Going. going, gone. Another building- this time at Bishop and de Maisonneuve- makes w~y.for the downtown library project. Concordia University - Montreal, Queb·ec Volume S, Number 25 - June 3, 1982 · Quebecers support - . higher education, survey shows A majority of Quebecers (55%) is satisfied respondents thought faculty pay was "just • 52% said they thought it important that with the contribution of the university right". Incidentally, 44% of the res pondents faculty be unionized; system and its contributions to Quebec said they thought the average faculty • 77% indicated they think professors are society. Furthermore, the vast majority of member earns between $30,000 and $50,000. very or quite c_ompetent. _the population (85%) believe the Quebec Fully 46% of the responden.ts said they · As for the respondents themselves, a government should maintain or increase its thought the average professor worked over plurality (27%) was between the ages of 25 level of support of higher education in the 30 hours a week on university-related tasks. and 34; 69% were married (25%, single); 58% province. This generally favourable attitude toward were heads of families; a plurality (38%) had These are just two of the findings from an academics was also reflected in the following from 10 to 12 years of schooling; fully 82% opinion survey of Quebecers carried out in su!'vey results: · had never spent time at university but 44% Convocation '82 Apri,1 by Sorecom for the Conference of • 62% said faculty are generally of the respondents' immediate families were Rectors and Principals of Quebec . conscientious in their work; at or had already_attended university. Seepage3 Universities (C REPUQ) and the'Federation des associations des professeurs des universites du Quebec (FAPUQ). Sorecom-questioned 837 Quebecers by telephone between March 30 and April 6. -committee-asks Senate to IOok at Eighty-nine per cent of the res pondents indicated they spoke mostly French at hdme; 8%, English; 3%, both languages. computers, .computer literacy The results were disclosed today at a news conference. They indicate a relatively By Ken Whittingham a bout the proliferation of'courses designed computer iiteracy as a "major concern," a·nd sophisticated level of opinion about The proliferation of word processors, to provide students with s~-called "computer consult with CEGEPs and high schools to university life in general, coupled with a mini-computers and other assorted gadgetry literacy"- the ability to understand and use define the needs for computer skills at each favorable disposition toward he university's is getting out of hand at Concordia, and a wide range of computer-related level and consider possible ways of meeting importance in society. steps should be taken to coordinate their equipment- and the lack of a policy to set them. · On the other hand, the respondents purchase and .use among all faculties and priorities for space allocations for equipment It also requested that all departments harbour few illusions about the departments. and support facilities. report to the committee by the end of marketability of the university degree. Thus, That, in essence, is the principal finding of Among other things, the committee October outlining their needs in the area of 77% feel a university graduate is as likely to the yearcold computer science sub­ recommended that Concordia recognize See "Senate", page 2. be unemployed as a high school graduate. committee, which told Senate last week that And .62% do not believe that spending more a university-wide policy on the use of money on universities will lead to less computer-related equipment and services unemployment. A large number of should be adopted by the fall, if possible, to 1982-83 budget,-ou presque respondents (41%) felt the province's seven avoid any further waste and duplication. The university has adopted a provisional aimed at avoiding staff layoffs. universities were not doing a particularly At present, individuals often purchase budget for 1982-83, but considerable The attrition policy is the major new good job in preparing .studentsJor a career. equipment without seeking expert advice to uncertainty exists now concerning the effects . retrenchment scheduled for 1982-83, but As might be expected, an even larger determine if the machine involved is the on it of the government's public sector wage those $3.4 million cuts brought in last year number (67%) believe preparation for the most effective available for the tasks roll-back legislation, tabled last week. remain in effect. job market is a very important function of required, or whether it is compatible with The highlights of the university budget, Meanwhile, university officials were the university. existing university equipment, the committee accepted by the Board of Governors on ,meeting this week in an attempt to determine When asked what areas of study are the said. April 15, include admissible expenditures of the effect of Bill 70, the wage roll-back bill, most important, health, business and science This is particularly true in the research $92. 9 million and an attendant deficit of on Concordia employees. were mentioned the most often by 97%, 96% area. "The relatively low cost of many items $2.75 million, as well as a new attrition The legislation would permit the and 92% of the respondents respectively. The makes them easy to purchase out of research policy that will see only one employee government to recuperate in the first three liberal arts are the least popular (mentioned grants·and other monies." But it must be replaced for every three that leave the months of 1983 the lion's share of the public as important by only 66% of the remembered there remitins.-"the matter of university. sector wage increases slated to be awarded respondents) among the five areas of study maintenance and replacement.as The attrition policy, which began June I, between June I and Dec. 31 , when current mentioned in the survey. obsolescence becomes increasingly rapid". is expected to save the university $1.07 collective agreements expire. As for university professors, 55% of the The comrQittee also expcessed concern million over the next 12 months and is also 2 / Senate continuedfrom page /. academic computer usage (for research and Dance fever outgrows undergraduate and graduate courses) as well as any planned courses (with full details of their human and material resource requirements). Victoria School In other business, Senate: By Minko Sotiron students? Accordingly, she took her class to • approved the creation of a pilot project Recently, Concordia's two-year--0ld dance dance. in the university's art gallery in front beginning January 1983 to allow senior program risked becoming a victim of its of the works of Ivan Eyre as an inspiration. citizens 65 and older to register in non-credit · own success. The popular courses had so Another time the class danced amidst the courses; Concordia comings and gomgs: ·Among many students that the dance studios, works of Nancy Hubert, a fibre artist. "That • approved procedures that will allow the other things, June brings a host of located in the former Victoria School, were was inspirational,dancing amid all those Concordia University Students' Association profess ional promotions to Concordia. And constantly jammed. string, rope and plastic hanging sculptures. to distribute its allotted Senate seats to so our congratulations go out to the "I've sat on so many committees trying All the students loved it, and so.did Nancy's undergraduate student representatives based following faculty members. Moving from to solve the university's critical space little ones at the FA<2E school." on annual enrolments in each faculty; lecturer to assistant professor in the Faculty problems," said dance program director Langley was also impressed with the • • modified the masters program in public of Fine Arts are L. Adams and L. Plotek in Elizabeth Langley. "So many other improvisational work the students did in policy and public administration to allow painting a nd drawing; Kevin Austin in departments had the same problem. After a front of the paintings of artist Rene Drouin students to serve a three-month internship in music; Mario Falsetto and ·Gabor-Szilasi in while there really seemed to be no solution, at the Musee d'Art contemporain. "I was The Quebec civil service (generally after the cinema and photography; W. Krol in especially when the budget cut campaign surpised that the museum staff was so last semester of studies); sculpture arid crafts; and C. MacKenzie in began." forthcoming in allowing us to dance there. • accepted an interim report from the sub­ art history. Moving from assistant to But then she hit on a solution in a Through our dance, we really felt the spirit committee on the examination of associate professor in the Faculty of typically dance-like way. Just as she teaches of the artist's expression: competence in written expression that Commerce and Administration are M. darrce improvisation, she asked herself, why "All in all, the experience has·been so recommended that in future as a prerequisite Anvari in quantitative methods, Michel not improvise a studio setting for her good for my students. Besides taking for graduation, an students obtain a passing Bergier in marketing and K. Riener in pressure off the studios they get much grade of "C" in English course C-21 I· or finance. Those receiving the same promotion needed public exposure and experience in French courses C / 400 or C / 40 I; a final in the Faculty of Engineering and Computer dancing before people; something which report from the committee (along with a set Science are E.J. Doedel and R. Shingal in don't get dancing in our isolated studios. I of appropriate tests) will likely be submitted computer science; T.