A MAN AND A MOVEMENT
by Jay Acton and Alan LeMond
The inside story that the establishment couldn’t
Silence! Ralph Nader, an obscure lawyer in 1965, became
America's foremost consumer crusader. His bestselling book
UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED forced Detroit to raise their auto safety
standards. And it was just the beginning.
Since then he and his organization, nicknamed NADER'S
RAIDERS by the press, have worked tirelessly to improve the
quality of the food we eat and the air we breathe.
He's been hounded, threatened and attacked by the large cor
porations he dared challenge—but he would not be silenced and
he could not be stopped. This is the true story behind the man
and what he's done.
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AAUP labels tenure system
as ‘good ... but not perfect ’
Support of the concept of tenure
as protection both for students
and faculty was given during
December by the University
chapter of the American
Association of University
Professors (AAUP).
Concern with public statements
regarding the function and
purpose of tenure in higher
education prompted the
statement, according to John
Shepherd, professor of speech
and president of the University
chapter of AAUP.
The AAUP statement follows.
“Recent attacks on the concept
of tenure and its importance to
the University require a public
statement by the teaching
profession. Tenure is a hard-won
right of faculty members to be
true to their ideas and values
without fear of reprisal or loss of
jobs.
At its best it protects students
as well as it protects faculty; for,
without such a system the ability
of students to hear and weigh new
or unorthodox ideas could be
sadly curtailed. Every lecture
and every book or article
assigned might be given with eye
to what would be pleasing or
acceptable to the administration,
the public, and indeed the
students themselves; for
students, as we have seen in
recent years, are as capable as
anyone else of stifling debate and
controversy.
“To be sure, once a faculty
member is granted tenure, he
cannot be removed from his job
■mloss it is demonstrated by a
peer review process that he is
incompetent or immoral, or
unless financial exigency forces
the institution to eliminate his
job.
“One of the prices we pay for
the tenure system is its rigidity.
Nevertheless, before one
proposes to do away with tenure.
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he must consider the alter
natives. These include individual
contracts, civil service, or
unionization.
“To be realistic, faculty would
never accept individual
bargaining, because to do so
would force them to sacrifice
both personal freedom and
economic security — the very
same things which have led
workers to organize into unions.
Instead of individual bargaining
the faculty would demand the
protections offered by civil
service or rights established with
collective bargaining. Both of
these employment systems, of
course, establish seniority and
other forms of tenure for em
ployees.
“The real issue is the manner
in which tenure is granted, not
whether or not to grant it at all.
In answering the question, one
must note that in granting tenure
an institution binds itself to an
individual for the rest of his
working career, barring in
competence, financial exigency,
or a.decision on the part of the
individual to take another job.
“In consequence, students and
taxpayers have every right to
demand that tenure be granted
only to superior faculty mem
bers Superior faculty members
are people who both do a good job
of teaching and keep up to date
and contribute to knowledge in
their fields. Unless we attract
and keep such faculty members,
students and taxpayers are
cheated.
“Do the personnel procedures
at the University of Oregon
guarantee that only superior
faculty members get tenure?
Probably not; but, it is not
because the procedures are
inherently bad.
“A new assistant professor
must usually wait three to six
years before he is considered for
promotion to associate professor
with tenure. During that time he
must show that he is developing
himself as a teacher and as a
scholar, and his performance is
subject to annual reviews.
“When he is considered for
promotion, his case is reviewed
by his departmental colleagues,
his dean, two elected faculty
personnel committees, the Vice
President for Academic Affairs,
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Ombudsmen set
for new term
The AAUP ombudsmen
program initiated last fall will
continue winter term — and will
begin today.
The program — which has as
its purpose the solving of
problems that individual students
run up against at the University
— was begun by volunteering
members of the American
Association of University
Professors Nov. 13.
Students can see individual
ombudsmen from 2 p.m. to 5 p m.
Monday through Friday this
term. According to AAUP
member Grace Graham, the
schedule for this term is: Robert
Campbell, economics depart
ment head, today; John Sher
wood, English professor,
Tuesday; a volunteering AAUP
member is yet to be assigned for
Wednesday; Tom Cappuccio,
assistant professor of fine and
applied arts, Thursday; and Earl
Pomeroy, history professor,
Friday.
The room in the EMU will be
posted.