Subject PH. D. PROGRAM IN KINESIOLOGY -

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Date JUNE 18, 1975

.......NOTICE OF MOTION - FOR DISCUSSION

Please put the attached motion on the next agenda of Senate.

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Full implementation of the recently approved Ph.D.

Program in Kinesiology is to be delayed until

September 1, 1976. Studentswho have already gone

through the full admissions process (i.e. have

already been notified by the Registrar of their

admission) are exempt from this regulation and may

register prior to September 1976. Any further

notices for admission of Ph.D. students shall

apply only to entry for Fall semester 1976 or

later.

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Rationale:

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Approval for immediate implementation of the Ph.D.

program in Kinesiology by the Senate Graduate

Studies Committee, by the Academic Planning

Committee and by Senate was granted as the result

of repeated assurances that adequate staffing would

exist in the department as of Fall 1975, and in

particular that the position for a faculty member with

strong medical background would be filled.

Since then the following facts have emerged:

1)

No candidate suitable for a permanent position

with the desired medical background has been found.

The position will be filled by visiting faculty and

the search for a permanent candidate will be con-

tinued.

2)

Dr. Banister will be on sabbatical leave and will

be replaced by visiting faculty until Fall 1976.

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These facts support strongly the reservations with regard to

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immediate implementation of this program contained in the recommendation

• of the Assessment Committee of New Graduate Programs, also stated in two

of the external assessors' evaluations. They invalidate at least

partially, the counter-arguments presented previously by the department.

It is now apparent that immediate implementation of the

program may well have been approved by Senate on the basis of incorrect

assumptions.

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