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Law Stud Tenure C It% St-tt Kearns Gamecock Staff Writer They filled the seats and lined the wall of the Law School auditorium, and they all came to hear the same thing. Dean Robert W. Foster of the Law School and the Faculty Tenure Committee (FTC) were going to explain the process of tenure retention. Concerned students had requested the meeting after five members of the faculty were denied tenure by the FTC. Jim Mason, a student organizer of the meeting, spoke from the floor. Dean Foster had rejected the idea that he speak for a panel of student and faculty. Mason, who is concerned with the impact of the tenure system on his career and the future of the Law School said, "All I'm worried about is that students be given an effective voice in ter mination and tenure decisions. This termination affects me as a student now and later in life as an attorney. It appears that the only ZIP KLEEN 1320 Main Street 1 Hour Cleaning 4 Hour Laundry Mon.-Fri. 7:30-6:00 Sat. 7:30-4:00 WeE -2 DENIM Bi?] JACKET NAVY H Stripe IPE A-Ni BRUS ARMY 1336 ASSD!M [ents Quest] ommittee I meaningful way student input can be heard is through voting representation." Mason doesn't feel that the present system of faculty tenure determination is effective because it neglects one important consideration--the student. Dean Foster spoke from the stage and acknowledged the need for student input in the faculty evaluation but said the con troversy was merely a misun derstanding created in part by the press. Poster has the prerogative to reject or accept the tenure committee's recommAndations. He expressed a need to continue the careful screening process and then went on to explain the criteria for promotion & tenure continuation. According to Foster, the FTC is charged with the responsibility of promoting, granting tenure and allowing continuation of professorship. Criteria for determination are student evaluation, in-class team evaluation and individual publication and research. Students concerned about the firing of the professors without any knowledge of specific reasons for their release, criticized the system as being inaccurate and unfair. At the crucial time of voting, three members of the 13 member committee were absent. However , Foster noted that even if they had been there it would not lave Them In For You 000 PAl LL BOTTO ELL BOTTOMS IN DENIMS s - Corduroy - All Colors - All i HIIP HUGGERS 4 IDLUBBER BRAND.- ALL T LJTS BELL BC iH DENIM WIDE BELL B4 ATI CUE TROUJSERS ............ NIAKI(ITOUSERS ..................... 3.- WALLACE BERRY -STRIPI TIGUE TROUSERS & JACK ETS .NAVY SURPLUS YELLOW FRONT STE StY s-r. ion ecision have changed the outcome of the committee decision. Students questioned Foster on the secrecey of the FTC's decision and he answered by declaring that the standards of the committee were high and that information relevent to questions will be given except when there is confidentiality." This statement was later at tacked by Professor Thomas Ward who said, "These rules on confidentiality are going to have o go. We should know in 3ocumented form why these aeople were released. This iacept of confidentiality is a bunch of bull-....." Although no progress was made at the meeting, it appear that the Law School ad ministration is willing to listen to the complaints of students critical of the tenure procedure. Foster said he would approve student evaluation input to the tenure committee but recom mended that the students submit requests in writting to the committee. Professor David Means, chairman of FTC, said the committee was charged with the resnonsibility of making decisions, not making the rules of the ball game. 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