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U. Senate menihers
voice their opinions

By James Ritchie

Senior Staff writer

If Kentucky doesn't commit to
improving higher education now,
it never will, Gov. Paul Patton
said at yesterday’s University Sen—
ate meeting.

“Let me assure you that if this
debate is unsuccessful, it will not
again be engaged in during your
lifetime,” he told the audience of
350, which spilled into the aisles
and out the door of the 300-seat
Nursing Building auditorium.

Patton said he realizes that his
efforts to separate the state's com-
munity colleges from UK could
have politica costs. But, he said,
he would rather be remembered
as a governor who served four
years and made a difference than
one who served eight and did
nothing.

“With the exception of $50
million for juvenile justice, it is my
intention to devote all ofthe new
resources that are going to be
available during my tenure to
higher education," Patton said.

The governor offered a rebut-
tal for detractors who believe his
plan for higher education is
designed to increase his political

power. Under his bill, authority
over the 2.000 em )loyees of Ken—
tucky Tech woul be transferred
from the governor to a new board,
the Kentucky Community and
Technical College System, he
said. KCTCS would be “as
autonomous as the University of
Kentucky." '

After Patton left and the crowd
cleared, the Senate )assed a reso-
lution supporting t e governor's
desire to elevate UK's research
ranking.

But it passed another resolu—
tion, which will be sent to the
state legislature, urging that facul-
ty, staff and student representa-
tives be included in the proposed
(Iouncil on Postsecondary Educa-
tion and Strategic (Iommittee on
Postsecondary Education.

The governor wants to exclude
members of the academic commu—
nity in order to avoid special
interests.

Mark lson. Student Govern—
ment Association’s College of
Fine Arts senator. doesn’t appreci—
ate being regarded as a special
interest.

“\Vhy are students a special
interest when it comes to educa—

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The following is the estimated degree production required for Kentucky to reach national averages.
The estimates contained in this table were derived using both the number of young

Type of degree Derived national level Current Kentucky level Difference Necessary increase
Certificates 9,331 5.681 3,650 64 percent
Associate‘s 8.456 6,431 2.025 31 percent
Bachelor’s 17,554 14,584 2,970 20 percent
Master’s 5.972 4,222 1,750 41 percent
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Higher education reform
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Editor's Note: 'Ihefbl/mring is the/it‘s! in a four—part series that
takes a [loser look at the postserondmjy education (hanger (iota
Paul Patton has submitted to the Kenmtky General .‘lssemhly
for the .llay 12 sperial legislatire session.

By Kathy Reding

News Editor

They've been out on their own for too long, and
he’s ready to reign them into a new structure. Once
the structure is in place, it will have the authority and
means to set their agendas for the future.

“They” are the state‘s public colleges and univer—
sities, and “he" is Gov. Paul Patton.

“The desire is to get all of our institutions to
understand that they are state institutions,” Patton
said. “They are here to serve the people. They are
not here to serve themselves, free to
peruse their own agenda."

As the governor travels the state
explaining the principles of the post-
sccondaryeducation reform bill set to
come before a May 12 special session
of the General Assembly, he said he's
been confronted by questions, com-.
ments and misinformation.

Patton is pushing the changes not
as visible alterations, but as structural
differences that will enable the state’s schools to bet-
ter offerings, governance, workforce preparedness
and education to the state.

He said a chan e in the system will add more
degrees earned in t e state, aiding economic devel-
opment and raising incomes.

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To cut down regional interests and improve com-
munity-based postsecondary education, Patton con-
tinues to advocate separation of the community col-
leges from UK and creation of the Kentucky Com-
munity and Technical College system to oversee
them and the Kentucky Tech schools.

“The fact of the matter is there is nobody that
wants to maintain the existing system except the

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University of Kentucky and its administration fight-
ing to maintain its political power," Patton said. “Ask
them why they're fighting to maintain political
power. Now they’re accusing me oftrying to expand
my political power."

Patton said he refuses to just give “blank checks"
to a system that isn’t producing results for the tax—
payers and is preventing the state from exercising its
leadership

“It’s not just the University of Kentucky, its just
the biggest,” Patton said. “It wants its way, it gets its
way. In the past its always gotten its way."

He said ast studies have advocated the separa-
tion, and ecfucation change cannot happen without
structural change.

Patton said in the eight years before he was gover-
nor, funding to community colleges was 75 percent
of their benchmarks. Now it is up to
83 ercent and will come to 95 percent
wit the new plan.

He said even though the legislature
could have appropriated more money
for them, UK was not effective in ask-
ing for it.

“The University is an advocate for
the community colleges. They weren’t
an effective advocate l have been,"
Patton said of his request for their
additional money.

Patton said the change adds more government,
but at the same time takes it away.

“There is a hu e bureaucracy here in state gov-
ernment running Y Tech; there is a huge bureau-
cracy at UK running the Community College Sys-
tem,” Patton said. “All we’re takinr is those two
bureaucracies and putting them togetfier making a
much smaller bureaucracy.”

Gary Cox, Council on Higher Education execu—
tive director, said the separation “clears the deck” for
UK to become a to 20 institution.

5Community co lege and Technical schools have
been too often second-class citizens,” Cox said.
“We‘re weak in workforce development.”

Patton said the KCTCS will be run similar to one
of the regional universities, costing less and not

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Theater students plan
letter-writing protest

Denial of professors ten/tr ,
request. spar/es students" anger

By Brian Dunn
Sta/j H but

Theater students are raving
because one of their favorite
teachers did not receive tenure.

UK said no last week to the-
ater professor Michael liried—
man’s request for tenure.

According to the tenure prrr
cess policy. l’riedman will return
next year for his last year at UK.
his “terminal year."

Russ _lones. chair of the thc‘
ater department, described
Friedman as a “very popular pro—
fessor" with his students and said
he was disappointed about the
tenure denial.

Pour fine arts students, Micah
Logsdon, Mollie Alexander,
Mike Peters and Sam Mannino,
asked to meet with jones to see
what they could do to help keep
Friedman at UK.

They also wanted to better
understand the tenure process.

Peters. a theater freshman,
said the news “really hurt people
emotionally."

People really have deep feel-
ings for him as a friend,” he said.
“The college doesn't have many
teachers like that."

The four students decided to

head a letter-writing campaign
to Lexington (Lampus Chancel»
lor i“,l|‘/.llitili Xinscr and to the
Kentucky Kernels Readers'
l5oruni asking UK to rethink II\
decision.

Nearly all theater
students and sortie
outside the depart»
ment are contribur

mg to the effort,

if

another year at UK, known as
the “terminal year," during
which they can look for another
it lb or appeal the denial.

L'sually, professors must
apply for tenure in their sixth
year at ['K.

lftenure is granted, they cori-
tinue to teach at ['K.

lftcnurc is denied. then they
stay at UK for their “terminal
year."

Friedman
brought some
teaching experience
with him from other

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tcichinir duties have (Icy/7 fee/5 apply for tenure in

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l5riedman acts .is ”lg-ff”). [”7” 1“ hlxlthml “My l“ g. l
director for UK Thea ,1 #767111. [/16 _one\ Split . ”(ii
ater. [0‘1]? to (10091.! man (till ( .ippea

[ j: .j , . j _ f, ' the tenure denial.
(irecei 'S i" _ _ ., ‘
K. . . “ [Cm/”‘75 I"? man s students,

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l‘iricdmin's wife flJtlf. (.anoy \ il s, a tie-
Margo Buchanan. v ater junior, said she

instructs part time at
UK .ind is heavily
involved with UK
'l‘hcatcr. She directed
“The Diviners" last spring.

“l lc has a lot ofexpcrience in
the theater field," Peters said.
“I le's a very good teacher."

“He works almost like a
friend, but he keeps a profession-
al level," he said.

jones defined tenure as a
guarantee of a job. If tenure is
denied, then professors have

KGBIIEIaIIII tire started

Stafl‘repm't

UK police and Lexington
arson investigators are continu-
ing their investigation of a Sat-
urday night fire in Keeneland
Hall.

Ralph Derickson, UK
spokesman, said because arson
investigators are looking into the
fire that burned a door, ceiling
tiles and hall carpet, the fire was
deliberately set.

He said no suspects have been
named nor has a motive been
identified.

James Wims, director of resi—
dence life. said security has been
ste ped up in the residence hall
fol owing the incident.

“We‘ve added security in the
building starting this evening for
the rest of the semester," Wims
said.

He said a security guard will
patrol the halls.

     

Mike Peters

theater

loved as a professor
. Friedman because
freshman h _ .. . , r
c “as supporting

and motivating

“He wants you to learn it."
she said. “He wants you it;
understand it."

\K'e need him to stay," she
said. “He is one of the licst
teachers we have. lfwe lose him.
we lose an experienced and
knowledgeable teacher.

“The department is losing so
much," she said.

by arsonist

\Yirns said the residents of
the room that had the door
burned “have relocated for the
rest of the semester.”

He said the office does not
know whether the act was just a
prank or ifsomeone had a mali-
cious intent. Wims said he has
talked to several parenm to try to
ease their fears.

A container with gasoloine
was found in a Keeneland closet
on Saturday also.

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instead, and Catalano lost the ride Fat to find out himself."
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Still, Churchill Downs holds a the Louisiana Derby and rode him ‘
special place in his heart. to first place, a head in front of
“I rode my first winner here, Stop \Vatch.
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Orleans native who does most of he just had to ride him like Pat ’
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was never based here," (Iatalano get too small, he has a chance to i
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Flooding woes may soon disap-
.pear for the Early Childhood Lab.

A proposal submitted to Presi-
dent Charles W’ethington targets
the Terrell Building land for the
new ECL, which now occupies
the basement of Erikson Hall.

“It’s exciting,” said Retia Walk-
er, dean of the College of Human
and Environmental Sciences. “We
will certainly have to raise some
private dollars, but parents and
alumni have been pleased.”

The chancellor has included
the building on the consideration
list of capital projects for the Lex-
ington campus for 1998—2002,
said Jaesook Lee, the lab’s direc-
tor.

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changing services to students. He
said people with strong ties to the
system such as companies, eco-
nomic development boards and
chambers of commerce support
the change.

“\Vith this whole list of people,
you have a very strong linkage
with this subject for two reasons:
they pay for it and they use the
products ofit,” Patton said. “They
know what a good postsecondary
education system is and know
they’re not getting it."

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The principle agent in this
transformation is a new Council
on Postsecondary Education to
replace the current Council on
Higher Education.

“(CHE) already has that
authority, but the thing is they’re
not doing it because the universi-
ties keep going around them,"
Patton said. “It's not to give the

If state legislators approve the
$4.3 million renovation, Walker
said the building will house the
new ECL on the first floor, a fam-
ily center and five education clin-
ics run by the Colle e of Educa-
tion on the secon floor, and
offices on the third, according to
the office of vice chancellor for
administration.

A 3,000 sq. ft. outdoor play-

round and “sufficient parking”
have also been included.

Both colleges, \Valker said, will
shoulder 25 percent of the cost.
Project design will constitute the
largest expense at $3,014,000,
with $46l,000 allotted for “con-
tingency expenses."

The design date has been pro-
posed for November 2000, the
construction for November 2001
and completion for june 2002,

council more power or authority
but give it the ability to exercise
the authority it already has.”

The C Pli's composition will be
without special interests; no more
than two of the legislature-
approved members can have
degrees from the same baccalaure-
ate institution.

Patton said students, faculty
and staff do not have seats on CPE
because they represent interests.
Instead these groups will form
advisory committees, acting as
juries to bring recommendations
to the (:PE.

He does not expect the strate—
gic agenda for the public institu-
tions to come from the CPE to
legislators and the governor until
February 199‘). It will not be pos-
sible to enact it until the 2000 leg-
islative session.

Scoping out an agenda

To ensure “dialog" between
the CPF. and elected leaders, Pat-
ton wants a Strategic Committee
on Postsecondary Education.

“The intent is to get the elect—
ed leadership intimately involved
in understanding what we have
instructed this council to do," Pat-
ton said. “The president and this
council will set down with the

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according to the proposal.

Even if the project goes
through, its place on the list of
priorities at UK is uncertain.
Walker said the proposal covers a
six-year period, so the colleges
may not see the facility for some
time.

Walker also said the mechani-
cal engineering students and pro-
fessors, who are the current ten-
ants in the Terrell Building, are
scheduled for a new facility “for
the next bud et year" but their
new location has not been deter-
mined yet.

Should the proposal pass the
Council on Higher Education, it
will then go to the state budget
office and the governor next fall,
and then on to the regular session
in Frankfort in January 1998, said
jack Blanton, vice chancellor for

governor and the legislature and
say ‘We've established these goals
Here is the agenda that will lead
us to this point. Here is what you
have to do in 20 years; here is
what you have to do in two years’.

We (SCOPE) will react and say
we are will to or not willing to do
so. Then they will react. \‘Ve're
(SCOPE is) not writing the strate-
gic agenda. \Ne’ve asked them
(CPE) to write it and come back
and discuss it with us."

Cox agrees with Patton’s con-
clusions about the state's struc-
tural problems.

“We have a long history of pro—
moting re ional interests," Cox
said. “\Ve have a political culture
in higher education that empha-
sized getting things done for
hometown university."

Cox said the structural change
will enable the political culture to
change and improve on CHE
because the new statute “leaves no
doubt” as to its exact role and
authority.

“(CPE) will only work is each
universities accept the fact that
they are owned by the people of
Kentucky and that we have the
right to assign them specific duties
and expect them to pursue what
we assign them rather than decid-
ing by themselves what they ought
to be,” Patton said.

 

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the Lexington Campus.

“Getting through that
labyrinth of bureaucracy is a
climb,” he said. “It's going to
depend on the state’s ability to sell
bonds, but we’ve had projects
funded out of revenues.”

Blanton said Walker and he
met with UK architect Warren
Denny about six weeks ago to dis-
cuss construction possibilities
such as an overhang as a conve-
nience during rainy weather for
the children who get dropped off.

Administrators in the College
of Human and Environmental
Sciences and ECL workers have
considered relocating because of
flooding problems that have dam-
aged toys and teaching materials
and forced professors to cancel
classes numerous times over the
last six years.

“Ifwe don’t accept that fact
then we are condemned forever
have a higher education system
that is dominated by whoever is
the politically strongest at any
given time, dominated by raw pol—
itics, not logical service."

snowing them the money

So that the institutions have an
incentive to follow where the
CPE's strategic plan leads, Patton
offers the incentive of money.

He said UK will need more to
become a top 20 public research
institution. As will U of L as it
works to become a highly ranked
metro school. Additionally, More-
head, Murray State, Eastern Ken-
tucky and Western Kentucky uni-
versities will need the same to
improve in regional education and
create specialty areas.

Patton’s proposal calls for mil—
lions to be added to schools’ bud—
gets this year if sufficient reform
passes; $100 million in funding
will be available for the next bien-
nial budget requests.

“He's using the money as a
drive," Cox said.

He said Patton's capability to
earn a second term in office also
pushes him to get he plan in place
and give Patton an advantage.

 

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Students thin/cs
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tion? I’ve always been under
the impression that they were
the interest of education," he
said. “And it seems that the
governor is forgetting that."

Ison said he understands the

overnor's desire to create

cards free of factions, but that
students are the most often
under-represented.

“After all. we're paying the
tuition dollars and It's our L‘tlU’
cation," he said.

By focusing on research
rankings, Patton's plan ignores
the concerns of the student.
Ison said.

Because the faculty is heavily
divided on the matter, the Scn~
ate Council deemed it inappro~
priate for the Senate to take up
the community college issue.
Senate Chairwoman _I.m
Schach said.

Schacli said Patton‘s com-
ments probably did not change
many faculty members” opin-
ions oii changing higher educa-
tion.

“I think his interest in meet-
ing up front, face-twface with
the faculty is a definite gain for
him," she said. “But I don’t
know how much he’s convinced
faculty to change their point of
view."

 

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