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(X W Political Science Policy board once unique, now defunct by Jon Miller in the governance of a ll departments in the science department’s policy-making:organ, Faculty’s Responsibility consisting of all regular full-time faculty College of Liberal Arts, “ It is especially The policy board of the Department of members not currently on leave, and an equal clear to me that the procedures adopted for Spitz continued, saying that under the pro Political Science was annulled last spring number of elected student representatives. student participation in the Department of cedures adopted in the political science de with the blessings of the Dean of the College P olitical Science do grant to students a sign partment and reflected in the “ Basic Fram e of Liberal A rts, the chairman of the political Interference ificantly greater and m ore direct role than w ork,” the students’ role results in “ so science department and a m ajority of the poli which' has been attempted by any other depart significant a degree of sharing of faculty tical science professors at the University. The board operated under guidelines estab ment, and that this role has interfered with For nearly two years, students, faculty and lished in the “ Basic Fram ework of the Policy rather than supported the educational purpose responsibility with students on essential mat adm inistrators called the policy board of the Board,” which gave student representatives of such participation.” ters of academic policy that the faculty’ s ultimate responsibility on these m atters has political science department the most on the board full voting privileges except on Spitz upheld his conviction that “ ap progressive and “ unique” governing body at matters involving hiring, retention, tenure propriate procedures for assuring ultimate become weakened.” Dean Spitz said that he received letters the University. The board was composed of and promotion. faculty responsibility on essential matters of an equal number of faculty and student rep Spitz maintained that the College of L ib academic governance must always be maint from the chairman of the political science resentatives. The students had most of thev era l A rts and the political science department ained.” department, Bernard Gordon, and eight prof voting privileges which once were only dele could not accept the concept of the policy He cited the essential matters as the setting essors who were returning for the 1972-73 gated to faculty. board as it existed because the policy board of minimum standards of certification, for the academic year. Those professors writing Then in May, Alan Spitz, dean of the College encouraged a “ general adversary relat achievement and completion of the major in that they could not support, and did not have of Liberal Arts, wrote Bernard K. Gordon, ionship between some students and faculty — each department, and for the concomitant id confidence in the policy board were: Joseph chairman of the political science department, and this has been facilitated by the parity entification of courses, prerequisites and P. Ford, John R. Kayser, Robert E. Craig, that student-faculty parity on the board was relationship on the policy board,” because over-a ll curriculum which w ill assure that George Romoser, Lawrence W. O’Connell, interfering with the faculty’s “ ultimate res the students’ role on the policy board in te r-, students meet with these requirements. Ann Schulz, B. Thomas Trout, and Susan ponsibilities.” Spitz also termed the student fered with the educational purpose of the “ Although it is important to assure that White. parity on the policy board “ an inappropriate department and because the faculty’ s “ ulti informed student views and preferences are Spitz received no response from Prof Liberal Arts Dean Allan Spitz and unnaceptable delegation of faculty res mate responsibility” on matters of academic taken genuinely into account in reaching their essors John H. Woodruff, Robert B. Dishman Photo by Buchanan ponsibility” and authority. This, he said, policy were interfered with. judgements on these matters, faculty mem and Frederic Wurzburg. Gordon also claimed the College of L ib era l A rts and the political In a letter last May to Gordon, Spitz reas bers are not empowered or perm itted to that he never received a written statement science department could no longer accept. oned that while he was determined to provide delegate their ultimate responsibility on these either in favor of the policy board as it was professors. recommendations for new departmental gov The policy board had been the political a meaningful and effective voice for students essential subjects,” Spitz noted. structured, or against it from these three The Dean of the College of Liberal A rts ernance by November 1, 1972, to which Gor emphasized the need that all departments don last week posted a paper regarding fut assure that an appropriate format be designed ure student representation in the political for integrating student views on matters of science department. new courses, program s and requirements for Gordon called for three separate com the m ajor. He also said student rep res mittees with both faculty and students rep entatives were not really representative of resented, one to look into election procedures, students because only 15 to 20 percent of the including the type of constituency repres students m ajoring in political science ented and procedures for representative bothered to vote. quality, another to look into the nature and t U e NEW hAMpshiRE Elections were held in April for new policy types of departmental organization for inte board members. Of the 420 students eligible grating student views and representation, and to vote, only 94 participated, and of that num the third to improve communications between Vol. 63, No. 4 Published bi-weekly by the students of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1972 ber, 37 were themselves either candidates student representatives and their cons or outgoing members. tituents. Spitz requested that Gordon d eliver to him Continued on i ! 3. Modification in student loan program causes confusion Ohioan Trotter appointed by Dan Tromblay steps to help the problem .*’ rate accounting could not be obtained because B efore the m odifications. were put into Staff Reporter The major step taken was the structuring of the mix-up. effect, a student couid get a guaranteed A recent Congressional modification in loan if his fam ily earned less than $15,000 Affirmative Action chief of a specially arranged account, in which Whether or not any students have been the Federal Student Loans Program has loan students who have been lost in the forced to leave UNH because their loans per year and if his college verified that resulted in disorder in the UNH Financial maze will have 60 days (until November did not come through can not be determined. he was in good standing with the sc hoc1 Aid O ffice and great uneasiness for UNH by Pat Rcmick 10) to pay their bills to the University. However, according to Ms. Kennedy, it is Ranging up to $1500 but averaging $10C_„ f e e l . Dean Keener and his colleagues have students who rely upon the program for suspected that at least several students the loan was usually administered with little done a fine job of undertaking the search monetary assistance. Confusion over the Students who have pendingguaranteedloans The UNH'5 Trustees approved the ap did not return for this reason. or no problems. for a person to fill this important post and altered plan has placed over 200 students that w ill a rrive after the tuition payment pointment of Ms. Lolita T ro tter, 26, as the I ’m delighted the com m ittee’ s choice, M rs. in doubt as to whether they w ill be able deadline are qualified to sign a “ promisory t o apply for a loan, a student could ob new Director of A ffirm ative Action Saturday. Nation-wide T rotter, has accepted our o ffe r,” he said. to register for subsequent semesters. note” , stating that their b ill w ill be paid tain an application from his local bank, M s. T rotter is presently the D irector of Sp “ She’ s a young, articulate, enthusiastic The program changes, including raising on or before Novem ber 10, 1972. Should upon which he would list anticipated costs, ecial Assistants and administrative assistant The change in policy has also left its person who is sensitive to the need to dev of the maximum loan amount and widening a student be unable to pay his tuition by including tuition, room and board, hooks to the Executive Vice President of Cuyahoga mark on the rest of the nation’ s . institu elop our program of Affirmative Action and of the eligible family income levels, occu- the speeifiorl dato, howovor, a 7 per cent and supplies, and personal expenses. The community College in Cleveland, Ohio. tions of higher learning. The influence she is one who sees the job as fundamentally red just p rior to the tim e of UNH tuition per annum interest w ill be administered student would also indicate the amount and The Affirmative Action position was estab o f the alteration was discussed in a front an educational effort to work with a ll areas payment. This coincidence only added to to the unpaid portion, and the student w ill source of readily available money, such as lished in November of 1971 in compliance page article of the September 18 copy of of the U niversity.” the problems facing the involved students not be perm itted to register for the follow savings, scholarships, and any other loans.

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