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Senate 

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Strand 

President 

Rebrganization .Educational 

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March 16, 1970 

Foundations Centre 

As an alternative to the motions put forward by the Faculty of Education 

regarding the recognition of Communication Studies as a department and the 

rerganization of the Educational Foundations Centre, I wish to offer the 

fo'lowing motion: 

For a one year interim period: 

a.

continued de facto departmental recognition of B.S.F., S.P.F., and 

C.S. 

b.

reorganization of the three divisions into an Educational Foundations 

Centre with the following contraints: 

i.

single undergraduate education committee 

ii.

single graduate education committee 

iii. 

single tenure committee 

iv.

a single spokesman for relations external to the Centre. 

My reasons for this proposal are the following: 

1.

Currently the Communication Studies Division contains four faculty members, 

one of whom has submitted his resignation. The Social and Philosophical 

Foundations Division currently contains six faculty members. Given the trimester 

sytem, I do not believe that viable programs can be maintained in such small 

departments unless the academic program is very carefully defined. 

2. There is no definitive statement of the academic program or programs for 

these three divisions. There is also no definitive statement of whether and how 

the

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Educational Foundations Centre and the Professional Development Centre will 

relate to one another. In the absence of definitive statements on these two 

subjects, it is impossible to identify the appropriate organizational structure. 

3.

The formal status of these three divisions is confusing. Currently, the 

three divisions have de facto standing as departments while the Centre has de 

jute recognition from the Board of Governors. Therefore, to support the motions 

for de jure recognition of three new departments is to move from an integrated 

poition to one of decentralization. Without a more definitive academic 

jutification than is currently available, I cannot support such a move. 

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