Gordenstein ·Defends Record in Rebuttal by LARRY HANNA Gordenstein, an Assistant "Some Negative Opinions Were Correspondence
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Gordenstein ·Defends Record In Rebuttal By LARRY HANNA Gordenstein, an assistant "some negative opinions were correspondence ..... and other Under "publication" he Dr. Arnold Gordenstein professor in the English derived from opinions were influenced by claims he was "led to believe has added his own voice to department, is director of the anonymous evidence (and) that the publication the escalating verbal conflict American Studies program, hearsay." requirement would be waived over the decision last year by an interdisciplinary field Breaking his St>ecific due to heavy administrative the Englisi1 department devoted to the study of procedural objections down load" in the AMS program, tenure committee to deny American culture. into separate categories of yet he was "faulted for him tenure. Beginning with general ''Administration,'' in sufficient quantity in In a 19-page rebuttal (plus summary of his procedural "Teaching," and publication," even though the 12 appendices) made grievances, Gordenstein "Publication" (the criteria for original dossier he submitted promotion used by the tenure available to the maintains he was "never given to the tenure committee as committee), Gordenstein Faculty Senate committee on intei:im evaluations in any evidence of. research activity aspect of performance, complains under the first contained 228 manuscript faculty welfare· and privileges category that "standards of and to THE REVIEW, though 'Faculty Appraisal pages of a novel he was then administrative competency Gordenstein specifies his Forms' apparently were filed at work on. without (his) knowledge" and were not defined, yet some Gordenstein then launches grievances against the tenure standard was apparently committee and refutes that "criteria for his into lengthy critiques of the successful performance were imposed (in his case)." English department's oral and allegations by the committee Under "teaching" he that his service, research, and undefined." written presentations to the He questions the tenure states, "student input was Arts and Science Senate's teaching during his five years apparently disregarded or at the university have been committee's sources of committee on academic radically selected" in making deficient. evidence, contending that the decision. VOL. 95 NO. 18 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, t'JEWARK, DELAWARE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1972 r------------- Inside Tire Faculty Union---------____, Election AAUP Chie-fs Urge New Budget Priorities Results Due to the national and Two officials of the committing resourc~s." should initiate and support administration toying with an local elections on Tuesday. university's American According to Dr. efforts to open the endless succession of THE REVIEW will alter its Association of University Shien-Biau Woo, president of university's budget to public academic gimmicks." publication dates for the Professors (AA UP) strongly the campus AA UP, the union examination." "You can get money to coming week. THE REVIEW criticized the administration's ''wants to have the "The most obvious thing is buy a machine but you can't budgeting priorities and administration accountable to that we've apparently get money to pay a faculty will be distributed at noon on voiced support for opening the students and the faculty sacrificed the acquisition of member," Kleinman stated Monday and will contain the university's budget to members in the sense of new faculty," Kleinman said. Wednesday. "As a further information on the public scrutiny during a making the budget "You can dream up all the consequence of this, good election and where and how Wednesday REVIEW information known to the gimmicks you want to make faculty members may decide to vote in Tuesday's interview. whole campus.. Right now, an academic program seem to leave and potential faculty elections. Wednesday "Delaware is a middling it's our impression that the great, but you've got to have members may dec1de not to morning. THE REVIEW will university has not chosen university, you could use enough faculty and you've come. In President Trabant's distribute a small paper with mediocre if you want," proper priorities," Woo said. got to have good faculty. own words, "In 1971-72, we election results. We will also commented Dr. Ralph 219 faculty members These are the crucial issues." lost more high calibre faculty publish on Friday. WHEN Kleinman, treasurer and chief responded to an AAUP Kleinman's remarks than in the five years radio will provide progress negotiator for the AA UP questionnaire concerning the echoed an AA UP declaration previous. Why should this collective bargaining unit. university budget. 84.5 of resolve released Monday happen? One reason is that reports and returns starting at "We want it to be better. We percent agreed that "the which asked "whether the we haven't focused priorities 7 p.m. Tuesday on local and would like the administration university's budget should be University of Delaware will on high quality education." national elections. to not only say they would available for examination by commit its resources toward Woo raised the question of like it to be better but to put the AAUP StPoring achieving academic excellence the large amount of money the university in that Committee" and 66.2 percent or will the university remain a spent by the university on direction. And that · means agreed that "the AAUP playground for a bloated recreational activities. "I'm Student Victim for it, but it's a matter of priorities. How much does it take to maintain the ice rink Forfeits $70 or the swimming pool, the lighted tennis courts? If you don't use that money for To Armed Thief maintenance, it could be used for better educational Newark Police report that purposes." Thomas Borden, of 21E The AAUP president also Gilbert C, was robbed of $70 charged the administration at gunpoint in his room on with doing "an extremely Sunday evening at about 8:15 inept job in presenting the p.m. needs of the university to the Borden said that he state. We've seen that over answered a knock at his door the last 9 years the state and was forced inside by a appropriation per student has man carrying a small handgun increased by only 3 percent and wearing a hat and while the cost of living has sunglasses, with a sweatshirt increased by approximately pulled up to cover his face. 45 percent," Woo explained. Borden described the "Now that's almost unheard subject as about 5 feet 7 of. Any able administrator inches and weighing about 140 pounds. Borden guessed Ralph Kleinman (above), AAUP treasurer and would be able to present a budget to the state saying that him to be only 19 or 20 years chief negotiator and Dr. Shien-Biau Woo, we must at least keep pace old, adding that the subject president of the faculty union, discuss the with the inflation rate." seemed very nervous and university's budgeting priorities in a Wednesday While the AA UP and the unsure. interview. (Continued to Page 2) (Continued to Page 2) PAGE 2 REVIEW, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware NOVEMBER 3, I! ·Gordenstein Rebuttal. • • Woo Interview. • • . (Continued from Page 1) faculty members. There is 111 (Continued from Page 1) As an error of fact on review procedures at the administration have been institutional loyalty to tb freedom and responsibility Gordenstein criticizes the university." deadlocked across the AAUP. It is simply that tb last July and the English English department's As with the other English bargaining table for over four faculty senate has not been department's rebuttal to that assertion that materials used department presentation, months on the issue of effective as many of committee's report on its in evaluation were made Gordenstein criticizes the 197 3-7 4 faculty salaries, faculty want it to be. In investi~ation · of the available to him, alleging that rebuttal by citing list of Kleinman said a tentative package we have presented Gordenstein case. there are "two separate errors alleged errors he maintains agreement has been reached there are many instan The academic freedom and here." First, he says, "Dr. appear within it. where we are trying to w · responsibility committee, (Charles) Bohner (English on a new faculty grievance He challenges a statement procedure. This is a six level into law the status of chaired by Dr. William Boyer, department chairman) in the rebuttal that he "was senate. We're attempting concluded in that report that admitted that a plan, extending from the repeatedly warned that his department chairman to a strengthen the position of the tenure committee correspondence 'one inch work was insufficient," three man binding arbitration senate." mishandled several aspects of thick' between his office and asserting flatly that, "nothing team, which includes time Woo emphasized the Gordenstein case, a administrators had evaluated of the kind occurr"ed." limits on each step to prevent importance of student inpli finding the English my performance in AMS- the "pigeon holing" of in the AAUP's activities. Department sharply disputed unknown to me. Secondly, grievance cases, Kleinman "The faculty by itself is nota in its rebuttal. one or more 'faculty appraisal BRAZIL stated. This procedure will university," he noted. "Thae1 "I find in the combined forms' on me is on file in the take effect when an why we have been presentation (of the English office of the Dean of Arts He also refutes the agreement is reached between the Coalition for department to the Boyer and Sciences. The form is contention that "he was given meetings, trying to find initialed, indicating that it the AAUP and the Committee) at least 24 a leave of absence to Brazil in administration on the entire what the students really separate errors in 11 pages of was shown to me, though it 1969-70 as an encouragement and establish some wasn't." faculty salary package.