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BOARD From Page One "In the meanwhile, however, because of the Board's long-standing concern for the accreditation of the University, including its Law School, should their probationary status in the Law School be deter mined by an appropriate accrediting agency to jeopardize the Law Schools' accreditation, the Board requests the President to arrange for their withdrawal at that time and the repayment of fees paid by them. "IN SUCH an event, he is further asked to arrange for the Law School to provide them a testing program either in the form of the 1976 SPAT program or, if this program should not be offered by the Law School, some comparable trial or testing program to determine if they are eligible for admission to the Law School in the 1976-77 fall term." At the press conference, following the meeting Marchant was requested by the Board to make the statement and read the resolution and then answer only questions pertaining to points of the statement that needed clarification. With reference to the Academic Standing Committee's report, the Board called attention to certain findings: "Law Center personnel did on at least one occasion hold out to SPAT students that final examinations in the program would be graded anonymously. From such representation as was made, the students might reasonably have concluded that examinees' identities would not be available to any teachers until after examination grades had been turned in." "PRIOR TO the time grades were turned in, one or more of the teachers in the 1975 SPAT Program did have access to data from which it was possible to ascertain examinees' identity." "There is no evidence that the grades given in the 1975 program were inaccurate or unfair in any respect of the examinations were not in fact graded 'anonymously', that is, that any teacher put a grade on any examination with knowledge of the examinee's identity." As to the "measure of relief," the report- goes on to recommend, that the students who achieved a grade point ratio (GPR) of 1.66 or greater and who were not admitted to the 1975-76 first-year class should be readmitted to the 1976 SPAT Program, assuming that program is continued. The grade point they achieve for that second SPAT Program must be averaged with their GPR for the 1975 program and must exceed 2.00 in order for them to be admitted to the 1976 first-year class. THE PROTEST over the Law School's grading procedures was initiated by State Sen. Edward E. Saleeby. D-Darlington. He charged that his son, Edward, was discriminated against during the SPAT grading procedures because of Saleeby's political connections. "While the committee finds no actual harm to have been inflicted on petitioner (Saleeby's son) it judges the need to protect and preserve confidence in the fair mindedness of the SPAT program's evaluation procedures sufficiently compelling to call for a measure of relief," the resolution disclosed. When asked if he could say that politics were not involved in the original decision, Marchant said, "I can do that without any reservation at all." He also said that he felt that the board's action did not intrude on the Law School's admission standards. Foster, who was not present at Saturday's meeting, said he will contact the American Bar Association (ABA) today. "The ABA has got to find a solution after it has seen all the facts," he said. THE ABA is reportedly investigating the entire incident. In response to published accusations by U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings that Foster would be replaced by October, Foster said, "my job security is not in question and totally irrelevant at this time." Hollings alsd called for the ouster of Law professor John E. Mon tgomery, who was reportedly involved in the grading incident. "There is-no threat to his job either," Foster said. CHE From Page Three The trustees did stipulate, however, that parental consent would be required of all applicants under the age of 18 who want to live in the new" Columbia Hall. It was proposed that another dorm in the Towers' complex will be t ransfered from male to female status to provide housing for the women moving out of Columbia Hall when the plan is enacted. The change-over will not be made while an academic year is in progress. THlE BOARDi of Trustees also approved an apparent break with UJSC 's affiliation with the State Commission on Higher Education CHE), and form an independent coordinating committee with Clemson University to perform the same services as CH E in gaining state funds. 'rhe proposed committee will comprise three representatives from the Board of each school, the two university presidents and the Governor, who will act as chairman. Budget requests for the two schools will he sent directly from the committee to the State Budget and Control Board. However, a bill authorizing the Commission's creation must be passed by the South Carolina Legislature before UJSC's formal with drawal from CHE. HOARD) OF Trustees C'hairman TI. Eston Marchant said the action 'did not condemn CIHE," rather USC and Clemson are simply "with drawing from its programing and funding." According to Marchant, the Board felt the coordinating committee could eliminate "in-fighting'' between the schools for state funds. T[he major impetus for USC's proposed withdrawal from CHE was based on ClifE's organi?t ional make-up: one representative from each state-supported school regardless of its size of enrollment. The 'I'rustees felt the C(lE system put the larger schools--USC and Clemson at a dlisadvantage. Marchant estimated USC "lost" $4.5 million in state appropriations this yeai b)ecause of the CHTE funding formula. Clemson lost $2-3 million, he said. Most of this money was to be used for graduate programs, according to Marchant. 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