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/c\t first glance, it ap—, peared that the President had chosen his "Planning Advisory Group" with a great deal of care. His efforts to ensure that the faculties of Artsand Science, the Business School, and even the much-maligned Administration were equally represented, is to be com- mended. It would appear— to the unlearned - that this was a proposal designed to allow the various factions of the

University Community an cp- portunity to contribute to what was to become the President's VISIONARY-quest for the "Best University in the Region”.

The shock waves which the new proposals have generated throughout the campus could mean that others, like my- self, have laboured under some rather seVere miscon- ceptions. The role of the Dean (or director as the case may be)-was to my obviously

misguided sense of propriety, \ that of a representative of the faculty and students. The difficulty I have.with'the proposal is the manner in which it was concéived. WaS' it absolutely imperative

that this prOposal be drawn up during the summer months when few faculty members and even fewer students are available for consultation?

I am assured that eve _ effort was made to consult

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