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Vol. III, Number 9 : BULLETIN Octobe day Pee T
Status of Higher Education F
ies Bill:
The attached Circular Letter together with Circular Letter No. 31 provides a detail-
ed report about the action of the Senate in revising the Higher Education Facilities
Bill (H.R. 6143) before passing it.on October 21. It is now generally recognized
that only a bill with aid restricted to specified categories has any chance of be-
coming law. Officials in both the American Council on Education and the National.
Education Association express the belief that there is now almost no possibility. of
getting. the scope of the bill broadened. A few observers believe that there may be
a slight chance to get facilities for modern foreign languages included, but even
this is very doubtful.
Cooperative Research Grants and Contracts Under Office of Education
In our Bulletin No. 22 of May 31, 1963, we announced that President James Jarrett
of Western Washington State College in Bellingham is now Chairman of the nine-member
Research Advisory Council of the U.S. Office of Education, At our request President
Jarrett has submitted the followihg summary of programs now being sponsored by the
Cooperative Research Branch ofthe Office of Education.
"Through its Cooperative Research Branch, the United States Office of Education
offers support to colleges, universities, and state school offices in the conduct of.
educational research, experimentation, and demonstration. Interested researchers -:
may submit proposals for review by special panels appointed to advise the Commission-
er of Education. Approved proposals lead to the establishment of contracts between
the Office and the Educational Institution, both sharing in the financing of the
projects.
The following programs are presently operative:
1. Basic and Applied Research
2. Curriculum Improvement
3. Developmental Activities
4.. Demonstration
5. Small Contract
6. Research and Development Centers
The Small Contract program, the newest addition, was instituted to encourage young
researchers. who need financial aid in conducting exploratory studies or in carrying
out relatively small projects. Limited to $7,500 of Federal contributions, with the
research time not extending beyond eighteen months, proposals in this category will
be dealt with speedily.
Further explanation of the several programs, of projects supported in the past, of
deadlines, and of procedures for submitting proposals may be readily obtained from
the Cooperative Research Branch, United States-Office of Education, Washington, D.C,"
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By way of reminder, deadlines to keep in mind are:
December 1 and March 1 - Basic and Applied Research, Curriculum Improvement,
Demonstration
March 1 ~ Research and Development Centers
No deadline - Small Contracts, Developmental Activities
Report of ASCU Conference on Voluntary Support
Brief summaries of two papers presented at the Conference on Voluntary Support are
attached as Pages 3 and 4 of this Bulletin.
Undergraduate Instructional Scientific Equipment Program of National Science
Foundation
The National Science Foundation has just published a small booklet containing sug~
gestions for preparation of proposals in connection with its program for the improve~
ment of undergraduate instructional equipment. The booklet emphasizes that priority
will be given to those proposals which contain evidence of realistic planning for
‘improvement of the instructional activities of the science department. The closing
date for submitting proposals is January 15, 1964. Request for copies of the book~
let and for other information should be addressed to: Special Projects in Science
Education Section, Division of Scientific Personnel and Education, National Science
Foundation, Washington, D.C. 20550. Telephone ~ Area Code 202, 343-6589,
WORTH NOTING
The attached Circular Letter contains an item announcing that the Association of
Governing Boards in its recent meeting opened its membership to governing boards of
private institutions. Our own delegate at the AGB meeting was President Richard
Parsons of Lock Haven State College. His report will be printed soon in the Bulletin,
President Paul Dodd has just announced a new administrative plan for San Francisco
State College resulting from two years of work ‘and consultation by administration
and faculty. According to President Dodd the new plan brings the functions of the
College into an organization more suitable to the size and development of the in=
stitution. The College now enrolls more than 15,000 students and has more than
1,000 faculty members on a.95 acre campus in the Southwestern region of the Golden
Gate city.
It is with regret that we announce the death of Dr. William K. Payne, President of
Savannah State College. Savannah. Georgia.
The Public Health Service has just announced research grants and fellowships award-
ed in September. The list included 2,162 research grants and 445 fellowships
(including research career awards) totaling $60,975,196. The new research grants
wére made to 255 institutions in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
and 8 foreign countries. Six of the grants went to ASCU members. They were: San
Diego State College Foundation, San Francisco State College, San Jose State College,
Southern Illinois University, Eastern New Mexico University, and Western Washington
State College. None of the fellowships or research career awards went to a person
in an ASCU institution.
(Circular Letter attached)
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CONFERENCE.ON VOLUNTARY SUPPORT ~ October 2, 1963
% : Summaries of Two Papers Presented
ENLISTING COMMUNITY SUPPORT
The presentation of Ralph E. Heiges, President of Shippensburg State College, cone
sisted largely of comments on materials distributed at the conference,
Brochure for Shippensburg Chamber of Commerce. This. 20-page:mimeographed work with
plastic binder contained sections on "What the College Does for the Community" and
"What the Community Does for the College”. Included were finances and services.
Other sections reviewed briefly the academic areas at the college and immediate
plans for change and expansion., The cover showed a map of the immediate area. in
Pennsylvania on which the title was superimposed - "PUTTING SHIPPENSBURG ON THE MAP",
Public Higher Education and Shippensburg State College was another publication,
This brought together six articles about public higher education that were published
in local newspapers under sponsorship of the local banks, using their contracted
space for. institutional advertising. With the type all: set and the pen-and ink
‘Lllustrations intact, it was no trick to bring them together for distribution.
Samples of The Shippensburg State College Trust Declaration were distributed. The~
two local banks agreed to establish a trust for the benefit of the College. In
three years the Trust has received several gifts. Frequently the donor gives ."A
Letter of. Intent". for the Committee to follow, but this does not bind the Committee,
Times may, change.
A pamphlet on Bequests was reviewed. It is distributed to all alumni and lawyers and
trust officers near at hand. Such bequests are urged forthe Trust mentioned above.
A dormitory built with private funds for fifty women is to become the property of
the Trust when its costs are amortized about 12 years from inception.
President Heiges also explained briefly local fund-raising, support of the legisla-
tive program, and he made some comments on alumni giving. : .
HOW TO ORGANIZE A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Dr. Donovan H. Bond, Director of Development, West Virginia University, announced
thathis presentation would consist mainly. of personal impressions and suggestions,
He started by. saying that progress at. West Virginia University would not have been
possible without help from agencies like the Joint Office of Institutional Research,
the Council for Financial Aid to Education, and the American College Public Rela-
tions Association. The existence of a privately chartered foundation was also
invaluable, It not only enabled the office to bypass red tape and restrictions,
but also helped in raising’ money to launch the development program.
Development involves the clarifying of educational issues for the layman.
Development involves the discovery of truth about the institution and necessitates
the mobilization of all who can help. ‘
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Development has been described as selling the institution's purpose. The institu-
tion's role in higher education must be specified. If the institution is asking
help so that it can perform its own specific job, it is hard to oppose.
West Virginia University makes no approach from the standpoint of "give us ‘some-
thing"; the whole program is tailored to offering an individual, a firm, a
foundation, or even a governmental agency, the opportunity to participate in
what is considered to be a worthwhile program.
Development must involve planning, public relations, an intimate knowledge of the
institution, and a close working relationship with the President.
Some generalizations to revise or even discard.
It takes money to raise money. True, but it does not take a lot of money to start
a development program. You need enough resources to compile and keep up-to-date
a list of alumni, to buy outstanding mailing pieces like those available from
the Joint Office and from the Council for Financial Aid to Education, to design
and print a few mailing pieces for the institution itself, and to provide good
office help,
A trained fund-raiser must be hired to run the program. Of course experience helps,
but more. important is a knowledge of the institution, a belief in the institu-
tion, a willingness to try new things, and a background that will fit the man
for a flexible approach, Possibly the man to do the job is already on the insti-
tution staff,
It is the president's job to raise money. Of course there are times when the presi-
dent is just the person to approach a special donor or a wealthy friend of the
institution, but the president should not be expected to perform a job that’ a
good staff man can. do,
Just start; a timetable isn't necessary. The shotgun. wastes much more powder than
the rifle, Inquire carefully into each constituency ‘and identify those not suit-
ed to the purposes of the program. From the others select those who should be
approached first.
It's theres just go get it.. It may be there all right, ‘but you just don't go out
and get it. The rare exception is the gift that falls into your lap when no one
has done anything. to make it fall. :
Some useful suggestions.
Tf you have more than one channel by which gifts come to you, attempt. to consoli-
date - a single|appeal is more effective. ne
Form a foundation or local trust to help circumvent legislative red tape and to
serve as a financial launching paid for your program.
Consider a newsletter for your official family - visiting committees, accrediting
committees, governing board, faculty, alumni groups, etc,
Work out a timetable for development, guaranteeing that no segment. will be omitted.
If your legislature or other officials oppose the use of State money for "develop~
ment" or "fund raising", let the private foundation do the hiring and financing
until the program's success demonstrates its feasibility.
Consider launching your development program with a special-purpose drive, thug let-
ting your short-range purpose serve asthe base for thé long-range program,
Arrange for your development people to have all the contact possible with agencies
like JOIR, AAC, ACPRA, CFAE, etc. who can provide the lessons of experience,
Tie long-range planning and development planning together.
ASSOCIATION OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND LAND-GRANT COLLEGES
Office of the Executive Secretary
1785 Massachusetts, Avenue, N,W,
Washington, D.C,
Circular Letter No, 32
October 23, 1963
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TO: Heads of State Universities and Land-Grant Institutions
FROM: Russell I, Thackrey and Christian K, Arnold
SUBJECTS; Special - Foreign Aid
1, Senate Passes Facilities Bill: Fate in Doubt... .....sseceeveseeeeee L
2, Conference on Improvement of Opportunities for
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3. Michigan-Tuskegee Agreement Announced. ....ceeseeesteveerreveerveees 6
4, Civil Rights Commission Lists Segregated-
Desegrepated Institutions... cccccecceccetreccsecsevnveseseerens 7
5. A.G.B. Votes to Admit Private Institutions.,....... ‘stageccs 8
6. Revenue Ruling Aids. Some Doctoral Candidates. ...vicrecseeccessseeee &
7. Blakely to Make Extension Study..ccceecscssruccsrrecceseceereneseos B
8. Pennsylvania Law Channels Budget Requests.....cseesenee weeeees 9
9, Hatcher Heads Association of American Universities...cceseeeeieeeee' D
10, Extension-Research Budget Asking Discussed
With Budget Bureau..ciscssccasenecrecenireraveecnceesesnressaves 9
ll. Hopper Staff Director for House Research Study..., oreeeeeeee ee dO
12, Cornell Ups Salaries as First Perkins Recommendation..........+04.10
13. Science Writer Discusses MURA Proposal... ..escceeeceeesererevens +10
14, Items of Interest,...csscceeeceteeenenaeeenenes soevececsecscensoll
15, Background of the Research Inquiry: A Quotation *
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SPECTIAL
reoere version of the Foreign Aid authorization bill as approved by the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations DOES NOT include the amendment proposed by
Senator Gruening of Alaska which would have placed a 20 per cent limitation on in-
direct cost allowances with respect to university overseas contracts (and others),
Although Senator Gruening in submitting the amendment said it was designed to bring
policy on overseas contracts in line with that prevailing for domestic programs, it
actually represented a major change in policy, as the 20 per cent limitations in
appropriation bills for major research agencies apply only to grants, not contracts,
The implications of the proposal for other programs also caused considerable concern.
Amendments can, of course, be offered from the floor, but rejection by the committee
carries. considerable weight,
1. Senate Passes Facilities Bill: Conference Fate Undecided.
After defeating 53-21 a proposed amendment by Senator Goldwater to Limit
the higher education facilities bill to loans only, the Senate on October .21 passed
the bill 80-19 and asked the House for a conference to atljust Senate-House differ-
ences, House action on the request was delayed due to technicalities, At this
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writing it is not possible to predict whether the bill will go to conference early
or be subject to long and possibly fatal delay in the House Rules Committee,
Principle real obstacle to settlement of Senate-House differences is the
Ervin amendment which would permit individual taxpayers to bring suit against the
Commissioner of Education, in the District of Columbia courts, to ask for an order
barring a grant or grants which the plaintiff feels violate any provision of the
Constitution, Some opponents are against the amendment in principle, for various
reasons, others like the general idea but fear it will prevent the making of grants
to a wide variety of institutions ~ at least some of which may eventually be found
eligible - over a long period of months while litigation goes through the courts,
Senate conferees will be Senators Hill, McNamara, Morse, Yarborough,
Clark, Randolph, Goldwater, Prouty, and Javits, Of these a majority voted against
the Ervin amendment while two (Hill and Goldwater) voted against the bill on final
passage, though for quite different reasons. Senator Morse, who opposed the amend-
ment, told the Senate he would work hard on behalf of the Senate to get its basic
principle accepted by the House, but warned that he would not be bound to the Ervin
language, and would try to come up with a formula which preserves the idea of a
court test without the possibility of lengthy litigation, Senator Morse said he
had been advised both directly and indirectly by several Senators who voted for the
Ervin amendment that they "didn't know what they were voting for" and, while favor-
ing it in principle, wanted new language worked out,
Debate prior to final passage included a long discussion of the merits
of a tax-deduction or tax-credit approach by Senators Keating, Ribicoff, Goldwater,
and others, which ended when Senator Keating withdrew a tax-deduction amendment he
had proposed after being warned it would be subject to a point of order. He said
he would present it later to the Senate Finance Committee, which has before it the
over-all tax-reduction and adjustment bill, Senator Keating wants to give a tax-
deduction for tuition and required fees paid to institutions of higher education,
to the extent they exceed 5 per cent of the individual's gross income for the year
in question, Senator Ribicoff noted that 19 Senators have sponsored tax-credit or
deduction bills, and inserted a colloquy between himself and Treasury Secretary
Dillon, who opposes this approach, When Mr, Dillon pointed out that the American
Council on Education no longer supports the tax-credit approach, Senator Ribicoff
said he is "unimpressed with what professional organizations of education think
about this,"" When Mr, Dillon said the tax-credit plan would cause fees to be raised
and price more students out of education, Mr, Ribicoff said they would be raised
anyway. Senator Morse stated in considerable detail the case against the tax
approach, as favoring the least needy,
In trying to stike out the grant provisions of the bill (which would
have ended its usefulness to most public universities) Senator Goldwater said there
isn't really any facilities problem in higher education, Speaking for himself and
Senator Tower of Texas, he said there had been a "barrage of propaganda" but that
the facilities shortage is really non-existent, or at the worst "a maldistribution
of enrollment rather than an absolute shortage," That is, he said, while some
institutions might be overcrowded, there were a good many others which could take
more students if they. could get them,
Senator Goldwater said he wouldn't accept U.S, Office of Education figures
about need because they were propaganda, but quoted an article by Gene R, Hawes in
This Week magazine for last November 4, headed "The College Shortage is a Myth," an
excerpt from a piece from the Prudential Life Insurance Company saying much more
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effective use ‘could be made of facilities; and Benjamin Fine, former education editor
of The New York Times. Senator Goldwater said the This Week piece indicated that
colleges were planning to construct plenty of facilities in the next few years to
take care of the student load. Senator Morse, in reply, read a statement by the
author .of the article, who said any one who interpreted it to mean that Federal aid
isn't needed was wrong,
Senator Morse also inserted in the Record for the second time a portion
of the testimony of President Mason Gross of Rutgers on behalf of the Association of
State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and The State Universities Association,
as to the imperative need for facilities action.
Senator Goldwater said his amendment was just carrying out the original
recommendations of President Kennedy for college aid. Senator Morse said adoption
of the amendment would kill the bill "dead as a dodo."
» Senator Dirksen of Illinois, Senate minority leader, voted for the Gold-
water ainendment, but voted for the bill on final passage,
Voting against the bill on final passage, or recorded as paired against
it, were Senators Allott and Dominick of Colorado; Byrd and Robertson of Virginia;
Ervin and Jordan of North Carolina; Hill and Sparkman of Alabama; Stennis and East-
land of Mississippi; Bennett of Utah, Cooper of Kentucky, Edmondson of Oklahoma,
Holland of Florida, McClellan of Arkansas, Russell and Talmadge of Georgia, Simpson
of Wyoming, Tower of Texas, Thurmond of South Carolina, Lausche of Ohio. Some
Senators indicated they voted no because of the includion of church-related colleges,
other were just opposed to the bill anyway.
2. Conference on Improvement of Opportunities for Negroes in Hipher Education.
A wide range of suggestions for future programs and examples of programs
already under way for the expansion of" ‘opportunities for Negroes and other dis- ,
advantaged minorities were discussed at a conference sponsored by the American Council
on Education on October 17-18, in Washington. Attendance was by invitation in order
to keep the group small enough to permit discussion,
Representatives of foundations, U.S, Governmental agencies (National
Science Foundation, Office of Education, Office of Science and Technology), edu-
cational organizations, individual institutions,and individuals selected for special
interest or background attended the conference.’ ‘jhhile the conference was planned
to center its discussions on “Expansion of Opportunities for Negroes in Higher Edu-
cation," with specific emphasis on programs affecting institutions predominantly
attended by Negro students, there was considerable discussion of programs for improv-
ing opportunities for Negroes (and other disadvantaged minorities) ‘in all areas of
the country and in all ‘types of institutions.
As discussions continued it became clear that the hope of developing in
1-1/2 days a "program" with'a list of priorities, and’ machinery for evaluation of
proposals, etc,, was.illusory. Ideas ranging from modest initiatives requiring little
or no’financing to massive assaults involving scores if not hundreds of millions of
dollars were outlined, What became abundantly clear was that’ there now exists (1) a
real awareness of the dimensions of the problem (2) an awareness of ‘the need for a
great deal more information (3) widespread interest in’ ahd willingnéss to act (4) a
new appreciation of the importance of involving Negro educators in plans for the
improvement of the education of Negroes and (5)-appreciation that a great many groups,
institutions, and individuals will have to do a lot of hard work to get things moving,
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Major activities, present and proposed, discussed were:
(1) A proposal by Professor Jerrold Zaccharias of Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and President Samuel Nabrit of Texas Southern University for a con-
sortium approach involving faculty and students at 30 to 40 predominantly Negro
colleges, and perhaps 12-15 major universities, This would involve exchange arrange-
ments under which faculty at predominantly Negro colleges would go on leave for a
year for intensive "updating" on new methods of teaching in their fields, and be re-
placed by staff from the cooperating consortium, It also would involve intensive
work for selected prospective students at predominantly Negro institutions, to
correct background deficiences prior to college entry, and various other features. A
minimum price tag of $10 million a year was placed on the effort as outlined.
(2) A plan formulated by the Southern Association of Colleges and Second-
ary Schools which would center in communities with a relatively high density of
Negro population, a substantial college predominantly attended by Negro students, a
school system willing to cooperate; and involve a large-scale attack on a demon-
stration basis on improvement of education for and of Negroes. Number of demon-
stration centers would be determined by the amount of financing available and the
number of areas in which the preconditions necessary to success, exist.
(3) A study commissioned by Carnegie Corporation and to be carried on by
Dr, Earl McGrath of the Institute for Higher Education, Columbia University, of ali
U.S. institutions predominantly attended by Negro students, with a view toward getting
many of the basic facts needed,
(4) Session at University of Michigan on October 21 at which Western
Conference institutions, University of Chicago, and Wayne State University discussed
metheds of approach to the problem,
Among other activities discussed were:
Arrangements being developed between Tuskegee Institute and University
of Michigan under which Michigan will work with Tuskegee (see below).
The Wayne State University agreement with the President's Commission on
Equal Employment Opportunity, ynder which Wayne has pledged a wide range of institu~
tional educational resources toward achieving the objectives of the Commission,
Announced programs of University of California at Los Angeles, St. Louis
University, and others for special effort toward identification of and assistance to
able young Negroes of present or potential university calibre.
Cooperation between North Carolina A&T College (Greensboro), and North
Carolina College (Durham) with institutions in their areas in teaching and research,
A project of the Association of Summer School Deans for intensive summer
work for faculty and students at predominantly Negro colleges.
A commitment by the national association of college admissions counselors
to use their resources for identification and encouragement through financial and
other means of Negroes as prospective college students,
A program under which Wastern Electric Company has given faculty assist-
ance and industrial experience to at least one predominantly Negro institution,
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Foundation Role
Foundation representatives present ~ and there were several - brought a
somewhat realistic touch to the meeting when asked to outline what they consider
their role to be.
All indicated that the programs suggested would take far more money than
any of them have or are likely to get, All indicated their strong interest in doing
what they can within the framework of their resources and policies.
Alvin C, Eurich of Ford Foundation said Ford had decided against a "crash"
program which would involve "billions" of dollars which it doesn't have, but that Ford
is interested in proposals relating to:
(1) Comprehensive school improvement programs.
(2) New methods of identification of talent, (National Merit program
has been conspicuously unsuccessful in identifying and helping Negro students),
(3) Retraining or reeducation of those thus identified.
(4) Better preparation of teachers at both the school and college Level.
Early identification of potential teachers and improvement of their preparation.
(5) Improvement of curriculum at all levels.
(6) Demonstration of more effective use of faculty and student time and
of institutional facilities.
(7) Cooperative programs at all levels between colleges and universities
and school systems, \
(8) Better methods of instruction, with particular emphasis on reading,
(9) Overall planning and management improvement in the light of future
developments,
(10) Construction of more efficient and economical facilities (through
Educational Facilities Laboratories),
(11) Any proposals involving new ideas for dealing with educational
problems,
Miss Flora Rhind and L.C, DeVinney of Rockefeller Foundation noted the
historic work of the General Education Board in improving educational opportunity.
They said the problem of their Foundation is to use a realtively small amount of money
most efficiently for the long-range goals of human welfare. Rockefeller has recently
restudied and reoriented its programa for the future, has included improvement of
educational opportunity for Negroes and other disadvantaged groups in institutions in
all areas of the country as one of its major goals. It is in the process of imple-
menting this reorientation, has presently no lists of preferred fields, but is
receptive to good, new, ideas,
Allan Pifer of Carnegie expressed skepticism about development of any
“master list of priorities," noting that in the,end each Foundation, institution, or
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group will have to decide for itself what it can best do, He and Fred Jackson of
Carnegie stressed their interest in getting more factual information (as witness the
McGrath study), in new methods of talent identification, and imaginative ideas
generally, They and others commended the statement of Vice-President Roger Heyns of
University of Michigan to the effect that the involvement and commitment of institu-
tions and individual faculty and administrative staff is essential and that this comes
by getting to work on specific projects, Representatives of the Danforth, Phelps-
Stokes, and Hazen Foundation also commented,
Government
In the absence of Jerome Weisner, head of the White House Office of
Science and Technology, (who was present for part of the meeting) Dr. V. McRae of that
office stressed the commitment to equality of opportunity in high levels of government,
and noted that certain programs of the National Science Foundation (inter-institutional
cooperation, summer institutes, etc.) are at hand to be used,
A representative of Education Commissioner Frank Keppel (also present for
part of the session but called away by legislative emergencies) suggested that while
new legislation is needed for a real attack on many problems, some existing programs,
such as the cooperative research program of the U.S, Office, summer institutes, new
educational media programs, etc., are not now being used as much as they might be for
research, retraining, identification, etc., and invited proposals, :
President Fred Harrington of University of Wisconsin, presided over most
of the session as chairman of the Council's Commission on Academic Affairs, assisted
by Lawrence Dennis, Director of the Commission, and President Logan Wilson of the
Council, who stressed its deep interest in the problem and indicated areas in which
it could and could not be effective,
Among the 40-odd participants playing an active role were Presidents S.D,
Proctor, North Carolina A&T College; Earl Dawson, Lincoln (Mo,) University; Luna
Mishoe, Delaware State College; and Vice-President Roger Heyns, University of
Michigan. Some others were invited who could not attend,
Conferees agreed that the American Council on Education (a) was to be
commended for its initiative in calling the conference and establishing a permanent
committee in this area (b) should play a major role in stiumlating future conferences
and helping interested institutions and SORT formulate specific proposals (c) should
inform its members of what is going on to stimulate them to action (d) probably should
not attempt a major operational responsibility for programs as developed,
Note: A full report of the conference and summary of its deliberations
will reach you later from the American Council on Education. This account is subject
to the inaccuracies and omissions of hasty note-taking.
3. Michigan-Tuskegee Agreement Announced,
University of Michigan and Tuskegee Institute have jointly made formal
announcement of a "joint effort to enrich the teaching and related aprograms of the
two institutions,
Presidents Harlan Hatcher and Luther Foster, in their joint statement,
said "This cooperative program,...has particular reference to the needs of students
whose prior educational and cultural exposures have been undully limited by their
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race, The program will extend the general usefulness of each institution through
resources and programs to be developed by the faculties along specific lines."
Early steps will include exchange of faculty and students; in-service
graduate training for Tuskegee faculty; exchange of cultural programs; and identifi-
cation of promising students for graduate training at Michigan,
A research program of mutual interest will also be studied, Michigan
will assist in the development of the liberal arts program at Tuskegee, while
Turkegee will help U-M, in its work with Negro students, Program was announced at
the Inter-University Conference on the Negro in Higher Education, held at University
of Michigan October 21, attended by representatives of Western Conference institu-
tions, Chicago, Wayne State, and Tuskegee,
4. Civil Rights Commission Lists "Segregated-Desegrated" Institutions in 16 States.
House Committee on Education has filed a report (House Report No, 851)
on House bill 7771, prohibiting discrimination in certain Federal aid programs,
which the committee voted to approve some months ago. The bill would cover the
National Defense Education Act, vocational education, aid to federally-impacted areas,
library services act, and the 1890 Second Morrill Act (as amended). In most instances
it would require the Office of Education to withhold funds from segregated institu-
tions after a certain date (June 30, 1964). In the case of the Morrill Act it would
eliminate the provisions of the 1890 Act stating that establishment of separate
institutions for white and Negro students constitutes compliance with the provision
of the Act barring funds to segregated institutions, leaving the latter provision in
the bill,
The committee report on this bill quotes the report of an earlier commit-
tee headed by Representative Daniels of New Jersey as saying that "of the 32 land~-
grant colleges located in Southern and border states which were represented in the
study, only 18 have been desegregated in fact or in principle." (What Daniels’ report
actually said was that 14 institutions remained at that time segregated in fact.)
A more recent report of the Commission on Civil Rights, dated August 1,
1963, was placed in the Congressional, Record for October 21, 1963, by Senator Javits
of New York. (p. 1885 of the Record for October 21), It lists all institutions,
public and private, in 16 States, as to whether-they are desegregated or segregated
either in fact or by policy. According to this listing, 8 Land-Grand institutions are
segregated by "policy or statute" as follows: Auburn, Fort Valley, Southern,
Mississippi State, Alcorn, South Carolina State, Prairie View, Virginia State, The
listing states that two institutions listed as desegregated. (Florida A&M University
and Arkansas AM&N) have a policy of desegregation but have never enrolled white
students,
Note: Since compilation of the above Prairie View has integrated both
its student :body and faculty, effective with the opening of the current academic
year,
Note 2: Clearance of the bill (H.R. 7771) by the House Rules Committee
is improbable, particularly in view of the priority to be given the general Civil
Rights measure, which includes permissive rather than mandatory authority to withhold
funds,
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5. AGB Votes to Admit Board Members of Private Institutions,
At its 41st annual meeting recently completed at Pennsylvania State Uni-
versity, the Association of Governing Boards adopted a new constitution that opens
its membership to the governing boards of private institutions for the first-time in
the Association's 41-year history and permits up to six members of the Executive
Committee of the Association to be selected from private institutions, The adoption
of .the new constitution completed the framework for the reorganization that started
with the January, 1963, decision to move the Association's headquarters from Denver
to Washington, D.C, At present, AGB represents 84 boards governing 257 publicly
supported colleges and universities, plus three state commissions on higher education,
With the adoption of the new constitution, the full name of the Association was
changed to "Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges," dropping
the reference to "State Universities and Allied Institutions,"
President-Elect Roy Rowe, a trustee of the Consolidated University of
North Carolina, succeeded to the presidency of the Association at the meeting and
the following offiers were elected: President-Elect: W.R, Kendall of the Indiana
State College Board; Vice Presidents: John L. King of the University of Washington
Regents, Eugene B. Power of the University of Michigan Regents, and Mrs. John L.
Whitehurst of the University of Maryland Regents; Secretary-Treasurer: Glenn North-
eutt of the University of Oklahoma Regents.
B.C, Jones of Pennsylvania State University Trustees, Mrs, Richard Magee
of the University of Nevada Regents, and Mrs, Frances B, Watkins of the University of
Illinois Trustees were elected to one-year terms on the Executive Committee, Charles
D. Lockett of the University of Tennessee Trustees, Carl E, Steiger of the University
of Oklahoma Regents, and Dean P. Williamson of the University of New Hampshire Trustees
were elected to two-year terms,
6. Revenue Ruling Aids Some Doctoral Candidates.
Internal Revenue Service has issued a formal ruling that doctoral degree
candidates who are paid stipends for which they perform no other work than the re~
search required for their doctoral degree | lore not Liable for income tax on the amount
of the stipend. According to the New York Times, the ruling essentially holds that
as long as doctoral candidates on stipends perform only the type of research required
of all similarly-situated students, whether receiving stipends or not, the money will
be regarded as a fellowship grant rather than payment for services,
Some candidates who have paid taxes will be able to recover them, provided
they are able to file for refund within three years of filing the original return or
two years of payment of the tax - whichever is later. A good many cases are said
to be pending in District tax offices over the country, pending the ruling. The IRS
said it 1s revising applicable rulings, Performance of teaching services as a condi-
tion of the stipend IS NOT affected by the ruling and IS taxable.
7._Blakely to Make Extension Study.
Robert Blakely, former Vice-President of the Fund for Adult Education and
later Dean of Extension, State University of Lowa, has joined the staff of the Center
for Study of Liberal Education for Adults, Chicago, for.a 9-month period; the Center
has announced. He will undertake two study projects, one dealing with "new directions
in liberal education" which will consist of case studies, The other is the study of
“developing velationships between cooperative and general extension in the United
States." : .
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8, Pennsylvania Law Channels College Budget Requests Through Department of Public
Instruction,
An act approved in June by the ?ennsylvania legislature divides the 17-
member State Board of Education into two 7-member groups called the Council of
Basic Education and the Council of Higher Education, with three "members at large"
entitled to attend méetings of both panels. The Council of Basic Education is
responsible for education bélow the collegiate level, including area vocational
schools, while the Council of Higher Education is concerned with collegiate education,
including community colleges and technical institutes. Board members are appointed
by the governor and the senate for six-year overlapping terms,
According to the new law, college and university budget requests must be
reviewed by the Council of Higher Education and by the full board, and "returned to
the department (of public instruction) with comments, if any, prior to their sub-
mission to the budget secretary (of the Commonwealth)."" The Superintendent of Public
Instruction is the chief executive officer of the Board, and the’ chairman of the full
Board and of each of the Councils are selected by the governor from among the members
of the full Board,
A minority representation’ of professional educators on the Board is made
possible by the provisions that not more than two members of either panel may be
members of a school or college faculty or staff and that at least two members of
each panel "shall have had previous experience with technical education or training,"
In addition to its responsibilities for reviewing budget requests, the
Council of Higher Education is expected to draw up and maintain a "master plan" for
higher education in the state as a part of the full Board's responsibility for
engaging in "a constant review and appraisal of education in the Commonwealth."
9. Hatcher Heads A,A.U.
President Harlan Hatcher, University of Michigan, assumed the Presidency
of the Association of American Universities at the annual meeting of the Association
in New York City, October 22-23, Dr. Hatcher, who has served as secretary-treasurer
and as Vice-President of the’A,A,U,, will serve as President for a 2-year term. He
succeeds President J,E, Wallace Sterling of Stanford University, New Vice-President
is C. Grayson Kirk, of Columbia University, who has served as secretary~-treasurer
for the past two years, Elected as secretary-treasurer at the New York meeting was
President David D. Henry of the University of Illinois,
10. ECOP, ESCOP Discuss 1965 Requests with Bureau of Budget,
In what has been called by both parties the best such meeting ever held,
representatives of the Extension and Experiment Sration Committees on Organization
and Policy met with representatives of the Bureau of the Budget on Oct. 16 to
discuss budget requests for fiscal 1965,
At the meeting, Director Mark Buchanan of Washington State presented
ESCOP's recommendation for an increase in Hatch Act funds of $10 million over the
1964 appropriation (of the $48.2 million request filed by ESCOP for fiscal 1964,
USDA has requested $43.5 million and the Bureau of the Budget $40.4 million).
Director L.E, Hawkins of Oklahoma State University outlined “current visible needs"
for research facilities at the Experiment Stations of $280 million.and recommended a
$12-million-a-year program of matching Federal grants tag "catch up;with this con-
struction job." Director T.W. Dowe of the University of Vermont outlined a $50-
million "new funds" program calling for research concentration in specific areas
during the years 1966-70, Other ESCOP representatives attending the meeting were
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Directors G.H. Beck of Kansas State, F,E, Price of Oregon State, HJ. Sloan of
Minnesota, and G.F, Dow of Maine, and Associate Director C.T, Wilson of Auburn,
For ECOP, Director Lowell Watts of Colorado State University presented a
request for an increase in Cooperative Extension funds of $10-1/4 million, including
a $3-1/4 million increase for area specialization, $3 million for increased cost of
program operations, $2-1/2 million for marketing programs, and $1-1/2 for forestry
and conservation. Others attending for ECOP were Directors W.M. Bost of Mississippi
State, Luther Brannon of Oklahoma State, Gene Lear of Oregon State, George Nutt of
South Carolina State, and Arthur Schulz of North Dakota State,
11. Hopper Heads Staff Director for House Research Study.
Dr, Robert L. Hopper, since 1960 Dean of the College of Education, Uni-
versity of Alabama, has been named Staff Director for major study of Federal re-
search activities to be conducted by the House Select Committee, headed by Repre~
sentative Carl Elliott of Alabama, Dr. Hopper received his master's degree from
Harvard and his doctorate from New York University, As staff director, his will be.
the assignment of building a staff and directing the study ~ one of the most import-
ant undertaken by a Congressional group in recent years - within general policies
laid down by the Committee,
12, Cornell Ups Salaries as First Perkins Recommendation,
First policy recommendation to Cornell's Trustees by new President James
A. Perkins, and immediately approved by the Board, was an across the board increase
in faculty salaries in the endowed colleges of Cornell, Effective next February 1,
professors will receive increases of $1,500 (to an average salary of $16,000),
associate professors $1,000 (to $11,500), assistant professors $830 (to $9,000)
and instructors $600 (to $7,000). President Perkins also called attention of appro-
priate officials of the State University of New York, to the desirability of bring-
ing salaries in state-supported units of the University in line with those in the
endowed colleges, He paid tribute to his predecessor, President-emeritus Deane W.
Malott, for his interest in faculty compensation, noting that it had increased 87
per cent during Mr. Malott's 12-year tenure, Part of the cost of the salary increase
will ‘be made possible by the Samuel Pearsall bequest, which will bring about
$250,000 annually in new unrestricted funds to Cornell.
13, MURA Accelerator Proposal Highlights Problems of Federal Support of Science.
Problems arising out the proposal of the Midwestern Universities Research
AssocLation (MURA) for Federal help with a $150-million, 12.5-Bev proton accelerator
to be built near Madison, Wis., have tarnished the image of objectivity with which
agency advisory boards arrive at recommendations involving Federal aid for science
and have given focus to many of the problems attendant upon such aid, according to a
story by D, S, Greenberg in the Oct. 11 issue of Science,
One of the more serious of these problems is that of the uneven geographi-
cal distribution of Federal aid for research, which leads the "midwesterners to
contend, with considerable justification, that they are the victims of a closed
system" through which Federal funds helped to create the research competence on the
east and west coasts that is now being used as a justification for concentrating
even more Federal money in those areas, In addition, Greenberg says, opposition by
Chicago's Argonne National Laboratory, at which a 12,5-Bev synchrotron is under
construction, has enlisted support from other AEC national laboratories, even though
a{ie
MURA contends that the Argonne facility will be inadequate for the research needs
of the region.
The proposal also runs headlong into this year's congressional and
executive concern with "holding the line” on Federal spending, especially for new
research programs that will lead to greater expenditures in the years ahead, Further,
it is now contended that the "endorsement" of the project by the Ramsey report on
high-energy accelerator physics. (Circular Letter No. 18) was seriously compromised
by the qualifying phrase "as soon as possible, provided this is not expected to
delay" progress on the 200-Bev accelerator at California's Lawrence Radiation Labo-
ratory or the even more powerful accelerator planned for Brookhaven,
14, Items of Interest,
Deadline for the submission of proposals to the National Science Foun-
dation for matching grants for undergraduate instructional scientific equipment is
Jan. 15,1964, for awards to be made May 1. Write to the NSF Office. of Public Infor~
mation for brochure SPE 63-D-5 for details of the program and methods of submitting
proposals, In 1962, grants made through the program totalled almost $8 million....
University of North Carolina has received a grant of $117,845 from the Kellogg
Foundation for a five-year program to train dental assistants through a correspond-
ence-extension program...,The Instrumentation Laboratory at MIT will direct the over-
all development of the guidance and navigation system for the Apollo spacecraft.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration project is expected to cost $60
millions,,..Survey conducted by the English Department ‘of the Florida State Univer~
sity shows that college professors of English are more liberal than college seniors
in accepting such usage as "it is me,” Most conservative of all was a group of high-
school teachers of English.,..Federal Communications Commission is reported to be
about ready to announce an allocation plan for UHF broadcast channels that will
nearly triple the number of such channels reserved for education purposes, FCC
views this primarily. as a broadcast operation for in-home reception, rather than
closed-circuit....0n Oct, 5 Cornell dedicated Bard Hall, its new building for
metallurgical engineering, a gift of Cornell alumnus Francis N. Bard. Bard Hall
completes the engineering quadrangle started in 1941.,.,Regents of the University
of Maryland have approved recommendation of a committee for establishment of a campus
of the University on a 425-acre site already owned by the State, in the Baltimore
area, adjacent to the Baltimore beltway. The committee chairman making the report
noted that the Board had discussed establishment of branch campuses of the Univer-
sity over a 12-year period in which it was a topic at 52 meetings...Dr, Ralph L.
Collins, Vice-President and Dean of Faculties at Indiana University, died of a heart
attack on October 12, at the age of 56, A graduate of University of the South and
Yale, Dr. Collins joined the Indiana faculty in 1935 as instructor in English, was
named assistant dean of the faculties in 1948, professor and associate dean in
1953, and Vice President and Dean in 1959...."France and the European Community"
was the subject of the third annual conference of the Graduate Institute for Wa ld
Affairs, held at Ohio State University, October 24-26,.,,President John f. Kennedy,
who received the honorary degree Doctor of Laws from University of North Dakota on
September 25, has sent a check for $100 to the University Development Fund, with a
note saying that he was "most impressed with the University of North Dakota" and
that "nothing is more important than educating our youth,"....Associate Conductor
Richard Burgin, Boston Symphony, has been named visiting distinguished professor
of music, Florida State University....President Kennedy addressed a convocation at
University of Maine last week, and received an honorary doctorate at the hands of
President Lloyd Elljott.,..President R.A. Harvill of University of Arizona has
announced the appointment by the Regents of Dr, Merlin K, DuVal, Jr., as Dean of
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the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Dr. DuVal is presently assistant
director, University of Oklahoma Medical Center. He will assume his duties in
organizing the new Arizona medical school early next year. He is a graduate of
Dartmouth, of the 2-year Dartmouth Medical College, and of Cornell Medical School.
He joined the Oklahoma staff in 1957....Second annual Arms Control and Disarmament
Symposium, sponsored by Bendix Corporation and University of Michigan, will be held
at Ann Arbor January 21-24, 1964, Emphasis will again be on international aspect
the general theme being problems of implementing arms control and disarmament deci-
sions -University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. is inaugurating a new concept in arts
program: a series of six concerts involving the Fine Arts String Quartet and UW-M
music faculty members will be given at noon rather than in the evening, and the
artists will not only play but discuss their program with students, Dean A.A. Suppan
of the School of Fine Arts feels the Noonday Concerts fill a unique function in a
commuting, urban university,...Autumn,1963, issue of The Bulletin of the American
Association of University Professors carries an article by T.L, Davidson and
Robert L, Stutz of University of Connecticut, "Tuition Reciprocity: a New Approach,"
Tt suggests that public institutions might work out a plan under which every public
institution participating would agree to consider children of staff members at other
public institutions participating, as a resident of the state in (a) consideration
for admission and (b) payment of fees and tuition. This, the authors say, would help
public universities compete in "fringe benefits" in which they lag as compared to
many nonpublic institutions, Quotas would be used to prevent flooding one or more
institutions, and a central administering agency would be needed,..,Massachusetts
Institute of Technology recently dedicated its first permanent women's residence hall,
Stanley McCormick Hall, Built with a $2 million gift from Mrs. McCormick, a 1904
M,I.T, graduate, the hall will provide housing and eating facilities for 116 of the
240 women enrolled,...University of Delaware has announced an increase in tuition
for non-resident students from $650 to $750 a year effective in the fall of 1964,
No increase is planned for residents, who pay a non-tuition fee of $315 a year....
Chief Justice Earl Warren of the U.S. Supreme Court recently turned the first
spadeful of earth in connection with the ground-breaking for the Earl Warren Legal
Center at Boalt Hall, the School of Law, University of California at Berkeley,
Cost of the $2 million wing has been met almost equally by state funds and private
gifts...,Gerald L, Phillippe, former President of General Electric Company, has been
named Chairman of the Board, succeeding Ralph J. Cordiner, retired, Mr, Philippe is
a graduate of University of Nebraska.,..Southern Illinois University has named a
permanent committee of women faculty members to study methods of furthering the
education of women..., William B, Stokely, Jr., Indianapolis industrialist and an
alumnus of University of Tennessee, recently gave U-T $200,000 in securities,...
Trustees of the University of New Hampshire have announced tuition increases from
$180 to $230 for residents and from $300 to $400 for non-residents at the Plymouth
and Keene campuses of the University system, and an increase from $800 to $925
for non-residents, at Durham, All figures are on an annual basis, Resident tuition
at Durham will remain at $380, Increases at Plymouth and Keene will be used to raise
faculty salaries and expand the curriculum in Liberal arts, The former Plymouth
Teachers College and Keene Teachers College are in future to be known as the
Plymouth State College and Keene State College of the University of New Hampshire....
New England Board of Higher Education held its first annual Legislative Work
Conference at Portsmouth, N.H., October 8-10. Theme was "Higher Education and
Economic Growth in New England."'.,..Nine Massachusetts State Colleges and the Massa-
chusetts College of Art, all formerly under the state Department of Education, now
operate under a new Board of Trustees of which Dr. John Gillespie is Executive
Secretary, and Director of the State College System. Dr. Gillespie's offices are
at 200 Newbury Street, Boston 16..,.Prof, Charles Cumberland has been named director
of the Commonwealth Council of the Humanities, and executive secretary of the
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Humanities Research Center, Michigan State University, effective January 1, 1964.
The Commonwealth Council is a permanent organization to promote research in the
humanities, and is representative of the faculties of history, philosophy,
literature, foreign languages, and the arts, It will this year sponsor a series
of discussions of the role of the humanities in a land-grant university..,.Southern
Illinois University has received 30 purebred American saddle horses from Richard
A, Lumpkin of Mattoon, Ill., for use in teaching and research by the School of
Agriculture,.,,Budgetary Note: Among science agencies receiving heavy budget cuts
by the House was the White House Office of Science and Technology, whose $1,025,000
appropriation request was cut to $780,000. Dr. Jerome Wiesner, head of the Office,
has asked the Senate to restore the cut, saying that the office - created last year -
is just beginning to realize some of its potential and is already critically short
of staff..,.Secretary of Agriculture Freeman will speak at the Food for Peace Forum
at Ohio State University November 7,,,,University of Wisconsin has established a
permanent Laboratory for research on counseling disabled persons, with financial
support from the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Administration,.,,North Carolina
State has recently redesignated its School of General Studies as the School of
Liberal Arts, and the College Extension Division as the Division of General Extension.
The School of Liberal Arts will offer courses leading to the A,B, degree, effective
next fall....Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York gave a major address in Uni-
versity of New Hampshire Field House at Durham, October 18....Dr. Harvey F. Baty,
formerly of Montana State College, has joined the staff of Purdue University, where
he will be in charge of coordinating the University's programs in international
education,...Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson will on November 18 deliver the
seventh annual Brien McMahon lecture at University of Connecticut....President
Frank A. Rose of University of Alabama will be chief speaker at a dinner following
dedication of the Auburn University Library and the School of Home Economics Build-
ing, on November 5,.,.Regents of New Mexico State University have announced that as
of September 1, 1964, the University's fifth undergraduate college will be formed,
the College of Business Administration and Economics. Formerly (since 1922) a
department of the College of Arts and Sciences, the new College will include depart-
ments of economics, business administration, and accounting,..,This year 23 students
are attending Michigan State as a result of a two-year-old program financed by a
special fund built up largely by contributions from Michigan State faculty from
honoraria for public speaking appearances and designed to seek out and enroll
potential scholars from "economically deprived" areas of the state's urban centers,
Only students who have not applied to any college are eligible, and the students
selected are required to borrow a certain portion of the money needed to get through
college and to be willing to take a guaranteed campus job to obtain additional in-
come, Names of those participating in the program are not announced,
15. Background of the Research Inguizy: A Quotation.
Proposed investigation by a special committee of the House of Representa-
tives of the research programs of the Federal government has aroused great interest
in and out of Congress,
The following are excerpts from a much longer article on the background
of the study, by D.S, Greenberg in the September issue of Science:
(Mr, Greenberg starts by noting the wide disparity of backgrounds among
investigating committee members, and the reasons why some were included and some were
not) He notes that Representative Fountain of North Carolina, who Conducted a dis-
tinguished investigation of NIH and would normally be expected to be on the special
committee, was left off because of the necessity of providing for membership of heads
of various affected committees who might have torpedoed the investigation at the
start if left off.
"Now, where did this investigation
come from, why was it assigned this
membership, and where is it going?
“Fundamentally, the investigation is
rooted in a situation that has long de-
served some sort’ of comprehensive
public survey—namely, the incredibly
rapid expansion of federal support for
research, development, and related
education. In 1940, according to the
best available figures, the federal gov-
ernment spent $74 million in these
areas; by 1953 the amount had risen:
to $2 billion; this year it is expected
to be over $15 billion. The numbers
are open to question, particularly on
the ‘matter of education, but the
growth and trend are clear, The’ in-
vestment has produced enormous
benefits for the American people, but
at the same time, no one, in¢luding
the nation’s scientists and science ad-
ministrators, has any clear idea of
what is happening to this country’s
scientific, technical, and educational
resources under the impact of these
vast expenditures. There is also the
feeling, in Congress’ and elsewhere,
that the traditional. political processes
have been overrun by the problems of
allocating national resources for re-
search and development. And finally,
it is no secret that a lot of question-
able and often reprehensible situa-
tions have been created by the scram-
ble for money; that the Air Force and
NASA energetically and unnecessarily
duplicate research facilities in their
interminable row over space jurisdic-
tion; that the policies: governing grants
to universities assure that the rich get
richer and the poor lose faculty mem-
bers who show promise; that federally
supported fellowships are so abundant
in some fields that they are thrust upon,
students of questionable ability while
talented people in vital but unglamor-
ous disciplines go virtually unaided;
that old and productive—but politically
naive—agencies such as the Bureau’ of
Standards .and the Geological. Survey”
are being battered by rapidly growing
and aggressive agencies such as NASA,
the Atomic Energy Commission, and
the Public Health Service; and that
the federal government is overwhelm-
ingly involved in scientific. education
but, for political: reasons, blithely
palms off these activities ‘under the
popular label of “research;” which is
Y yy
= Lae
fine for education but of questionable
value when. Congress asks what it’s
getting for its research expenditures.
‘Thus, it: is not going to hurt the
broad national interest,. the ‘level of
congressional understanding, or the
spirit or substance of science if, for the
first time, the puzzle is unscrambled
and the pieces are laid out for all to
see, This objective, after all, is im-
plicit in a lot of disturbed rumblings
that for some time now have been com-
ing out of the scientific community.
And it was this same objective that led
the. White House to develop what has
now evolved into an elaborate science ,
advisory apparatus. ‘
" However, Congress, which paradox-
ically bears the major responsibility for
promoting the situation which the
House now sets forth to investigate, has
a sluggish nervous system, and the con-
vergence of a number of factors was re-
uired before the demand for. change
could compete with the affection for the
status quo, The tardiness can be at-
tributed mainly to the fragmentation of
scientific jurisdictions among dozens of
law-writing and money-dispensing com-
mittees, which in piecemeal fashion
helped create a scientific and technical
establishment that defies comprehension
in or out of Congress. Rather Jate in
the game, various committees—such as
Space, Armed Services, and Atomic
Energy—came to realize that research
and development was a key enterprise
in their jurisdictions, and they estab-
lished special subcommittees to cover
this. field—and protect their own au-
thority.
"Meanwhile, however, the feeling was
spreading through Congress that, re-
gardless of these committee efforts,
research and development had grown
beyond the purview and—even more
disturbing—very probably beyond the:
control of the legislative branch, and,
this feeling proved to be more powerful
than the individual committees’ efforts
to preserve the fragmented approach.
Once this feeling became dominant, it
was inevitable that enough support
could be aroused all along the-political |
spectrum for at least a survey. And
when it had been decided to take that
step, it was also inevitable that the ef-
fort would be shaped by various politi-
cal sentiments and personal ambitions
and concerns, Some may be repelled
by this intrusion of ‘partisan interest”
into what should ideally be a neutral
fact-gathering venture, but if, let’s say;
the National Academy of Sciences were
to undertake a similar. effort, only the
most naive. would expect it to be free of
personal or institutional interest and
prejudice, This is simply because peo-
ple run the system and they cannot
be expected to approach the task with
supernatural disinterestness.. However,
the disturbing thing in the case of the .
House investigation is that the intru-
sion of narrow interest is above and
beyond any reasonable expectation,
and stands to overwhelm: the investi-
gation’s worthy goal. ........T!
investigation proposal appealed to hun-
dreds of legislators whose states have
been receiving only a thin slice of the
federal research budget. In. recent
years, for example, 25 institutions—few
of them in the south and most on the
east and, west coasts—have received
some 60 percent of federal funds for
university-conducted research. The De-
fense Department, which accounts for
about half the federal research budget, .
awarded nonprofit and educational: in-
stitutions in California about $128 mil-
lion in research grants and contracts
last year; it spent $117 million in Mas-
sachusetts, $53 million in Maryland,
and $38 million in New York, But it
spent only $35,000 in Nebraska, $54,-
000 in West Virginia, and $56,000 in
Montana.
“Curiously, most of the have-nots
were slow to recognize the industrial
implications of these. allocations, but
now there is a sharp awareness of in-
dustry’s- preference for locating new
plants—and therefore jobs—around
lively, productive research facilities.
These not only provide a pool of near-
by consultants but also serve to attract
employees who wish to continue their
education. As a result, the concept of
pork barrel has come to apply as much
to the vacuum chamber and the reactor
as to post offices and dams. And the
legislators on the short end of federal
research spending are sufficiently un-
happy about the existing situation to
feel that they could only stand to gain
from an investigation that would il-
luminate the dispartities.. «
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From: Charles PF, Stokes, Professor of Music
Date: Pebruary 19, 196).
Subject: Proposed R onta for th of Pina Arta Degree
Attached please find the firat draft of proposed requirements for
the Bacholor of Fine Arts Degroe suggested by the Art and Music
Departments. If adopted, the time schedule involves offering
these programs with the ontering freahmen class of Septonber 1966.
In order to secure approvals in time to properly announce theese
oo it is necessary to obtain University ageeenent this
spring.
These requirements include a fifty-four hour total of arta and
solence courses, whereas the conventional B. F. A. degree inv
eludes a gmaller number, usually 0 or ‘lesa, with almost no dis-
tribution requirements.
it can be noted that the language requirements and the Mathomabies
Seience requirements differ from the B, A. program because of the
nature of the degree, the use of the course, and the type of stu-
dent involved. Language becomes a tool for the Mine Arta student
and in perticular for the voice major in applied music who will be
asked to include a second language. Students planning sredunis
work in music will be advised to elect a second lanpguace, The
choices in the Hathematica and Science area are more flexible than
in the B, A. program, including the possibility of the laboratory
seience experience in Py. 11, Experimental Psychology. The artia~
tic atudent frequontly has a limited capacity in the Mathematica
and Science area. Electives in the Genoral-Liberal subjects
bring the total hours to 54, a plan similar to the Sachelor of
Science degree.
Three programs in Art and three in Music give students the concen-
trations according to interest and capacity. The applied music
program in music will pernit porformance study in voice, pianos and
the orchestral instruments, for example. The details of these
concentrations are being planned now and will be added soon.
This memo serves aa a progress report at this time, Your reactions
and suggestions are requested before the complete program is sub»
mitted to the curriculum committees and administrative decisions.
Proposed Requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Majors in Art and ifusic
A. Vifty-four semester hours in the arts and sciences ac~
cording to the following distribution: :
(1) English Composition and Speech & sem. hr.
(2) Art, Literature, Music, Philosophy 12 sem. brs.
At least one course in Literature, and one course in
Art, Muslo, or Philosophy from the Humanities courses
(marked by an asterisk); and additional courses from
these ae a to total 12 semester hours. Ne course
in the major may count in these hours.
(3) Foreign Lansuage 688 sem. hrs.
One year of a modern foreipn language,
(h) Sooial Sciences 12 sem. bra.
Six semester hours in history and six additional
hours from Anthropology, Geography, Political Sei-
ence, Psychology, Sociology, Economics.
(5) Seience and ilathematios 6 sem. hrs.
Six hours from mathematics or seLence or PL 2 (Logic)
or Py 1i (Experimental Psychology) o
(6) Additional hours in GeneraleLiberal subjects by ad»
visement to total Sh semester hours (10-12),
Bo A Major in Art or Mugics60 (Art) to 70(Music) sem. bra.
The concentrations in Art will be in Graphics, Peinting,
ox Sculptures
In Music the concentrations will be Applied imsic, Theory
and Composition, or History and Literature.
Requirements cormon to all concentrations, special require=
ments in each concentration, plus electives, will bo inclu»
ded for each of the concentrations in Art and Musie. The
complete details of these programs will be submitted soon,
GC, Electives 0-10 sem. hrs.
Music Majors include & elective hours in music courses,
Total 12k sem. hrs.
Physical Education 2 sem. hra.
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