Miami Hurricane, October 28, 1983

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HOWL REVIEW —
Volume 60 Number 18
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Friday, October 28, 1983
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Faculty Senate Makes Salary Proposal
Instate
Forward march
More in-depth features on the growth of the honors program
and where it's headed /Pages 3,4
Behind the scenes
An analysis of how USBG tickets come about and the process of election /Page 6
ecominp 1983
ompleie coverage of the activities of Homecoming and up-,g events /Pages 8-10
Tad of blood
One of the first in line on Monday, UM President Edward T. Foote donated blood during the drive held this week. The blood drive was held in the Flamingo Ballroom as part of the Homecoming festivities.
Hurricane Howl
The entertainment section reviews the Homecoming concert held at the Knight Center and the happenings of the night / Page 8
Miami Humcanc/Jt t F GOTT LIEH
By PETER P. PER MU Y
Hurricane assistant New, Editor
According to a Faculty Senate committee report, UM faculty salaries are below the average for similar universities.
The Faculty Senate Compensation Committee issued its report comparing UM faculty salaries to other similar universities nationwide during its Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
The "teaching faculty” — teachers with regular full-time appointments and without administrative positions — was the pool used for comparison. The faculty in the li-
brary and medical school were excluded. while law and marine faculty were included.
The institutions used for comparison were dubbed "Category I." They are major research universities, both public and private. UM was found to be below the median in professor, associate professor and assistant professor rankings.
UM was $1,900 under the median in the professor category and $600 under in both the associate and assistant categories for “All" ranks, which includes instructors, lecturers and professorial ranks.
Since the Faculty Senate, the president, and provost have estab-
lished the 60th percentile of Category I institutions as the goal for all professorial rankings by the 1985-86 school year, the committee compared UM to the percentile and likewise found that UM lagged behind in the three categories.
It lagged by $2,900 for professors, $1,200 for associates and $800 for assistants in the percentile. It was behind by $6,800, $2,500 and $1,700, respectively, when compared to the private/independent Category I schools.
Furthermore, UM was compared to a sampling of 10 universities similar in size and structure and with funded research and quality reputa-

tions both above and below UM Again, UM was at the bottom instead of the expected middle.
Finally, the university was at the bottom of the fringe benefits field.
The committee presented a three-part recommendation, which will be before the Faculty Senate at its meeting this Monday afternoon.
The first provision calls for a pool to provide half the difference between the current UM salaries and the Category I 60th percentile salaries by this year. The other half would be then assured by next year, when the median is to be reached.
For example, the professors' salaries are $2,900 behind the 60th percentile, $1,450 — half of $2.900 — must be provided by 1983-84, and the rest by 1985-86. To ensure the entire amount, that figure is multiplied by the amount of professors. The other areas are then compensated by the same method
Second, the committee recommended that merit raises be increased by six percent. UM lags 3.5 percent behind the national means, which range from four to six percent.
Salary Comparison
College	Prof.	Assoc	Asst.	All
Cornell	43.5	30.9	24.8	34.8
Duke	42.2	30.3	24.9	35.2
Emory	38.8	28.1	23.4	29.9
John Hopkins	•16.1	32.5	24.4	37.0
Stanford	51.2	35.8	29.7	42.5
Syracuse	37.9	27.5	22.2	30.7
Tulane	36.1	28.3	21.2	28.0
U.S.C.	45.0	31.5	25.7	34.3
Vanderbilt	40.4	28.7	22.4	30.9
Washington	40.4	29.9	24.3	33.2
U of Miami	37.4	28.0	22.8	29.9
Merit raises are determined hy national cost-of-living increase projections. modifications for local cost-of-living peculiarities, national salary trends, and other universities' projections.
Third, the committee requested a one-percent increase for benefits to meet the goal in that area. It is to br
achieved in two wavs: first, an open panel dental health insurance plan costing $26 monthly per fuculty member hy November 1984 (accounting (or .54 percent); second, an increase in the medical premium paid by the university to $1125 per year (accounting for .46 percent), beginning in November 1981
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Miami Hltrrlcanc/SHERYL RAPEE
Double Take
No, Iron Arrow hasn't admitted women yet. But that hasn't stopped Annie Ortega from buying, and wearing around campus, one of the multicolored jackets worn by members of the men-only society.
Honors grows overnight, becomes UM prototype
Female sociology professor complains of dress comments
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane News Editor
A female sociology professor sought advice from the UM Women’s Commission after being told by sociology department Chairman Melvin DeFleur that she should not wear slacks and loafers to work.
Bonnie Berry, an assistant professor just out of graduate school, said she did not file a complaint against DeFleur, but she did ask the Commission what is proper.
"They [the Commission] told me 1 didn’t have to dress in any certain manner," she said. “The issue has been resolved."
An anonymous source called the Hurricane complaining about De-Fleur’s comments. DeFleur said the call was one in a "long series of incidents" of individuals trying to discredit the department.
Concerning Defleur’s comments on dress, Berry said they were a "sexist thing to say." However, she added that she and DeFleur further talked and the issue has been resolved.
DeFleur denied saying anything to her and said the affair was probably a misunderstanding, since some of the professors have teased her about her clothing.
“I don’t care what she wears. I never have been or will be dictating
what anyone should wear," he said. “She is a fine young woman and an excellent teacher.”
He added that the sociology de-
partment was very proud of Berry and there was "no issue at all” at any time.
"She’s a super little gal," said DeFleur.
By RONNIE RAMOS
Hurricane Editor in Chief
The University of Miami honors program changed offices over the summer. "We thought we would have a lot more filing space.” said Susan Coe, program coordinator. "But they're all full," she said as she pointed toward the cabinets.
The office space, of course, is not to blame. The honors program has been growing phenomenally in the past three years. Not incidentally. Dr. James Ash is in his third year at the helm of the honors program.
When Ash took over honors (from John Harrison, a history professor), there were 229 students in the proram. Today, that number has nearly tripled, to 951. The number of courses taught has also increased, from 41
to Ml (not Intludlng multiple aecttonu of «He name
course).
The numbers, however, are only the tip of the iceberg. The honors program's purpose, emphasis and future have been restructured since Ash took over in August 1981.
Before his arrival, Ash said, "The |honors| program was put together to serve the needs of the bright students which for some other reason were already here "
This, he said, was not the original purpose of the honors program. "Honors programs were invented to recruit the best students."
What happened in 1981 that spurned the rapid increase is hard to pinpoint. According to Ash and Provost William Lee, it was not a single event
The general conclusion seems to he that the time was right. “Primarily it was the new president's coming in, but it was also Ash's idea and my idea," said Lee,
The growth. Ash said, occurred because of two things. "The university became more aware of the usefulness of student recruitment with honors, and we were able to expand the curriculum.”
Regardless of what began the growth, the honors program today has a new role at UM
"The biggest change," Ash said, “is that the honors program is at the center of our student recruitment strateev."
Honors
Students	1981	1982 1	
Freshmen	131	230	381
Returning*	98	315	567
Total students	229	545	951
No. of courses	41	79	96
			
The honors program was not always held in such esteem Before last year, UM could not give out all the honors scholarships (Isaac Bashevis Singer, Henry K Stanford and Bowman Ashe awards) because there were not enough students who qualified academically Teachers weren't exactly jumping over each other to teach honors courses Before he took over, Ash said, "The honors program was given such low priority that graduate assistants taught the courses."
Today, teachers for honors classes are carefully selected. Ash, in consultation with Ross Murfin. assistant director of the honors program, and department chairpersons choose the teachers
"In a lot of departments, honors teaching assignments are highly regarded," Ash said. Faculty who teach in the honors program, however, still teach regular classes. "As far as I know,” Ash said, “every honors faculty also teaches non-honors courses as well.”
Ash said a well-established honors program is essential to a top-rate institution. “You can't build a quality institution without going after the best students with the same intensity you go after a blue-chip football player.”
Please turn to Pane 3/HONORS
Sunshine provisions clarified by Court
The USBG Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that any document presented to a USBG committee for consideration of sponsorship is a Senate document and comes under the sunshine provisions of the USBG Constitution.
The Hurricane brought the case before the Supreme Court after it was denied access to a document that was submitted to a committee, which denied sponsorship.
The court's ruling stated: “Any written concern, whether in specific bill form or not, once submitted to a committee, agency, branch, department, meeting, or individual senator for action is considered a document.
"These documents or copies of said documents should be retained by all the appropriate USBG groups specified in Section 7 in a record for public access."