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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1970

1970-06-03 Report: ""Campus Tensions -- A Report on Iowa and Elsewhere"" Page 9

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7. Administrators need to initiate a rulebook housecleaning. 

8. Administrators need to develop with civil authorities plans for handling campus disturbances.

9. Boards should make more effective use of mechanisms through which students, faculty, staff and alumni can communicate more readily. 

10. Processes of academic governance must be seen by all major groups concerned as essentially fair. 

11. Trustees, administrators and faculty have a shared responsibility as regards reform and all most have attitudes that encourage educational change. 

These four reports should be studies by those concerned with and in a position to act on maintenance of campus order. Collectively, they outline the overall problem of campus unrest. They also illustrate the pitfalls and problems involved in finding solutions to the problems. However, they do not contain a magical solution to creation of an atmosphere of peace and clam on Iowa campuses. 

IOWA SITUATION

During the past month this office has tried to gain a degree of understanding of the issues and problems facing the Regents institutions in terms of maintenance of campus order. This has involved visits to each of the Regents universities and conversations between key institutional personnel and this office on the matter. The rest of this memo will deal with the subject of where we are now and possible change in present policies. 

REGENT AND INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES RELATING TO STUDENT CONDUCT 

In February, 1968, the Regents adopted a policy relating to disruptive acts at Regents institutions. Basically the policy gives three broad guidelines which could, if violated, lead to disciplinary action by the institutions. 

1. Disruption of orderly processes of any university. 
2. Obstruction or denial of access to services and facilities by those entitled to use such services or facilities. 
3. Interference with the lawful rights of other persons on the campus. 

These regulations were set up in broad terms with the intent that the institutions would adopt more detailed regulations applicable to the maintenance of order and institutional expectations of student conduct on a particular campus. 

Each institution has a policy statement relating to student conduct and the type of conduct expected of members of its campus community. These regulations vary from campus to campus in that the regulations are not spelled out or delineated in the same degree of detail on each campus. The most detailed set of regulations is in effect at the University of Iowa.

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-9- 7. Administrators need to initiate a rulebook housecleaning. 8. Administrators need to develop with civil authorities plans for handling campus disturbances. 9. Boards should make more effective use of mechanisms through which students, faculty, staff and alumni can communicate more readily. 10. Processes of academic governance must be seen by all major groups concerned as essentially fair. 11. Trustees, administrators and faculty have a shared responsibility as regards reform and all most have attitudes that encourage educational change. These four reports should be studies by those concerned with and in a position to act on maintenance of campus order. Collectively, they outline the overall problem of campus unrest. They also illustrate the pitfalls and problems involved in finding solutions to the problems. However, they do not contain a magical solution to creation of an atmosphere of peace and clam on Iowa campuses. IOWA SITUATION During the past month this office has tried to gain a degree of understanding of the issues and problems facing the Regents institutions in terms of maintenance of campus order. This has involved visits to each of the Regents universities and conversations between key institutional personnel and this office on the matter. The rest of this memo will deal with the subject of where we are now and possible change in present policies. REGENT AND INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES RELATING TO STUDENT CONDUCT In February, 1968, the Regents adopted a policy relating to disruptive acts at Regents institutions. Basically the policy gives three broad guidelines which could, if violated, lead to disciplinary action by the institutions. 1. Disruption of orderly processes of any university. 2. Obstruction or denial of access to services and facilities by those entitled to use such services or facilities. 3. Interference with the lawful rights of other persons on the campus. These regulations were set up in broad terms with the intent that the institutions would adopt more detailed regulations applicable to the maintenance of order and institutional expectations of student conduct on a particular campus. Each institution has a policy statement relating to student conduct and the type of conduct expected of members of its campus community. These regulations vary from campus to campus in that the regulations are not spelled out or delineated in the same degree of detail on each campus. The most detailed set of regulations is in effect at the University of Iowa.