The
      Panther
      Prints
      6
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $15
      Million
      Donation
      to
      UofT
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Veiled
      in
      Secrecy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (CUP)
      —
      A
      $15
      million
     
     
      donation
      to
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Toronto
      sets
      a
      bad
      precedent
     
     
      because
      the
      donor
      placed
      con-
     
     
      ditions
      on
      the
      gift
      and
      univer-
     
     
      sity
      administrators
      have
     
     
      agreed
      to
      keep
      terms
      of
      the
     
     
      deal
      secret,
      say
      student
      lead-
     
     
      ers
      and
      some
      faculty
      mem-
     
     
      bers.
     
    

    
     
      The
      donation
      from
      busi-
     
     
      nessman
      Joseph
      L.
      Rotman
      to
     
     
      the
      faculty
      of
      managemen
      is
     
     
      being
      matched
      by
      U
      of
      T
      to
     
     
      create
      a
      $30
      million
      fund
      to
     
     
      attract
      top
      business
      professors.
     
    

    
     
      The
      bulk
      of
      the
      money
     
     
      will
      be
      used
      to
      establish
      and
     
     
      endow
      six
      new
      chairs
      in
      the
     
     
      faculty,
      which
      as
      yet
      have
      no
     
     
      names.
      These
      will
      be
      based
     
     
      upon
      recommendations
      of
      the
     
     
      Rotman
      Foundation.
     
    

    
     
      The
      faculty
      of
      manage-
     
     
      ment
      will
      also
      be
      renamed
      in
     
     
      honour
      of
      Rotman,
      a
      member
     
     
      of
      the
      university’s
      governing
     
     
      council,
      chair
      and
      chief
      ex-
     
     
      ecutive
      officer
      of
      Clairvest
     
     
      merchant
      banking
      group,
     
     
      founder
      and
      chair
      of
      Tarragon
     
     
      Oil
      and
      Gas
      Limited
      and
      a
     
     
      director
      of
      the
      Barrick
      Gold
     
     
      Corporation.
     
    

    
     
      Although
      the
      universi-
     
     
      ty’s
      governing
      council
      unani-
     
     
      mously
      approved
      the
      donation
     
     
      agreement
      at
      its
      most
      recent
     
     
      meeting,
      members
      of
      the
      uni-
     
     
      versity
      community
      have
     
     
      voiced
      concerns
      over
      specific
     
     
      terms
      of
      the
      deal.
     
    

    
     
      Critics
      say
      the
      deal
     
     
      gives
      the
      faculty
      of
      manage-
     
     
      ment
      special
      status
      within
      the
     
     
      university
      protecting
      it
      against
     
     
      budgetary
      cuts
      by
      giving
      it
     
     
      highest
      priority
      in
      allocation
     
     
      of
      funds,
      and
      guarantees
      new
     
     
      appointments
      for
      14
      years
     
     
      The
      deal
      also
      forces
      faculty
     
     
      search
      committees
      to
      consult
     
     
      with
      a
      committee
      outside
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      university
      for
      advice,
      and
     
     
      requires
      the
      university
      to
      use
     
     
      Rotman’s
      choice
      of
      a
      public
     
     
      relations
      firm
      for
      the
      faculty.
     
    

    
     
      Other
      sections
      of
      the
     
     
      deal
      are
      confidential.
     
    

    
     
      Bill
      Graham,
      president
     
     
      of
      the
      U
      of
      T
      Faculty
      Associa-
     
     
      tion,
      says
      full
      disclosure
      is
     
     
      essential
      when
      public
      funds
     
     
      account
      for
      half
      the
      endow-
     
     
      ment.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      are
      in
      favour
      of
     
     
      transparency
      and
      full
      disclo-
     
     
      sure,
      especially
      since
      half
      the
     
     
      money
      comes
      from
      the
      pub-
     
     
      lic.”
      he
      said.
      “There
      is
      a
      prin-
     
     
      ciple
      of
      public
      accountabil-
     
     
      ity.”
     
    

    
     
      University
      vice-presi-
     
     
      dent
      Jon
      Dellandrea
      defends
     
     
      the
      deal
      saying
      a
      full
      and
      com-
     
     
      plete
      review
      of
      the
      agreement
     
     
      by
      governors
      is
      adequate
      and
     
     
      customary
      in
      such
      cases.
     
    

    
     
      Although
      Graham
      says
     
     
      the
      faculty
      association’s
      con-
     
     
      cers
      about
      academic
      freedom
     
     
      with
      the
      initial
      draft
      of
      the
     
     
      agreement
      have
      been
      ad-
     
     
      equately
      addressed
      in
      an
     
     
      amended
      version,
      he
      says
      full
     
     
      public
      disclosure
      of
      the
      agree-
     
     
      ment
      would
      serve
      as
      an
      addi-
     
     
      tional
      safeguard
      of
      academic
     
     
      freedom.
     
    

    
     
      “Academic
      freedom
     
     
      and
      transparency
      go
      together,”
     
     
      Graham
      said.
      “How
      do
      you
     
     
      know
      if
      academic
      freedom
      is
     
     
      protected
      unless
      you
      have
      pub-
     
     
      lic
      scrutiny?”
     
    

    
     
      But
      Hugh
      Amold,
      dean
     
     
      of
      the
      faculty
      of
      management,
     
     
      says
      the
      special
      treatment
     
     
      granted
      to
      the
      faculty
      in
      the
     
     
      agreement
      is
      necessary
      to
      at-
     
     
      tract
      private
      donors.
     
    

    
     
      “There
      is
      a
      sense
      that
     
     
      having
      a
      very
      good
      and
      well
     
     
      regarded
      business
      school
      tends
     
     
      to
      enhance
      the
      reputation
      of
     
     
      the
      university
      within
      the
      busi-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ness
      community,”
      he
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      university
      is
      try-
     
     
      ing
      to
      support
      business.
      Busi-
     
     
      ness
      will
      then
      be
      more
      likely
     
     
      to
      donate.”
     
    

    
     
      Amold
      says
      the
      aca-
     
     
      demic
      integrity
      of
      the
      faculty
     
     
      is
      not
      compromised
      by
      the
     
     
      creation
      of
      an
      external
      com-
     
     
      mittee
      to
      serve
      in
      an
      advisory
     
     
      capacity
      at
      the
      beginning
      of
      an
     
     
      internal
      search
      for
      academic
     
     
      staff.
     
    

    
     
      “We'd
      never
      accept
      a
     
     
      gift
      that
      carried
      stipulations
     
     
      that
      weren’t
      governed
      by
      uni-
     
     
      versity’s
      regulations
      about
     
     
      academic
      appointments,”
      he
     
     
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      agreement
      makes
     
     
      provision
      for
      eminent
      experts
     
     
      in
      the
      business
      world
      as
      a
     
     
      source
      of
      advice.
      At
      the
      be-
     
     
      ginning
      of
      the
      search
      process,
     
     
      the
      search
      committee
      will
      con-
     
     
      sult
      that
      group
      of
      distinguished
     
     
      business
      experts.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Elan
      Ohayon,
      an
      execu-
     
     
      tive
      of
      the
      Graduate
      Students’
     
     
      Union
      says
      this
      emphasis
      on
     
     
      soliciting
      the
      input
      of
      busi-
     
     
      ness
      leaders,
      as
      well
      as
      nam-
     
     
      ing
      building
      and
      chairs
      after
     
     
      private
      donors
      is
      a
      dangerous
     
     
      trend
      for
      a
      public
      university.
     
    

    
     
      “These
      moves
      don’t
     
     
      strengthen
      the
      university,
      but
     
     
      undermine
      it.
      The
      university
     
     
      is
      suppose
      to
      be
      creating
      inde-
     
     
      pendent
      thought.
      But
      if
      you’re
     
     
      going
      out
      asking
      the
      people
     
     
      you
      should
      be
      evaluating,
      aca-
     
     
      demic
      integrity
      is
      under-
     
     
      mined,”
      said
      Ohayon.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      public
      will
      stop
     
     
      seeing
      this
      as
      its
      own
      institu-
     
     
      tion.
      Someone
      comes
      along,
     
     
      lays
      on
      the
      last
      coat
      of
      paint
     
     
      and
      people
      forget
      who
      built
     
     
      the
      house.
      It
      undermines
      what
     
     
      the
      public
      puts
      in.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ...Continued
      from
      Page
      3
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tation
      is
      by
      bringing
      in
      an
      ex-
     
     
      ternal
      chair.
      As
      it
      stands
      now,
     
     
      the
      department
      is
      clearly
      miss-
     
     
      managed
      and
      unable
      to
      man-
     
     
      age
      itself.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “Personal
      Bias”
     
    

    
     
      In
      yet
      another
      contro-
     
     
      versy
      surrounding
      UPEI’s
     
     
      Soc/Anth
      department,
     
     
      Geoffrey
      Dale*
      has
      stated
      that
     
     
      the
      actions
      of
      Holbrook
      re-
     
     
      garding
      the
      marking
      of
      his
     
     
      papers
      were
      based
      on
      per-
     
     
      sonal
      bias
      and
      not
      on
      academic
     
     
      standard.
      Dale
      had
      received
      a
     
     
      95%
      on
      his
      first
      paper
      of
      the
     
     
      semester
      and
      on
      the
      day
      the
     
     
      second
      paper
      was
      due,
      Dale
     
     
      asked
      a
      question
      that
      as
      Dale
     
     
      put
      it
      left
      Holbrook
      feeling
     
     
      agitated.
      He
      also
      felt
      that
      the
     
     
      response
      was
      more
      of
      a
      repri-
     
     
      mand
      than
      an
      answer.
      Subse-
     
     
      quently
      Dale
      received
      grades
     
     
      of
      35%
      and
      65%
      respectively
     
     
      on
      the
      next
      two
      papers,
      which
     
     
      were
      not
      returned.
      Upon
      re-
     
     
      ceiving
      his
      mark
      of
      65%
      for
     
     
      the
      semester
      Dale
      felt
      that
      a
     
     
      clerical
      error
      had
      been
      made.
     
    

    
     
      After
      several
      attempts
     
     
      to
      contact
      Holbrook,
      Dale
      fi-
     
     
      nally
      ran
      into
      him
      outside
      of
     
     
      class
      in
      the
      hallway,
      Holbrook
     
     
      tried
      to
      brush
      him
      off
      stating
     
     
      he
      hadn’t
      the
      time
      to
      see
      Dale
     
     
      and
      said
      that
      he
      should
      come
     
     
      back
      during
      office
      hours.
     
     
      Holbrook
      did
      not
      have
      office
     
     
      hours
      posted
      and
      even
      the
      sec-
     
     
      retary
      for
      the
      department
      did
     
     
      not
      know
      when
      he
      would
      be
      in
     
     
      his
      office.
      Out
      of
      frustration,
     
     
      Dale
      approached
      Dean
     
     
      Campbell
      who
      himself
      con-
     
     
      tacted
      Holbrook.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      January
      21,
      1997
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Digging
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      the
      meeting
      be-
     
     
      tween
      Dale
      and
      Holbrook
      fi-
     
     
      nally
      took
      place,
      Dale
      was
      not
     
     
      satisfied
      with
      his
      professor’s
     
     
      comments
      and
      wrote
      the
      Presi-
     
     
      dent
      of
      the
      university
      to
      re-
     
     
      quest
      that
      his
      mark
      for
      the
     
     
      course
      be
      readjusted.
      Dale
      was
     
     
      not
      available
      for
      comment
      on
     
     
      whether
      or
      not
      his
      grade
      was
     
     
      ever
      changed.
     
    

    
     
      One
      student
      also
      men-
     
     
      tioned
      that
      while
      Holbrook
     
     
      was
      passing
      out
      evaluation
     
     
      forms
      at
      the
      end
      of
      the
      semes-
     
     
      ter,
      the
      professor
      mentioned
     
     
      that
      because
      of
      tenure
      he
      was
     
     
      in
      the
      position
      to
      disregard
     
     
      any
      comments
      made
      by
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      on
      the
      evaluation
      forms
     
     
      and
      that
      to
      remember
      when
     
     
      fillmg
      them
      out
      that
      he
      would
     
     
      be
      teaching
      some
      of
      them
      next
     
     
      semester.
      Holbrook
      then,
     
     
      against
      University
      rules,
      col-
     
     
      lected
      the
      forms
      himself.
     
    

    
     
      These
      indiscretions
     
     
      cause
      the
      students
      of
      UPEI
      to
     
     
      wonder
      what
      other
      incidents
     
     
      the
      Department
      of
      Sociology/
     
     
      Anthropology
      have
      been
      hid-
     
     
      ing.
      And
      furthermore,
      why
     
     
      the
      administration
      is
      ignoring
     
     
      these
      problems.
     
    

    
     
      John
      Crossley,
      VP
      Aca-
     
     
      demic
      agreed
      that
      “[there
      is
      a]
     
     
      history
      of
      some
      difficulty
     
     
      within
      the
      department.”
     
     
      Crossley
      also
      pointed
      out
      that
     
     
      the
      department
      is
      currently
      un-
     
     
      dergoing
      another
      planned
      in-
     
     
      ternal
      review.
      The.
      external
     
     
      review
      is
      scheduled
      to
      take
     
     
      place
      in
      March
      or
      September.
     
    

    
     
      “[The
      study]
      looks
      into
     
     
      more
      comprehensive
      things,
     
     
      but
      student
      complaints
      do
      bub-
     
     
      ble
      up.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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