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Trade-offs characterize
Boyd’s leadership scheme
By MELODY WARD
Of the Emerald
A university president is re
quired to maintain one of the most
intricate balancing acts imagina
ble.
Whether dealing with the
budget, faculty, displeased stu
dents, community relations, or the
general quality of education, Wil
liam Boyd is expected to consider
all sides of an issue and to take
action that will be most beneficial
to the University as a whole.
This will be Boyd’s third year at
Oregon. He says his goal is to im
prove the administrative tone of
the campus, and describes his vis
ion of a good university environ
ment as one where there is "more
freedom to teach and to learn.”
And he believes administrators
have it within their power to en
hance that kind of freedom.
“I am, if not directly accounta
ble, at least ultimately responsi
ble," Boyd says of his position in
the administrative hierarchy.
“One of the things that exposes
inefficiencies in different areas is
unhappy student experience.”
Boyd admits the University is
understaffed in many areas. He
thinks that is why students often
feel the service isn’t what it might
be. "We could eliminate all the
lines and reduce frustrations stu
dents experience by adding more
people — and it’s tempting to do it
— but that kind of use of funds
would also mean the reduction of
faculty, which in turn would result
in an academically impoverished
environment."
Situations like this one are
where the balancing act becomes
evident. Boyd says he attempts to
make "trade-offs" in such a way
so that every year the academic
environment becomes richer.
"Some problems arise because
of administrative failure or inept
ness or weakness,” Boyd adds.
"We try to correct this either by
changes in personnel or in some
cases with sensitivity training.”
Boyd says the administration is
going to be increasingly charac
terized by people who have a “car
ing” attitude toward students. He
tends to be philosophical about
his own image, saying, "A univer
sity president nowadays tends to
be a stand-in target — a kind of
enemy in residence — and that
probably fills a very real need.”
But Boyd says he hasn't seen
evidence of student hostility. “In
general,” he says, “I’ve felt that
students have been kind and con
siderate.”
teaching, but didn’t feel it was con
tributing to my professional de
velopment. That created frustra
tion that made administrative work
appeal to me."
Boyd moved to Ohio State in
1964 to take on the position of di
rector of the honors program, a
post he recalls fondly because of
William Boyd
Emerald Photo
Georgia-educated, Boyd
started his career as a history pro
fessor specializing in modern
European history. “I had every ex
pectation of being a professor and
a scholar,” Boyd reflects. “I simply
got diverted, mainly because I
wasn't teaching many major
courses in my field. I enjoyed
the highly motivated students.
From Ohio he went on to be
come vice-chancellor for student
affairs at the University of Califor
nia at Berkeley in 1966, and then
served as president of Central
Michigan University for seven
years before coming to Oregon
two years ago.
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