Annual Board 6/6/75       -22 
 
Professor Ted Finman, Chairman, University Committee, UW-Madison 
Ronald Dhuey, representing the Academic Staff Association, UWO- 
Green Bay 
Members of the Executive Committee of the Madison Academic Staff 
Association: Nancy Marshall; Robert Miller, Emily Fowler, 
and.JoannElder 
Regent Lavine moved adoption of Resolution 1035, relating to Academic 
Staff Personnel Rules (EXHIBIT D attached), and the motion was seconded by

Regent Sandin. 
President Pelisek emphasized that adoption of the resolution does not 
in any way reflect the adoption in total of the Academic Staff Personnel
Rules, 
but merely establishes a finite document for purposes of the public hearing.

The question was put on Resolution 1035, and it was voted. 
President Pelisek urged all members of the Board to attend the hear- 
ings scheduled for June 20, 1975. 
Regent Lavine reported that, in the Committee meeting on the previous 
day, there had been a first reading of ten selected new program proposals,
not" 
*ng that in all cases new program implementation must be funded from existing

resources; and Central Administration analysis confirms that each program
effort 
can be sustained by the resource base allocated for its support. 
Regent DeBardeleben stated that he was concerned about the language 
which appears in practically every one of these proposals to the effect that

funding will be provided through base reallocation or to the effect that
the 
Chancellor has agreed to reallocate funds from the base budget to support
the 
program. He noted that we are confronted with an inadequacy of funds for

increased enrollments, and we get a general statement to the effect that
there 
will be a reallocation of funds to provide new programs.   He stated some
of 
these programs seems to be "how to do it" programs, rather than
having intellec- 
tual content; and he was concerned whether this can be done without hurting
the 
academic mission of the various institutions. 
Regent Lavine stated that some schools are forced to do this because 
some of their programs had been instituted years ago and needs have changed.
He 
also pointed out that, in many cases, we are combining upwards of from four
to 
six present master's programs with one program, partly a result of the necessity

to respond to austerity.  He also noted there are real needs which are compelling

enough that one phases out low priority items in order to meet them. Regent

Lavine stated we have cut some fifty graduate programs from our audits a
year 
ago, and are doing the same sort of thing now. 
Regent DeBardeleben inquired if th   committees actually will be making 
evaluations as to the relative merits o f the' programs being dropped and
the