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Stop By Sometime
Cobb continued
IN A DRAMA played out in
the highest echelons of the1
University, the administration
failed to reach a contract agree-
ment with Dr. Jewel Cobb after
offering the black educator a
two-year no-tenure contract as
dean of the literary college -
a move that spurred outrage, in-
dignation, and consternation
among many members of the
academic commalty.
The only official comment on
the now discontinued negotia-
tions has been a brief, vague
statement from University Pre-
sidenit Robben Fleming a n d
Vice President for Academic
Affairs Frank Rhodes which
confirms that Cobb was indeed
the Board of Regents' choice to
fill the deanship and that ac-;
ceptable terms of appointment
could not be worked out.
Other than that explanation,
the administrators have cloaked
the procedings in a blanket of
"no comments." But the facul-
tv and lower-level administra-
tors have become more and
more restive as The Daily has
printed details of the Cobb ne-
gotiations.
Underlying the emotional fer-
vor appears to be a calculating
struggle for power involving the
eight-member Board of Regents
and the University's day-to-day
overseers. On most issues -
particularly those of significant
import - the Regents follow ad-
ministration recommendations'
rather thai independently de-
signing the school's policy.
On the Cobb appointment, how-
ever, the Regents struck out on
their own seemingly to the dis-
pleasure of both Fleming and
Rhodes.
In special Board meeting call-
ed a week ago at Cobb's behest,
the Regents and the top admin-
istrators spent six hours thrash-
ing out the contract offer. At
that point, Cobb had already re-
jected the two-year no-tenure
pact. But the Regents, during
the session, gave Fleming and
Rhodes the power to offer a re-
vised contract without stipulat-
ing new terms. Thus the second
contract offer was identical to
the first, acording to well-plac-
ed sources.
One board member described
the marathon meeting as "the
roughest I've been in." And one
regent remarked, upon emer-
ging from the discussion, t h a t
Fleming and Rhodes tried to
exert a "minpulative" influence
on the board.
Fleming, in turn, downplayed
any suggestion that the meet-
ing was laced with hostility and
open confrontation: "There was
no rancor, no animosity. All
differences of opinion were just
honestly expressed as differenc-
es."
Presently dean of Connecticut
College, the 51-year-old Cobb
offers solid credentials as both
an educator and leader. She
along with now acting LSA Dean
Billy Frye and Cornell Univer-
sity ombudsman David Danelski
were the final candidates w h o
s'lrvived months of screening.
After the field had been win-
nowed to that trio by a student-
faculty search committee, the
names went to the Regents who
unanimously backed Cobb. But
the administrators, in the per-
sons of Fleming and Rhodes,
made Cobb an offer she had to
refuse.
In the second week of contro-
versy surrounding the deanship,
the focus fell on the contract
terms deemed to be "insulting
and unethical" by those w h o
supported Cobb for the post.
About 200 faculty and admin-
istration members expressed
their displeasure with the offer
and frustration at being un-
able to influence a decision
made by those above them on
the buresucratic ladder, during
a Thursday afternoon demons-
tration in front of the ac minis-
tration building.
"'This is an afront to every
,ninority person,' Ce'lared
George Goodman, 0 rec-t r of
the Unversity's Oppotunity
Program, as he marched with
the other placcard ca-:ryig de-
'nonstrators. "It's not pike they
were dealing with Mickey
Mouse or Donald Duck." Fiery
criticism came from other quar-
ters as well. Women's Commit-
tee Chairwoman Euaice Burns
charged that "they are treating
affirmative action as if it does
not exist."
In the long history of the Uni-
versity, neither a wom in nor a
black has ever served as liter-
ary college dean. The school is
far and away the largest Isere,
serving nearly 16,000 of the 35,-
000 students enrolled in the Uni-
versity.
Both university groups <nd in-
dividal students and faculty
members roundly condemned
the administrations j'osition as
lack-sliding in afrirmai.ve ac-
tion. Responded fleming in the'
nrenared statement: "We have
heen conscious from the outset
of the sensitivity of this appoint-
ment with regards to affirma-
tive action and are prepared to
sunport our action publicly." As
vet, no further comment has
been forthcoming from either
Fleming or Rhodes.
Union at the 'U'
Money does not always talk, as
the University found out last
week after offering its graduate
emnioves an eight per cent sa-
nrv hike in the face of tough
strike talk on the part of the
2.200 workers. The union, repre-
senting teaching fellows and
staff and research assistants,
promptly rejected the increase
and onted for a larger slice of
the pie.
At this point the Graduate Em-
mioves Organization (GEO) is
marshaling suport in the ranks
for this Wednesday's meeting,
at which the group will decide
whether or not to take a strike
vote. A strike, if it came to
pass, would cripple many Uni-
versity departments such as
Romance Languages and Math-
ematics where teaching fellows
carry a large part of the work
load.
But the GEO will probably get
little, if any, support from the
undergraduates if the u n i o n
actually walks out. More and
more students have become in-
creasingly concerned a b o i t
grades and school and at the
same time fail to see the valid-
ity in some GEO demands.
The GEO leadership, however,
seems to believe that such su-p
port is necessary if a successful
strike is to be pulled off.
Contract talks between the
university administration and
the GEO have dragged on for
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Robben Fleming acknowledged
that Cobb and the administrators could not agree on a
contract but contended that the school had to maintain a
"sensitivity" for affirmative action. Still no further explana-
tion of the matter has been offered.
months and months - while
each side refused to concede
certain "key points."
The University is categorical-
ly opposed to giving the grad-
uate employes more than an
eight per cent salary increase
because, in part, it would set a
precedent for other union con-
tracts. Thus the 'U' bargaining
team announced the pay hike1
which is retroactive to the start
of this school year.
But the union said ' o" -
during a loud, emotionally
charged meeting a {lay later.
From all indications, the CEO
leadership is gearing up for a
strike, thought it remains to be
seen how much broad-based sup-
port there is for such drastic
action.
On a related front, the Regis-
tered Nurses working at Uni-
versity Hospital last week over-
whelmingly voted to unionize un-
der the banner of the Michigan
Nurses Association.
Most of the 600 nurses voted
during the two-day election -
which in itself surprised most
union organizers. And even
more unexpected was the 3-1
margin by which the union was
approved.
Even though unionization has
hit another profession at t h e
University, it wil be some time
before the nurses begin press-
ing contract demands on the
bureaucrats. Certain formali-
ties, including reams of paper
work, must be completed by the
state union and government of-
ficials before any bargaining
can get underway.
But when the time comes, it
appears the issues upper most
isi the minds of the union mem-
bers will not be more money
and more lavish fringe benefits,
but rather wil concentrate on
improved patient care and in-
creased input in staff decisions.
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Budget blues
Gov. William Milliker is a
low-key politician wh doesn't
pull many surprises. When he
announced his pconosed budget
la. t week - including appro-
priations for the University -1
none of the chieftans here were
astonished though tOey felt the
lulget 1 inch strike close to
hoA VIC.
If Wiliken's propo';al is ap-
proved hb the state nigislature
in its present form, the Univer-
sity will receive about $102
in1i ion - significantly less than
Ynd beer requested.
The res:onse was as expect-
able as the governor's announce-
mnt. PIming conveyed his
' d aappointment," saying t h e
b iget allocation will "provide
this institution with sex ere prob-
lems aad a considerable chal-
lenge.'
Milliken
Daily Photo by STEVE KAGAN
THESE ARE some of the 200 people who marched in protest
Thursday over the University administration's handling of
LSA Deanship appointment. They expressed outrage over
the failure to hire Dr. Jewel Cobb, a noted black educator.
That's a stock phrase trotted
out every year about this time.
But. for a change it should ac-
curately reflect the University's
position. Looming in the not too
distant future are cuts in t h e
Pilot Program, which m a y
emerge mortaly wounded if not
dead, Residential College, Lib-
rary services, and most other
areas.
Right now individual depart-
ments are determining which
programs must be retained and
which can be eliminated or cur-
tailed. These recommenda'.i'ns
will then be passed on to the
respective college deans and in
turn to higher authorities -
where the final decilion on
priorities will be made.
And in the meantime, the ad-
ministrators are guardedly
hopeful that the legislators may
be more generous than the gov-
ernor hos been with the Univer-
sity. But that remains nothing
rmor than an unfounded dream.
-GORDON fTCIESON
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