U State Education' bet Planning SoUgfht co Proposals Enhance Board's Power;ta Officials Impressed, Concerned b By JOHN MEREDITH sa p1 The long-awaited "blue ribbon" committee report on u Michigan education, released this morning by Gov. George iz Romney's "blue ribbon" Citizens' Committee on Higher Edu- cation, emphasizes coordination of higher education plan- ig ning under the state Board of Education. t The board, according to the document, should not hesi- tate to exert pressure on individual institutions even though each school should maintain its constitutionally guaranteed autonomy. For example, the report attacks duplicate programs at state schools where there is not adequate demand to justify more than one or two schools offering courses in a given area of study. To remedy this problem, it recommends that nstruction ... Planning.. . Undergraduate ... Local Colleges ... Professional ... By ALICE BLOCH This state has to have more and tter-trained college teachers. That is the conclusion drawn in .e report of the 'blue ribbon" mmittee, released this morning. In its report on instruction the ommittee proposes a "joint at- ck" by the State Board of Edu- ation and state colleges to com- at the problem of teacher short- ge. The recommended attack in- udes providing competitive lary scales, placing greater em- hasis on creative teaching at the ndergraduate level and reorgan- ing staff structures. The report also advises Mich- an colleges to step up counsel- See SAYS, Page 6 ~1 By LEONARD PRATT The report of the "blue ribbon" committee calls for the State Board of Education to take a much tighter grip on the "over-all planning and coordination of higher education in Michigan." It gives a broad definition of power to the newly-created eight- man body which would enable it to enter such previously sacred areas as faculty salaries, graduate pro- grams and internal budgeting. At the same time, the report supports the constitutional in- dependence of the 10 state-sup- ported colleges, an independence which officials here say is chal- lenged by an extension of board See COMMITTEE, Page 6 ! By ROBERT LEDERER Michigan needs a new four- year state-supported undergradu- ate college in the Bay City-Sag- inaw-Midland area, according tc the report of the "blue ribbon" committee. The committee also mentions the proposed expansion of the University's twb-year Flint branch into a state-supported four-year college. The expansion of Flint and the addition of a college in the "Thumb" area will enable the state to "be adequately supplied with such educational programs and campuses for at least the next decade and possibly considerably longer." See REPORT, Page 6 By CONSTANCE BENNETT A need and a plan for com- munity college development are stated in the report of the "blue ribbon" committee released this morning. The need is to provide suffi- cient institutions so that any high school graduate can learn the skills necessary for service to his community. There will be over 327,000 undergraduates enrolled in higher institutions in Michigan in 1975. There are now 245,000. New Students Placing the colleges close to the students would encourage them to attend and make it possible for those to attend who otherwise See LOCAL, Page 6 By ADA JO SOKOLOV The report of the "blue.ribbon" committee calls for the State Board of Education to coordinate graduate a n d graduate-profes- sional programs throughout the state. The report also suggests several ways to obtain additional finances for graduate programs. The com- mittee calls for an expansion of scholarship and loan programs, support of education by industry and a higher rate of tuition for graduates rather than undergrad- uates. In an attempt to eliminate dup- licate graduate programs through- out the state, the report covers See DOCUMENT, Page 6 Financing... By MARY LOU BUTCHER Contributing Editor A call for the State Board of Education to closely coordinate capital outlay with specific edu- cational programs of the ten state. supported colleges and universities is being issued by the "blue rib- bon" committee. According to the report, such coordination is necessary if the state is to "know what the future costs of educational programs are going to be and to avoid unneces- sary duplication of facilities" among and within institutions. The committee suggests that "Fhile a state plan for higher education is being developed, it See BACKS, Page 6 U I Seventy-Four Years of Editorial Freedom :4Ia it4 Wrtiers' Influence Is the Key By KENNETH WINTER The report of the "blue rib- bop" committee contains some- thing for everyone and few sur- prises for anyone. Most of its recommendations stand as endorsements of cur- rent trends in Michigan educa- tionrather than as battle cries for new or radical changes. It supports, for example, the tradition of autonomy for each state institution, and at the sam time supports the rising power of the new State Board of Educatior as a coordinating force. It backs the apparently growing consensu against the establishment of new branch institutions, and applaud the boom in community colleges And it joins the statewide chorw warning of the enrollment crisis and calling for "a rapidly grow- ing commitment on the part of bhe citizens of the state to meet the financial burden." Current Thinking These and other "blue ribbon" recommendations line up not only with current thinking but with other recent studies of the state' college system. They agree re- markably well with the moderr classic on Michigan higher edu- cation, the John Dale Russell re- port of 1958. Russell, theh a lead- ing New Mexico school adminiP; trator, led a team of out-of-state educators which turned out a mountain of reports and sum- med them up in a 200-page book. It, too, opposed branches, under- scored the need for greater fi- financial aid and advocated a state Board of Education similar to the one recently established. Who, Not What The key to the "blue ribbon" report lies, not in what it says, but in who says it. For unlike the Russell team, this is not a group of educators but a care- fully constructed coalition of the state's most influential citizens. So whatever this group says has substantial political and economic force behind it-at least poten- tially, Romney's Plan This was Gov. George Romney' plan when he first assembled the committee in 1963, choosig its approximately 50 members so as to give the group as broad an economic, ideological, geographic social, religious and even ethnic composition as possible. 'Arouse Support' The newly elected governor was quite explicit about his. designs At its first meeting, he defined the committee's role as "com- ing up with a plan and program for higher education in Michigan. and then presenting the facts supporting that plan in such f way that will develop public sup- port." At the time, it appeared that any unity plan would need all the public support it could get. Th state's four-year colleges, most of them independent of one anothe and of Lansing, were battling it out with one another for money students, faculty and even terri- tory. See LINES, Page 6 Four Students Held in South Vmir T4nval-Qity A iipn ,wr 1 A I { I 1 t 1 1 { - { } t . r the state board "exercise au- thority" to eliminate unneces- sary duplication and approve establishment of new pro-i grams. VOL. LXXV, No. 144 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, 19 MARCH 1965 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES Applies to Graduates ly, the report suggests that ex- } isting medical facilities in the, c ul state should be expanded e- N et o n Yo fore construction of a third med-Negro AcalchGrl.p ical school. 'I am generally pleased with the report and satisfied that the By CAROLE KAPLAN committee conducted their stud, without bias," University Presi- A "sympathy march" in protest of the recent events in Selma, dent Harlan Hatcher declare( Alabama, and the right of Panhellenic to express student opirlion yesterday. on the University campus were the topics of .discussion at yesterday's He added, however, that he wa- Panhellenic Association meeting. concerned with the apparent rig- The march, which is to take place Sunday, was originated and HATCHER CONVOCATION: idity of the committee's positior planned by a newly-formed organization of Negro University on expansion through in depend- ------ - students. Because this group is as f 4,:2 /zes F ac enst state-supported schools. n ltGeraApovlRh si yet unofficial, Panhellenic has na " ze Fa While also expressing general Tell oifghts agreed to sponsor the march. approval of the committee's work -:James Locke, '67L. co-chairman By JULIE W. FITZGERALD Hatch University Executive Vice-Presi- * * of the new organization, spoke at terest dent Marvin Niehuss remarked CO 111ssion the meeting yesterday, explaining There ought to be more con- questi that the strong state board rec- Co the purpose of the group, and sideration of principles and con- inant ommended in the report woul( Panhellenic President Laura Fitch, sequences when planning an ex- autho inevitably have to deal with some ! By SHIRI EY ROSICK '66, urged the sorority system to pression of outraged conscience, Fro "grey areas" of authority in it- b.,-p. f hP', support the march in fact as well University President Harlan conte r' Group Calls Off at, Plans 'Teach-In' 4Objects To Nulty Action, Berkeley her said, the centers of In-, moved from this to the ion of who had the predom- authority-civil or university orities. m there, the general dis- nt moved to the structure of said there were three areas of knowledge-the necessary factual data that has been passed down from generation to generation; the skills such as languages, arts and professions; and the most "private and permanent," the area of values. relationship with the governing boards of individual schools. I Niehuss referred specifically to the suggestion that the boar, have power to decide on whethert individual colleges should insti tute new programs of study. The committee report consist of six separate subcommittee doc- uments, each focusing on a dif" ferent phase of higher educationE in Michigan. The areas covered k are: four year undergraduate ed- ucational programs and institu- tions; instruction; area post-sec-r ondary institutions-communit' colleges; graduate and graduate- professional studies, research, and public services; finance;' and overE all planning and coordination of{ higher education. Need To Expand - Considering the need to expand # Michigan's educational facilities the report advocates establishingt four-year state institutions ir Flint and the Saginaw-Bay City- Midland area. It adds that the six smaller existing state univer- sities should assume a majorl share of increased undergraduate enrollment. While not specifically stipulat- ing that the University's Flintl College should become a separ- ate institution, the report gen- erally questions the" usefulness oft such branch colleges except as the initial step in the formation of independent schools.t It further distinguishes between the roles of community colleges and four-year institutions, em-1 phasizing the community college's functions of providing terminal- technical training and offering students a chance to raise the{ level of their academic perform- ance so that they can completet ducation in a four-year school. Calling attention to the import-,E ance of such "comprehensive" community colleges, the report outlines a plan to organize 29E community college districts in the state. Remain for Two Years j Most community colleges, as conceived by the committee, would1 remain as two-year institutions. However, they could precede the establishment of four-year schools in a particular area.t With respect to state finance the report recommends coordi- nation of capital outlay financing, and states that plans asking al' state schools to present a uni- fied budget request to the state board for approval have merit. It also advocates long-term capita' outlay financing. The section of the document or instruction emphasizes the need for keeping faculty salaries at r STwo Key members of We Michigan Civil Rights Commis- sion told Ann Arbor City Council members last night that only the state CRS has the right to enforce civil rights legislation. Commission co-chairman Judge John Feikens and executive di- rector Burton J. Gordin said the state commission's power is grant- ed by Art. 1, Sect. 2 of the State Constituition. The article very broadly prohibits discrimination as in name. Hatcher said yesterday in regard1 Relation to University to proposed faculty action over Also discussed at the meeting the war in Viet Nam. was the problem of Panhellenic's Speaking at the second student relationship to the University convocation, Hatcher said he com- community and to its national or- mended the faculty for its con- ganization. Some of the questions cern over the Viet Nam crisis andt raised were: for planning seminars to be held next week instead of the class --Whether. or not Panhellenic boycott the faculty group had s nwants to take the re-originally planned. y sponsib lity of expressing student He added that the form of pd.o- opinion, test must have relevance to the in any area. -If it does want this respon- problem and the cutting of classes However, the two commission sibility, whether or not it has the was not reevant to the war in members explained that the lacal power to exercise it, Viet Nam. Ann Arbor Human Relations Commission need not feel paralyz- ed. Feikens said that local com- missions could do much in "con- ciliating and persuading" citizens to comply with the state law. He said that for effective en- forcement of civil rights legisla- tion, there must be a single, state- wide standard. He said that plac- ing all cities under the jurisdic- tion of the state law would avoid "ghettoising" by discouraging peo- ple from moving to areas not hav- ing rights laws. Gordin said rather than lbeing concerned with enforcing laws, local groups should promote an affirmative voluntary program" in which all the institutions of az community work, to promote civil rights. Feiken asked that local com- missions concentrate on "mission-1 ary work" rather than enforce- ment of rights laws. He and Gord- in said this could be done withc surveys, conferences and pro-1 grams to inform citizens of the state rights law.c Gordin said that the processing1 of a complaint on civil rights vio- lation takes too long-about four to six months." He said that locali enforcement of civil rights would not appreciably shorten this time. As a result of an attempt to enforce Ann- Arbor's Fair Hious-; ing Ordinance last fall, the con- stitutionality of the ordinance isI now being tested. City attorney Jacob Farner Jr. said that if proved constitutional, the ordi- nance could shorten the time for processing a complaint. Republican candidate for may - or and former councilman Wen:- dell E. Hulcher has proposed that the city council incorpora'.e the state rights law in Ann Arbor's Fair Housing Ordinance. To Consider Leaves, Gifts The Regents will not be dis- -Whether or not it has the right to represent the students in' CORRECTION The Daily inaccurately quot- ed University Vice-President Marvin L. Niehuss yesterday, saying he thinks a residence hail fee hike unlikely and pre- dicting that the hike will be taken up privately by the Re- gents this weekend. In fact, Niehuss said a fee hike is a possibility but that it will not be presented to the Regents this weekend. matters of current importance, and Awareness Panhellenic members expressed their awareness of the changing status of sororities on the Univer- sity campus. the effects of the in- creasing size of the University, the new apartment permissions for junior women, and the in- creasing emphasis on student ac- tivism on the desirability of affili- ation. Can Frustrate The leaders in foreign policy have the information and can frustrate persons who take an opposing point of view, but these persons can express themselves in a disciplined manner, President Hatcher said. In the public eye, the proposed class moratorium might have been like the "Savio of the faculty rising up." President Hatcher said any form of protest must be done through an orderly access to the centers of decision-making. Is- sues in question should have "pro- per consideration with rational input to the proper spot." This process should be used by students, he added. "Disruption is not necessary to the making of intelligent decisions." In speaking of the student up- rising at Berkeley, President Hatcher said the situation was a product of general unrest in a volatile society. He added that it only needed one element to set off-free speech restrictions by the administration. After the free speech movement headed by Mario Savio, Presidentl the University, the concept of ad- ministrators and finally, the ques-; tion of the California Board of Regents. President Hatcher said the Uni- versity president must not be just a mediator nor a dictator but must be some kind of a leader. Movement Distorted Citing the obscenity movement at Berkeley, Hatcher commented that the movement distorted the two issues in the public's image. He said this was indicative of how something that begins as a legiti- mate cause can move away from the principles involved. President Hatcher said he did not think the ingredients for re- volt were present on this campus because "University students dis- play a great deal of levelheaded- ness in their idealism." Speaking of the recent events in Selma and Montgomery, Ala., President Hatcher said there has been a steady growth of non- violence and nonresistence in pro- tests. Some University students felt compelled to go, he added, and he -said he respected their feel- ings. Real Action While the demonstrations were going on, the real action was in Judge Johnson's court. His de- cision to let the marchers con- tinue and President Lyndon B. Johnson's "magnificant perform- ance" in front of Congress were very relevant to the cause of civil rights. "From orderly courts and the blood of martyrs will come action," President Hatcher said. In discussing the question of curriculum, President Hatcher Value Aspect President Hatcher said ed this aspect of values coming through to the generation. This part of riculum, however, helps dent find "meaning in find grace and meaning "The student who attains all three areas of the curriculum will go into the world wise, skilled, and with a sense of importance of ful- fillment." President Hatcher said it must be kept in mind that the "Uni- versity is a tremendous place with many commitment4 to be kept track of." People should be con- cerned, he added, because there are. many problems. An ongoing intellectual effort is a concept for deep student concern. More Aware Stressing the world size and in- terdependence, this generation is more acutely aware than any other of the tensions and injustices in the world. Bad Weather Delays Rocket The launching of a rocket carrying a nose cone designed by University scientists was delayed again at noon yesterday because of weather. It is still not decided whether the night shot of a dual launching to measure the tem- perature, density and pressure of the upper atmosphere at the points of greatest variance in the diurnal cycle will be made. he fear- was not present the cur- the stu- art and to life." Emphasis on Its Tactics To Use New Methods To Refocus Attention On Viet Nam Issue By ROBERT MOORE Faced with widespread criticism and "irrevelant" argument, the faculty group that six days ago announced a walkout in protest of U.S. policy in Viet Nam has can- celled its plans to call off classes. In a heated meeting that lasted from 8 p.m. Wednesday until 4:30 a.m. Thursday, the group set new plans for a "teach-in" on Wednes- day, March 24, to take the place of the work stoppage. "We realized that discussion was centering more upon the means being used in the protest than upon Viet Nam. The group decided it needed to change its tactics," said Prof. William Gam- son, chairman of the group. Another Reason Another reason for the switch is the heavy pressure brought up- on group members by colleagues and superiors to use a more con- ventional method of protest. The "teach-in" would last from 8 p.m. Wednesday night until 8 a.m. Thursday morning. It would include lectures by critics of American policy in Viet Nam and seminars considering alternatives to the Asian commitment. The group plans to coordinate the proposed teach-in with similar demonstrations which it will fos- ter at campuses all over the coun- try. Contacts Encouraging Prof. Marshall Sahlins of the anthropology department, reports that the initial contacts have been "universally encouraging," particularly at the University of Chicago and at Columbia Uni- versity. Dean William Haber of the lit- erary college reported that he had been asked to allocate Auditor- iums A, B, C, and D of Angell Hall for the teach-in. He told The Daily that he intended to grant the space. Haber said he was "extremely pleased" with the group's new plan, and that it was "in line with the academic tradition." Hatcher Commends At a convocation yesterday, President Harlan Hatcher said he "commended the faculty for be- ing concerned about Viet Nam" and praised the group for its new "relevant approach" to the issue. But one of the groups stoutest opponents, Sen. Terry Troutt (D- Romulus) said he felt the group should still be punished for the damage they have done. Troutt added that he thought the Re- gents would take punitive action. The new plan was a far cry from the proposed cancelling of SMALL TURNOUT:, Demonstrate Against Apartheid Support By JUDITH RILEY A rally held last night on the Diag to protest U.S. economic support of South African apartheid drew about three dozen people. A planned torchlight parade failed to materialize. After the meeting on the Diag, the group moved to room 3LMN in the Union. Former Resident A panel consisting of Eric Krystall, former South African resident and presently on the staff of the Conflict Resolution Center, Professor Daniel Fusfeld of the economics department, and Sam Friedman, Grad, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for Ann Arbor Action Against Apartheid, discussed the possibility of student action to protest the South African situation. The moderator was William Livant of the Mental Health De- partment. No Economic Action "Some Amerirans think the U.S. should not take economic ;.: _ ., r.:. :.. . ..... ..X..