Oregon daily emerald., April 14, 1987, Page 3, Image 3

University is put to the test for accreditation Budgeting
By Chris Norred
Of th« Kmrrald
The University gets a report
card every 10 years. And this is
finals week.
A 13-member accreditation
team from the Northwest
Association of Schools and Col
leges will be on campus today,
Wednesday, and Thursday, to
examine the University and its
performance, said Alison Baker,
executive assistant to the
ty of University faculty, the
library, the computer center,
other University facilities, the
University’s financial situation,
and a whole range of other
aspects on campus, she said.
Baker has been in charge of
preparing the University for the
accreditation examination.
“The accreditation team
members will talk to faculty,
staff and students," Baker said.
"The rules are they can go
*/ have known of programs that were not
reaccredited, and itfs usually because of a
lack of staff or a lack of qualified staff, but I
don't think that will happen here at the
University of Oregon. ’
— Richard Hill
president.
The NASC is the University’s
central accreditation organiza
tion. Baker said. The accredita
tion team will look at the quali
Measures
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Measure 1. sponsored by the
ASUO Executive, seeks to
change the Incidental Fee* Com
mittee election procedures
listed in the ASIJO Constitu
tion. Presently, if the number of
candidates filing for election or
who receive enough write-in
votes exceeds twice the number
of seats available, only the 14
candidates receiving the
greatest number of votes in the
primary election are allowed to
run in the general election.
Measure 1 proposes that
twice the number of candidates
than seats available be allowed
to continue on to the general
election, based on the number
of primary votes received.
Measure 2, also sponsored by
the ASUO Executive, seeks to
have the OSPIRG funding level
determined every year, alter
nating between the regular in
cidental fee process and the
referendums to demonstrate
student support and determine
the OSPIRG funding level for
the following year.
Measure 3 recommends ex
tension of library hours during
dead and finals weeks, although
no specific library operating
hours are recommended.
The period of time between
classes will be increased from
It) to 15 minutes with Measure
4.
T he r e m a i n i n g three
measures all ask for increased
funding for the 1987-88 fiscal
year.
Measure 8, sponsored by the
IFC, requests an additional 61
cents a student a term for a total
of $28,920 in funding to sup
port two Erb Memorial Union
staff positions for the Childcare
and Development Center.
Measure 8, also sponsored by
the IFC, asks for a 13 percent to
help fund the Oregon Daily
Emerald. The Emerald would
receive $2.25 a student a term if
passed and generate $107,479
to help offset increased printing
expenses. Students not plann
ing on reading the Emerald may
obtain a refund for these fees
during the first five days of each
term.
Measure 10 seeks to set up a
permanent Student Counseling
Center fee of $2 a student a term
to help fund the center.
anywhere and talk to anyone.”
To prepare for the accredita
tion exam, the University ad
ministration completed a self
study report that includes infor
mation on all academic pro
grams. faculty, staff, etc., said
University Provost Richard Hill.
Hut no changes were made at
the University for the accredita
tion team’s visit specifically.
Hill said.
Hill is acting as University
president until President Paul
Olum returns from Washington
D.C. on Wednesday.
Both Baker and Hill agree the
University probably will be
reaccredited, but losing the ac
creditation is “always a
possibility.” Hill said.
”1 have known of programs
that were not reaccredited, and
it's usually because of a lack of
staff or a lack of qualified staff,
but l don’t think that will hap
pen here at the University of
Oregon.” he said.
The accreditation is ’’very im
portant” for the University. Hill
said. “Not being accredited
would have a very negative im
pact on the University, both in
terms of students, and in terms
of public support.”
Next week, the accreditation
team will issue a preliminary
report on the overall quality of
the University. Next month, the
team will issue a more complete
report. Baker said.
“The report will likely be
critical of certain aspects, such
as not having preregistration,"
Baker said.
Other problems may include
a lack of space for faculty offices
and classrooms and a lack of
equipment in some depart
ments. Mill said.
The NASO accreditation team
is made up of higher education
experts headed by the president
of Montana State University.
Kach team member will ex
amine a specific area of the
University. Baker said.
Members will be assigned to
grade the administration, tin;
continuing education pro
grams. the sciences, the
humanities, the social sciences,
the human development and
performances, student services
and the physical plant, among
other things.
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which include the Cultural
Forum and the C'raft Center.
The Outdoor Program badly
needs another staff position,
Gaffney said.
Club Sports also needs
another staff person because the
office must close when the
director must leave the office.
Gaffney said.
The two proposed staff posi
tions were added to the EMU
Hoard's budget request after the
IFC voted against putting the
positions on the ballot.
“The committee decided it
was weird to put a piece of a
program on the ballot,” said
ASUO Finance Coordinator
John Thoma. "It gets tricky
when part of a budget comes
from the IFC and part from the
students."
When the IFC' votes, it pro
bably will allocate a lump sum
to the EMU Hoard rather than
allocate on a program by pro
gram basis, said IFC Vice Chair
woman Katy Howard.
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