1976-04-28; Central Michigan Life

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Volume 57 No, 82
4 1974-75 Pacemaker award winner
Wednesday, April 28, 1976
General ad approved
Senate ok's guidelines
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swallow her hamburger as she participated in the Greek Week hamburger eating contest Tuesday outside McDonald's restaurant, 1119
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by KATHY JENNINGS
CM LIFE Reporter
Guidelines for a uniform general education program at CMU were
approved by the Academic Senate at its meeting Tuesday,
Adoption of the'"University Program" represents the first step in
implementation of a'new general education program. Further steps will be
taken next fall when those who design,curricula begin revison of existing
curricula to incorporate the basic general education requirements approved.
Under the existing general education program, each curricula contains its own education requirements and students'on that general curricula
must take those classes to fulfill a major.
The University Program will require all freshmen enrolling in the 1978
Fail Semester to select 30 hours of classes from basic areas of study.
Students will select six hours of classes from the groups of humanities,
social science and natural and mathematical sciences.
^Students also will be required to take 12 hours of electives. Six of these
hours must be from special study areas. These include integrative or interdisciplinary studies, issue studies (global issues, social policy issues) and
geographic area studies. The remaining six hours of electives can be selected
from the other three groups of classes or the special studies areas. ,
The Senate also approved the establishment of an, Implementation
Supreme Court looks
at agency shop clauses
by MITCH HEAD
LIFE Managing Editor
The Supreme Court .Tuesday
agreed to decide whether public
employes may constitutionally be
required to financially support a
union chosen by majority vote to
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The   justices   will   review   a
decision of the Michigan Court of
Appeals upholding an agency shop
agreement lor Detroit teachers and -
counselors.
MORE THAN 600 teachers and
counselors challenged the
agreement, which requires them
either to join the Detroit Federation
of Teachers or to pay equivalent
dues each month.
The Detroit case is similar to
the one being debated on Central's
campus. Here, the Faculty
Association (FA) has sent letters to
197 faculty members threatening to
sue them if they do not join the union
or pay the equivalent union dues by
May 6,        j
Robert Anthony, associate
professor of accounting and business
administration, said Tuesday he
welcomes the Supreme Court's move
"It is my understanding that if the court rules in
favor of the teachers fin the Detroit case), it wilt solve
our problems here."—Robert Anthony; Faculty
Association member.      '
because "it will settle the matter
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"It is my understanding that if
the court rules in favor of the
teachers (in the Detroit case), it will
solve ofyr problems here," Anthony
said. "But if the court rules against
the teachers, then nothing is settled
here. We have other issues that still
can be argued."
CMU's faculty union is suing the
faculty members under the
provisions of a similar agency shop
clause included ih its contract
bargained with the University. For
two years the FA has attempted to
enforce the clause requiring faculty
members to either join the union or
pay the fee.     ,
It began by singling out
Katherine Ux, retired professor of
art, as a test case ofthe agency shop
provision. Although Ux lost the
District Court case, she has appealed
to Circuit Court.
DURING THIS time,- a group of
Abel to review
final provost list
CfMU's Provost Search, Committee "informally" has presented
President Harold Abel, with a ranked list of between three and five
provost candidates following a four-month search procedure.
^According to Robert Kohrman, chairperson of the committee,
'"informal" means Abel has been notified by telephone in Arizona of the
committee's report but he will not officially receive the committee's
letter until his return today. Abel has been in Arizona since Friday.
"THE COMMITTEE specifically instructed me not to release the
names or the num ber of candidates," Kohrman said Tuesday.
Abel now will consider the committee's findings and recommend
one candidate to the Board of Trustees for approval. Abel may,
however, decide none of the committee's candidates is acceptable and
nominate a candidate of his choice. ..
"My own feeling is that this would not occur," Kohrman said. "But
Of course it is possible."  >
SEARCHcommjttee Charges, as dictated by the Academic Senate,
do not specify whether or not committees must rank their final candidate choices in order, of preference. However, Kohrman said the
committee decided to make clear its preferences to Abel,
More than 120 applications have been read and reread by the 15-
member committee since, its organization, in December. Following a
series of cuts, several candidates were invited to campus where they
met With Abel and the Academic Senate's Executive Board, in addition,
to the committee. Final cuts were made at a meeting Friday.
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, Members of the committee, which was appointed' by Abel, the
Academic Senate and Student Association, include ■ Steven Davis,
Hfggins Lake junior; James Dening, director of Computer Services;
;Ade!yn Dougherty, dean ofthe School of Arts and Sciences; William
Dunham, associate registrar; Louis Ecker, professor of industrial
education ' and technology; Jessie James, instructor in physical
education! Kohrman; Caiman Levich, professor of physics; Julius
McDaniels, Detroit junior; Robert Rankin, professor of psychology;
Roy Reynolds, professor of business and administration; Eunice Way,
professor"of physical education; and Deborah Werner, Bloomfield Hills
junior.
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faculty members attempted to oust
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failed because of a filing error,
' Now, Anthony and a group of
about 100 faculty members are
banding together with the National
Right to Work Legal Defense
Foundation to fight the union suits".
FA President James.E. Hayes
said the Supreme Court's action will
not effect the union's latest move to
sue the unpaid faculty members.
The state appeals court ruled in
the Detroit case on March 31,1975,
the requirement does not violate the
employes' rights freedom under
the First Amendment to the Constitution.
The court relied on a 1956
Supreme Court ruling in a railway
workers case which Congress had
the power to require "financial
support of the collective-bargaining
agency by all who received the
benefits of-its work."
The Detroit teachers, in their
appeal to the Supreme Court, argued
the same reasoning does not apply to
public as to private employes in this
regard.
"PUBLIC SECTOR unions such
as the federation are involved in a
collective . .bargaining process
inextricably connected to the formulation of governmental policy
regarding the provision' of public
services, budgeting and taxation,"'
they said.     ,,'
The union, on the other hand,
argued "the authority of a state to
set terms and conditions of employment for its employes is greater
than the authority of Congress to
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of private employes."
According to a study published
in 1975 in the Cornell Law Review,
36 states have enacted laws permitting or requiring public sector
collective bargaining. The same
study said 13 states expressly
sanctioned various forms of compulsory unions for public employes.
Committee which will define what type of classes fit which, areas of study
designated in the program. Definitions of the groups must be presented to
the Senate by Jan. 1977,
The Implementation Committee, made up of seven faculty members and'
two students, also will present to the Senate a list of courses to be included in
the University Program. '   -
This list of classes is to be presented to the Senate for approval by Nov,
1,1977.
When the areas, of study are defined and guidelines adopted by the
Senate, departments shall submit syllabi of existing courses and proposals for
new courses to the University Program,
By Dec. 15, 1977, the revised curricula is to be presented for
Senate approval. J
Senators voted to require students take at least one course in cross-
cultural or international studies,
The Senate amended the program to offer classes'in two sub-groups of
the area of humanities, theoretical humanities and arts and letters.
1 Kendall Folkert, assistant professor of religion, who proposed this
change, described theoretical humanities as studies which "systematically
explain what it is to be human," and arts and letters as "the artistic products
of human society."
However, it will be up to the Implementation Committee to decide the
final definition of these groups of study.
Requirement of classes in basic skill areas has not been detailed in this
program. The Senate approved establishment of a committee to develop a
program for such skill: competencies. The committee also will develop a
program to assess a student's competency in these areas and the relationship
of the competencies program to the University Program.
Recommendations from this committee will be reported to "the Senate
by Nov.   1, 1977. ,
The Senate also agreed to continue discussion of general education next
fall by considering further questions posed by the Senate's Executive Board.
These include what group will be responsible for evaluating the program,if
and how it will be evaluated and the relationships of the Bachelor of Individualized Studies degree and the Honors Program to the University
Program.
Senators approved  the  entire amended  proposal  drafted   by  the
Executive Board.  The  proposal' included  the  University Program,  a
timetable for implementation and further general education questions the
; Senate should discuss next fall.
Approval of the program came after Robert Barris, assistant professor
*of m usicrsuggested there- were "not -enough .Senators present to* approve the.
program, In response to this, Chairperson Sue Nichols asked if Barris was
requesting a quorum call. Neil Bucklew, acting provost, answered "no he's
hot" and moved the previous question.
The Senate then approved the program.
The program adopted Tuesday is based upon Senate debate of the
general education issue at previous meetings. The issues senators agreed
upon were drawn together by the Board and incorporated into the proposal.
General education has been discussed at Central for at least 27 years without
the development and approval of a uniform programv>      r
Court agrees to hear
faculty union argument
The Michigan Court of Appeals
has ruled it will hear an appeal from
theFaculty Association'(FA) but the
Court will not stay, or hold in
abeyance, a Michigan Employment
Relations Commission (MERC)
decision which ruled the University
had not committed an Unfair Labor
Practice by implementing a teaching
effectiveness program. ■   ,
The Court of Appeals ruling was
issued last week in Detroit and
received on campus Monday.
The   FA   had  requested  per-'
mission to appeal the decision of the
three-judge MERC panel and had
asked for a motion to stay the MERC
order.
The dispute between the FA
and the University began in April, ,
1973, when  the Academic Senate)
adopted the Teaching Effectiveness
Program now in effect at CMU.
In August of 1973, the CMU
. Board   of   Trustees   accepted   the
Senate's    recommendation    and
adopted the program. In January,
1974, the FA .charged the University
with an unfair Iabpr practice
asserting the University could not
adopt the program without first
bargaining with the Association.
Elections set
Union meets today
A hearing was conducted in
March, 1974, and almost one year
later the administrative law judge
in the matter recommended MERC
accept the FA's position.
CMU took exception to that
recommendation and MERC ruled
the administrative law judge was
wrong and the University had acted
correctly under labor law when it
adopted the program without
bargaining,
MERC recognized a difference
between the governance system at
the University and other endeavors
ija reaching its decision.
inside
Faculty Association (FA)
members will meet today at 7:30
p.m.-in Pearce 127 for their annual
meeting and election of next year's
officers.
In addition to the elections, FA
President James E. Hayes / said
'Herman - Coleman, the executive
' secretary of the Michigan Education
Association (MEA), may be present
at the meeting to present a report.
The FA isd local chapter of the MEA.
In addition, Hayes, professor of
secondary education, . will give a
status report on the lawsuits and
other court ca&es the union is involved in. . ^
Nominated for president-elect is
David Lawton, professor of
linguistics and English.
. Competing for secretary are
Nancy Leis, associate professor of
sociology and anthropology and Saul
Abraitis, assistant professor, of
library science..
1 Treasurer Larry Thomas,
assistant professor of business
euucation, is the only nominee for ,
FA treasurer for next year.
For the one seat on the FA
Executive Board in the School of
Fine and Applied Arts, Stephen
Hobson, professor of music, and
Comfort Nwabara, , assistant
professor of home economics, family
life and consumer education are
competing.
For the one Board seat in the
School of Education, four faculty
members have been nominated.
Harold Telfer, chairperson of
secondary education; William
Hawkins, professor of psychology;
Michael Kent, associate professor of.
psychology; and Jackie Evans,
associate professor of early
childhood and elementary education
are competing.
Nominated for the two seats
from the School of Arts and Sciences
fcre Quentin Peterson, chairperson of
the chemistry department; . Alice
Littlefield, instructor of' sociology
and anthropology; Sherman Ricards,
professor   of1 sociology   and   an
thropology; Kathleen Powell,
assistant professor of, sociology and
anthropology; and Ray Hampton,
professor of biology. ,
Tuition
hike date
corrected
Increases in tuition from $19.50
to $22 per credit hour fpr in-state
undergraduate students will go' into
effect June 21 at CMU, the first day
of summer session classes. Hikes in
tuition will be included in billing'
statements for students registered
for summer session,.
It was incorrectly reported by
Information Services the increases
would begin with -Fall Semester
1976,'
S-1 -Frank Wilkinson, director of
the National Commission against
Represssive Legislation, will
speak tonight about Senate Bill 1
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