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The
Volume IX, Number 7
Proudly serving the UNCA community since 1982
October 16, 1986
staff photo-Li zzy Love
Win1ess wizard
SGA President Ken Hardy escorted Chancel lor David Brawn
In Saturday's Homecoming Parade. Brovn lost the honor
of Court Wizard, which went to Dr. Alan Comer at the
Homecoming Dance.
Professors receive
promotions, tenure
By Angela PI eke IsImer
Staff Writer
While the administration
has promoted some UNCA fa
culty members and granted
tenure to others this year,
many students don't under
stand what a teacher's title
means or how they attain a
higher rank.
The university granted ten
ure to the following faculty
members; Dr. Tim Hollings
worth, management; Dr. David
Kay, mathematics; Dr. Gary
Miller, environmental studies;
Brotal( questions
liberal arts at GNCA
Dr. Edward Brotak, atmospher
ic sciences; and Dr. William
Haas, sociology.
Also, art professor Tucker
Cooke and history professor
Dr. Milton Ready received
full professorships.
So what positions do these
titles actually describe and
how does a faculty member
obtain them?
• RANK AND QUALIFICATIONS:
The administration judges
faculty members on their
By JuIle BalI
Asst. EntertaInment
Ed I tor
For the second time in as
many years, the administra
tion is replacing Dr. Edward
Brotak as director of atmos
pheric sciences.
That decision has prompted
Brotak to openly question the
general themes of a liberal
arts college, a question
which he says is a concern to
other UNCA professors who
won't speak publicly.
Last spring, university
officials agreed to hire Dr.
Ray Hoxit as Brotak's
replacement, but Hoxit backed
out at the last minute after
deciding he didn't want the
position.
In a letter to the editor
in the Oct. 9 issue of the
"Blue Banner," Brotak said
Dr. Jeff Rackham, acting vice
chancellor for academic af
fairs, told him the admini
stration is replacing him
because he . cannot get along
with his colleagues or su
periors .
Rackham declined to confirm
or deny Brotak's statement.
"Dr. Brotak is an excellent
instructor and fully commit
ted to the success of his
program, but after an inde
pendent investigation, I feel
that the program would be
more effectively served with
a different director," said
Rackham.
He would not comment on the
specific findings of the "in
is "inappropriate for me to
reveal confidential personnel
information," said Rackham.
Brotak's discontent with
the current situation in his
department has led him to
reopen a debate which occu -
pied many minds two years ago
when the faculty senate
changed the general education
'f
Please turn to pstge 16 dependent investigation." It
Dr. Edvard Brotak
requirements.
Brotak maintains that UNCA
is not heading in the right
direction, and that the uni
versity is leaning too far
toward the liberal arts and
neglecting the technical sci
ences where he says much of
the growth in recent years
has occurred.
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