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Volume X, Number 6
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March 5, 1987
Staff Photo—Melanie Floyd
Here comes the sun!
Asheville got its first taste of sunshine in quite some time with In this scene taken from the top of the Northwestern Bank
spring only weeks away. Building the sun casts shadows on the Asheville streets.
GNCA seeks an affirmative action plan
By Julie fiaU
News Editor
UNCA recently submitted its 1987
Affirmative Action Plan to the UNC
general administration for s^proval.
Tom Cochran, associate vice chan
cellor for academic affairs, compiled
the plan which includes the status
of women and minorities on campus.
The General Administration has
not approved the plan yet, but ad
ministrators expect approval, accord
ing to Cochran.
It is a revised version of the 1983
affirmative action plan. Federal law
requires that the state implement
affirmative action plans,
The plan states, "The purpose of
the revised plan is to insure that
fair employment practices are fol
lowed with employees and that equal
employment opportunities are avail
able to applicants for employment."
A copy of the plan is sent to all
department heads for them to use
when hiring.
"We notify each search committee
that they are to actively seek mi
nority and women candidates," said
Cochran. This includes "sending
special flyers to black schools" and
advertising the position in specific
journals targeted to black faculty,
said Cochran.
Despite the goals of the plan,
there are some problems. One pro
blem is finding qualified women and
minorites especially in some fields,
according to Dr. David Kay, chair-
Please See PLAN page 16