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1970-06-03 Report: ""Campus Tensions -- A Report on Iowa and Elsewhere"" Page 8

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5. Each college campus must have a clear channel for just and adequate redress of grievances.

6. Student personnel programs should be associated with the academic program rather than being set apart.

7. The concept that a campus is a sanctuary must be eliminated in the minds of persons both on and off campus. 

8. Contingency plans are necessary. Legislation is suggested as a means to formalize such plans. 

4. Campus Tensions: Analysis and Recommendations. Report of a Special Committee on Campus Tensions, American Council on Education

This Committee was established in 1969 by the American Council on Education's Board of Directors. The Committee was composed of 18 distinguished individuals and was chaired by Saul Linowitz, former Ambassador to the Organization of American States. This report, which should be must reading for anyone dealing with students, defines the crisis and analyzes students', faculties'. administrators', and trustees' roles in alleviating the situation. The report concludes with the following:

The survival of our system of higher education and its long term contribution to society depend upon rationality and stability, shared concern and mutual respect among the members of the academic community. Students, faculty, administrators, trustees - all must recognize their necessary interdependence. 

This report is so extraordinary in its approach to problem-solving that almost every one of the recommendations needs to be analyzed as to applicability to the particular campus or campuses involved and as to the necessity to follow the action outlined in order to reduce campus tensions. Some of the report's 43 major recommendations are as follows:

1. If students are to be held accountable for their actions, they should have a voice in determining the permissible limits of their actions. 

2. Students must know that they cannot be shielded from the consequences of their behavior. Effective self-government will mean less frequent and abrasive intrusions on campuses by off-campus groups. 

3. In circumstances where internal mechanisms of discipline fail, a new kind of juridical authority may be required.

4. Tenure policies need to be reappraised.

5. Institutions must define explicitly who is responsible for what - administrators, Regents, etc.

6. Performance of administrative officers needs to be subjected to periodic review and evaluation.

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- 8 - 5. Each college campus must have a clear channel for just and adequate redress of grievances. 6. Student personnel programs should be associated with the academic program rather than being set apart. 7. The concept that a campus is a sanctuary must be eliminated in the minds of persons both on and off campus. 8. Contingency plans are necessary. Legislation is suggested as a means to formalize such plans. 4. Campus Tensions: Analysis and Recommendations. Report of a Special Committee on Campus Tensions, American Council on Education This Committee was established in 1969 by the American Council on Education's Board of Directors. The Committee was composed of 18 distinguished individuals and was chaired by Saul Linowitz, former Ambassador to the Organization of American States. This report, which should be must reading for anyone dealing with students, defines the crisis and analyzes students', faculties'. administrators', and trustees' roles in alleviating the situation. The report concludes with the following: The survival of our system of higher education and its long term contribution to society depend upon rationality and stability, shared concern and mutual respect among the members of the academic community. Students, faculty, administrators, trustees - all must recognize their necessary interdependence. This report is so extraordinary in its approach to problem-solving that almost every one of the recommendations needs to be analyzed as to applicability to the particular campus or campuses involved and as to the necessity to follow the action outlined in order to reduce campus tensions. Some of the report's 43 major recommendations are as follows: 1. If students are to be held accountable for their actions, they should have a voice in determining the permissible limits of their actions. 2. Students must know that they cannot be shielded from the consequences of their behavior. Effective self-government will mean less frequent and abrasive intrusions on campuses by off-campus groups. 3. In circumstances where internal mechanisms of discipline fail, a new kind of juridical authority may be required. 4. Tenure policies need to be reappraised. 5. Institutions must define explicitly who is responsible for what - administrators, Regents, etc. 6. Performance of administrative officers needs to be subjected to periodic review and evaluation.