.M�14t t u1�i •ersity .Archiv Mustang Daily Tuesday,January 13, 1981 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Volume 45, No. 42 Post-tenure review plan Faculty 'confused' BY MIKE CARROLL the Jones memorandum more restric­ Staff Writer tive than the trustees' resolution and in A memorandum from the vice presi­ contradiction with the October dent for academic affairs containing academic senate resolution approving guidelines for conducting periodic peer the trustees' actions. evaluations of tenured faculty has ap­ The business item also recommended parently sparked confusion and debate that the academic senate "be provided among Cal Poly faculty members. with an adequate opportunity to consult The memorandum, dated Nov. 24, was regarding post tenure review pro­ compiled by Hazel Jones in response to cedures." a resolution adopted by the California Kersten said the business item was State University and Colleges Board of not approved for discussion before the Trustees on July 9 of last year. The full academic senate because several ex­ trustees called for the development of ecutive committee members had failed procedures at each CSUC university for to read and evaluate the memorandum. the peer evaluation of all tenured facul­ The new policy of the board continues, ty not scheduled for promotional "The (university) President shall be review. re5ponsible for assuring that each These peer evalutions, which ideally department, or first level of review, with would be made by individual depart­ student participation, shall develop pro­ ments with student input, would be cedures for peer evaluation of faculty ... " given "at intervals of no greater than 5 The university's academic senate years," according to the resolution. recommended in October that President Academic Senate Chairman Tim Warren Baker implement the resolution Kersten noted there was "confusion at Cal Poly. among people I've. talked to about Kersten also emphasized the need for development of (the peer review) faculty to become aware that it is their policy." He said the Jones memoran­ job to develop faculty review policies at dum narrowed policy options more than the department level wjuch allow for necessary. some student participation. Another problem with the memo, "The more we rely on peer group Kersten explained, was its requirement evaluation and the more judiciously we that the departments develop peer apply the evaluation process, the more evaluation procedures by March 1. The likely we are to have a sound environ­ senate chairman said two months was ment for academic freedom," Kersten not enough time to generate such pro· said. Mustang Dally-Dan Stemau cedures. Ac?tdemicfreedom and tenure go hand The implementation plans detailed by in hand, he said. Whenhim a faculty member Elvis Costello brought new wave rock 'n' roll to Cal Poly Sunday night in a Jones and .sent to school deans were is awarded tenure, Kersten said, "the sold out performance in the main gym. For review and more photos see university accepts as a qualified, · page 5. discussed at a Jan. 6 meeting of the ex­ ecutive committee of the academic productive member Pleaseof the see academic page 2 senate. community." A busines! item. on the agenda called Financial Aid Office swamped by record requests BY THERESA LUKENAS California Guaranteed/Federally In­ but he said if such a trend continued, a Staff Writer ''I'm sure it can be rather traumatic sured Student Loan applications had point would be reached where the to go through graduation ceremonies The Financial Aid Office at Cal Poly been processed. This figure was 3,464 available funding would simply be insuf­ and get hit six months later with your has been swamped this year by the over­ for all of last year. ficient. first payment on your educational whelming increase in the number of "Conceivably, particularly as the "Needless to say the increase in ap­ loan," he said. students applying for financial costs of education go up, banks will plicants has impacted us tremendous­ "If any program continues to grow at assistance. startIf loaning more money to the in­ ly," said Wolf. He explained that two all," said Wolf, "it will probably be the According to Financial Aid Director dividual student," said Wolf. years ago every applicant for a bank Work/Study Program. The Work/Study Lawrence J. Wolf, more than 6,500 stu· those same banks do not increase loan was interviewed by a counselor in Program is funded by the federal dent aid applications were processed by the amount of money set aside for these the Financial Aid Office, who explained government which, according to Wolf, is his office as of October. This already ex­ programs or if they have trouble selling the student's rights and responsibilities "hung up in the work ethic" and thus ceeds the 1979-80 total of 6,146 student their existing loans to Student Loan regarding student loans. But with the more willing to provide increased fun­ aid applications by more than 350. Marketing Associations, then less number of applicants continuing to ding for a program which encompasses Wolf said the rising cost of room, . students can be accommodated, he said. grow, Wolf saidthe Financial Aid Office work for students. board and transportation have been the Wolf added that the entry into the is now trying to set up group sessions to In 1979-80, the Work/Study Program biggest factors in the increase. He add­ program this year of two New York fulfill this need. at Cal Poly reached $388,764, but Wolf ed that he felt this increase was also due banks-Chase Manhattan and City Wolf warned students they should stated that this year he expects that in part to the step-up in publicity which Bank-has helped to lighten somewhat seek loans as a last resort rather than a figure to hit $500,000. "And I've asked has been given to financial aid. that impact of this surge in applicants; first. for over double that for nextyear." "The more publicity that comes out, the more students are going to seek financial aid," stated Wolf. Poly NDSL payback inark tops the nation t!ongress has also made its programs available to more students according to Wolf. He explained that this has created BY DAVE BRACKNEY Loan recipients can take up to seven little• more forceful language" will at­ problems because Congress has not . Staff Writer years following graduation to repay tempt to secure the delinquent allocated any additional funds to such Cal Poly students have a much better them, but Wolf said many of the payments. programs. record of repaying National Direct Stu­ students "ho default never even make As a last resort, the defaulter's state ½olf said $146100 million was cut from dent Loans than other college st.udents the first payment, due six months income tax return money can be the Basic Gran Program this year and nation-wide, Cal Poly's financ1 I aid following graduation. withheld and sent to the Student Ac· an ther cut of . million from the Na­ director has reported. Most of these defaulters, Wolf said, counts Office instead The federal t1or al Direct Student Loan Program Larry Wolf said about 9 percent of the simply don't respond to the payment re· government may also file a civil suit .c & been proposed for next year. Thus, Cal Poly students who take out these quests sent out by the Cal Poly Student against the defaulter in order to collect. an ever increasing number of students loans default on paying them, a figure Accounts Office Collecting money from However, there were only seven in­ are vying for continually decreasing well below the national average of 16 these people, Wolf explained, can be ·•an stances of this happening in 1980. funds. percent. Wolf also said Cal Poly's involved, sometimes long process." Wolf said many other students who 'More and more students are turning default rate for the loans is one of the When a defaulter does not pay the Stu· default on loans claim "hardship," being to the Guaranteed Student Loans,·• said lowest in the California State Universi­ dent Accounts Office, a hilling agency financially unable to repay all or part of Wolf. The Guaranteed Student Loan ty and Colleges System. will try to collect the payments. their loan. In these· cases, the payment Program provides students with loans National Direct Student Loans are If the billing agency fails, the collec­ amounts can be reduced or the payment ranging from $300 to $2,500 a year for awarded to eligible students by the tion re:;ponsibility is handled again by period extended. undergraduates and up to $5,000 a year federal governmentL and are paid back Cal Poly. The Student Accounts Office Cal Poly also issues Guaranteed Stu­ for !?raduat students The loans are with 5 percent interest. Students may will again try to contact the !1efaulter dent Loans through various lending in­ ranted at a reduced interest rate of 9 receive several TDSL's totalling as throIf gh a series of letters and phone stitutions that are repayable with 9 p re , ith the first pdyment generally much as $5,000. In 1978-79, Wolf said, call per cent intuest PleaseHowever, see pagethese 8 ue 6 months aft r graduation 1,100 Cal Poly . tuuents receiv d these collection efforts fail, a of Octo r, Wolf aid 5,827 $970,000 from these loans. numb r of collect10n agencies "using a - Page2 Mustang Dally Tuesday, January13, 1981 new Iran la Man charged with SB murders Carter works on p n Newsline WASHINGTON (AP) - The Carter administration working on a "legally binding" plan that calls for SANTA BARBARA, Calif.