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doesn’t help. A modest assess-
ment of the situation is that the
process of accreditation will be
more difficult. It adds one more
problem to the several we already
have. The problem is stability,
continuity and sense of mission.”
Miller said the ‘ ’important
thing in the long run” is “how
much commitment from the
faculty and students we have to
the campus and the programs,
and the amount of resources that
can be allocated to the
programs.”
“The goals and commitment to
the business program haven’t
changed because of any change in
leadership,” he said.
"In many, many ways you have to act like you’re going to be here. You can’t stop the
movement of the campus. We can't waste time, important things need to be done.”
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“I would think that if
everything is in order when the
accreditation team comes in, a
change in leadership shouldn’t af
fect their decision.”
Referring to the possibility that
Gilmore’s firing could impede the
accreditation process, Miller said
in his September 8 interview:
“One would have to be clair
voyant. Maybe it would delay it a
year, but I wouldn’t even predict
that. It might not.”
But in a September 15 Business
Division meeting, no faculty ob
jections were raised to an ac-
creditation task force’s concensus
recommendation that the division
postpone the first step of the ac
creditation process, a self-study
year, for one year, according to
Dr. Stanley N. Miller
Acting Provost/Dean
Prof, of Social Sci. and
Education
Age 54
Dr. James R. Hudson
Acting Head, Div. of
Behavioral Sci. and Ed.
Assoc. Prof, of Social
Sci. and Sociology
Age 50
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Head, Heindel Library
Assoc. Librarian
Age 37
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McKenna said the task force
recommended the postponement
“to give us time to pursue things
the group thinks we ought to pur
sue to be in a better position to
apply for accreditation.”
The postponement doesn’t
mean “we’re not going to do
anything about it for a year,” he
said. “We have certainly been en
couraged to pursue accreditation
by every level of administration
above.”
He said he thinks the task force
probably would have made the
same recommendation whether
Gilmore had been fired or not.
Dr. Terence A. Brown,
Associate Professor of Transpor
tation and Marketing, said ac
creditation is important. “It’s a
symbol of quality. It’s easy for a
school to say they have a high
quality program, and then
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Head, Div. of Humanities
Assoc. Prof, of American
Studies and History
Age 45
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measure quality in whatever way
they wish.”
“The majority of business
schools aren’t accredited,” he
said. “They can’t meet the
standards.”
Accreditation makes it easier to
find quality faculty, Brown said.
In the graduate business pro
gram, he says, “We would like to
change the degree we give from a
Master of Administration to a
Master of Business
Administration.”
That degree would be more
desirable and would attract more
and better highly qualified
graduate students, he explained.
The university wants the
Business Division here to be ac
credited before that change, ac
cording to Brown.
“I think we were very close to
achieving accreditation until now
I think we’re farther now.”
Dr. Christopher K.
McKenna
Head, Div. of Public
Affairs; Acting Head, Div.
of Business Admin.
Assoc. Prof, of Mngmnt.
Sci.
Age 43
“The Business Division
moving toward accredit;
momentum."
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