The Cadre, Sept. 23, 1975, page 6, ' '

The Report on Aims an

endations and Concerns cover

About two weeks ago, a booklet appeared entitled Towards A University Comm— unity;Goals ln_Per3pective (Hereafter referred to as the Report). This report is the tangible result of the ersaavours of the Senate committee on Objectives. This Committee consisted of two faculty members, Leon F. Loucks and M.M. Rahman and one student, Barb Stev— enson. Prof. Loucks of the, Science Faculty(Department of Chemistry), Prof. Rahman of the Arts Faculty(Depart- ment of Psychology) and Ms. Stevenson, a Business Adm— inistration student, con— ducted diverse activities towards the culmination of. the project — the Report. These activities consisted of public lectures, public forums, public hearings, group meetings with fac- ulty and students, and

meetings with special groups.

From these activities were gleaned the ideas,aims,and objectives of a cross sec— tion of the University community.Public comment- ary was taken into account, as well. Acknowledgements from the Committee were ex— tended to the Chaplaincy Council of P.E.I., the Pastoral Council,Senate of Priests and the Council of ReligioUs Sisters of the Diocese of Charlottetown. Also acknowledged were the Department of Student Serv— ices, the Biology Depart— ment (presented by Dr. E.L. Drake),the R.D.C. and the Student-Union—Student Ser— vices Joint Committee con— sisting of Joanne Ings and Gordon Campbell. Last group on the list of acknowledge— ments was the student group consisting of Gordon Cam— pbell,Scott Sinclair,Cathy McNeill,Jean McCardle,Donna McGaugh,Joanne Ings, Gary Higgins, Bing Gallant,

Igor DeVreeze,Eric Patton, Elaine Smithies, and Gerald (Woozy)MacDonald; Barb Stevenson's name was on the list at the end of the Student Report, as well. Acknowledgement was also given many individual con— tributors from both the Uni— versity and community, not to mention the media—C.B.C.

T.V., C.F.C.Y. and C.H.T.N.~

Radio, the Guardian—Pat— riot,Journal Pioneer, Top— ics, and the Cadre.

From this impressive list of activities and people

einvolved with them, plus the full summer's work of doc—

umenting their implications, comes the Report.The Report concerns itself mainly with a list of Recommendations and Concerns.ThesemRecomm—

a wide range of ideas,the ultimate goal being a "Uni— versity Community"in the 'true sense of the word "Community".The Report, how- ever, "...is not meant to be a scientific—philosophi— cal treatise on the subject of the broad purposes and functions of a university," It is merely an overall concensus of the attitudes, aims,and objectives of all those who voiced their op- inions. As mentioned pre— viously,student,faculty and public views were taken into account and included in the Report.

The Report itself is an orderly and seemingly well— researched document.Recomm— endations and Concerns are the main points of concen— tration.Written in a stri- ctly formal style with a carefully outlined format, it is definitely not some— thing that has been thrown together overnight.Eagerly awaited by both student” body and faculty alike, it should be read by and

made available to the entire

university community.

The Cadre,as the student newspaper, would like to bring to light another‘doc— ument,in conjunction with the Report. This document is the Student Report on The Aims and Objectives gf the University gf_Prince

Edward Island (hereafter re—

ferred to as the Student Reporfl.) This came out on March 3, 1975 and was pre— sented to the Committee as a brief.

The recommendations of the Student Report would seem—

ingly be parallélledverbatim in the Report,but, curiously

enough,there are a few not— able exceptions:

In the area of tenure— from the Student Report: "...students felt the pre— sent system of tenure was inadequate.However, since the system cannot be immed— iately changed without some study,we felt that an imm- ediate change must take place in the Tenure Comm- ittee.Asuitable make-up of such a committee would be: 3 academic deans,2 faculty members from the faculty of

the person being interview—

ed, 2 students from faculty of the person being inter— viewed,and 2 students to be elected(appointed)from the student body..."

from the Report: "It is re— commended that the policies on the membership and op— eration of the Tenure Comm— ittee be modified such that

a)2 voting members,external' to U.P.E.I. are appointed: .

d Objectives Com‘piléd‘by the Senatecdmmifiee _‘

and are made responsible for an assessment of teaching effectiveness,research and scholarship'of the candid- ate, b)2 voting members are U.P.E.I. students, ohe from each of the faculties of Arts and Science,their app; ointments to be for two year terms...."CONCERN#29 The main bone of content—

' ion here is the Student

Group's recommendation for four students on the Ten— ure Committee as opposed to the Committee's recommend— ation for two students.The Cadre wishes to stress at this point the_importance of this student concensus on Tenure.The Student Group, as representatives of the student body of U.P.E.I., had hoped that this point, in particular, would be in- cluded in the Report.

An item that was ignored completely in the Report- from the Student Report— "...Students also feel that books should be open to public inspection and

'we feel that this should be

a total list of all staff, faculty, and administration and maintenance,and a re— /,

'port of all monies paid to the University by the Provin—

cialfiGovernment,donations, Progress Fund, etc." ‘ This recommendation in the Student Report, as an issue, has been around for a few years:"Several years ago, the faculty supported a proposal that there should be an opening of the Budget and Administrative books to the University Community...‘ (From the Student Report)

This omission in the Report

is viewed as a rather ser— . ious oversight.0nce again,” the fact that this recomm- endation in the Student Re— port appears as a concensus of the Student Group should have made it-a point to be included in the Committee's Report. ‘ - However, the majority o the issues in the Student Report did receive due con— sideration and inclusion in the Committee's Report. Particularly outstanding is the progress already appar-

ent in the establishment of,

a "Council on University Life" which was a'recommen— dation of high priority in

the Student Report_(Recomm- r endation # 20 in the Report).

From the Report: "It is recommended that the Senate of U.P.E.I.

grant to this council the authority to act and to es-

, tablish policy 6n specified aspects of matters concerned

with student life'ana Univ_ Servicesani. . .

I_come valuable aids in the

I

establish a Coun- cil on University Life and \

In conclusion, it is re- gretted that many of the re— commendations deemed‘of great merit cannot be dis- cussed in the space alloted this article. Among those found to be most appealing are the appointment of an Ombudsman, the construction of a University Community Centre, International Studies;Courses and/or Pro— gram,eitending the use of audio-visual media on canr pus, and the establishment .of a School of Veterinary

»Sciences,just to mention

a few. It is hoped that the Report will be read by all who share a concern in U.P.E.I. and where the future finds it.

From the Report—"...The_ » relative youth of our Univ— ersity makes it an opporJ tune time to embark upon a, quest for our 'being' we earnestly believe that the courses of action recommen— ded in this report can be—

birth of a 'soul' here at

H . U'P'E'I' —R.Turkington In Conjunction with the Editorial Board

It is discouraging* to read the Report and believe that it is about UPEI.;_My main gripe is the fact that our school is‘a small one still, yet‘the Committee sees it necessary to add innurmerable_more‘adminie' strative positions to an alé ready flourishing bureaucra— cy. I do agree that an 0m- budsman is a good idea, as an impartial arbitrator on campus, and that a Vice- president would be an asset. However, I'm sure we can a function well without the addition of more Deans and other administrators.1 I am_:;