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L/OCIII No. 2 coti)etlig }jt PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY Weekend Weather: Heavy rains expected today, highs in , the 70's. Partial clearing tonight and tomorrow. Week-end temperatures will be in the 70's. September 14, 1979 College of Education? 7,421. College of Liberal Arts? College ofJournalism? College of Fine Arts? College of Business? College of Natural Sciences? This map shows some of the possibilities if Towson State is reorganized into a separate college for each discipline. The proposal for reorganizing the universi-ty was made by President Hoke Smith at his state of the university address to the faculty last Thursday afternoon. Smith said it would be a ""three-year pro-posal, not a one-year goal."" Although the university is operating well now, Smith said, it would be a good idea for the future. TL photos by Bill Bridenbaugh and courtesy of Tower Echoes Music teacher charges bias sion also noted that the University usually made its decision about crediting the first year ""within three years of the faculty members' hire date."" So, the Commission concluded Blake's first year at TSU should have counted toward her tenure. by Debbie Pelton The Equal Employment Opportuni-ty Commission (EEOC) determined in June that Towson State University Is guilty of racial discrimination against former music instructor Saundra Blake. The Commission acting as an unin-volved investigatory body, evaluated Blake's charges which said she was denied tenure because she is black and that the University responded to her charges with retaliatory mea-sures like removing her office phone and refusing to provide her with job recommendations. A faculty member granted tenure is Promoted to Assistant or Associate Professor. Blake has filed a breach of contract suit in state court and a federal suit charging TSU with racial and sexual discrimination. The EEOC report was sent to the U.S. Justice Department, which may defend Blake if it decides she can rightfully sue the University. The University has denied all charges and requested the EEOC reconsider its determination. Parties involved with the case, among them Dean of Arts and Letters and Com-munication Arts and Sciences, Gilbert Brungardt, Affirmative Action Of-ficer Elaine Solez and TSU president Hoke Smith and former music depart-ment chairperson Golden Arrington, have declined comment on the find-ings. Blake was hired in August 1971 as a visiting instructor, became a regular faculty member in 1972, and was notified that tenure was denied by a vote of 19-2, in November 1977. Blake was the music department's only black faculty member. The Commission ""focused its in-vestigation on whether (Blake) was treated differently overall because of her race in respect to the visiting year and the granting of tenure."" First Year Should Count Blake charged that TSU violated its 1974 Affirmative Action Plan rules by not counting her first year as visiting instructor as one of her seven proba-tionary years. Title VII of the Plan states; ""In the case of a Visiting Lecturer who later obtains a regular faculty position, the time spent as Visiting Lecturer shall be counted toward tenure . . ."" If TSU credited her first year, then she was not given adequate prior notice of her dismissal. The EEOC report notes that according to TSU rules, ""a faculty member can be re-tained only seven years in an untenured position and must be notified twelve months in advance if he or she is to be terminated . . ."" Unless the faculty member is noti-fied he or she will be dismissed the next year, the instructor is auto-matically granted tenure after his or her seventh year of teaching. After reviewing records of about 16 TSU faculty members hired as visiting in-structors, the Commission found the University's ""practice had been to count the visiting year as the first year toward tenure."" The Commis- Form Intercepted and Date Changed Blake said her computerized employment status form was altered, without her knowledge, and her first-year service date was changed from 1971 to 1972. The EEOC findings sup-ported Blake's charge. The Promotion and Tenure Com-mittee that ruled against Blake, sent a four-page explanation of reasons for denying Blake tenure, to the appro-priate dean. The Commission noted that such a lengthy analysis was not presented in the other cases the Com-mission examined. The Committee cited lack of ""com-mitment"" and inability ""to meet the needs of the students"" as main reasons for Blake's denial of tenure. The EEOC report, however, said ""tes-continued on page 9 Smith seeks alternate to MBA By Michael Bennett In his State of the University Adress, President Hoke Smith recommended the immediate con-sideration of a master's degree in administration program focused on the non-profit sector. Smith said he would rather see a master's program in third sector administration than a masters degree in business at Towson State. ""Programs in public adminis-tration, business administration, and policy sciences are not fully responsive to the needs of those who administer the many services agencies in our society,"" he said. ""There are distinctive character-istics of the marketing, manage-ment, governing board relation-ships, finances, and personnel practices of non-profit service organizations."" Smith said such a program would not duplicate other programs in the Baltimore area, since to his knowledge, the only other in-stitutions offering degrees in the non-profit sector are Adelphi and Yale. He also said that a third sector administration program would be in keeping with Towson State's tra-dition of education for service. In defining the term ""third sector,"" Smith explained that he sees three sectors of,administration: the first being public adminis-tration, the second the adminis-tration of purely profit oriented organizations and the third the administraion of non-profit organ-izations. Smith said he believes there is a need for a degree program that focuses on the problems of the third sector, even if there is not a huge market for non-profit adminis-trators. He said that in addition to working for service agencies and charitable organizations, graduates of such a program would be, needc:cl by museums and county historical societies. According to Smith, the third sector program would be geared toward people who are looking for specific knowledge, not necessarily a degree. He said the program would offer upgrading courses for older students who are interested in volunteer work. William Brown, department of business administration chair-person, said he has not had time to College, not dep't University-style reorganization proposed here consider the details of a third sector administration program, however he was willing to discuss the subject. Brown has a background in non-profit fundraising, having worked in the Grants Office prior to becomming a full-time faculty member. Brown said when he worked in fundraising, ten years ago, the administration of non-profit or-ganizations was largely self taught. ""Several years ago I created seminars dealing with problems of non-profit organizations and the response was surprisingly good. We had planned to add some night courses approved for graduate credit,"" he said. ""Typically, people begin to work in non-profit organizations as continued on page 2 by George Athas and Quincey Johnson ""The university is operating effec-tively now, but the questionis, what is the best way for it to operate over the next twenty or thirty years,"" said President Hoke Smith, in his state of the university address. Smith recommends that the univer-sity's academic structure be changed from that of a college to that of a university. Smith proposes appointment of a committee to further study the pres-ent structure of the university and the subsequent changing thereof. A similar committee was formed in September 1976, by Dr. Dean Essling-er, which also which also studied the possiblity of reforming the univer-sity's academic structure. Esslinger's committee studied the structures of institutions similar to Towson State, such as Boise State University, North Texas State Univer-sity, and California State University at Chico. The committee concluded that the universities studied displayed a wide range of academic structures, thus making it almost impossible to find a ""model structure."" Dr. Harold Dulaney, of the American Association of Colleges, told the committee, ""The separation of departments into schools and col-leges can lead to a loss of communica-tions and budgetary flexibility, which can decrease the institution's overall ability to respond well to austere con-ditions."" Dr. Dulaney also said that what an administrative unit is called is less important than how, and how well, it functions and whether good coopera-tion exists across the institution. Dr. Joseph Cox, vice president for Academic affairs, said that he sup-ports Smith's view. Cox explained that in 1969 former Dean Kenneth Shaw was responsible for all departments on campus. How-ever, Shaw found it necessary to divide his duties with, then associate dean, Cox. Eventually, each of the five divi-sions on campus had its own dean. Thus, the division system evolved from necessity rather than any set plan. The current consideration to change the University's Divisional System was sparked by the Middle States' Evaluation last year. Evaluators said they did not under-stand the system, and it was an awk-ward grouping of departments. They also said that the divisional system works only because of the peo-ple who work it, and not because of the system itself. Esslinger said that, ""The university has outgrown the present system. It's time for a change."" Smith cited four main advantages to the reorganization. First, external visibility for the students and the business world, which makes the school look better to incoming students and people seeking employ-ees from university graduates. Second, there is more immediate in-teraction among professional faculty in control of the professional school curriculum. Third, the proposed structure tends to have more status in applying for federal or foundational grants. Finally, reorganization would pro-vide more compact, contiguous ad-ministration of the academic portion of the university. Cox said it will be a one to two year process, including study, research, iebate, and public meetings. Smith said the decision will take luite a while. Furthermore, it is not a simple matter because there are a lumber of other questions like hiring, promotion, tenure, hiring deans, whether the system for electing the kcademic Council should change, and whether the system of assigning ad-visors within the major should thange. Smith added, ""There are many fac- :ors to consider. It's not the kind of iecision you should try to make -apidly."" In this issue What's that funny smell. If it's smoke, if it smells like it would be LOTS OF FUN . . . but it isn't . . . well, just what the hell is it? Page 4. Ema,400 More from the president. Towerlight's in-terview with Hoke Smith continues on page 3. Dorm Doldrums. An update on those hapless souls who were put off campus, page 2. "
