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'Comrr By DAVID CORVETTE New* Editor ' Editor'8 Note: This is the first article in a three-part series dealing with the Southern Association ^Dviftitina Committee review ofUSC's 1980 self study. Succeeding installments in the series will take a look at the committee's recommendations for each of the university's colleges and departments. Every 10 years since 1960, USC has conducted a thorough self-examination of its variousf academic ^departments and colleges. ^Factors considered in these self-studies include faculty morale, physical facilities i r tuiu uigaiiuanuiiai ci ficiency. Upon completion of the 1980 Self-Study, the university invited a visiting committee of higher education specialists to make recommendations on the study. The 27 memhers of the 1981 ^Southern Association ^Visiting Committee arrived here April 12 and left three days later with the impression that USC was a major university well on the road toward, but not quite arrived at, its goal of national and international prominence. The report issued by the committee Aug. 3 bears out this conclusion. v Sorn f ? * ANDTHEI MUCH M( /Wre^ f Almost or \Campus! "1 "" liftoo Ill I V* w I IN A COVER letter to the report, committee Chairman Harold Bryan Crosby congratulated USC President James Holderman for "the work you are doing to move a good university toward your goal of real distinction." The report sounded a similar note of high praise for the university: "The committee as a whole perceived a dynamism in this institution which it felt /InmniiAn nnmmant anH UUOUl wa vumiiiviiv MI1V? encouragement." Although the overall message of the 212-page report is one of praise, the committee singles out many aspects of USC's academic and administrative COUNSEUNC DEVELOPMI "The Couns for USC COUNSELING -individual -Croup A -Marital tit-Couples KS ^ PERSONAL INTERPERSONAL ^ SOCIAL CONCERNS Pendlet< 1321 Penc ill Confidents / For Last Week': MOW OPE For Guv / Brands yo ^ wanted a1 can nc Brand New I Ik lzoc i\Y^ Brand New L J- POLC y also basson Lauren, Ca!\ RE'S Y W J for m and woi )RNER OF MAIN lllllllWIIIHIIIIHIiUliWIIIIIiUlll llll IW Looks, programs that need improvement. Regarding the Department of Government and International Studies, the committee said, "It appears jthat the president (Holderman) has put most of his eggs in this basket ; and if recent performance of the department is any indicator, they should hatch." However, the report cites a lack of minority faculty and students as a major problem with the GINT department. FURTHERMORE, the committee mentions student and faculty concern that 75 percent of the 225 students enrolled in GINT are parttime students who take V ; AND HUMAN j 5NT CENTERS eling Service students'' ACADEMIC 5^^ ACHIEVEMENT CONCERN f IMPROVE I JBH STUDY 1 TECHNIQUES I * EFFECTIVE READING 3n Building lleton Street '-5223 al Assistance s Delay | :N I s and Gals lu've always I t prices you I >w afford 1 Ladies and Boys I j ) $9.99 I e LI .auics ciiiu ivitu 9 ) $21.95 I , Wrangler, Ralph j /In Klein and More nen ?jl AND BLOSSOM A At I IQt r vi w w ^ evening courses. These students do not benefit from instruction by full professors, who now teach only day classes. The committee found that, in general, USC's administrative mechanism jworks efficiently. Particularly commended was j the ease of access displayed by Holderman and USC Provost Frank Borkowski. But the many deans, department heads and others reporting to them tend to diminish their accessibility, according to the report. Although the USC system's other eight campuses are undergoing (separate self-studies, the tuc i a ft I nt jrv 80^! f" - % | THE T( ;]|! SP I T,CI jj: A1 I PIZ I 14 OZ. BEV For Hot or Cold With Carolina L< in 2 Colors Additional Mugs Ordered For .50 These Are Stur You Will 6e Pr i old f i pi: If^SlTOV C ] | i A large one item pizz, ! ! | 2 FREE mugs filled i la $7.00 II M FAST. FRFEI [ jn ONE COUPON ; Additional C I| 256 0301 f I Self-S committee took, the op- i portunity while discussing ] the Columbia campus to make two points. ' First, the report claims, i "Whenever the university i budget is under con- < sideration by the houses of J the Legisulature, the 1 legislators fr^ nine campus areas ? .iave an interest in the budget and it should be easier to get the necessary support." HOWEVER, recent budget cuts on both the state and federal levels do not support this claim. In fact, the funding cuts have forced the 'university to tighten its belt in many of the same areas criticized in the report, ^HAPPENING OF THE r-r%i JWINMilK t~Kl., VJCI. 51 ECIAL GUEST STAR ROY AY ALL SEATS RESERVED TICKETS $9.75 ? $8.75 CETS GO ON SALE OCTOBEI ALL USUAL TICKET OUTLE A PARTNERS PRODUCTION *11?1111? ZA EXPI ERAGE MUG Drinks >go Can Be Jy Well Made Mugs Dud Of. ASHIONED HAND 1ZA NEW YORK S 'ALUETT^^ i and ? A small or vith Coke. Only | I FREE it ! $5.00 )ELIVERY | FAS! PER PIZZA | 0NE c okes .254 ! Addit xpires: 10 il-81 256 0301 ??Mi . ,wv \\\v \\W x^ic xtxjt vast* >tudv # lamely library facilities and personnel. Second, the committee loted the efforts of the administration to avoid referring to the other campuses of the USC System as "branches" and to the Columbia campus as the "main campus." Because USC is in the process of reorganizing its administration, the report does not dwell on criticism of the present administrative structure. But the committee does suggest creating a provost for health affairs position to avoid requiring the dean of the School of Medicine repori airecuy 10 Holderman. : YEAR * - 1 BH 1 tt 0 8PM I ERS |: R I 5 I TS {ESS I ROLLED I TYLE I .30 VALUE-"ll ie item pizza and 11 i j fug filled with Coke, Only gj I", FREE DELIVERY OUPON PER PIZZA 1| ional Cokes .254 Expires: 1001-81 JI IP.WJMW .'