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The Gamecock Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 79, No. 38 University of South Carolina November 19, 1986 #USC grants for research up 54 percent By MARY PEARSON Senior reporter Research grants have increased ^ from more than $13 million to v $30 million dollars in 10 years, according to figures provided by USC's office of Sponsored Programs and Research. Taking into account the inflation rate between 1976 and 1986, the dollar increase is about 54 percent, with the greatest increase , seen in the past five years. [; The colleges and departments ij with the top increases in the last j , iu years inciuac me psycnoiogy department with an increase of W about $1.8 million, the biology department with an increase of $1.9 million, the college of math and science with an $11 million increase and the college of health with $1.4 million. Pete Denton, vice president of business and finance, said the increases were due to the quality of faculty cnort. I he better the faculty effort, the more research grants that are going to be had." Ronald Prinz, psychology pro fessor, attributes the increases to the high-quality faculty, the atmosphere of encouragement found within the department and fVio ctrr*nn thn faoiiltv/ A mv an vug vitvrii vj niv inwuuj iw bring in the grants. "In 10 years we have added onHolderman 5 percent r From staff and wira reports USC President James Holderman, along with other state agency heads, will receive a performance raise averaging 5 percent effective Dec. 1. The increase, approved Tuesday by the State Budget and Cona trol Board, comes in addition to a ^ 3 percent general raise all state employees received effective July 1. The raises will be taken out of existing agency budgets and will not rpniiirf nHrlitinnnl annrnnria tions, said Rep. Robert j McLellan, D-Oconee, chairman of board's Executive Salary and i Performance Commission. The commission recommended the increases to the board. All state boards and commissions were asked for performance ^ appraisals of their agency heads, with USC's board of trustees ! evaluating Holderman, according to Jennet Robinson, sDokeswoman for the Budget and I 'Dorm classt By JENNIFER STEIB Photography editor Some students are taking class Atirn r\ Arm if ai-iac vsttia uv/i iiiiiv/i Kent Sidel, USC journalism fessor, is teaching University 101 j Bates House Area as part of the Living/Learning Project at USC. "Some kids literally roll out o and come to class at two in the noon," Sidel said. The Living/Learning Project is of an idea proposed by Student A to help integrate new students I university life. Sidel said he is very optimistic ; the project. "I wish 1 had somethin this in my freshman year in colleg Jerry Jewler, USC journalism peatureS Millions. $30 Ate 9&V [ - ' $20 $15 $10 .?=r=F I II II $5 U vj '81 -'82 '82'83 1 RESEARCH Af | PROGRAM l1 I ? O A j; universny or oout ly three new faculty, and yet grant dollars have grown tremendously," said Roger Sawyer, chairman of the biology department. to receive lay raise Control Board. The 5 percent figure is ai average of all of the appraisals. The agency-head increases thi year are bigger than they will b in the future, McLellan said whose commission has beei working on evaluating the posi tions and their salary ranges fo iwo years ana was unanimous 1 its recommendations. In addition, agency head whose salaries are below th minimum range for their pos tion, as recommended by an oui side consulting firm, will be rai< ed to the minimum, he said. The consultant's report set th salary ranges to mirror simile positions in the private sectoi "It tells what the cost would be t bring someone into a position vacated," Robinson said. Board officials said salaries c state agency heads are below the counterparts outside the goveri ment and have risen less tha See "Budget," pege ;s' just a p< fessor, said about 44 p< freshmen are enrolled in I ;es in courses. "The faculty is makinj pro- effort to accomodate thes< at the the dropout rate is hi ! new freshmen year," Jewler sa interested in developing f bed with students." IaiuIat caiH catr>a I Iriii/i: uiivi jvnivi juiu ouiiiv v^iu vv fessors are inviting thei i part their homes for dinner to ffairs equality in relationships into strictly a voluntary thing. Another program creat< about students adjust to the u ig like Freshmen-Faculty Dinner e. acquaints members of th pro- students and other prof lo\ kers try ck habit mmm See p. 6 I Crt % nanMMHanHHHHB 11 Tf U v^/ '83-'84 '84-'85 '85-'86 \JD SPONSORED ^ AWARnS VI f \ 1 f I II I W w h Carolina 1981-86 Sawyer said the emphasis plac ed on high-quality faculty who d( , high-quality research was thi ' main reason for the grant-dolla increases. n 8^^ wj vn I, [ V ; : .- ;; ,'. r aBBsBs^SS is ! Spli^ ' . t_ s I - fi ; r.e.m. tn Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Pete 4 irt of new pi ercent of the 100 freshmen and 1 Jniversity 101 attended Monday n was the second of th 5 such a large series. e kids because "We had a verj ghest in the nout," said Denni: id. "We're all dent of student aft a relationship members who were of the dinners said :rsity 101 pro- "Students were s r students to five to a table with establish this to allow intimate c< , but that is said. The f reshmen-F ;d to help new new students a char iniversity is a ly with each other, ; Series, which side the classroom, e faculty with graduate assistant f< essors. About one is judging them kv credit c iss country USC professi ihii+Ii Pnicnnrii vvii.il uai iicyi By MARY PEARSON C Senior reporter pac Although a rccent Carnegie study said many the universities put too much emphasis on research and uni professors' publications, many USC professors 10 argue that good researchers make better teachers. 4 Researchers who are at the top of their field are fed not only extremely knowledgeable, according to fac USC psychology department Chairman Lester Lef- me ton, but they also know how to communicate that sai knowledge to colleagues and students. 1 "N l ? i: r?rnn^l..<rr t ?? l.n ,-.*,,..-.11 .... < 1 t.U'ilI I I 1 .'j IV.IIU 1VJ Ut ^AttllWIll teachers," L.efton said. < Expert researchers are excited about their field A\ and they convey that excitement in class, he said. Ed Lcfton also said the money brought in on federal re.< funds often purchases equipment to set up labs where undergraduate and graduate students work tin with professors to improve the quality of the rcl ! 1 - - A _ ? ? * ! siucients instruction. vji "Top flight institutions with top flight instruction require top flight researchers who value scholarship be and creative thinking," Lefton said. sh Roger Sawyer, chairman of the biology depart- m< ment, agreed. re He said in addition to the grants the agencies also "< provide overhead funds to the university for future m research projects. I I he grants also pay summer salaries for many ot Til the faculty in the biology department, he said. gr USC faculty earn research grants by competing re with other colleges such as Harvard, Duke and tli UCLA, Lefton said. > To gain a research grant, the faculty member U i must first submit to the funding foundation a comr plete paper on the type of research and experiments ci he will perform to prove his hypothesis. It hbhhp jn I j/ M SB ,. nKB^^HM i- ? jnfflHHHHl PAUL DELLA MAGGIUHA/The liamecoc >r Buck of R.E.M. sing during a concert Monday night at the Township. am w A?V% A f /\ IM l*f nnlin^ AH iuyidiii5 iui iiudiiiiicn 25 faculty members in the classroom." ight's dinner, which During the dinner Robert Sabalis le two dinners in the USC's School of Medicine gave historical view of why there is pt r good faculty tur- pressure in American society. i Pruitt, vice presi- The dinner is the beginning of a fi\ airs. All 58 faculty year plan to get more interaction b asked to attend one ween students and faculty, Pruitt sai yes. "This kind of plan goes on more eated about four or smaller colleges than large universities one faculty member Pruitt said the long-term plan, whi jnversation," 1'ruitt win make me university seem noi big," includes providing students witl acuity Dinner gives personal development adviser alo ice to interact social- with an academic adviser. and the faculty, out- "In the same way the academic i , said Jenny Noyes, viser charts students' classes, the n :>r the program. "No adviser will chart personal growth a , or grading them, as development," Pruitt said. :ard rates p. 5 | ends season p 9 | irs differ e results )ften these papers are lengthy, as mueh as 100 ?es long. The grants are competitive, and often professor competes with other instructors from versities nationwide. In many cases, only one in projects is funded, Lefton said. 'That we arc getting this kind of money from leral agencies on commision bases attest to the t that professors from the psychology departnt are among the nation's very best," Lefton d. Don Greiner, a USC English professor, said, 1y teaching is stimulated by my research." Greiner received the 1983 Amoco Foundation vard for outstanding teaching and the 1984 lucational Foundation Award for outstanding search. "I try out my ideas in class. Students respond enusiastically. They argue and debate my ideas. In :urn their arguments make me re-think my ideas," eincr said. Peter Becker, history associate professor, said ?th research and teaching were important and both ould be rewarded equally. "Clearly, the reputation of the university is prootcd more by people who publish books and do search than it is by those who just teach," he said. Consequently, universities tend to reward research ore than teaching." Pete Denton, vice president of business and lance, said the list of benefits brought by research * n m* mam maw <?. /-, /I > m t n rA r\ a/4 ctlllN lilClllUC iX MlUllgCI ^muudlt |.n U^ltllll, nuuvu sources to the school and national recognition for e research funded by the grants. "The recognition by funded agencies show that SC is on the move," Denton said. "It is a benefit to everyone," he said. "It does eate new knowledge. It does benefit the economy, does benefit the university." il Holderman in list of top 100 college leaders By MARIA FRATUS Assistant news editor USC President James Holderman is one of the 100 most effective college presidents in the nation, according to a study conducted by researchers at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Researchers asked 485 presidents, scholars, directors and other officials of higher education associations to nominate five presidents whom they judged to be the most effective, according to Marilyn Draatz, a publicrelations specialist with the college of education at the university. The president with the most nominations was considered to be the most effective, Braatz said. The exact rankings of the presidents will not be released, because they are confidential information, said Co-director Martha Tack, a K professor of educational administration and supervision at the university. Each of the 412 presidents nominated and _ 412 who were not nominated were sent a questionnaire about their background, work style. I philosophy of education and leadership. From the questionnaires the researchers will determine what makes the most effective presidents different from the others, Bratz said. The results will be released in a book of which will be published next fall. a The characteristics that emerged show the rer effective college president to be "a strong, risk-taking loner with a dream," said James /e- f isher, study co-director, in an article in the et- Chronicle of Higher Education, id. "A close analysis show ; that the effective at president does believe in shared governance, but he also knows that he is the final authori ch ty," Fisher said. so Tack said effective presidents realize they 1 a arc not running a popularity contest, but ng work instead for people's respect. "They're caught up in a vision of their intd stitution, and they personalize their dream," ew Tack said. nd Holderman was one of nine presidents named in the "doctoral granting 1" category. Inside Classifieds 10 Comics 8 Datebook J Features 6 Money 5 Sports 9 Viewpoint 2