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FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 1970
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL. 94, NO. 7
New University lost in bureaucracy
by GARY SEACREST
Nebraskan Staff Writer
The New University, the
child of last May's unrest, is
still alive, but it is currently
hibernating i n University
bureaucracy.
Last May 11 an all
University townhall meeting,
desiring to make the
University more relevant to
the world's problems, passed
a resolution requesting the NU
faculty to "work for the
creation of a New University
of Nebraska."
What has happened to the
idea of the New University
since May?
"It's hard to conduct
business at the University
during die summer," explained
J. M. Daly, chairman of the
Academic Planning Com
mittee, which is now coor
d i n a t i n g the drive . for
educational reform started by
the idea of the New University.
"We'll have to wait a month
or longer to see any
progress."
Daly's Committee has
compiled all the suggestions
and comments it received
since May into a com
prehensive 41 page report.
Some of the suggestions in
clude an all-University Senate,
more flexible grading,
registration changes to allow
students to drop and add
courses anytime, increased
independent study, and more
residential colleges.
The Committee this summer
referred the report to
University staff and com
mittees to see if the numerous
s u g g e s fri o n s are feasible.
Conclusions of the committees
are due November 1.
Suggestions considered feasible
will then be submitted to the
Faculty Senate for approval.
"We (the Academic Planning
Committee) will be concerned
with academic planning that
affects the entire University,"
said Daly, a professor of
biochemistry and nutrition.
"The whole process of
academic planning and reform
is a continuous one," he
continued. "Too often people
forget what changes have been
made."
Another group, the ASUN
Educational Committee, will
also work on education reform
this year. The student com
mittee will present its own
report with specific proposals
in the near future, according
to ASUN President Steve
Tiwald.
Besides the work of the
Academic Planning Committee,
the Summer Conference on the
University and Society at
tempted to keep ideas of the
New University alive over th
summer.
The major concern of the
Conference was reforms and
innovations within the
University that would help
bridge the gap between the
University and other institu
tions and communities of the
state.
"Our limited success in this
area has convinced me," said
Stephen Hilliard, one of the
Con Terence's coordinators,
"that the University is elitest in
its attitude towards the general
populace. Also, the general
populace is unnecessarily awed
and fearful of the University."
Hilliard, an assistant pro
fessor of English, believes the
subject of the University and
society is so important that it
should be made the subject of a
full fledged summer institute in
1971.
"We have a ways to go for a
New University here," added
Hilliard. "One of the things
students should heave learned
from last spring is that the
enemies of the New University
are not in the administration,
but in the faculty."
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