1972-05-18; Central Michigan Life

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Maybe  not'-in-.---sunny California, but at
CUV there's more tha^n one planned com-
encement ceremony.     In     Mt.  Pleasant,
where  the   ever prevaiertt threat of. rain
"pss over'■-.-■a^-JmM-iwo planned  ceremonies is a matter of necessity.
Saturday's graduation ceremony was held
outdoors   on   CMU's  Alumni  Field.  If Mt.
pleasant had seen one of its many "rainy
seasons" activities would have been, forced
inside. •    .    '   „•
Finch Field house was reserved for such
* an emergency, along with 161 Anspach where
^e ceremony  could have been viewed on
closed circuit television.
Commencement,   however   proceeded as
planned  with   an estimated 80 percent of
those students graduating with a bachelor's
degree   and   25 percent of those students
graduating with a master's degree.
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Volume 52, Number 87
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48858
summer edition
Weather;      sunny and
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Thursday, May 18,1972 showers ending Friday. J
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A-Senate   approves    tenure   plan
By Judi Nickless     —
Faculty members *will have a comprehensive tenure document this fall for the
first time if the document is approved
at the Board of Trusters' meeting in
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Making only minor changes, Academic
"Senate approved the tenure document that
ad originated from the Provost Office.
Tenure is an insurance to faculty mem
bers of permanence in employment at
the University. Thes fundamental purpose of tenure, according to the new policy,
is protection of academic freedom.
Revisions of tenure policies have been
a long term project, said. Neil S. Bucklew,
vice provost. However, he added that
most of the work on the document has
been done this last semester.
The new. policy is a mixture of recommended policies from the American As-
Candidate protection law
failed to help Wallace
Even though George Wallace was being
guarded by secret service agents he was
>t by bullets from an assassin's .38
caliber snub-nosed revolver.
Wallace was one. of five Democratic
presidential candidates who had^been receiving protection since March 20 under
-J federal candidate-protection law. The
kw was introduced and passed Rafter the
fetal shooting of Robert Kennedy, Democratic candidate in the 1968 presidential
race. ,»        .*. ";*l -     "
After the Wallace shdotingffcon ordered Secret Servive\ guardstior Sen,,
Edward Kennedy, Mrs. Shirley Chisholm,
and Rep. Wilbur Mills. Mills and Mrs.
Chisholm are announced presidential candidates, Kennedy has repeatedly insisted
he is not.
- Wallace in the past has made a strong
stand against legislation to limit handguns in the . United States. Members
of Congress are again pondering the question of gun control. ; '
Senator Edward Kennedy was quoted
in., a recent interview as saying/ "We.
must act at this time to establish firmer
legislation in controling handguns."
sociation of University Professors,
the 1968 faculty handbook, and the collective bargaining agreement.
Decisions were made by senators on
only the new material inserted in the
proposed document.
The legitimacy of changing the requirement for tenure during a faculty member's probationary period was questionned
by senators. The probationary period
lasts anywhere from two to five years
depending on the rank at which a faculty
member is^originally hired.
An aggreement was reached by specifying the time and method of notification to faculty members on any changes
in the requirements for tenure.
Notice of changes in requirements applying to a faculty member's eligibility
for tenure, according to the policy, would
be given in writing to.the faculty member
when new standards are developed.
"It is perfectly fair to make special
notice of changes in tenure procedures
to the perspective tenure-holders," said
David L. Lawton, professor of English.
Further action was taken by the Senate with the approval of specified periods
for granting tenure according to academic
rank.
An instructor is tenured after he has
been reappointed for five years. An
assistant professor is granted tenure
after four years and an associate professor is automatically tenured after three
years. These ranks are appointed on
a yearly basis.
A professor,  however,  is  appointed
initially for a two year period and is
tenured when he is reappointed the first
4ime.
Because there is becoming a scarcity
of tenure positions, some senators desired
•a .longer period of time before granting
tenure.
An increase of five members and changes in the selection of the Tenure Faculty Hearing Committee was approved by
Senate.
The ..executive board of Academic Senate will draw by lot before October 1
a panel of ten faculty members to serve
on the hearing committee.
Previously^the President appointed five,
members  from  a  list of ten persons
nominated by the faculty..
$1 fee hi
increases
Tuition and fees will go up $1 per
semester hour next year at Central Michigan University.
* The Board of Trustees approved the
$1 increase Friday "with the greatest
reluctance" after postponing action on
the  hike for a month to see if fiscal
developments might permit bypassing an
increase for next year.
The ,$1 .mcrease will apply equally to
Michigan and out-of-state residents and
to graduate as well as undergraduate
students. .
- It "will bring the cost per semester
hour to $16 for Michigan undergraduates,
$21 for Michiganv graduate students,$36
for out-of-state undergraduates; and $41
for out-of-state graduate students.
The new fee schedule goes into effect
With the beginning of the 1972 summer
session. ~
Even with the increase, Michigan under
graduate students will be able to attend
summer school at cheaper rates than they
would have paid last summer when CMU
charged according to a sliding scale
based on number of hours enrolled.
An undergraduate taking six semester
hours this summer will pay $96 in tuition and fees instead of the $123 he paid
for the same class load last summer.
For taking one three-hour class, he will
pay only $48 this summer »s compared
to $91 lagt Suuitnef.
For the Michigan undergraduate taking,
a normal class load during the 1972-73
academic year, the increase would mean
a cost of $496 instead of the .current
$465.
The current non-refundable registration
fee will continue to be assessed under
the new policy.    It calls for $7.50 tor.
students taking five hours or less a semester and  $15  for students taking
hours or more.