European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday augusts 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 report finds decline in level of California higher education san Francisco not the first comprehensive appraisal of califor Nia s system of higher education in 27 years has found that the Quality of Leach ing has diminished because of an Over emphasis on research. After a two year evaluation of the state s network of colleges and universities Long regarded As n National Model a 16-Mcmber commission of educators and business Leaden has recommended sweeping change in the system. The commission had been assigned to review and recommend a framework for updating the state s comprehensive 1960 master plan for higher education. Despite its criticism the commission said the slate has an extraordinary educational  it noted however that the level of Liberal arts and science instruction had deteriorated in the system which nowe Rolls More than 1.4 million students. The report said the system was not doing a Good Job of educating the state growing Black and hispanic populations and was falling Short in preparing Stu dents for High technology jobs. Under a plan recommended by the commission All stale College and univer sity students would have to Lake sesame two year program of general Educa Tion courses and be competent in a for eign language to receive a degree. The proposed plan also Calls for the state s 2b four year Public universities to limit freshman and Sophomore classes to a percent of undergraduate enrolment. As a result of the proposed changes Many High school graduates otherwise qualified to attend a University would have to spend two years at a Community College before transferring to a four year institution. The 106 Community colleges now of crated by local boards of trustees would for the first time be placed under the control of a statewide governing Board. The commission also said equal credit should be Given faculty members for teaching skills and research accomplishments. In its report the commission headed by j. Gary Shansby a san Francisco businessman favored keeping the Basic Frasie work set Forth by the 1960 plan which stimulated a period of rapid construction of new colleges and universities in California and defined a three rung system of higher education. The University of California already a widely respected research University was assigned the Mission of educating the lop 12.5 percent of High school Grad sales and Given responsibility for Grad Uale study in Medicine Law and Many doctoral programs. It now operates nine institutions with its campuses in Berke Ley and los Angeles the Best known. Brainstorm looking for any a la Bat in Imp Brill we Ute Rollo off Law Hood of Loo dorm Hyrtl. Cd a Katl old Law Timil or lib in in Rinkler. La Phillip of jew Ken. My. Had lbs Brut la in the Micro. Teachers unions split on certification Appio aft Leader Albert Shanker Washington a american federation of Teachen president Albert Shanker is accusing a rival Union of try ing to destroy a key Clement in an Effort to Reform the nation s schools Board certification of Ica Chen. The National education association. Is represented on the National certification Board but is advancing a number of proposals that would have he effect of undermining the certification provent. Shanker said sunday. Shanker said the of a. He Opp omit extra pay or added responsibility for certified teachers would Remote my Calivn for teachers to obtain  speaking at an aft  enc attended by 2,000 Union member. Shanker Alto Acci ird the Nea of a Effort to get political control by putting for Tuie certify Icilin Board in which the much larger Nea would be granted rep Etc nation in proportion to lit membership. Whai they re Len 10 a it Sci up 50 separate state boards. Before the National Board it operating. To that Hon Chr National Board finally hit Tomc hint. The a Tate arc fling to u Cdon t or Cal Hai us har  he i id. Hot if pit veral Carv Shank re if Uris Hiji ii a flirt mini Demon Strate 1� the Public ihf.1 vhf arc torn Miloj to competence if Thi arc to re a Cir if her a tart and Tel err working Tiiu Lenni ipod Lyman Howard Carroll on sunday called Shanker i criticisms apr ploy to his  the Nea has 1.86 million members. The aft has 640,000. Carroll denied that the Nea is under mining the National certification Board. Although Nea president Mary Halwood Fulwell has a pruned reservations Aboul the program Carroll said the Nea sup Pom the National Board and will continue to work toward its full implement  the creation of the first National Board to offer teachers professional certification analogous to that Given physicians and architects was announced in May by a Carnegie corp. Panel. Shanker and Fulwell Are among the first 33 members appointed to the Board. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 5, 1947 the indonesian Republic formally joined the Netherlands in accepting the . Security Council s request for suspension of Tio Icilinc. 30 years ago today. Aug. 5, 1957 comedian red Skillon Cut Short his tour of Europe and resumed to new York with hit9-year-old son Richard who was Tuff Crini from Luke Mia. 20 years ago today aug. 5, 1967 president Johnson broke hit to Ince on the subject of the dispatch of troops w quell Detroit rioting and disputed Michigan gov. George Romney s charge that the White House payed politic with the situation. ? 0 years ago today. Aug. 5, 1977 a House Senate conference com Milice agreed on a major revision of Federal air pollution Laws that would was Federal requirements on emission standards beginning in 1980. Poll shows notre Dame grads Are politically More conservative Smil Tii he. In Al \ pm of nearly4.000 i nit a tits of Stirr l emf Gri Diutch published in inc a Iii Fri icon of the Noire i or Maguinez found that Lumn have Betowt politically More conservative ind Theo Hitlall More Liberal than graduates o cd howl in a Umi Taf Poh h Jean of. According to cd blur Vii lion r. Coll Malthe tune found thai v per Cronl of the respondents labelled in Cutche Republic inv compared with 22 percent i0 Rita  i one cd inc Misket u Contri valves m crated from 11 percent a decade ago to i percent in inc current  Monde nit Chi to Ron Euion leu. Kurtli once Nihil infallibility More and were leu willing to lineup ii India Krial Catholic View toward clan Cal Celi Bacy the male per Hood and remarriage after i  78 percent said the Neer or hardly Ever went to conf Nikon compared a 57 percent a dec Ade  percent did inc Church should allow divorced catholics to remarry compared with 57 per cent 10 years ago and alumni favouring ordination of women increased from 31 percent to 56 Perchm. Eighty three percent said they believe artificial contraception banned by the Church is a morally Permis sible Means of limiting families compared with 76 percent a decade  change was noted in attitudes about abortion fifty four percent said abortion on Roque so is immoral but 75 percent said abortion is morally permissible in some  number of alumni attending weekly mass is Down from 57 percent to 53 percent but More Are receiving communion at least once a week up from 40 percent to 47  other areas the poll found alumni Are As Likely now As 10 years ago to be married to their first spouse to have children to approve of priests holding Public office and to support an equal rights  Survey was mailed to i,311 randomly selected notre Dame graduates and was returned by 3,632, for a response rate better than 72 percent