1981_11 The Daily Collegian November 1981

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California State University     Fresno
POSITIVE BLACK ROLE MODELS
DR.
RICHARD
FORD
DEAN OF
THE NEW
SCHOOL OF
HEALTH AND
SOCIAL WORK
by JOHNNY OWENS
Dean Ford Under the University
reorganization, the number of schools
was reduced from ten to eight. Out
of this reorganization, the School of
Health and Social Work was created.
The new School includes the depart¬
ments of athletics, communicative
disorders, health science, nursing,
physical education-recreation,
physical therapy, rehabilitation
counseling, and social work educa¬
tion. The rationale for this
configuration was an attempt to bring
together the programs in human
services. There is an affinity in the
programs that now comprise the
School of Health and Social Work.
One very good example is the emerg¬
ing interest in the Department of
Physical Education for life-long
physical maintenance through
recreation and exercise.
DEAN FORD
johnny; Was taking on this incredible
wanted or was it forced on you?
Dean Ford It is a responsibility that I
was willing to accept. As you know, I
had been Dean of the School of
Social Work when it was an Indepen¬
dent school. The deanship of the
newly-created School of Health and
Social Work represented a new
challenge and new opportunity for
• me. In accepting the responsibility,
I viewed the opportunity as an
exciting one and took into account
several major factors:
1. There is a relationship between the
departments coming together to make
the new School; they all have some
human service focus.
The departments have a very
strong,   capable,   and   outstanding 5. There was strong central adminls-
faculty. trative     support     for     continuing
,     ,    _,,   , development,  innovation,  research,
4.    Students maioring in the dlsd- and experimentation within the newh/
plmes within the departments are        created School,
seeking professional careers in these
areas and, therefore, represent a
body of students who had made a
decision about the direction of their
INTERVIEWS WITH
IRINALDA CRANE
SOT. LARRY FOOTE
PACE 2
EARL MEYERS
POLICE BRUTALITY
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PACE 3
COL.AILF.N
ALLENSWORTH
PACE 3
Department at the University of Arizona,
Tucson, Arizona, can be obtained by
calling: Dr. Robert S. MOwD or Dr.
H. Rodger* In the Black Studies-
 tele: (209) 294-2832.
Educators Say FSU Must Recruit Blacks
By RICARDO PIMENTAL,
REPRINTED FROM FRESNO BEE
Black educators told Or. Harold Haak,
the Fresno State University president,
last night that the time for talking is
over. FSU must take concrete ac¬
tions to recruit and retain black stu¬
dents.
The educators, members of the Black
Educators Association of Fresno, first
listened to Haak outline what the uni¬
versity is doing in student affirmative
action. They then presented him with
five recommendations on what the
school should be doing.
The discussion took place at the as¬
sociation's third forum since 1979, at
Bethune School in west Fresno.
Haak acknowledged to the group of
about 35 that blacks are woefully under-
He said -student affirmative action,
along with recruitment and retention of
older students, are his highest priori¬
ties.
*We have a particularly serious
problem as relates to retention of
black students,* he said.
Of the minority groups at FSU,
blades have the highest dropout rate.
Asian women have the best record of
any group, including whites, of staying
in school until graduation, Haak said—
The university president presented a
paper listing all of the affirmative ac¬
tion programs at the school. They
ranged from the Educational Oppor¬
tunity Program to the ethnic studies
programs.
Bethune Principal Rutherford B.
Gaston suggested that a method of re¬
taining more black students is to pro¬
vide role models by hiring more blacks ,
in faculty and administrative post- 1
tions. 1
Haak    _..
he has as many blacks Ir
shed	
gram directors, assistant program direc¬
tors and the dean of the school of Health
and Social Work are blade.
He conceded, however, that more
should be hired.
Fresno Unified School District ad¬
ministrator John Shropshire slammed
the practice of 'double-dipping'-
fllling director positions with half-time
people who already hold other jobs at
the university. He said the pro¬
grams are better served by people
working full-time.
Haak said budget considerations dic¬
tate combining positions rather than
creating new ones.
After Haak's presentation, the
group's president, Robert White, pre-
• Establish recruitment and reten¬
tion goals for 1981 through 1983, dead¬
lines by when they should be accom¬
plished and identify a person account¬
able for accomplishing the goals.
• Develop more student affirmative
action programs.
• Schedule more afternoon classes
for FUSO teacher aides so they may com¬
plete degrees and become teachers.
• Provide more financial aid to black
students.
• Allow the task force to act as an ad¬
visory group to the university president
Haak said he is willing to work with
the group, but has reservations about
making the task force answer to him.
He said it should work with someone
with the Immediate responsibility for
implementing the recommendations.