Skin Francisco FOCrHQRN VOL. 68. NO. 1 UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO April 6. 1973 I •I the 2 FOGHORN — APRIL 6, 1973 Mclnnes moves on SAAC report; action outlined University President Wil­ he had met with five com­ ing more information avail­ The SAAC report said the the Office and Professional liam C. Mclnnes, S.J., this mittee delegates and Per­ able. I promised that I suggested advisory group Employees' Union. week took action to break sonnel Director William E. would release to the entire might be called "the Staff With their paychecks on the communications logjam Grommesch, and "before community the Women's Welfare Committee." Aside Monday (April 2), staff em­ between the administration any of the proposals sug­ Task Force Report, the sal­ from his letter of Tuesday, ployees received a flier in­ and staff employees. gested at the meeting could ary scales, and the job de Father Mclnnes has noted viting their attendance at In a letter issued on Tues­ be implemented." scriptions (no individual's that whether such a body a n "informational - educa­ day (April 3), he assured "Once this notice was re­ specific salary would be re­ can or should be formed is tional meeting" on Wednes­ the university's non-con­ ceived," the President said vealed). an issue that has been day (April 4) with Father tract, non-academic person­ in his letter, "it became "Further, that the staff placed in question by the Andrew C. Boss, S.J., Direc­ nel that: necessary, on the advice of might want to elect an on­ unionization notice. tor of the USF Labor-Man­ 1) Copies of the salary legal counsel, to reexamine going committee to advise In the report on March agement School. The an­ scales for each job classifi­ our future plans for com­ the president on current 21, staff employees were nounced purpose was "open cation will be available to­ munications " and informa­ problems. W e discussed told that SAAC "will active­ and full discussion of all day (April 6) in each super­ tion. some methods to do that." ly participate in the forma­ matters pertaining to our visor's office, the Personnel "The University wishes Father Mclnnes referred tion of a Staff Welfare Com­ waees, hours, and working Office, and the library; to recognize the rights of to a SA<\C report on the mittee, but will continue to conditions." 2) By April 13 the li­ those seeking unionization, March 21 meeting as "not seek representation for the' Tuesday's presidential brary, each vice president, those who do not wish to so much a record of the staff in not only communi­ letter, addressed to "The and Personnel will have be unionized, and the Uni­ meetin-? as an interoreta- cation with the administra­ Staff of the University copies for inspection of the versity itself. It respects the tion of it bv the Committee tion, but decision-making as Community," briefly re­ previously unpublished re­ right of all its employees to members." The commnnica- well." viewed events leading to t:on d'strihijted to all T^ni- Father Mclnnes' March 21 port of the Task Force on unionize and it seeks, first t- No mention was made of the Status of Women, with of all, to encourage all ve---*itv s -ff members, con- the Dronosed committee in meeting with the SAAC de­ a commentary by former means by which everyone t*>!"ed *">hser,'qt'nris by e,ph the SAAC letter of March legation. He said it was held USF President Albert R. may clearly understand the of the five de'e-ntes on the 29 requesting expression of at h's invitation and was his Jonsen, S.J., who authorized issues and the consequences TT>tn»-e r-nd outcome of the staff interest in poss'ble first with a group of staff the study; of their decisions." meeting. representation by Local 3 of members. —OPI 3) Individual job descrip­ At the meeting with the tions may be perused in SAAC representatives, held Personnel at any time, and March 21, "it became evi­ Committee on higher ed. hearing held at USF general descriptions are to dent that some continuing By LINDA ANGIN location, and age no longer deploy 1-3% of its annual be published. and on-going group was go­ An open hearing on the impede the access of any operating budget for the Father Mclnnes also took ing to be needed to keep citizen who can benefit purpose of supporting inno­ note of an "organizing open communications linrs "Report of the Joint Com­ mittee on the Master Plan from higher education." vative programs." It also drive" for staff unionization and to de^l with PDecific Admissions criteria as set calls on the Legislature to initiated on March 29 by the problems," Father Mclnnes for Higher Education" was held at the University of forth in the report are: "The establish a fund to support Staff Affirmative Action said. California community col­ innovation in postsecondary Committee (SAAC). He s^id He added: "I told the San Francisco, Friday, March 30, 1973. This was leges shall continue to ac­ education. he received written notice Committee that I wanted to cept all applicants who are Independent institutions of the action one week after begin a new policy of mak- the last of the public hear­ ings held to discuss this re­ high school graduates and will be represented on the port started in 1971. As­ all adults who can benefit Post - secondary Education semblyman John Vasconcel- from the instruction of­ Commission and urged to CONTINENTAL MOTORS los, Chairman of the com­ fered." participate in regional in- mittee, conducted the hear­ "The California State terinstitutional cooperation. STUDENT OWNED ing last Friday. University and Colleges Any financial aid will be Many recommendations shall select first time fresh­ through the students rather • The "other place" to service your MERCEDES are made in the report. One man from among the 33- than directly to the institu­ would create a "Postsecond- 1/3% of high school gradu­ tion itself. • We also repair: VW—PORSCHE—JAGUAR ary Education Commis­ ates most capable of bene­ As far as student finan­ sion." Some of the commis­ fiting from the instruction cial aids are concerned, • Tune Up, Brakes, Rebuilt Engines, Body work passage of this report would Transmissions, Clutches, Generator, Starter sion's functions would be to offered," while the Univer­ "prepare a five-year state sity of California shall se­ establish these funding plan for postsecondary edu­ lect 12Vfe% from the same bases: State Scholarship cation; this plan shall inte­ group. Program — 5% of high grate the planning efforts The Postsecondary Edu­ school graduates College of the public segments as cation Commission shall as­ Opportunity Grants P r o - well as regional plans;" re­ sume full responsibility for gram—1% of high school view existing and pro­ coordinating transfer pro­ graduates Educational Op­ posed programs; make re­ cedures among the public portunity Program—5% of commendations regarding segments of California high­ full time equivalent enroll­ funding to the legislature; er education. Also con­ ments, average daily attend­ "determine the need for cerned with facilitating ance, excluding adult edu­ and location of new cam­ transfers of students from cation and an average of puses of public higher edu­ a two-year to a four-year $500 per award. Occupa­ cation; approve changes in college or university, the tional Education Training admissions policies of UC Report would establish "a Grant Program — .5% of and Cal State University ceiling of 40% lower divi­ high school graduates. and Colleges." sion students" at UC and Graduate Fellowship Pro­ FREE: Lubrication and oil chanqe The report also states: "A Cal State campuses. gram—at the currently au­ with any repair work over $30.00! Major goal of California for Another recomemndation thorized level of 2% of AB the remainder of the 1970's is to establish regional degrees and recipients (lim­ shall be to insure that con­ councils which would "pro­ ited to 4 renewals). FREE Towing — Guaranteed Work mote inter-institutional co­ Also listed in the report For Appointment Call: 751-0280 siderations of quality early schooling, ethnic grouping, operation and comprehen­ are numerous suggestions family income, geographic sive regional planning." for "increasing educational One function of such a productivity and cost effec­ council would be to estab­ tiveness." lish "policies and proce­ Representing USF, Mike Dental Admission Test Review Course dures" for the cross-regis­ Graham, Student Lobbyist, tration of students and shar­ testified in support of a The DAT Review Course is a classroom review course designed to maximize the ing of faculty and facilities recomendation which would candidate's performance on the DAT. Presented by experienced faculty and instruc­ within specified regions. establish "tuition equaliza­ tors, it encompasses more than 20 hours of review discussion and examination. These Provisions are also made tion." This means "a pro­ areas are emphasized: for innovative programs. gram designed along the One such recommendation lines of the voucher system • Familiarization with DAT content, through the use of test would be that "each public in which the State csn nar­ situations which closely simulate the conditions of the institution of higher educa­ row the difference between DAT both in timing and difficulty; tion in the state should re- what it costs a student to • Techniques that can be used to answer various question- attend an independent insti­ types, such as Motor-Perceptual Ability questions; tution and what it cost him to attend a public institu­ • Analysis of the individual candidate's strengths and weaknesses tion." on DAT-type questions.