University reflects trend in hiring of part-time lecturers
By Carole Long
Staff Writer
The university is following a national trend of hiring more part-time instructors.
The number of part-time faculty in four-year universities has increased over four times as much as full-time faculty, stated a recent report in The Chronicle of Higher-Learning. Universities have turned to part-time faculty to save money and to avoid long-term commitments, the article said.
The university employs a large number of part-time faculty, most of them working in professional schools, such as law, medicine and journalism. The departments of English, Spanish and speech communication use fulltime teachers or teaching assistants in their programs. James Parr, chairman of the Spanish and Portugese Department, said full-time faculty is preferred because "they integrate better into the department and can participate more fully. Also, students are able to get better attention if they need Help outside of class.”
The unavailability of part-time teachers and their inability to offer nonteaching services like advising and being on faculty committees, rank high among the disadvantages of part-time faculty, the article said.
This disadvantage is made up by bringing in highly specialized people, said Jerry Wiley, associate dean of the Law Center. “We have people come in and teach who live the day-to-day life of a lawyer or a judge, and their first-hand knowledge gives the students the best education possible. It’s not too important that they can’t talk to them after class,” he said.
The Schools of Dentistry, Performing Arts and Journalism also find the recruitment of people from the profession is to their advantage. About 380 part-time compared to 81 full-time instructors in the School of Dentistry primarily work in the clinical areas. “The part-
time faculty gives us a low student-teacher ratio in the clinic. But more importantly, it takes dentists to teach how to be a dentist," said Rosemary Tutunjan, assistant administrative director of the School of Dentistry.
The School of Journalism employs about 50 part-time faculty, with 12 full-time professors. Presently staff members of the Los Angeles Times, the Herald Examiner, and local television stations teach classes.
Asurvey taken by the American Federation ofTeachers concluded part-time instructors are paid lower wages than full-time faculty. More than half of the part-time faculty who responded in the survey felt they were being paid proportionately less than full-time instructors.
“Sure, we re underpaid. I teach two classes, which is almost a full professor’s load, and I don’t get two-thirds of what a full-time professor is paid,” said Ed Cray, a freelance writer and part-time instructor of journalism. But this job isn’t a big part of my salary. I don’t teach for the money, I teach for ego gratification. I’ve learned a lot in my twenty years in the profession and I feel I owe it to the profession to put something back.”
Cray felt his colleagues would have the same feelings. “We re being recompensed.”
Wiley also agreed pay was not important to the people teaching part-time. “They’re doing it for love and some sort of psychic remuneration. It’s a blessing to us that they are offering their services," he said.
Daily ®§ Troian
Volume LXXIII, Number 1 1
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Thursday, February 23, 1978
Bookstore dispenses first-aid for Trojans who bleed cardinal, gold
By David Hall
AufHut Editorial Director
You’ve seen them walking around.
Those die-hard Trojans, be they alumni or current students — one would swear they bleed cardinal and gold. And, apparently, they see nothing wrong with their malady, for they advertise it.
Students wearing their USC gym trunks and cardinal-and-gold rugby shirts under their Trojan jackets, with USC notebooks and bookcovers in their USC backpacks are easily recognizable.
And the alumni, fully decked out in their three-piece suits with USC patches emblazoned on their lapels, which go nicely with their cardinal-and-gold USC ties and Trojan tie clasps and cuff links.
Caring for these unfortunate people is a job that Joyce Miles carries out with great gusto. As the self-proclaimed “Chief Crazy” of the gift department at the university bookstore, it is Miles’ job to keep the department stocked with the USC paraphernalia these people desperately crave.
"We should gross over $1,000,000 in the gift shop and boutique this year,” said Miles, whose official title is manager of the gift shop and Smokeshop. “And that's not just from the students. Much of it comes from the alumni. It takes them a few years to realize just how attached
they really are to USC.”
A journey through the gift department makes it apparent just how attached they can become, given some imagination and funds.
“In many of the sales departments on campus, we try to do a few things well. But in here, we try to have everything,” said Miles. “We have something for every type of individual at any level of income. We have items running from 25 cents to a statue on consignment for $585.”
The statue, a limited edition of the Trojan, as seen by sculptor Keith Huber, is the most expensive item the shop has to offer.
Among the items available at the shop is an automobile horn that blasts out Fight On and sells for just under $100.
“I was skeptical about that one at first,” Miles said. “But we keep having to reorder them — 24 at a time. Between the gift catalogue and the store, we’ve sold well over 100 — about 150.” The horn’s success has spawned an idea that Miles is currently working on — a door chime which plays the same tune (which would go nicely with the “Beat UCLA” doormats on sale there).
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FLUSHED WITH PRIDE—The gift shop in the bookstore offers many different objects adorned
with the university symbols, ranging from a toilet seat to gym shorts. DT photo by Marc Corman.
International students criticize PAC inaction
The International Students Commission complained at its meeting Wednesday about the President’s Advisory Council’s inaction on recommendations submitted in November to improve international student affairs.
The commission submitted 17 recommendations for the improvement of academic, administrative and cultural affairs for international students as part of its 1977-78 report to the council last fall.
Carmen Sadek, commission chairman, said the lack of action will not stop her organization’s work on the unapproved recommendations.
“We have to move on, knowing that all of this may not lead anywhere,” she said.
A subcommittee to continue work on the recommendations was formed at the meeting. The subcommittee will draft a letter to be sent to all international student organizations on campus, asking the organizations to specify their needs and problem areas.
The commission was particularly concerned with 3 of the 17
recommendations: studies on various university topics, a study of on-campus interaction between domestic and nondomestic students and an international orientation for faculty and staff members, designed to take advantage of the university’s multicultural environment.
If the recommendations are approved, the committee hopes to use its studies to evaluate budget expenditures for international students in terms of the administrative, cultural and academic services they receive.
“Issues extending not outside of vice-presidential scope are being worked on by John Cala-han, consultant for international student services, for Dr. (James) Appleton (vice-president of student affairs); one has gone to James Jones, the director of Student Administrative Services, and three of them have been referred to Dr. (Zohrab) Kaprielian (executive vice-president) and Dr. (John) Hubbard,” said John Griffith, executive assistant to the council chairman.
The recommendations will be decided on within four or six weeks, he said.
Emergency loan funds increase recommended
By Devra Lieb
SUfT Writer
A recommendation by theStudent Affairs Committee to increase the funds available to students for emergency loans is being considered by the President’s Advisory Council. The increase, if approved, is expected to be implemented before the end of the year.
The Student Emergency Loan Fund provides $5 to $100 interest-free loans on a 90-day basis. Through special arrangement with the Financial Services Office, loans can be processed in 24 hours. These loans can be used by students to purchase necessities such as food, books and clothing.
The loan fund of $21,000 is comprised of student programming fee monies and administrative contributions.
The new recommendation calls for a $10,000 increase to supplement the current fund to be underwritten by the university administration.
The increase would return the fund to the original strength of the early 1970s when the fund was created. The fund had decreased over the years due to unpaid loans.
The recommendation also calls for the Student Senate to compensate for the loss from uncollected loans on a yearly basis and proposes the establishment of a three-person advisory committee to act in the
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