The Vista November 19, 1985

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THE November 19, 1985 Vol. 84, No. 20

VISTA

Tuesday Edition

Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma

No more summers

Sabbatical policy revised By Curtis Killman Editor The Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges voted 6-0 Friday to eliminate summer sabbatical leave, to increase the pay for those who take one semester sabbaticals and to broaden the policy to include staff personel. The revisions resulted after regent members questioned requests made during March 1985 for summer sabbaticals. At that time, with budget hikes still up in the air, regents were worried about paying faculty to further their education.

"We're paying these people to take the summer off to get their doctorate degree?" asked regent Dr. John Folks at the March meeting. Folks said he was "against giving monies for achieving a degree at a time when we can't give raises to (other) teachers." Regent and now President Jack Annis requested that a study be made to research and possibly revise the sabbatical leave policy. At Friday's regent meeting, Annis said there was a technicality that needed to be cleared up. "I didn't believe that it (summer sabbaticals) could be given to anyone that wasn't under contract." Annis said. Some faculty, who were on 10 month teaching contracts, were taking summer sabbatical leaves during the two months they were technically not under contract, according to Annis. He added that even though faculty are considered to be under continuing one-year contracts he felt that there still was a "gray area" that had to be cleared up. Thus, the elimination of summer sabbaticals. One semester at full pay

Regent President Jack Annis

Another change in the leave policy was to increase the pay for faculty taking onesemester sabbaticals. Before the revision, full sabbaticals were granted for one or two semesters at a rate of half pay. Now, faculty and staff members can take a one semester sabbatical at full pay. Ten month (two semester) sabbaticals will continue to be funded at half pay. Regent Bowie Ballard asked if the new pay policy would discourage 10 month sabbaticals. "It looks like we're tryng to send them

Sabbatical Leave Revised Policy

Old Policy

• Full Sabbatical available after 6 • Full Sabbatical available after years service 6 years service • 1 semester sabbatical at full pay

• 1 or 2 semester sabbaticals granted at rate of 1/2 salary • 2 semester sabbatical at half pay • Sabbaticals available for Faculty • Sabbaticals for Faculty only and Staff (faculty) for only one semester," Ballard said. "Why go for one year? Are we encouraging only sending them for one semester?" University presidents and other regents said they believed the new policy was an improvement. CSU President Dr. Bill Lillard said he believed the choice of one semester at full pay or two semesters at half pay offered "the better of both worlds." Staff included now

Regents also approved a revision to the sabbatical policy to now include university staff members. Regents said this would allow administrators and some members in the library science field, as well as other staff personel to receive pay while furthering their education. One administrator excluded from the sabbatical policy though is the university president. Regent regulations omit the university president from the definition of "staff."

Regent John deSteiguer said the possibility allowing presidents to take sabbatical leave should be looked into. The Board instructed the six university presidents to review the recommendation. Hailed by Senate president

Faculty Senate President Ray Beasley, in a telephone interview Monday, welcomed the new policy. "I'm pleased with it," said Beasley. The faculty leader said that the move to pay teachers full pay for one semester will be a big help. "More faculty find it very difficult to take a year at half-salary," said Beasley. "They either have to obtain a grant at the institution or work part time. It will make it easier if they're fully funded." Beasley said he had not heard any feedback yet from faculty concerning the loss of summer sabbaticals. "I don't think they (summer sabbaticals) are as big as they used to be," said Beasley.

Student Senate OK's English-lab proposal By Debbie Martin Monday, the Student Senate unanimously showed their support for the establishment of an English-lab program in the college of Liberal Arts. Resolution 85-111 passed by consent to urge that an Englishlab program be established to help students whose inherent language is not English. "Dr. Clif' Warren (dean of Liberal Arts) is already trying to establish such a program," said John Buttry, president of the Senate. CSU President Dr. Bill Lillard

also has pledged his support and said that funding could be found, according to Buttry. In other business, at the Nov. 11 meeting of the Senate, a question arose to whether or not Thomas Schwartz had been officially approved by the Senate body, to hold the office of Supreme Court Justice. There was also a question regarding the qualifications of Schwartz. The continuum committee had charged that Schwartz does not meet the constitutional requirements. The continuum committee had

In this issue. . Cadets learn the ropes...page 3 Look up! It's coming...pages 4 & 5 Pagent date slated...page 6 OCC nips Bronchos..page 8 Begay takes 7th at nationals...page 8

submitted in the previous meeting, resolution 85-109 calling to overturn the previous approval of Scwartz. An amendment was added Monday, to the resolution stating that this in no way reflected against Schwartz' qualifications or capacity other than constitutionally, to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Monday, the resolution passed, removing Schwartz from office immediately. In other business, the Senate recognized the need to improve the awareness of the general student body in regards to the actual structure of student government. Resolution 85-110 passed, providing for a means of visual recognition of the student senators to their respective constituents in each college. As a final note, the recently appointed Supreme Court Justice Kathi Bray, rendered an opinion that an amendment be made to the Student Senate Constitution regarding the proportionment of graduate Senate seats. Currently, there are no allotments for graduate students.

Vista photo by Tom Gilbert

These two unidentified lip-sync participants tested their mimicking abilities Friday night at the University Center Ballroom. The event was sponsored by the Afro-American Student Union.


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