DOCUMENT RESUME ED 043 305 HE 001 /76 TTTLr The Trustee; A Key to Progress in the Small College. TNSTITUTION Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges, Vashinaton, D.C. PUP DATE [101 NOTE 164p.: Papers presented at an Institute for trustees and administrators of small colleges, Michigan State nniversity, Fast Lansina, Michigan, August, 196c' EnRs PRICE FDES Price 4F-$0.15 FC-5B.30 OESCRIPTORS *Administrator Role, College Administration, Educational Finance, Governance, *Governing aoards, *Nigher Fducation, Leadership Responsibility, Planning, *Ic.sponsibilltv, *Trustees IOSTRACT The primary pw:pose of the institute was to give members (IC the board of trustees of small colleges a better understanding of their proper roles and functions. The emphasis was on increasing the effectiveness of the trustee, both in his general relationship to the college and in his working and policy-formulating relationship to the president and other top-level cdministralors. This boo}- presents the rapers delivered during the week -long program: "College Trusteeship, 1069," by Myron F. Wicket "Oporational Imperatives for a College Poari of Trustees in the 1910s," by Arthur C. rrantzreb; "A Trustee Examines "is Role," by warren M. "uff; "The College and university Student Today," by Richall F. Gross; "The College Student Today," by Eldon Nonnamaker; "Today's l'aculty Member,'' by Peter °prevail; "The Changing Corricilum: Implications for the Small College," by G. tester Pnderson; "How to get the 'lowly," by Gordon 1. Caswell; "Founflations and the Support of ?nigher rduPation," by Manning M.Pattillo; "The Trustee and Fiscal Develorment," by 0ohn R. Haines; "tong-Range Plannina: An Fs.ential in College Administration," by Chester M.Alter; and "Trustee-Presidential Relationships," by Roger J. Voskuvl. (Ar) THE TRUSTEE A KEY TO PROGRESS IN THE SMALL COLLEGE flitAttol. Out AttOd 0).1010M Of IfttIAPIt Off Kt Oftetvelitt00 fLott Kitt 044 1,01 DOCulAPicini() tiOmAtIt000uctOfrfOWS Of tilittlxv OfifOlfkliht rt 000kle41tf0ll II WO 00 0101tfttit %It* Oft OP$111001$Of ft.:1At °OttOf 041 SAIKT fettinfitOa POLICT CAT1CON OSITI04 THE COUNCIL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SMALLCOLLEGES ONE DUPONT CIRCLE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ROGER J. Vosxtrit COLLEGE TRUSTEESHIP 1969 MYRON F. WICKE OPPRATIONAL IMPERATIVES FOR A COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN TUB 1970s ARTHUR C. FRANTZRES A TRUSTEE EXAMINES HIS ROLE WARREN M. HUFF THE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENT TODAY Maim F. GROSS THE COLLEGE STUDENT TODAY ELDON NONNAMAKLR TODAY'S FACULTY MEMBLIt PETER OPPEWALL THE CHANGING CURRICULUM:IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SMALL COLLEGE 0 Ltstuk ANDERSON HOW TO GET THE MONEY GORDON M. CASWELL FOUNDATIONS AND THE SUPPORT OF HIGHER EDUCATION MANNING M. PATT1110 THE TRUSTEE AND FISCAL DEVELOPMENT /otim R. HAINES LONG-RANGE PLANNING: ANESSENTIAL IN COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION CHESTER M. ALTER TRUSTEE-PRESIDENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS RoGER J. VOSICUlt SPEAKERS CHESTER M. ALTER, Executive Director, Western Region, Academy for Educational Development, Inc.G. LESTER ANDERSON, Professor of Higher Education, and Director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University GORDON M. CASWELL, Director of Development, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CaliforniaARTHUR C. PRANTZREB, President of Frantzreb and Pray Associates, Inc., New York RICHARD F. GROSS, Vice President and Dean of the College, Gordon College, Wenham, MassachusettsJOHN R. HAINES, Director of the Office of Higher Education Management Senioes, New York State Education Depart- ment, Albany, New York WARREN M. HUFF, Trustee, Michigan State University, and Executive Director, Detroit Area Council on World Affairs ELDON NONNAMAKER, Associate Dean of Students, Michigan Site UniversityPETER OPPEWALL, Pro- fessor of English, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and President, State of Michigan Board of Education MANNING M. PATTILLO, President, The Foundation Center, New York ROGER J. VOSKUYL, Executive Director, The Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges MYRON P. WICKE, General Secretary, General Divi- sion of Higher Education of the United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee. INTRODUCTION Roger J, Voskuyl The papers making up this book were presented at the first or national phase of an Institute for trustees and administrators of small colleges which was held in August 1969 at Michigan State University for the member colleges of the CGuncit for the Advancement of Small Colleges (JASC) and for a number of guest colleges. The Institute was funded by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education under Part E, Train- ing Programs for Higher Education Personnel, of the Education Professions Devel- opment Act (EPDA) of 1967. The primary purpose of the institute was to help members of the boards of trustees of small colleges to a better understanding of their proper roles and functions. The emphasis was on increasing the effectiveness of the trustee, both In his general relationship to the collage as a whole and In his working and policy-formulating relationship to the president and other top-level administrators.The program of the institute was therefore planned by CASC and Walter F. Johnson, Professor of Higher Education, Department of Administration and Higher Education, Michigan Slate University, to examine or at least touch upon almost every phase of trustee interest and responsibility. Dr. Johnson also acted as director of the institute. The papers are printed hero in the order in which they were presented during the week-long program. Some very minor editing only has been done for publication. The program was so articulated that each paper was followed by smelt group dis- cussions which proved to be A most valuable part of the whole experience. We regret that it has not been possible to include some excerpts or summaries in this publication. Myron Wicke's opening paper drew on his many years of experience with boards of trustees and carefully outlined the role and responsibility of the trustee. It is those many years of experience which give parilcular weight and interest to his reaffirma- tion of his conviction that "boards of trustees are essential to the higher education enterprise, In spite of all talk to the contrary." A major point in his paper is that boards, to be more effective, must place emphasis on the college as a community and not a highly artificial structure with one group subservient to another. "Far more careful lines of communication must be maintained," he said, "among campus groups so that each segment regards itself as a vital element of the campus." And: "New arrangements are required to make possible a more formal exchange of Ideas between trustee-board and faculty, board and students, faculty and student body." Or. Wicke raised the important cuestion of whether there should be students and faculty on the board of trustees. It Is certainly worth noting that before four months had passed s number of CASC colleges had elected students to the board and that some of them participated in the regional Institutes which followed the national Institute. Arthur C. Frantzreb spoke as representative of that group of people who are In con- stant contact with many boards of trustees. Frum his wide practical experience he presented what he bluntly called operational Imperatives for a college board of trustees in the decade ahead. Outstanding in his presentation was his recommen- dation of the creation of a standing committee on trustees "of such rank and impor- tance that It is second only to the executive committee, functions regularly, has key membership, and Is staffed by the president himself." This committee "should be responsible for trustee enlistment, matching tasks to people, Indoctrinating new trustees, recommending officers and committee membership, developing varied and diverse agenda and %orkshops, and assuring effective operations of the board Itself as a functional unit." This was a new idea to many of those attending the institute, and in their action sheets they Indicated this as one of the goals to be implemented Immediately. Speaking from the viewpoint of a trustee of a large public university, Walter M. Hull revealed some of his personal reactions and experiences, indicating that the frustra- tions as well as the satisfactions of being a board member can be a rich experience. The program for the second day of the institute was designed to acquaint the trustees with today's studentand today's faculty member. Both Richard Gross and Eldon Nonnamaker forcefully described for the trustee the Contemporary student. Dr. Gross described three categories: the alienated, the apathetic, and the activist, and warned that "activist young people will not permit us to deny them the right not only to receive an education but to determine the nature and direction of that educa- tion." Today's faculty member, according to Peter Oppewali, is no longer the man of the ivory lower but an activist and a person conscious of social problems. More important, however, is the fact that a good half of Dr. Oppewail's paper was a detailed and sympathetic analysis of demands for student power, concluding with a 1..,ea that students be afforded greater Involvement in the decision-making process. G. Lester Anderson's subject was the Implications of the changing curriculum for the small college. He too surveyed the current ferment and went on to suggest hov: college leadership might establish or maintain "an institutional position, indeed an Institutional character, regarding purposes, curriculum and