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The Daily Collegian After an hour and a half of discussion Committee rejects proposed promotion policy By RICHARD EBERLE After a lively discussion touching on both philisophical and political view points, the Personnel Committee voted * 2 Tuesday to recommend that promo tion authority not be given over to the deans Volpp. vice president for academic affairs, said he would speak against the committee's recommendation when it is discussed by the Academic Senate The debate, which lasted more than an hour and a half, was sparked by last week's Budget Committee recommen datum to delegate 80 percent of the promotion authority to the deans of the schools Ihe Personnel Committee s recom procedures tor promotions Volpp said that the deans and com mittees within the schools must "have a chance to build their own integrity' by selecting people based on the quatif icatic characteristics' within t mendations from the individual school presonnel committees go to the Uni versify Board of Promotions IUBOP) UBOP then sends its recommendations to the Vice President According to the promotions policy, the dean of the school is then given the opportunity to make any final recommendations The policy states that any differences between the recommendations of UBOP and the Vice President are to be resolved by the President (President Norman A Baxter, how ever, stated at a press conference held Sept 13 that he had given over all auth ority concerning UBOP to the vice pres idem for academic affairs ) The appointment of deans is made by the president after recommendations are submitted by the individual school Tom Ebert, senior assistant librar lan, said that if the promotion authority was delegated to the deans, it would mean the extinction of UBOP "It's a matter of equity and a matter ot justice that the promotion decisions be made across the whole university and university criteria be used." Ebert Ebert also said that there is little agreement on promotions within the schools and that the school committees have failed to meet their responsibility by letting promotion recommendations be made at the "next level up ' Roger Chittidk, professor of English and Personnel Committee member, voted against the recommendation 'The more decentralized we are the better off we are,' said Chittick Chittick said that the scholars in a particular field are the ones with the chief competencies needed to evaluate candidates for promotion within the specialized related area in question Chittick said "it's the greatest bur den" to have someone in the School of Humanities judging the competence of someone in the School of Agriculture Home Economics, and vice-versa Chittick also said that it was unfair to put the decision in the hands of a single person who cant have the "diverse competency' that is needed Referring to the promotions recom niendations, Chittick said, 'Let's get it into the hands of the faculty where it Centralizing it has taken it out of their hands and has been a source of dissatisfaction and demoralization among the faculty It's demoralized me Charlotte Erb, professor of ma.iage- ment, endorsed the idea of decentral- - but said that the promotions were at the end of the process and that decen tralization must start at the beginning, with recruitment Frb added that in view of the present OUR HOUSE DELI & Sandwich Shop beer on tap - Pepsi Fountain Hansen juices - Salad Bar Meat & Cheese sold by the pound OUR HOUSE DELI & Sandwich Shop Mon. - Sat. 10 - 8 Friday nights till 2 2875 E. Shaw 227-0821 J Michael Biechler. assistant vice president for academic affairs and associate professor of geography voted against the recommendation Biechler said that the maiority of the deans want this authority and that the deans and faculty within the schools have irore 'intimate knowledge' con cerning evaluations for promotions The proposal that initiated the de bate came from a Budget Committee recommendation, passed two weeks ago, that 80 percent of the promotion units available be allocated to the schools Each school would receive ., percentage of the units based on a ratio between eligible faculty within a school and the total number in the university Under the Budget Committee recommendation, the remaining 20 percent ot promotions covering the whole university would be decided upon by the vice president after recommendations from UBOP Volpp said that even though this proposal would delegate more authority tor promotions to the deans, the advantages of the system would be ruined 'It destroys the action the schools could take where their action is most r>eeded,' Volpp said, referring to the fact that the promotions made at the university wide level would be the most Help Wanted ... The Daily Collegian needs someorie(s) to deliver the newspaper on campus. Apply at the 'Dally Collegian" office in Hours: Approximately 1 to VA hrs. per day Monday—Friday ^ Delivery-person must have 11 AM to 1 PM free, Monday through Thursday and 9 AM to ti AM free on Fridays Pay: -H50 per delivery day, paid monthly. Ax-oond the Wotid Spring 1979 at Sea, x-Utated the University of Cofafado. mporoJleled tnttrrtatioeml national exsjestettce. Sail horn -Az>9elesFebn_uy_5,by__yofthe •^Orient. South Aela. and the M___________ or IF— G-or _-S_—fC-l . 1 -Hsooittaomt- TW__Hy _«_*___, CSUF at a glance Soccer i -ir, he CSUF soccer team will tangle h the Stanford Cardinals this Satur- Oct. 7, at Sanger stadium h Street, Sanger). Came time for the Pacific Soccer Confer- (PSC) game Water polo 1 he Fresno State University water polo team takes to the road Oct S and 6 to face a pal? of Southern California schools, Pepperdine UniversitY and Backwash The editors of BACKWASH, the prize- winning CSUF literary magazine, are now accepting poetry, prose, photography, and artwork for the Winter, 1979 edition Send all work with a stamped self addressed envelope to: Kathy Fagan, Editor BACKWASH 1074 M ' Or deposit in the BACKWASH mailbox located in the English Department, San addressed envelope I Clovis, CA 93612 Lazy Mule A free concert and a free movie have been scheduled for next Wednesday by the CU Program Committee. 'Lazy Mule' will perform at noon in the College Bowl. A country-rock flavored group, 'Lazy Mule* does a lot of Linda Ronstadt type songs, according to Jeff Apregan, CU Program Commit- CU free flicks •Or Strangelove,' the first of this semester's^Xr Free Flicks, will be shown in the CU Lounge at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Five CU Free Flicks will be shown on Wednesday nights throughout the course of the semester. Most of the films have an element of comic relief, according to John Osborne CU Program Committee member. Some of the feature length movies will be teamed with shorts by W.C. Fields or The Three Stooges. CU Free Flicks is not a classic film series in that it will not be showing movies such as 'Citizen Kane' or -Rebel Without a Cause* which can be seen occasionally on TV, Osborne said Instead, the program will offer a variety of movies that cannot be seen elsewhere and are of interest to students. Child drama The Child Drama Center of California State University, Fresno, will offer classes in Creative Dramatics beginning Monday, October 30 or Tuesday, .October 31, and will run through the week of December 11. The classes are open to children from ages 6 to 12 and will meet for approx- 4 15 fo tween Monday or Tuesday. To enroll children telephone the Child Drama Center at 487-2053. The children will work In groups of ten to fifteen with about five college students assigned to each group. This year the college students are working under the direction of Elsom Eldridge, coordinator of Theatre Center of America, a national children's theatre group, and director of the Child Drama Center. a space for your child rx Autumn festival The public is invited to enjoy live other concessions Sunday. Oct. S, at Kearney Park in Fresno from 100 p.m until dusk. The event is the First Annual Autumn Festival and will Tickets are S1 for adults and 504 for y choose their day ba the entrano* to the Festival. Fresno's People For Safe Energy Off the cuff What do you think of Proposition 6, the 'Brigg's Initiative?' It isn't fair to limit it to homosexuals. It should be for ary teacher who questions their morals no matter what * _,. I'd have to say I'm for that. I'm a against anybody. If that's the way You know ■*****&•**• f" * all Christian, and it's against the Bib- they are. vou can't help It. They tUttasy, fhet^ttodst+er. in tor Ileal principal,. Thar.', a let of . have the right to be her. ^_T^__'_*S-_^^^ auMtion about homosexuality today teach. But If he doesn t tmee any n about horn ar»d everybody's going: Is it cool or is It not coolf WeH, I tf
Object Description
Title | 1978_10 The Daily Collegian October 1978 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1978 |
Description | Daily (except weekends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif. |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
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Title | Oct 5, 1978 Pg. 2-3 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1978 |
Description | Daily (except weekends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif. |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | The Daily Collegian After an hour and a half of discussion Committee rejects proposed promotion policy By RICHARD EBERLE After a lively discussion touching on both philisophical and political view points, the Personnel Committee voted * 2 Tuesday to recommend that promo tion authority not be given over to the deans Volpp. vice president for academic affairs, said he would speak against the committee's recommendation when it is discussed by the Academic Senate The debate, which lasted more than an hour and a half, was sparked by last week's Budget Committee recommen datum to delegate 80 percent of the promotion authority to the deans of the schools Ihe Personnel Committee s recom procedures tor promotions Volpp said that the deans and com mittees within the schools must "have a chance to build their own integrity' by selecting people based on the quatif icatic characteristics' within t mendations from the individual school presonnel committees go to the Uni versify Board of Promotions IUBOP) UBOP then sends its recommendations to the Vice President According to the promotions policy, the dean of the school is then given the opportunity to make any final recommendations The policy states that any differences between the recommendations of UBOP and the Vice President are to be resolved by the President (President Norman A Baxter, how ever, stated at a press conference held Sept 13 that he had given over all auth ority concerning UBOP to the vice pres idem for academic affairs ) The appointment of deans is made by the president after recommendations are submitted by the individual school Tom Ebert, senior assistant librar lan, said that if the promotion authority was delegated to the deans, it would mean the extinction of UBOP "It's a matter of equity and a matter ot justice that the promotion decisions be made across the whole university and university criteria be used." Ebert Ebert also said that there is little agreement on promotions within the schools and that the school committees have failed to meet their responsibility by letting promotion recommendations be made at the "next level up ' Roger Chittidk, professor of English and Personnel Committee member, voted against the recommendation 'The more decentralized we are the better off we are,' said Chittick Chittick said that the scholars in a particular field are the ones with the chief competencies needed to evaluate candidates for promotion within the specialized related area in question Chittick said "it's the greatest bur den" to have someone in the School of Humanities judging the competence of someone in the School of Agriculture Home Economics, and vice-versa Chittick also said that it was unfair to put the decision in the hands of a single person who cant have the "diverse competency' that is needed Referring to the promotions recom niendations, Chittick said, 'Let's get it into the hands of the faculty where it Centralizing it has taken it out of their hands and has been a source of dissatisfaction and demoralization among the faculty It's demoralized me Charlotte Erb, professor of ma.iage- ment, endorsed the idea of decentral- - but said that the promotions were at the end of the process and that decen tralization must start at the beginning, with recruitment Frb added that in view of the present OUR HOUSE DELI & Sandwich Shop beer on tap - Pepsi Fountain Hansen juices - Salad Bar Meat & Cheese sold by the pound OUR HOUSE DELI & Sandwich Shop Mon. - Sat. 10 - 8 Friday nights till 2 2875 E. Shaw 227-0821 J Michael Biechler. assistant vice president for academic affairs and associate professor of geography voted against the recommendation Biechler said that the maiority of the deans want this authority and that the deans and faculty within the schools have irore 'intimate knowledge' con cerning evaluations for promotions The proposal that initiated the de bate came from a Budget Committee recommendation, passed two weeks ago, that 80 percent of the promotion units available be allocated to the schools Each school would receive ., percentage of the units based on a ratio between eligible faculty within a school and the total number in the university Under the Budget Committee recommendation, the remaining 20 percent ot promotions covering the whole university would be decided upon by the vice president after recommendations from UBOP Volpp said that even though this proposal would delegate more authority tor promotions to the deans, the advantages of the system would be ruined 'It destroys the action the schools could take where their action is most r>eeded,' Volpp said, referring to the fact that the promotions made at the university wide level would be the most Help Wanted ... The Daily Collegian needs someorie(s) to deliver the newspaper on campus. Apply at the 'Dally Collegian" office in Hours: Approximately 1 to VA hrs. per day Monday—Friday ^ Delivery-person must have 11 AM to 1 PM free, Monday through Thursday and 9 AM to ti AM free on Fridays Pay: -H50 per delivery day, paid monthly. Ax-oond the Wotid Spring 1979 at Sea, x-Utated the University of Cofafado. mporoJleled tnttrrtatioeml national exsjestettce. Sail horn -Az>9elesFebn_uy_5,by__yofthe •^Orient. South Aela. and the M___________ or IF— G-or _-S_—fC-l . 1 -Hsooittaomt- TW__Hy _«_*___, CSUF at a glance Soccer i -ir, he CSUF soccer team will tangle h the Stanford Cardinals this Satur- Oct. 7, at Sanger stadium h Street, Sanger). Came time for the Pacific Soccer Confer- (PSC) game Water polo 1 he Fresno State University water polo team takes to the road Oct S and 6 to face a pal? of Southern California schools, Pepperdine UniversitY and Backwash The editors of BACKWASH, the prize- winning CSUF literary magazine, are now accepting poetry, prose, photography, and artwork for the Winter, 1979 edition Send all work with a stamped self addressed envelope to: Kathy Fagan, Editor BACKWASH 1074 M ' Or deposit in the BACKWASH mailbox located in the English Department, San addressed envelope I Clovis, CA 93612 Lazy Mule A free concert and a free movie have been scheduled for next Wednesday by the CU Program Committee. 'Lazy Mule' will perform at noon in the College Bowl. A country-rock flavored group, 'Lazy Mule* does a lot of Linda Ronstadt type songs, according to Jeff Apregan, CU Program Commit- CU free flicks •Or Strangelove,' the first of this semester's^Xr Free Flicks, will be shown in the CU Lounge at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Five CU Free Flicks will be shown on Wednesday nights throughout the course of the semester. Most of the films have an element of comic relief, according to John Osborne CU Program Committee member. Some of the feature length movies will be teamed with shorts by W.C. Fields or The Three Stooges. CU Free Flicks is not a classic film series in that it will not be showing movies such as 'Citizen Kane' or -Rebel Without a Cause* which can be seen occasionally on TV, Osborne said Instead, the program will offer a variety of movies that cannot be seen elsewhere and are of interest to students. Child drama The Child Drama Center of California State University, Fresno, will offer classes in Creative Dramatics beginning Monday, October 30 or Tuesday, .October 31, and will run through the week of December 11. The classes are open to children from ages 6 to 12 and will meet for approx- 4 15 fo tween Monday or Tuesday. To enroll children telephone the Child Drama Center at 487-2053. The children will work In groups of ten to fifteen with about five college students assigned to each group. This year the college students are working under the direction of Elsom Eldridge, coordinator of Theatre Center of America, a national children's theatre group, and director of the Child Drama Center. a space for your child rx Autumn festival The public is invited to enjoy live other concessions Sunday. Oct. S, at Kearney Park in Fresno from 100 p.m until dusk. The event is the First Annual Autumn Festival and will Tickets are S1 for adults and 504 for y choose their day ba the entrano* to the Festival. Fresno's People For Safe Energy Off the cuff What do you think of Proposition 6, the 'Brigg's Initiative?' It isn't fair to limit it to homosexuals. It should be for ary teacher who questions their morals no matter what * _,. I'd have to say I'm for that. I'm a against anybody. If that's the way You know ■*****&•**• f" * all Christian, and it's against the Bib- they are. vou can't help It. They tUttasy, fhet^ttodst+er. in tor Ileal principal,. Thar.', a let of . have the right to be her. ^_T^__'_*S-_^^^ auMtion about homosexuality today teach. But If he doesn t tmee any n about horn ar»d everybody's going: Is it cool or is It not coolf WeH, I tf |