4 Page 12-A - The Michigan Daily, Thursday, September 8, 1983 Na By BILL SPINDLE When School of Natural Resourc return this fall they will begin to school emerging from within Building. It will be a smaller school streamlined school, and a school precarious position, professors say. ALONG WITH the Schools of Edu Art, the School of Natural Reso targeted for major budget cuts ma months ago. After an extensive re budgets and curriculum, first by 1 committees and then by an interna panel, the school was handed a budget cut this summer. As its budget is reduced by one-q the next five years, the school wil nine faculty positions, move from to a two-year undergraduate progr its student admissions requiremen more emphasis on research, the pa t. Resources said. He said, h es students The school's new undergraduate program, to phasis on re see a new be implemented in 1985, will reduce the will forget the Dana school's current 13 concentrations into one teaching." primarily pre-professional program for all un- But after s E, a more dergraduates. Undergraduate enrollment will and re-desig in a very be reduced significantly. bers of the s ALTHOUGH ENROLLMENT in the masters said that th ucation and program will be slightly increased, the been in the p iurces was curriculum will be more focused and the num- luck. ore than 18 ber of courses offered cut from 115 to about 70. "In the sh view of its The Ph. D program will remain virtually un- said prof. D two outside changed. schools tran .l transition~ The school will also increase its emphasis on chance for t 25 percent research by offering professors better incen- unit and an in tives. The time needed for that research will "(BUT) A) uarter overt partially come out of teaching, James last two year [1 eliminate Crowfoot, the school's dean said. not hurt the a four-year "YOU DON'T GET research productivity said. "If thef am, stiffen without putting in time," he said. "There is no process, they its, and put question there will be movement from teaching Spartans, no nel's report to research and support to research." The long r how sear its spen ning choo e sch ast, ort Davi sitio his nter ,NYO rs of sch foot y wo t the evie overcommg ever, that the increased em- rch does not mean the school the transition panel, along with th "strong committment to dean, a unique chance to re-eve school's goals and mission almost fr ding seven months re-shaping one. With those goals the panel was1 curricula and budgets, mem- re-focus curricula and programs to b l's transition panel cautiously the new structure. hool can be better than it has What came out of the process with perseverance and a little similar to the present school's, bu more focused plan to achieve those term it's going to be rocky," Crowfoot. d Hales, a member of the AT A UNIVERSITY Board of n panel. "There is a fighting meeting this summer, Crowfoot wa school to survive as a quality the school could be better after the bu national leader in the field." "We have the opportunity to advan )NE who doesn't think that the of change in the school 10 to 15 year administrative bumbling has "If we are able to do that well, we w ool is kidding themselves," he much ahead of competitors." ball team was put through this The new curriculum expands on th uld have to call themselves the present emphasis on an "integr Wolverines." multidisciplinary approach to solvii w process did, however, give resource problems, transition team 25% cut said. The goal is to traini professionals and e school's researchers who not only understand their own aluate the specialized field, but also have a broad enough om square background to deal with other specializationsI the able to IT IS THE GOAL of many natural resource lest fit into schools, said Prof. Kenneth Polakowski, another transition panel member, but becauge are goals of its unique circumstances the Universitfs it a much school may achieve it to a greater degree thAn goals, said others. "If the plan is implemented successfully, the Regents result will be a school with various professionhl s asked if fields that are truly integrated in a problem idget cut. solving approach and understanding of other ce the rate fields," Polakowski said. "People talk ih- s," he said tegration and collaboration, and there ar4 vill be that programs that give lip service, but o6ur program could be a working model. he school's "If this comes about, we are way ahead of ative" or other programs. We are truly on the forefroht ng natural of this kind of thinking," he said. members See RESOURCE, Page 13 18% cit U V ,. fa S' 40 4 Rr"y 4 y P yRyY T yy r f y xa i k f yg y f 'ant yyT 5 R^* R * p +N : r iW E y 4P " 5M1 ' r nei t. Y 8. =r6 Y yHy ?i is Y.. *k 1 1 ° * Lf And Save with these special prices on Luxo Lamps. By BILL SPINDLE It was a bad summer for the School of Art, as they were told to cut their budget by 18 percent and eliminate 11 faculty positions. But although the school has been asked to reduce its faculty and budget, it will still be teaching the same num- ber of students. THE SUMMER cuts are the end of a t review process which began early in 1982 to look into the school's quality. After discussing several options for budget cuts, ranging from 10 percent to 25 percent, the University's executive officers decided to reduce its budget 18 percent. The school is -now in the process of developing a plan to adjust to the cut and to several other recommendations. Ed. School faces large budget cuts THE EXECUTIVE officers also asked that the school: * increase its use of teaching assistants to make up for the lost faculty positions; * look at ways to decrease un- dergraduate enrollment in the future as long as total revenues to the University remain the same; " improve the quality of its masters program by offering candidates teaching assistantships, and recruiting more intensively; " increase the level of instruction available to non-art majors; " attempt to regain two of the 11 faculty positions by supporting them with gifts to the school. Art School Dean George Bayliss said the recommendations pose serious problems for the school, and said the executive officers did not consult with the school before making them.S Bayliss said it would be difficult to in-n crease the number of teaching assistan- .t ts because many of the school's graduate students are trained at other E art schools where the approachis very c different. The conflicting backgrounds t might make the assistants ineffective teachers, Bayliss said. s Bayliss was also skeptical that the f recommendation to pay professors' c salaries with gift funds would work. e "We believe ... that by expecting tod replace lost faculty through replacements funded by gifts, we are ins danger of being overly optimistic, "Bayliss told the University's Regents n in July. s "I'M CONVINCED that (Vice c president for Academic Affairs Billy r Frye) is absolutely willing to support r the school once this budget reduction sity money, but also to improve the fu caliber of students attending the school. ab "I WHOLLY endorse anything we as can do to raise the quality of students sa from wherever they are now to a higher level," he said. p Frye also said the dissertations in the ha school are not up to the University's at standards. "The quality of some disser- tation work cannot be ignored," he an said. lo In addition, the school's professors do pa not rate as highly as they ought to, Frye b said. "While we have a very fine school, we do not have as many nationally fa recognized faculty as one would expect m at the University," he said. THE MEETING with Frye left U several professors angry and doubtful. ch After Frye finished speaking, one professor expressed little hope for the Art school receives A strategy is over," he said. "(But) I'm not going to say we are going to do ;et- er with less. We won't." At the end of the school's review, Bayliss said he was disappointed by the cut but saw some positive results from he process. . Bayliss said the publicity of the school's review has brought support rom "around the world and around the campus" that many did not kno4 existed. ANOTHER benefit is that "the esprit de carps of the school has increased harply," Bayliss said. There is nothing like the threat oftan- ihilation to establish a feeling, of olidarity," he said. "That ,result is learly an asset for us which will emain long after the memory of the eview has faded away." ture of the school: "We're talkilg bout the phoenix rising from tie shes, and I really mean ashes," 'e id. Another professor askedFrye, "wlgt ossible grounds for nptidism do we ave that in the end of this we will have better School of Education?" SOME PROFESSORS asked Fryeif ny tenured faculty members wo'ld se their jobs considering the reviA anel's recommendation that faculty e reduced 40 percent. . Frye said he did not know if tenuged culty would be laid off and.yould hot ake any guarantees. "I continue very much to hope the niversity can get through this retren- hment process without laying off See ED. SCHOOL, Page 13 Lumenaire II Sug. List $33.95 Our Price $25.49 Crownlight Sug. 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