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Ed board boosts high tech I
By Doug Nash
Of the finerjld
Oregon's future in high
technology was given a firm push
Friday as the group responsible
for high tech planning released its
strategies for the upcoming year.
In his report to the the State
Board of Higher Education, Clif
ford Smith of the Council for Ad
vanced Science and Engineering
Education/Research for Industry
emphasized the need for enhanc
ing the state's schools of
engineering, engineering
technology and computer
science.
"I'm sure it wouldn't surprise
you to know today we really have
a problem because of the demand
for courses in this area, Smith
said.
Smith's group has been sending
out questionnaires and talking
with high tech firms in Oregon to
determine the industry's man
power needs. Because most high
tech firms are located in the
Portland metropolitan area,
CASEERI proposed that Portland
State University develop a Ph.D.
program in Electrical and Com
puter engineering.
"The establishment of such a
program would make the Portland
metropolitan area more attractive
to high tech firms who are looking
at Portland as a potential place in
which to locate," the report
stated.
The report also urged univer
sities to increase efforts at attrac
ting faculty in engineering and
computer science. Teaching
salaries are too low, Smith says. A
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person with a bachelor's degree in
computer science who graduates
in the top 25 percent of the class
routinely receives a starting salary
of $25,000 to $30,000 a year. Smith
said, while an assistant professor's
salary is in "the low twenties."
Board Vice Pres. Loran Wyss,
however, reminded board
members not to lose sight of the
financial reality.
"In order to bring our institu
tions up to average, we'd need
something like $8 to $9 million
and that's clearly an impossibili
ty," he said.
Smith conceded the success of
the planned improvements
depends directly on existing
financial resources.
"I'm hopeful that the legislature
will get on the ball," he said. "We
could be much more successful if
this whole situation were solved."
Reports on specific university
programs and resource needs are
expected before the first of the
year.
In other action, the board allow
ed Southern Oregon State College
to negotiate extendable three-year
contracts with untenured faculty.
The college argued the contracts
provide professors with more job
security than those who must face
review each year.
But John Bonine, a represen
tative of the American Association
of University Professors and law
professor at the University, charg
ed the board's allowance marks
an unprecedented "erosion” of
tenure, long recognized by the
board as the best protection of
academic freedom.
"These freedoms can be whittl
ed away just as easily as they can
be repealed outright," Bonine
said. "Indeed, gradual erosion is a
greater likelihood than outright
repeal."
Board members disagreed, say
ing the college's faculty
democratically voted on the issue
and is entitled to its own decision.
The board also voted the Ya
quina Bay Marine Science Center
be renamed the Mark Hatfield
Marine Science Center. The board
pointed to the senator's "vigorous
and enthusiastic" support in the
facility as the reason for its
decision.
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