Central Florida Future, Vol. 12 No. 25, March 14, 1980

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Vol. 12
Friday, March 14, 1980
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University of
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No. 25
Colleges slate consolidation for next fall
by Kathleen Foronda
staff writer
Next fall, the Colleges of the
Humanities and Fine Arts, Social
Sciences, and the Natural Sciences
will not exist at UCF. A planned consolidation of the three will form the
College of Arts and Sciences.
According to Dr. Leslie Ellis, most of
the change will take place in the administration. "Courses and departments will not be directly involved,"
said Ellis.
Ellis, who is coordinating the entire
project, said one associate dean and
two assistant deans are tentatively
being sought, in addition to the new
dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Ellis said the present system of the
three separate colleges had a total of
three deans, two associate deans and
two assistant deans.
PRESIDENT Trevor Colbourn says
he finds "the present arrangement too
extravagant for a small university."
Colbourn said he can't see why the
new college couldn't function effectively with fewer administrative heads.
The current administrators in the
three colleges, who , will lose their
positions as a result of the consolidation, would be reassigned to
teaching positions or may "ask to be
considered to be assigned administrative positions. It's their
prerogative," said Ellis.
Colbourn pointed out the greatest
advantages of the consolidation:
• centralization would strengthen
the "departments,
• internal communication among
the departments would be improved,
and
• "limited resources" such as monies
used for the present "extravagent
faculty" set-up would be put to better
use.
A new office of Undergraduate
Studies will also be established.
COLBOURN ALSO CITED some
disadvantages. "Some people identify
with the deans. They're apprehensive
of the change, and some may feel
threatened," said Colbourn. "Some
think it will be too large."
"I liked it the way it was," said Dr.
Timothy O'Keefe of the Communication Department. O'Keefe said
he has some worries that the particular
needs of the individual departments
may "get lost in the shuffle". "The way
we're divided now, it's easier for the
dean to know where the man-power
is," he said.
Dean Charles N,  Micarelli of  the
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
said he favors the consolidation.
Micarelli said the environmental
studies program would be improved
because ESP courses are drawn
specifically from the thre colleges.
"A LARGE BUDGET and more personnel makes for an easier adjustment
of resources when necessary," said
Micarelli. Micarelli explained that if
one department needed more funding
than any of the others, there would be
less impact if funds were taken from
several departments than from one or
two departments.
"In the long-run, I'm for it," siad Dr.
Harry Smith, acting chairman of the
Theater Department. Smith said the
consolidation wuld be going back to
the "traditional alliance" of the three
colleges, which has been practiced in
Consolidation, page 12
Dean search continues
into the third round
by Diane Taylor
associate editor
The search committee for the dean of
the new College of Arts and sciences is
in the third round of screening more
than 180 candidates who applied for
the position, according to a press
release from Dean Owen C. Elder,
chairman of the committee.
The field has been narrowed to 14
candidates who are currently being
reviewed by the 14-member committee. Elder anticipates that the group
will be further narrowed to those who
will be invited on campus for interviews within three weeks.
The committee is looking for a
"superdean," according to Committee
member Dr. K. Phillip Taylor of the
Communication Department.
"Our major criteria requires that the
dean be a solid scholar with good
research background, an effective
teacher, and very importantly, an excellent administrator," said Taylor.
THE ONLY internal (from UCF)
candidate remaining is Dr. Jack B.
Rollins, acting dean of the College of
Social Sciences.
The search has been underway since
the 1979 fall quarter. According to
John Yanas, student committee member, the committee first met Nov. 6.
"It (the search) has been going pretty
well up until now," Yanas said. "In a
sense, the process is starting to drag
because it's very repetitive."
THE   COMMITTEE   is   currently
calling the individual universities of
Dean, page 12
Brian LaPeter/Future
Chapin Enchants UCF
Harry Chapin performs during one of the major concerts held at UCF
this year. Chapin expresses his views on world hunger in an interview
on page nine.
Computers pose biggest problem for registration
by Frank Forester
staff writer
Availability of computer equipment restricts class
registration to final exam week, according to
Registrar Dan Chapman.
The machines used for registration are normally
used by students, said Chapman. The administration
cannot take the equipment away from the instructors
and students, he added.
"The registrar's office was faced with the decision
of having advance rgistration during finals week or
during the break between quarters," said Chapman.
Student Government's recommendation resulted in
advance registration during finals week.
Chapman said the main problems during
registration have Been caused by these same
machines. The printer used for schedules is 10 or 12
years old and used by students during the quarter.
"It's almost worn out, but we hope we don't have any
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problems we had last quarter," he said.
NOT ALL OF those problems are caused by the
computer equipment. Some of the trouble comes
from the various colleges master schedules, said
Chapman.
The registrar's office schedules personnel at the
problem table to assist students with problems in the
master schedule, but not to get students in closed
classes. "Some of those people have 10 years experience helping students," Chapman added.
According to Chapman, students shouldn't have
any problems during registration if they see their advisers and work out a good schedule including alternate courses.
"THIS DOESN'T mean that everyone will get all of
the classes they want," said Chapman.
Registration appointment times are based on class
standing and grade point average for the students'
most recent quarter. Graduate students and
graduating seniors with a 4.0 GPA for last quarter
get the first chance at registration, while special
students such as short-form admissions must wait for
their appointments.
There have been no failures in registration because
of procedurs; only the supporting hardware has
broken down, said Chapman.
If a class closes early and there is sufficient
demand, an additional section- may be opened if
facilities and instructors are available, Chapman
said. This may result in a class for which only a few
people sign up being dropped, he added.
"We try to do the greatest good for the greatest
number of people," said Chapman.
During add-drop every student can check on every
class and can sign up on a first-come, first-serve basis,
according to Chapman.
Increased
Wattage
Minnesota Twins slid by Baseball Nights
Knights on Monday.    For a full account   WUCF-FM will increase broadcast range
of the game, read Fred Lee's article, page   this ^ear- ^For a co™plete story, see page
13.
this year,
nine.
Kissing Babies
Central Florida has been visited by
political hopefuls George Bush and Dick
Batchelor. Read page 10 to see'how they
reacted to the community.