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OSSHE to review faculty workload
By Colleen Pohlig
E meta!0 As'.(x aie Director
Oregon Stale Svstnm of High
er Kducation < hancellor Thom
as li.irth‘ll announced laic last
month that a system-wide re
view of faculty workload and
produi tivitv would tx-gin at the
eight (ISSUE. st bools
We musl address how we
use our si an e resouri es and
what we might do to redirect
them.' Hart let! said in a press
release
A sjes ial task force made up
of representatives from all eight
OSSHh campuses and a repre
s e n t a t i v e fro ill t h e
Interinstitulional f ai ulty Sen
ate was formed to conduit tin
review
Task lone chairman Charles
K It Wright, a University matli
ematii s professor, said he be
lieves the review was prompted
bv a "wave sweeping the ( ouil
trv of professor-bashing "
"A nig purt of our task is to
help legislators understand
what it is professors do with
their time. and. secondarily,
that it's probably what they
should he doing with their
time," Wright said
Wright said he Ih-Iieves the
chain ellor will use the infor
[nation to "respond to i om erns
expressed by legislators re
quest for information, and to
legislative initiatives that seem
off the mark
"The task ton e has an extra
ordinarily important and diffi
• ult i barge," Bartlett said
"They are at the cutting edge of
the national debate over one of
our prim ipal institutional and
public issues how f.n ulty are
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Chancellor Thomas Bartlett has ordered a review of faculty work
load, efficiency and productivity at the eight Oregon state schools.
deployed.
'll is difficult because film It y
do so many things." he said,
"leaching is one. hut there is
also research and public ser
vile, which not only enhance
the classroom experience, but
also the quality of life in Ore
gon and its ei onomv "
the task force is charged
vsith tvso major responsibilities,
the first is to gather and review
information on workload and
productivity at OSSHF institu
tions and to i ompare this infor
mation with reports from other
state schools
The sei ond responsibility is
to look at how the state’s
schools use the available re
sources. such as tei hnology,
and then make some recom
mendations for changes in the
balance of faculty workload
and the structure of state
schools, Wright said.
"Kaoh of us in offices, in labs,
etc. all across the country ask
ourselves, 'How should I allo
cate my time better?' " Wright
said. “It's not a new idea"
The task force, which has
met once so far, plans to peri
odically submit its findings and
recommendations to the ( han
cellor. Wright said he doesn't
expect the group to exist past
the end of the legislative ses
sion.
"We're under a great deal of
pressure to get what the chan
cellor can use; he wants it yes
terday." Wright said. “Howev
er. we're under less time pres
sure to see how we can do
tilings differently,"
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