LehighWeek Volume 08, Issue 27

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,y Forum
Stability Research Council     5
PEOPLE:   iS-year staff
honored, Bob Fisher profiled,
changing faces, achievements
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LEHIGHWEEK
Volume 8, Issue 27
For the Campus Community
May 17,1995
Restructuring continues to reshape Lehigh;
two top positions eliminated
by Rita Malone, Writers' Group
Two major changes have been announced in top management at
Lehigh as part of the continuing process of streamlining the management
Structure and reducing costs.
Two senior management positions will be eliminated, and the functions
of those positions reassigned: the vice provost for research and dean of
graduate studies (Roy Herrenkohl) as of July 1996, and the vice
president for student affairs (Marsha Duncan) as of July 1, 1995.
Herrenkohl will return to his faculty position as a professor of sociology
and Duncan will receive a generous restructuring package.
"Both Marsha and Roy have worked hard and done excellent jobs for
Loh'gh in challenging times," said Pres. Peter Likins.  "These changes
are in no way a reflection upon the quality of their performances. Marsha
«**»► has done a magnificent job as vice president for student affairs, and in the
process developed an excellent team with a fine record of achievement.
The elimination of her position will create a challenge for all of us,
requiring a collaborative effort throughout the campus.  But these are the
nineties, and collaboration is the way to go.
"Roy has made the most of a very difficult assignment as vice provost
for research and dean of graduate studies, and we all appreciate his steady
hand and wise counsel. But these times call for an alignment of authority
and responsibility for graduate studies and research in the four colleges,
making this vice provost position redundant.
"Financial pressures in higher education force all universities to
continually review the allocation of resources," Likins continued.  "The
real challenge is to reduce costs without diminishing quality. To do this,
we must find ways to restructure Lehigh and not simply squeeze more
costs out of the present organization by trimming every department's
budget. There is a limit to the savings that can be achieved without
changing the management structure.
"The objective is to keep our resources concentrated where we serve
our clientele, while accomplishing savings by eliminating upper
management positions and merging elements of the organization," he said.
"The intended result is not merely a cost reduction, but also an integration
of functions that maximizes synergies and eliminates redundancies."
Likins added that in the late 1970s there were seven vice presidents
reporting to the president, plus a full-time executive consultant who was
in effect a "general counsel," and five full-time academic deans reporting to
the provost. With this change there will be only three vice presidents and
four deans.
Continued on page 2
iHSSH
Student Power - Past and Present.
Nicole Newton of the University Conversion Project, a national organizing
project based at MIT, urged students to "get politically involved" at a rally
commemorating Kent State held May 4 on the U.C. lawn. Sponsored by the
Progressive Student Alliance, the event was held on the 25th anniversary of
the Kent State killings.  Speakers included Prof. Ted Morgan, who re-capped
the events of that period in America's history and discussed the role of
students in politics from Kent State to the present, photos by John Kish IV
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