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COLLE0E OF TECHHOCOir
eampkdaue. Mt j i p r cnRMrr/sERiALS dept. /
vol 33 no. 15
CCCG DRAFTS NEW RULES
OF
In this issue of the
Rambler a new proposal for
governance of the college is
presented. These Articles of
Governance, which at first g
lance appear complicated
and lengthy are in fact
simple in their objectives
and principles.
"start with the
questions: Who should have
a voice in making decisions
concemng the operation of
the College?And how shall
decisions be made?
Last fall a group was
appointed by President
Charles W. Laffin and
charges with the task of
presenting an answer to
these questions in the form
of a governance structure
for the College. The
planning group was made
up of three members from
each of the six major
constituencies of the
College: Day Students,
Evening College Students,
Alumni, ClassiWed
Personnel, Non-teaching
Professional Staff, and
Faculty. For the past eight
months this group has
worked on the problem and
now present their answers
in the document entitled
Article of Governance,
State University
Agricultural and Technical
College, Farmingdale.
Early in their
d e I i b e rations the
Constitutional Committee
for Campus Governance
(hereafter called CCCG)
answered the first question
by accepting the principles
that if a grouup is to be
affected by a decision, that
group should have a hand in
making that decision. The
GOVERNANCE
n it step was to propose a
House of Delegates with
representatives from all
constituencies and a group
of standing committees.
This structure is designed to
provide a means for making
decisions.
What will the House of
Delegates do? Article II
Title B '1 {answers this
question. In this section
there is a lest - of
responsibilities of the House
of Delegates that ranges
from establishing budget
priorities for the College to
preparing an academic
calendar, from establishing
policies and procedures for
campus health services t^
establishing an academic
judicial system. And this
does not exhause the list.
CCCG pictures the House of
Delegates as a forum and
legislative body to consider
all the major concerns of
the College community.
What powers will the
House of Delegates have?
Article ii Title B '3' answers
this question, when it says,
"All legislation is approved
by the House of Delegates
shall be binding on the
College, unless vetoesd in
writing with an explanation
by the President of the
College prior to its effective
date..." The rest of the
statement indicates its legal
restrictions. This statement
is important in that the
Jlouse of Delegates is given
real authority subject only
to th« veto which the
4^resident is forbidden by
statute to relinquish.
CCCG believes that a
key part of the governantce
structure is a group of
t h i r t e e n standing
committees. These
committees are expected to
do the homework necessary
for effective function of the
House of Delegates. They
will make proposals for
consideration by the House.
Each committee will have
representation from the
various constituencies
according to interest. The
composition of each
committee is specified in
the Articles. The idea is that
students, faculty,
professional staff and other
interestted constituencies
will have opportunity to
confront College issues
.ogether.
One group of
committees, those dealing
with academic affairs, is
established with recognition
of the-special interest of the
Faculty in the academic
area. These committees are
manned by Students,
Alumni, Faculty, and
Non-teaching Professionals,
but they report to the
Faculty instead of the
House of Delegates. Copies
of reports from thhese
committes go to the House
of Delegates which will have
opportunity to respond.
CCCG believes this
arrangement will enable
those most involved in
academic decisions to have
a part in making these
decisions.
There is much more to
be said and considered, but
another question may be in
order: What is the next step
now that CccG has
presented the Articles'.The
answer to that is that CCCG
would like each
.constituency to discuss and
reach a decision as to
whether they find the-
Articles acceptable. With
this in mind CCCG proposes
the followil. OOn May 9th
,and nth at 11:00 a.m.
CCCG will hold open
meetings in Room 223
Thompson Hall. At these
meetings members of CCCG
will be present and hold
public hearings on the
Articles. All members of the
College community are
invited to atend. ,
2. Each constituency is
asked to discuss the Articles
and to vote on their
acceptance.
3. The Articles will
presented to the President
of the College for his
consideration after the
various constituencies h ve
acted.
The members of the
committees consisted
of: Ray nor Wallace,
Chairman; Armand Kamp,
Secretary; Demmos Jenson:
Norman Lynch: John
Impagliazzo: Richard Ring;
Carl Bello; Joseph Czajka;
Terry Olton: Denise Miles:
Beatrice Hackenberg:
Marcia Mason: Joseph
McKnight: Robert Reilly;
Megan McCabe: Neil
McAdorey: Robert Miller.
George Ahrens: Virginia
Colgan:
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