Teachers
train
in schools
i ne university otters students interested in the
field of education an unusual opportunity to learn
the profession by teaching. A special two-year
program open only to juniors, the Teacher Training
Corps is offered through the Curriculum and In
struction Department of the School of Education.
The program’s co-ordinator, Wayne Dotts, explains
that the federally funded program exists in order
“to fully integrate the theory and practice of
education.”
Half of the group of student interns teach in
Portland’s Jefferson and Adams High Schools or the
Albina Drop In Center for one full school year. The
other half teach at the MacLaren School for Boys in
Woodbum or the Hillcrest School for Girls in Salem.
Teaching only occupies half of their day; the
students attend classes in the afternoon in Wood
burn . Interns are paid $90.00 per week plus $15.00 for
each dependent for the duration of the program.
The Corps is now looking for persons to provide
college instruction in Chemistry, Economics,
History and Mathematics in the afternoon sessions.
Instructors desiring more information can reach
Dotts in room 164 of the Education Building.
The Corps Stresses the need for community
involvement of all its interns and requires them to
spend part of their time in social programs of their
choice. During the summer, the interns attend the
University to fulfill their non-education
requirements.
The program differs from student teaching
because it places emphasis on developing education
theory along with working with students instead of
simply applying education theory to the classroom.
It is “specifically designed to attract low income
persons and non-whites into education,” according
to Dotts. This is done because, according to Sam
Ostrowski, Corps Secretary, the overwhelming
number of people in education are white.
The Corps accepts applications only every other
year and the next two-year cycle does not begin
until June of 1974. The program now accomodates
thirty-three students. Six have dropped out of the
program since last year. While it is now only a
special program, Dotts hopes that the Teacher
Training Corps can eventually become an in
tegrated part of the Education School if federal
funds are not cut off. Dotts fears that funding of
such teacher training programs is threatened by the
so-called teacher surplus.
Bogen: University not responsible
for off-campus housing needs
The University does not intend
to take responsibility for off
campus housing, according to
Gerald Bogen, vice president for
student services.
“Over the last ten to twelve
years the University has moved
away from assuming complete
responsibility for the individual
student’s life,” Bogen said.
Bogen stated that since the
1960s state institutions in Oregon
have moved away from the
concept of “in loco parentis.” He
EWEB hires firm despite
University man’s opposition
EWEB members decided to approve the use of the engineering
firm Ford, Bacon, and Davis to draw up a job description for the
selection of a new general manager despite some opposition that the
use of the firm may result in a conflict of interest.
Opposition came from Herman Kehrli, director emeritus of the
University’s Bureau of Government Research. Kehrli told the board
that he thought a possible conflict of interest may occur in using the
consulting firm which does $50,000 to $100,000 worth of business with
EWEB every year. He also suggested that the board set up a citizens’
advisory board to help draw up the procedures for selection of the new
general manager.
Board members rejected Kehrli’s remarks, pointing out that the
firm will only draw up guidelines but not participate in choosing the
new manager.
In an interview after the EWEB meeting, Kehrli expressed concern
over the board’s move. “No purpose is served by bringing in an out
side consultant to resolve what type of person EWEB needs,” he told
the Emerald. “Instead of getting someone with an engineering and
financial relationship, we should get an organization which works with
personnel recruitment problems.”
Kehrli thinks a citizens’ advisory committee would “help heal the
rift in the community that has developed over EWEB policies.” A
committee made up of people “who have the trust of EWEB and
people from the Eugene Future Power Committee could be a focal
point of public discussion and give community input.” He does not
think the citizens’ committee should participate in the selection or
interviews of job candidates, however.
Kehrli also said he felt last week’s executive session of the board
was “clearly improper” under Oregon’s new open meeting law.
Board members met last week with Douglas Blackburn of Ford,
Bacon and Davis to discuss the hiring of that firm to draw up a job
description of the general manager’s job. The public was excluded
from the meeting but the press was allowed to attend.
In other business, board member Richard Freeman suggested
cutting back in-lieu payments for Eugene from 6 per cent to 3 per cent
to the city. Under Oregon law, public utilities must pay at least 3 per
cent of their gross electric revenues to the cities they operate in lieu of
tax payments. The utility may also pay funds to school districts bu| is
not required to do so. Eugene revenues are expected to rise $400,000
next year as EWEB begin receiving revenues from sales of power
from the Trojan nuclear power plant under a system of advance
payments. The Trojan plant will not begin operation until July, 1975.
Freeman said that cutting revenues from 6 per cent to 3 per cent
would keep Eugene income at the present level. He suggested that the
additional funds could be used to put city power lines underground or
to off-set expected increases in power costs from the Bonneville Power
Administration.
The board will meet later this summer with the city council to
discuss the in-lieu payments.
explained that until ap
proximately 1966 the University
had operated an off-campus
listing of approved housing under
the University Housing Office.
Bo^en noted that the houses were
inspected and approved before
they could be listed by the
University. At the time, the
University had a contract with
the Lane County Sanitarian who
did the actual inspection.
Bogen added that the State
Board of Higher Education
decided that state funds would
not be used to support student
housing. He indicated that he
believed the trend to move the
University away from respon
sibility for housing began when
the State Board of Education cut
funds for the resident advisors in
the dormitories about five or six
years ago.
“The present dormitories are
designed to be self-sufficient and
self-liquidating,’’ said Bogen. He
explained that student rents must
pay loans and interest for con
struction as well as current
maintenance costs.
“The University will not be
building any additional dor
mitory facilities,” he added.
Bogen was asked by the
Emerald whether the University
intends to lobby for student in
terests in the larger community
in areas such as housing
discrimination. He replied that in
his opinion, the institutional
weight of the University should
not be thrown into the relation
ship between the landlord and the
student.
“We are not interested in
taking back the responsibility for
student housing,” Bogen said.
Bogen was interviewed after
charges had been made that the
University was not taking
responsibility for the housing
needs of students. The charges
were made by Ann Gammon,
director of off-campus housing.
Inventor’s program
gets national grant
A University project in which college students have been
helping inventors has attracted a $793,650 grant that
established the University as one of three centers in the
nation under a new federal program.
The University was awarded the grant, to be used over a
five-year period, to expand the work the College of Business
Administration has been doing since 1969 with the Oregon
Inventors Council, to help innovators move their ideas into
the marketplace, particularly in Oregon and the Pacific
Northwest.
The National Science Foundation funded program is
entitled the “Experimental Research and Development
Incentives Program.”
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