Faculty Seeks To Increase Policy Jj By MICHAEL OLINICK Through the persistent efforts of a few men, the faculty is getting a greater voice in deciding what happens, when and how at the University. Though the faculty already enjoys a relatively large amount of power compared to colleagues at most other institutions, the last few years have shown advancing influence in areas not directly related to academic affairs, faculty members say. , In the last few months, faculty committees have, under their own initiative, recommended sweeping changes in the Office of Student Affairs, urged the establishment of a Center on University Teaching to improve the level of instruction across the campus and asked .for greater control over intercollegiate athletic policy. Although none of these proposals has as yet been translated into action, all three -will "come to pass" if the professors want them to. Revitalize Senate Committee The organ of faculty power is a revitalized Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. This committee has the power- stipulated by a Regents Bylaw-to consider and advise on all matters within the jurisdiction of the University Senate "which affect the functionings of the University as an institution of higher learning," which concern is obligations to the state and to the community at] large, and which relate to its internal organization as this involves general questions of educational policy. All members of the professional staff and the executive and central administrators make up the Senate which is authorized to "consider any matter pertaining to the interests of the University" and make recommendations about it to the Regents. Vice-President and Dean of Faculties Marvin L. Niehuss notes the rise of faculty influence as an increase in the effectiveness of the Senate's committees in bringing faculty opinion across State Street to the Administration Bldg. Just what official power the faculty holds is mainly in the realm of academic affairs. Jurisdiction over academic policies resides in the 17 individual schools and colleges and, within them, the departments govern what happens in the various disciplines. Determine Admissions Standards The faculty committees on admissions tell Prof. Clyde Vroman and his staff how many students their colleges can take, what re- quirements applicants must meet, and- what criteria will be used in selecting the freshmen class. The admissions committee made the decision to require all applicants to take the tests of the College Entrance Examination Board on a three-year experimental study. The final decision on whether or not the exam scores will be used as admission criteria will be a faculty one. The faculty also has the say about what minimum grade point students need to remain in the University, who gets put on pro- bation or suspended, what distribution requirements must be met, and what courses are taught. Choose New Instructors The members of a given department also decide what new professors they want to add to their staff and who gets promoted each spring. All appointments to the faculty and salary designations' must, however, be approved by the Regents. Proceedings which may result in the dismissal, demotion, or terminal appointments of a faculty man may be initiated by the Vice-President and Dean of Faculties or the dean of the college in which the affected instructor is employed. In exceptional cases which "threaten direct and immediate injury" to the public reputa- tion or the "essential functions" of the University, the president may relieve a faculty member of all his duties, pending final action on the case. faking Rok The research funds that eachdepartment has are administer through it for projects approved by the department's executi committee. Decision Process Varies The process of decision varies greatly within the departmen Some use a democratic vote-by-majority to determine policy. Othe leave policy formulation to the chairman and an executive committ of senior faculty men. The majority of faculty men are satisfied with the arrang ments governing the academic side of life as it gives them decisio making power in the areas that affect them most. What happe. in the area of student affairs or alumni relations is of little inter since these are not "academic" matters. Some, even, are very hostile to the professors who spend a large amount of time working on the Student Relations Committee or the Subcommittee on Discipline or the Board in Control of Student Publications. "They charge us with ignoring our research and ne- glecting revisions in our courses," one often-attacked professor explains. Committee meetings do take a great number of hours and See FACULTY, Page 2 I - -v NEW HEAD FOR U.N. See Page 4 Y Seventy-One Years of Editorial Freedom A6F 471'atty, CLEARING, COOLER High-5o Fair and cold tonight sunny and warmer tomorrow r. VOUL. LA I,INo. O50 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1961 SEVEN CENTS. EIGHT PA( Bus Overturns REFERRED TO HRC: City Council Tables Housing Ordinance By MICHAEL HARRAH Tempers flared and parliamentary maneuvering became com- plex as the Ann Arbor City Council tabled a motion last night for a fair housing ordinance by Councilman Lynn W. Eley (D) and re- ferred it to the Ann Arbor Human Relations Commission for a public hearing. Eley's ordinance would apply to apartments that have four or more units controlled by one owner. In presenting the ordinance Eley moved that the council hold an informal public hearing at the Davenport Set To Serve As Acting omns Dea T _. e .. _v_._ . -next meeting, "so that anyone --Daily-Ed Langs ACCIDENT-A Chicago-Detroit Greyhound bus with 20 to 30 persons aboard skidded and overturned on Route 1-94 just west of the Jackson Road Overpass last night. The eastbound bus began skidding off the west pavement, when the front wheel caught the soft shoulder, was pivoted and careened down a 15- foot embankment. UN Committee Vote Warns South Africa UNITED NATIONS (R )-United Nations delegates last night voted condemnation of South Africa's white supremacy policies in two resolutions that threatened boycotts and possible expulsion as pun- ishment. The UN Assembly's special political committee first adopted a 31-nation resolution calling for the Security Council to consider ex- pulsion of South Africa and demanding a complete diplomatic and 'Dual' Study A ttracts 11 By SANDRA JOHNSON Eleven University and Wayne State University students are cur- rently taking advantage of the dual course -electionagreement established last spring. Edward G. Groesbeck, director of, registration and records, re- ported yesterday that three Uni- versity students have elected class- es from WSU, although not form- ally admitted or paying fees to the Detroit school. Eight Wayne students are attending classes here under the same arrangement. The dual election program was set up by the Regents and WSU's Board of Governors to broaden learning opportunitiesand fully utilize resources in specialized areas - while at the same time avoiding overlapping and un- necessary duplication. Thus, for example, the chance to learn a language not normally taught at one institution would be available to more persons, Dean of State-Wide Education Harold M. Dorr pointed out. See DUAL, Page 2 UN Unit Raps Lack of Action UNITED NATIONS (W) - The United Nations Trusteeship Com- mittee last night voted to con-t demn Portugal's non-complian' - with UN requests that it furnisnh information on its overseas terri- tories. The resolution will now go be- fore the General Assembly., holding strong opinions on either side of this issue may be heard." Raps HRC Explaining his presentation of the ordinance, Eley rapped the HRC for not submitting a report, and recommendation to the coun- cil, as they had been requested to do last spring. His motion for a public hearing was supported by Councilman Wendall Hulcher (R), the coun- cil's representative- on the HRC "for different reasons. h m "I feel this is one of the most important issues to come before council," Hulcher said. "In acting upon it, we will be setting the moral tone for Ann Arbor as well as the key rights for our fellow man. Thus we have a duty and a responsibility to correct conditions in the most expeditious and har- monious way." Recommends Action Hulcher recommended three courses of action: "Hold 'public hearings with an openmind and a charitable spirit," encourage "all moral forces" of the city to discuss and consider the matter, and if wide popular support for such an ordinance should come into evidence, put the proposition on a citywide ballot. He said that he didn't believe the majority of the citizenry favored legislation at this time. Councilman John F. Laird (R) proposed that the matter be re- ferred to the commission, but Eley opposed the suggestion, say- ing that the commission had had quite enough time to act and had failed. His attempt to call for a vote was killed 10-1. Eley's motion to pass the ordi- nance to second reading died for want of a second. Joseph Dowson moved to table and refer; it was seconded by Councilwoman Lydia B. Flannery (R). Eley said he considered the ac- tion as a move to kill his ordi- nance, but it carried, 7-3. Study Asks More WASHINGTON (')-A study by the Brookings Institution called for increased federal aid to higher education yesterday. Most of the existing federal programs to assist higher edu- cation, the study said, should be expanded and placed on a long-range basis. Increased funds were suggested for research programs in the national interest and programs directly supporting in- structional functions. The study was prepared by Prof. Alice M. Rivlin, a member of the economics staff of the institution, a privately financed research organization devoted largely to study of public policy matters. Suggests Aid Measures She suggested: -Expanding the college housing loan fund so long as addi- tional dormitories and other service facilities are needed. -Making federal grants for construction of instructional buildings and research facilities. -Continuing and expanding aid . to students on several fronts: scholarships, student loans and graduate fellowships. Prof. Rivlin said the present complex program of federal financing, which involves nearly all the 1,900 colleges and uni- versities in the United States, "was not planned; it just grew." Views Congressional Outlook However, Prof. Rivlin said, "there are definite signs that Congress is beginning to look on higher education as a national concern and a fit subject for federal legislation in its own right. "Higher education is a particularly appropriate burden for the federal government to relieve . . . because of the relations between education and national security." AWAIT COURT ACTION: TeXas Regents To Delay Further Deseregto AUSTIN-University of Texas regents decided this weekend to delay action on further desegregation of dormitories until a pending suit is settled by Federal courts. Earlier the board had been scheduled to act on a proposal to in- tegrate at least part of the women's dormitories. Men's housing is already partly integrated. Through Thornton Hardie, the board chairman, the regents announced after the meeting: "We wish to say that in view of the r:"; ;>:x::::?::.:::=:: ii:= :: .'.::::;:;i:::?:::::::ija':r:Ec;::Ei