Page 8-Friday, October 16, 1981-The Michigan Daily
Michigan State passes
sex
discrminmation review
By PAM FICKINGER
With UPIreports
Michigan State University officials
say their school has passed with flying
colors a two-year sex discrimination
review.
The review by civil rights officials
concluded that MSU was in "complete
compliance" with the federal Title IX
law banning sex discrimination in
education, school officials said yester-
day.
ASSISTANT Provost Lou Anna Simon
said the general Title IX compliance
review began in February, 1980, and
"covered all aspects, academic and
support programs, except inter-
collegiate athletics."
Simon said that often the federal of-
fice for civil rights located in Chicago
generates reviews even though it has
not received complaints of sex bias
about a university. She said they have a
rotating list of universities and "we
were just picked."
In response to the more than 100
questions the office asked, eleven boxes
of information were sent to the civil
rights office in March, 1980, Simon said.
After that, representatives from the of-
fice were "on site" for two weeks.
SIMON SAID that during those two
weeks, representatives were asking
administrators, faculty and students
questions about concerns they had iden-
tified from the information. She said
they also held open sessions for people
from the community, a standard
procedure in any audit.
The findings were released in a 15-
page letter citing several areas in
which MSU met the standards of the
law including admissions, recruitment,
housing, education programs,
facilities, counseling and financial
assistance.
"We are very pleased with their
positive report, which we interpret as
encouragement to continue our efforts
toward affirmative action and equal
opportunity in programs, activities and
services at MSU," said MSU President
Cecil Mackey.
Here in Ann Arbor, Sue Rasmussen, a -
resarch analyst in the University's Ofk
fice of Affirmative Action, said there
have been "Title IX reviews here but
not of the same kind" as the one at
MSU: "We've only really had an
athletic review done," Rasmussen said.
Last spring several athletic
programs, including the University's,
came under review. Four of the in-
vestigations have been completed but
officials here are still waiting to
discover if the University is in com-
pliance with Title IX.
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from the minutes of that April meeting.
It read: "Regent Baker then moved to
authorize the Hospital Executive Board
to search and retain the most qualified
consultant available to determine
among all possible alternatives, the
best contract letting method with the.
specific condition that the consultant
not be a candidate as contractor.
Regent Roach seconded the motion and
it was adopted."
"The intent of the motion was
specific," Baker continued. Those who
made the recommendation on hospital
tethod ups
planning and construction strategy
would not be permitted to be the con-
tractor or construction manager of the
project in order to insure complete ob-
jectivity," Baker said.
THE UNIVERSITY awarded
management contract yesterday
without seeking competitive bids. Bar-
ton-Malow/CM had been selected as
consultant two years ago after un-
dergoing the standard selection
process.
Baker noted it was Barton-
Malow/CM that had developed the con-
struction management strategy.
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IN RESPONSE to Baker's charges;,
Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) said 1.
the mixing of the terms "construction
manager" and "contractor" is inap-
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UNIVERSITY Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer James,0
Brinkerhoff said he was never under
the impressin that the same
organization could not, serve both fun-
ctions.
In other action yesterday, the Regen-
ts approved the University's proposal
to the state for 1982-83 academic year,
fund ing;
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Bill Frye said the University will
request a $35 million or 22 percent in-
crease over this year's scheduled ap
propriation.
The first priority in the proposal is
the ability to give faculty and staff
members significant pay raises next
year to "catch-up" with inflation, Frye
said.
In addition, the executive officers e
pect utility costs to increase by as much
as 24 percent next year.
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