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FRIDAY, Oct. 22, 2004
Volume 79. Issue 39
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Regents could approve race based admission:
SCHOOL OF CHANGE: Proposal includes race
and ethnicity in law school admissions process.
By Jackie Schirard/The University Daily
Race and ethnicity will factor into the admissions process
for the Texas Tech School of Law if the Board of Regents approves Friday a proposal to change the admissions policy.
Tech top administrators met with the standing committees of the Board of Regents Thursday afternoon and
received approval for six proposals relating to academic,
clinical and student affairs policies.
President}on Whitmore addressed the Board with the
proposal to approve the admissions policy for the School
of Law. Tech Law School uses a rolling admissions process,
where the applicant's LSAT score and grade point average will
figure prominently. The admissions committee also considers factors
as such extracurricular activities and interests, public interest service pro-
grams, previous employment and evidence of leadership qualities.
Whitmore said the only change to this policy is the applicant's race
and ethnicity will be taken into account as well.
"A year ago, the Board of Regents approved a change in the policy to
add race and gender as a factor in undergraduate studies," he said.
Whitmore said the School of Law is taking the same step to adjust
its policies to add race arid ethnicity as a factor to admission. '
Provost William Marcy proposed the approval for a master
of science in agricultural communications in the College
of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Sciences.
Marcy said this is a new degree program with a purpose
to provide an opportunity for advanced study in agricultural communications for students within the state.
This graduate program will meet the growing
demand for professional development i~ agricultural
communications.
REGENT SCOTT DUESER, left, listens as Regent Bob Stafford asks a
'These are people who make farm and ne~s reports, works question during a discussion of the proposed tenure of a HSC professor
at the Board of Regents meeting in the Administration building Thursday
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in banks, and with commodities and
people," he said. 'This will provide
advanced training for those who want
the opportunity to continue their
professional development."
Marcy also introduced a proposal
to provide a doctor of philosophy in
systems and engineering management
degree in the College of Engineering.
According to background information for this proposal, a growing need
is for graduate programs that have
both a research and a professional focus. A needs assessment revealed that
the master of science in systems and
engineering management has grown
from no students to its inception in
1999 to more than forty students,
and more than ten of these students
wish to continue their education if it
were available.
According to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, growth rates for these professionals will exceed 30 percent in
the next ten years.
Executive Vice President for
Academic Affairs for the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center
Roderick Nairn introduced two proposals concerning the name change
for the Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery and a medical director agreement with Renal Center of Midland/
Odessa.
.
Nairn proposed a name change
from the Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.
This change creates "an opportunity for the department to establish
clinics for amputees, spasticity and
chronic wound care, using qualified
physiatrists.
Nairn said a national trend of
schools have changed the name for
the same reason.
Nairn also received an approval
ftom the Board regarding the medical
director agreement with Renal Center
of Midland/Odessa. Since the Board
approval is required on all contracts
more than four years, if approved the
Department of the Internal Medicine
and the Renal Center of Midland/
Odessa, a lO-year term c~ntract.
HSC President Dr. M. Roy Wilson
asked for the approval for granting
of tenure. Approval of this recommendation would bring the number of
tenured faculty at all HSC campuses
to 14l.
Wilson said tenure is just as difficult as retaining associate professorship.
"The credentials of associate professorship are national recognition,
some publications, involvement with
organizations and leadership positions," Wilson said.
These approvals will go before
the Committ~e of the Whole and
the meeting of the Board on Friday
at 9 a.m.