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An Independent Student Voice TH© Bowling Green, Ohio Tu.Kiay, February 13, 1974 BG news Volume 57 /Number 69 Advisory committee oks preliminary salary plan The Advisory Committee on the member, called the increase "a top area's operating budget contract staff University Educational Budget Sunday priority item.'' while citing an Included in the Arts and Sciences approved a plan to set aside for increased number of promotions since request is an additional $37,000 for the MINORITY AFFAIRS -Bequests an planning purposes a pool of $ 153 1969 The promotions, he said, are an Academic Year Abroad program additional $16,553. of which $15,283 million for contract salary increases. indication that the faculty deserves an BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION-Re- would go toward operating expenses. Culminating a weekend-long meeting increase. quests an additional $30,965. of which $1,270 toward classified salary of the budget group, the plan was The 12 5 per cent increase would $22,380 would go toward operating increases approved by a vote of 8-4 the opposing include (acuity only, and exclude expenses. $3,535 toward mandated STUDENT AFFAIRS Requests votes coming from the committee's deans, administrators, graduate classified salary increases and $5,050 $30,254. with $23,073 for operating three undergraduate student members assistants and leaching fellows. toward new classified staff expenses and $7,181 for classified and graduate student member Provost Dr. Kenneth Rothe appeared EDUCATION-Requests an increase salary increases Dr Michael Ferrari vice president belore the committee Saturday and of $68,577 $49,221 for operating LIBRARY-Bequests an additional for resource planning and chairman of said his highest priority is a nine per expenses. $7,356 for classified salary $131,141. of which $114,530 would be the committee, emphasized that the cent increase in contract salaries- increases, and $12,000 for new used for operating expenses. $10,731 for $1.53 million figure was to be used only including those of faculty and classified salaries classified salary increases and $5,880 for preliminary planning and should administrators-which would cost HEALTH AND COMMUNITY for new contract staff not be considered a final figure for $1,581,995 Services-All funding external: no MEDICAL COLLEGE OF Ohio at salary increases He said the increase was needed funds requested Toledo i University Nursing Program >- Currently, an extra $2,168,255 is because at present most faculty SCHOOL OF MUSIC Bequests an $80,000 increase requested to pay available over last year's budget salaries here "are not in the additional $24,493 $22,965 for MCOT for training student nurses from A graceful arabesque. Additional funds requested Irom the mainstream' when compared to other operating expenses and $1,528 for the University extra money-excluding contract schools classified salary increases No CONTINUING EDUCATION-Re- salary increases-range from $1.816.685 Dr Kothe's office had previously increase requested in classified staff quests $13,970. of which $1.100 is (or the to SI.866.685 depending on options submitted budget requests Irom the GRADUATE SCHOOL. Hesearch- operating budget. $820 for classified chosen in several budget areas major academic areas, including the Requests an additional $15,831. with staff increases. $5,800 tor new Of the total requested, it was Colleges of Arts and Sciences. $1,067 used for operating expenses. classified staff, and $6,250 for new estimated that 11.030.000 is fixed-or Business Administration and $1,454 for classified salary increases contract staff. not subject to reductio'.-beeause of Education, the School of Music and the and $13,310 for non-service fellowships In other areas. Executive Assistant University policy, previous Graduate School and Research Office No new classified staff requested to the President Dr Del Hilyard commitments for funds or state or Included in the total increase request Dr. Charles Leone, vice provost for presented a request from the federal regulations ol $664,493 for the academic area are: research and dean of the graduate President's Office for $7,500 to finance COLLEGE OF ARTS and Sciences school, also called for a five per cent an administrative internship DURING SUNDAY'S hearings the Bequests increase of $196,269. of which increase in the stipends awarded to The internship would be available to committee heard the Senate Executive $10,000 will be used to upgrade the graduate assistants and teaching a graduate in educational admini- Committee ISECI representing laboratory facilities ol the chemistry fellows stration. Dr Hilyard said, but added Faculty Senate, ask for a faculty department Also included in the BROADCASTING AND Instructional that a candidate has already been salary increase of 12 5 per cent, or request is $16,103 to cover the cost ol Media-Requests an increase of chosen, contingent on receiving the II,338.557. over this year's salaries salary increases lor classilied staff, as $83,314 including $61,482 for operating funds mandated by stale law; $18,000 for new expenses. $3,832 for classified salary Dr. John Holmes, associate • To page three professor of marketing and SEC classified staff, and $162,166 tor the increases, and $18,000 for additional Faculty respond to statement By Rote Hume communication backing the and administrators. Academic Council in 1970 to the Managing Editor excelence statement. The sophomore questioned the academic excellence statement "Unfortunately it has proved statement's definition of knowledge. That report, entitled "Mission of the Reactions ranging from positive virtually impossible to secure the "I believe knowledge consists of University", opened with a statement support to strong criticism have been amount of accomplishment and much more than 'units of information ' that the university's mission is to gathered and released in a 15-page intellectual or academic progress You as psychologists should be the provide an environment for learning. It report by the committee that drafted which is in any reasonable way first to admit of the complexity of the listed the learning process as: an academic excellence statement last commensurate with the credit hours human mind and its workings. And yet --"the acquiring of information with October. given for these courses or for the you pick one small operation- the structures that currently order it Signed by 30 faculty from the faculty time assigned As is well information input- and chose to call and the skills necessary to put it into psychology department, the original known, these courses are regarded as this the extent of knowledge!'' effective use. statement was addressed to academic the easiest way available to be granted The student said he believed the -"the development of the capacity to standards, innovations, evaluation of academic credit without really having university's purpose to be education of reason I think logically and abstractly) performance, research, honors to do much work." read the comment the total person, not just dissemination and the ability to apply this process to program, minorities and dis- in part of factual knowledge. practical problems, advantage students. A lengthy reaction from a faculty -"the process of self-identification The drafting committee, chaired by member of the School of Music THE COMMITTEE answered the and self-transformation which leads to psychology professor Dr. Michael E commended the statement for criticism by calling the phrase "The a level of self-awareness that is the Doherty, received 52 communications identifying some of the academic education of the whole person" prerequisite of an independent related to the report. Committee "barnacles which have attached contemporary shibboleth. They went existence." members labeled 32 brief themselves to our ship of state" and on to say the central goal of all people communications "extremely positive" gave 10 pro and con statements is to treat others as human beings. THE ADMINISTRATOR said he had and quoted one which they chose as relating to academic excellence. "Thus, to identify this as the central concluded that the committee's prime a pirouette*.. representative of those 32. Adjustment, knowledge, reasoning and value of the university robs the priority of "creation, organization, Two other reports which supported intuition, research and relevancy were university of any reason for its and communication of knowledge' is the statement elaborated on the some areas this comment included. existence," was the committee's disf unctional" because of research policy the committee stated The faculty member also reaction. methodology. congratulated the 30 persons who One member of the psychology In its concluding arguments, the "THOSE WHO do not regularly signed the statement for their efforts department