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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1971)
Hopes to eliminate discrimination Faculty reviews employment policies Professors will consider today setting up a faculty committee with the task of making sure no discrimination exists in University hiring The proposal is one on a lengthy agenda for the general faculty meeting at 3 :30 p m in 150 Science Administrators decided about a month ago that University employment policies and procedures needed to be reviewed, according to Dean of Faculties Harry Alpert, who will present the motion. Proposal gains importance The proposal has gained importance as a result of recent charges from the U S. Deaprtment of Health, Education and Welfare that the University is discriminating against women in em ployment HEW said the University has too few female academic employees and Ph D. students, and that wage discrepancies exist The federal agency asked the University for a written commitment to assure equality of opportunity for female employees Alpert. talking to the faculty senate members last week, said the proposal for a committee was prompted by “a recognition of the fact that perhaps, particularly with respect to recruitment, we re not following procedures committed to equal employment opportunities." The committee, composed of faculty, students, and classified service em ployees. would advise the University President and other personnel officers on employment practices. Help recruitment "New procedures might permit us to find qualified females, and people among the minority groups who can contribute to the University but who do not normally fall within the network of recruitment procedures,’’ Alpert told the senate A related motion, to be presented at today's meeting, proposes setting up a faculty standing committee on the status of faculty women The role of this committee, however, would not be so much to investigate em ployment policies, but toeducate people on the "more subtle ways” in which University women -faculty, staff and students are discriminated against, according to Grace Graham, sponsor of the motion The committee would also encourage faculty women to take a greater part in University governance and try to identify barriers to career development for both faculty women and students Also on the agenda is a porposal which would allow the* ASUQ to set academic requirements for student office holders The motion is an attempt to clear up the currdnt contradiction between stan dards for student office holders as stated in the ASUO By-laws and faculty legislation Kndorsed by Faculty Senate Both the Faculty Senate and the ASUO Senate have endorsed the proposal, for mulated by a faculty atudent committee to study the issue The proposal requires that the ASUO give fiO-dav notice to the University president before any chalet's in standards can go into effect. Some professors have objected to the proposal, saying the faculty should set minimum standards Others say it is important to give the student government a chance to show it can be responsible in setting quatificatpons The faculty will also consider two proposed amendments to the Student Conduct Code One amendment would make it a major aide violation for a person to possess or use firearms, air guns, pellet guns, switchblades, ammunition, ex plosives or dangerous chemicals on University property unless expressly authorized by law or institutional regulation The maximum sanction for such an off ease would be explosion The other proposed amendment would make "conduct which is intended to threaten imminent bodily harm" to arty person in the University community a major code violation Currently, the code lists only physical abuse ns a violation, and dot's not refer to threatening conduct Administrators unsure of HE W sex report Apparently, all anyone can do to find out more about last wekek's report on sex discrimination at the University is to wait for the University to respond The report was filed by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare HEW's regional civil rights office in Seattle requested, in a letter to University President Robert Clark, that the University make "written commitments to take appropriate corrective action" to the department by June 1 “We have concluded that the University of Oregon is not fulfilling its obligation "toward providing equality of opportunity under all federal contracts at educational instutitions," the letter stated If the University does not reply with a written commitment to HEW' by June 1, it stands to lose its eligibility for federal govern ment funding, which, at the present time, totals about $17 million annually-roughly one The On-yon Daily Emerald is published Monday through Friday during school year except during exam and vacation period* Twice weekly during • week summer session once weekly during ) week summer session by me Publications Board of me University ot Oregon Second class postage paid at Eugene Oregon tteOJ Subscription rate* »I0 per year ** 00 academic year S) SO per term Grattan Karans Editor Russ Mux tola Business Manager DMRY-MM 343 2112 1810 Chambers Breakfast served anytime Complete dinners and luncheons Homemade pies and soups Phon* order* INI* >•*«• W* Tt* % n»m II:! Pn ist •Mfl nmrl * W»l>t A Nice Place To Go Oregon Daily EmeraW third of the University s total yearly budget How will the University respond to HEW1 Dean of Faculties Harry Alpert will present a motion to the faculty today which will set up a committee on "Equal Em ployment Opportunity” to study the matter and report back to HEW This committee, if approved, will "analyze personnel records of the University" through the first week in May and then finalize a written report to HEW to be sent before June 1. Alpert said Asked if the committee would be able to complete its in vestigations by June 1, Alpert said. “We have to; we have no choice " The dean of faculties met with department heads Tuesday to inform them of the faculty motion He explained some of them may have to readjust their teaching schedules in order to deal with the discrimination matter by attending meetings Until the University responds to the HEW dieerimination report. HEW will not comment or answer questions about the report Information director for the civil rights office of the regional HEW headquarters in Seattle, Harry Cluster, said that any remarks by his office before the University had responded would be a matter of “prejudging" the case Cluster said he couldn't say anything about the reason the University was singled out for sex discrimination Alpert said he didn t “have the slightest notion" about why the HEW office chase the University for a report either i "The only indication we not was a reference to a complaint from someone tat the University) who felt he wasn't being paid at the right level," Alpert said, but addl'd that this was only a "clue" to the matter Alpert said certain news stories had made it look like University administrators weren't being cooperative as far as answering questions on the report is con cerned He emphasized, “We’re ready and willing to talk -it's just that there are certain things we just don't know " HEW’s report stemmed from a nine day investigation of the University last month by a team from the regional civil rights office in Seattle ACME BIJOU Presents IKIRU (to Livo) by Akira Kurosawa Wednesday April 7 Ip.m. In )80 PLC (NNot 138 CMMas originally scheduled) Admission SI.00 or by season ticket— 70 Admission*—$17 10 Admission*—U Third of six by Kurosawa; Coming soon, seven films by Godard, six by Howard Hawks AT HUTCH’S ... since 1927 440 CHARNELTON 345 7521 ACROSS FROM SEARS SCHWINN * RALEIGH THi MOST RtSPiCTtD NAMES IN BIKIS * All biles assamblad and sarvlcad ♦ Ono yoar froo s«rv/c« *fa*y forms Schwinn 10 Speeds VARSITY (MEN A WOMEN) SW.tS CONTINENTAL 1107.*S SUPER SPORT SIW.fS (VARIOUS FRAME SIZES) Raleigh 10 Speeds AND RALEIGH BUH T English 3 Speeds (MENS A WOMENS) $49.95
