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UNL Faculty Senate President Franklin Eldridge
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Nels Forde, president of the UNL
chapter of American Association of
University Professors (AAUP), said that
unless the NU Board of Regents and
administration allows the UNL faculty to
have more voice in derision-making;, he
will begin another campaign to have a
collective bargaining unit represent UNL
faculty members.
Forde said he was particularly
disturbed by the regents" action during
their May meeting.
At that meeting; the regents dedsioii
to adopt a common academic ""dar for
both the Lincoln and Omaha campuses and
to elevate the school cf fine arts at UNO to
college status were in opposition to'
recommendations of the UNL Faculty
Senate, Forde said.
"The regents deliberately disagreed
with the wishes of the faculty senate,' he
said. There is no indication the board is
willing to listen to the senate," he added. .
AsciSer faculty veto
Forde said he does sot wast to go
through the time-consuming and expen
sive process again cf having a faculty vote
to determine whether they will be
represented by a collective bargaining
unit, but he said he is willing to do that if
the faculty voice is not given more weight
in future decision-making on the eainpus.-
In February, the UNL faculty voted not
to be represented by a collective
bargaining unit. Instead, the structure of
the faculty senate was revised to provide
equal representation in the senate of all
UNL academic departments.
"It's a beautiful idea," Forde said, "if
only the administration would pay more
attention to the new representative
senate."
Earlier this year, the board of regents
denied a dues check-off for AAUP
members on the UNL campus. The dues
check-off would have allowed the AAUP
annual membership fee to be deducted
gradually from members" paychecks,
Forde said. "
Since other campus organizations have
the check-off privilege. Force said, the
regents are discriminating against the
AAUP. Forde said he may ask for a
court-hearing on tins derision in the faZL
ESirfdge ey,gft tsSaa
Franklin EMridge. president of UNL's
Faculty Senate, sail he is against having a
union for faculty members.
"With the new representative senate,
there is less seed for a collective
bargaining unit," he said. He said the
senate adequately represents the faculty
now by maintaining a liaison with the
university administration and with the
State Legislature.
Eldridge described the senate's
relationship to the administration as
eclegial rather than adversary.
In this way, he added, the senate fulfill
some of the functions of a bargaining unit.
He said the senate represents the faculty
on such issues as salaries, university
financial support and allocation of
resources.
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Hzzj European students are discouraged from studying
abroad because of rigid study regulations, provxsdalsm
and bureaucracy in the educational system, said Dr. RaosI
Eseucker in a lecture opening Collegium HI oa the UNL
campus this week. .
Coegium IH is a conference for edseatcrs and admini
strators co-sponsered by the UrL DepsxfLL cf
Educational AtEmmtstrstKHi and the College of Law.
Knsucksr is secretary general cf the ' Austrian
Conference cf Hectors, admisis&r&tors fbr Austria's 13
caispases. -.. s
. .Esfvpeans have raoHIIty in trada and commerce, bet
net ia eduestisa." Kcaagar said. IaH!ISy ia faggy easJ
access to all edscatiGssl instltutgsa. he but is
hisdsred ia Esarepa by bureaucracy and trasHttesl
nstsssaSIasa. -
Host European pest-sscendsry schools are state
regulated with civil service employees ssrvmg as fsssOZj,
he explained. Ahscgh tils bunasersik system has
negative aspects, alternatives have yet to be found, he
Because of ccckts between Europe's pcHiical idaallza
and pcHtkal realism the db!ara&tic atUmts to increase
ediieational mobility are incomplete because they aim at
old cbstacfes. Kseucker said.
"The idea cfraaiHIty in education dates back to medieval
times," he said, "but the term is recent." Kseucker said
the United States has achieved mobility in one generation,
but Europe, bstsssa of its class cultural soektiss has cot
raada as msth prc23
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priorities defined
Hare than 223 persons frca all parts cf the Ucitsd
States and several fsxen countries attended the cpsrlzg
srssaTccrdaycitlwTlIrdratisl(fcnrsrsr
Learslsg and Ksatesi&sil Study.
The ccnTirerce. at tie Nebraska Center far Certinuinj
; Education. ZZZ3 Iloldrege St.. continues through
Thursday. June 17.
The conference, tiLed "Forum 73: A Hodera
Chautasiqaa", fat m fearoa far ihsndfsvf. mil frrrstjtiTS
of lITalang karnirj pxiiaas. the quality cf teacling.
research costs and aplktms cf comsiunicasns
technclagy to tibar edacatisa.
Ia his speech cpenlag the three-day ccsieresce.
Frederick Bslman. executive director cf the Exxca
Education Foundaiion, reeemmended the devekpment cf a
broad natipnal education policy whkh would dsa3
karning priorities. He scted the creatisa cf a Natisnal
CcsncO far a Leandrg Cecity to draTt suca priarlts.
. His type cf council, ha said. "wcsU te a tarHa
expressssa cl tie fcat tlat cd ?n b t! pecb's