculty it is like the faculty member is usually in his or her fourth would be more negative but it's turned out very buying a perishable product: You assume that as year and working harder than ever. well, so professors can see both their strengths time goes along you will have to do whatever is It is commonly assumed that tenure is simply a and weaknesses. needed to keep the product fresh." Parents Weekend Deemed Great Success monetary and academic interests, and they welcome new members. They pay for the Parents' weekends by charging ten dollars per person and usually break even without a profit. As far as money goes, the World Hunger Benefit concert made four thousand dollars Saturday night, largely due to the number of families who helped out by going to hear the fantastic groups.