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Tenure ? MOST FACULTY members seem to be in favor of the tenure system, unlike Zeltner who in 1978 told the Carolina Alumni Quarterly, "You can add up publications ? it's easy to qualify them. But there is no obvious and simple way to evaluate teaching." Peter Becker, president of the USC chapter of the American Institute of University Professors, said while the different voting levels of the tenure process are traumatic for teachers, the benefits outweigh the detriments. "It is a system which gives you as many rights as you can possibly think of. I can think of no other area of employment, as long as you are not your own boss, with as many safeguards as this system gives you," Becker said. Altekruse, Price, Vanhuss and Chester Bain, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences echoed Becker's appraisal of the tenure system. "MY IMPRESSION is that there is (no politicking) ? there's very serious deliberation," Bain said. "There's been no pressure on me in trying to influence my recommendation; it's a professional evaluation." Although the system may be fair, faculty members who have been denied tenure can appeal the decision of the tenure boards. THE COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTERS [ / trni I n me counseling service t for USC Students" COUNSELING * ACADEMIC Individual ACHIEVEMENT j Group HK CONCERNS Marital * IMPROVE Couples STUDY * PERSONAL TECHNIQUES ; INTERPERSONAL * EFFECTIVE SOCIAL CONCERNS READING H. WILLIAM CLOSE BUILDING I (2nd Floor B.A. Building) / 777-5223 Confidential Assistance Welcome GAMEROOM OPEN IINTII MinmiRHT ^^."V^lce Cream 1^^^ SUPER SLAW D0G I 1 ?1^ Served w/Mustard, Sandy's Secret a 1 U Rec|Pe Chin- Onion, & Topped Off w/Our I I H Delicious Made Daily Creamy Cole Slaw. |J 19 *i-i9 i gja Coupon Expires 5/8/84 2 ^Pjd^SUPER CHILI & 1 IL&r CHEESE DOG | jljj|Vy4 )b. All Beef Frank, Served w/Mustard, J8 ' HflOnions, Our Secret Recipe ChHI & Jj if { Coupon Expires 5/8/84 V CHOCOLATE I NUT SUNDAE | IW^Lots Of Vanilla Ice Cream Loaded IS'w/Chocolate Syrup, Walnuts & Topped I SB Off w/Whipped Cream & Plump Cherry. % Legal Counsel Ward said the first step an appealing professor takes is to write to the dean asking for a statement of reason, and then to the provost and president asking for review and reconsideration. The faculty grievance committee then holds a hearing and mAbAr a # k* v\raci tuK/\ mucrt olcr\ iiiaivvo a ivvuiiiiiiviiuaiivii iu iuv ^ivaiuwuf wuv iiiuoi wjv review and reconsider the appeal. THE FINAL level of appeal, Ward said, is the board of trustees Academic Affairs and Faculty/Liaison committee. Vanhuss and Altekruse suggested several ways a teacher can improve his chances of avoiding tenure denial. "If they are denied at first, they should talk to other faculty. They should talk to administration and department heads as well and ask them what criteria they need to obtain. "Above all, faculty members should be aware of what they nppti tn Ho tn obtain tennre before the nrocess beeins " Vanhuss said. Altekruse said professors can find out what the criteria for tenure is in their respective departments by carefully reading the guidelines of the unit in departmental manuals. "There are some professors not ready for tenure the first year they are considered. For some, this first denial points up something that is in deficit and needs remedial development," she said. I WHAT A T: I _ <0^ I ^ 0^ I I"' * # PAfl] Your Campus I ir:?L2 . ' | Mw&giil i Service held for Zeltner (AP) ? The USC faculty organized a service in the Rutledge Chapel Friday to remember Phillip Zeltner. Tun rlmrr n/trt TaUmai* a/%# #ur/v mtrto a/I #I%a a vn uaja n^v miuki gui iww guua, oiuimvu int. m i ivc? of USC President James Holderman, took a student hostage and then killed himself. About 50 of Zeltner's colleagues and students attended the service. "Phil was a passionate man ? that was the quality that set him apart," said Bill McKenna, a former student of Zeltner's. "And that is the quality so sorely missing from this university today." None of the half-dozen professors who spoke at the 12:30 p.m. service said much about the dispute over tenure I that led Zeltner to seek out Holderman, who didn't attend niv uiuuuiiai vviwiuuiij, There were some tears at the service, but also smiles as professors recalled Zeltner's humor and his distrust of the university bureaucracy and the educational system ? a system he apparently never accepted and went to his death protesting. "His whole aim was to make his students experience life more meaningfully. He will continue to be a shining example of excellence in teaching," McKenna said. EAR 83-84 I ^ * I |9| ^ MaaaaMBngnl 1 [j m ji'f^Jl /Tizaai/ mL \ ? % Qs >7^ 1 * I Jg . I I 1 |-/PEP?5TRIANS\ 1 Entertainment ind Day