1984_05 The Daily Collegian May 1984

              CSU, Fresno
Tuesday, May 1,1984
The Daily Collegian
Minorities
sought for
graduate
program
opportunity  for student?
faculty and
dents and 100 faculty
"Wc don't want it to be stiff.'' Young
said. "We really want it to be a friendly
and warm type of gathering."
minority students with OPAs of 3.0 or
better, and their families. While the focus
dents, the faculty will also get a chance to
CSU management plan opposed
'>    office
d the si
Bauman said tha
give CSU the powe
without showing ai
I "would basically
punish employees
:ason for treating
CSU s;
level. While Hispanics rcprcsci
it of the community and blacks
it. the graduate studies program
only 6 percent Hispanics and 2
• See Studies, page 7
management plar
all 19 campuses on Jan. I. 1984.
Larry Bauman. a spokesman forCSEA.
saidthattheCSU Management Personnel
Plan "threatens the job security of thou-
Bauman. the plan affecls
lower manage-
sandsof CSU
i. It a
ilso erradicalcd  grievance
'We're going to make every
effort we can in court to stop
this.'
—Bauman
them this way."
CSU's Assistant Vice Chancellor Bill
La hey said that the plan was implemented
because the Board of Trustees had "deter¬
mined that that kind ofsalaryand benefits
was not necessary for CSU employees
without contracts."
As for CSEA'sNjaim that the plan
threatens job security, brhey said. "I don't
know the basis for that allegation."
CSEA has asked the CSU Chancellor's
Office to retract the plan. If CSU refuses.
Baumansaid that CSEA will pursue a
lawsuit in Los angelcs County Superior
Court seeking to overturn the manage¬
ment plan.
"We're going to make every effort we
can in court to stop this." Bauman said.
Lahey said that despite opposition from
CSEA and the governor's office. CSU has
no intention of retracting the plan.
The new plan affects about 6.000 em¬
ployees throughout the system. 323 of
whom arc represented by CSEA.
The plan was approved last November
when the CSU Board of Trustees met in
Study shows athletes lacking high GPAs
Athletic-academic balance
Institution                             Rank*
Score
U niversity of the Pacific          50
3.92
San Jose State                         63
3.79
Utah State                               87
3.55
Long Beach State                   92
3.49
Cal State-Fullerton                 96
3.45
CSUF                                      101
3.40
UNLV                                    119
2.86
New Mexico                           120
2.65   .
Wichita State                           121                      2.53
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hing is for sure — its athletes
lrighl
Not surprisingly. Harvard was ranked
first in athletic-academic balance by Dr.
Jack Gourman. a political science profes¬
sor at Cal State Northridge. who hs
recently published his eighth "Gourman
Report." a study that ranks the nation's
universities in over 100 academic areas.
CSUF in the athletic-academic balance,
where out of 121 universities, Fresno is
ranked 101.
1 n a breakdown of Pacific Coast Athletic
Association universities. CS U F was ranked
sixth, ahead only of the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas.
In a telephone interview, Gourman
spoke of CSUF's academic environment
in a less-than flattering manner.
"Fresno   State  suddenly  pushed  the
to have a strong
ourman added, as
placed higher in
athletic departi
long as academics
importance.
He said his findings show a low level of
morale in the CSU system based mostly
on low salaries, which had created what
Gourman sees as a lack of leadership at
each of the CSU universities.
The only category besides athletic-aca¬
demic balance in which CSUF appeared
was the nursing department, where out of
1. 188 institutions grantinga degree. CSU F
was ranked 47th.
Gourman said the publication of the
Gourman Report is not at all related to
CSU Northridge. and he added that he is
often criticized for his work, but he
strongly believes in the accuracy of his
findings.
"The president  of the  University of
• See Grades, page 7