Larry Hincker said he had reservations about the section that requires people to remove themselves from a power position in relationships where one person supervises or teaches the other. The policy is saying that regardless of whether there is an impingement on someone's rights, they have to stop. The commission's vote against the policy was registered as an advisory vote. The group also heard a report from Wayne M. Worner, interim dean of the College of Education, on the college's restructuring plans. The first thing I did was add staff members to the steering committee.
All committees now have staff members involved.
The college's four divisions will be reduced to two by July 1995, and no subdivisions will remain by July 1997, which, he said, will eliminate one level of administrators. The price of not laying people off is retraining them for new positions. The commission also briefly discussed the university's smoking policy. Spencer said the university now has three smoke-free colleges. The Staff Senate has recommended several changes in the smoking policy, which was put into place about five years ago.