The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, July 11, 1974, Page Page 9, Image 9
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
He suggested that students
take their complaints elsewhere.
"Take it to the administration,
take it to the Board of Trustees,
take it to the legislature," he said
in defending the FTC's position
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