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Bucking the trend Five Dukies fight norms to pursue their dreams in entertainment—these are their stories. See RECESS
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Sanford receives mixed review By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle
The Sanford Institute of Public Policy should reconsider the number of its professors of the practice, its organization of teaching and research, and its areas of concentration, according to a February 2002 external review that was obtained by The Chronicle. Administrators responded that neither of the review’s first two critiques were well thought out or likely to be implemented, but that the review’s most relevant point was reexamining the areas of concentration. “The important thing to identify is where they have a point and where do we think the^re wrong,” said Bruce Jentleson, the institute’s director. “The overall message was positive, showing we are on the right track.” The institute, like most of the
University’s academic divisions, undergoes a peer review about every five years. Faculty The review’s harshest criticism targeted the number of professors of the practice, which it recommended capping at 25 percent of the total faculty. Currently, those professors—who do not have tenure and are often chosen for their real-world experience—make up between onefourth and one-half of the institute’s faculty, Jentleson said. “[Professors of the practice] are rarely recruited with the same kind of discussion of departmental need and systematic search process as academic faculty,” the report read. “Most importantly, there is an inescapable danger that experienced practitioners may rely exclusively on anecdotal reports of their own experiences, rather than distilled les-
sons and insights from the research literatures that students can apply in their own professional lives.” Jentleson said the review committee’s comments stemmed from a misunderstanding and that no such
changes will be made. “They really suggested a formula that didn’t fit reality,” Jentleson said. “They Bruce Jentleson under-appreciated the contributions that professors of the practice and other non-tenured faculty make/’ William Chafe, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences, said the See PPS REVIEW on page 8
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A NEW PARKING PLAN will integrate parking at the University and Medical Center. Officials are expecting the plan tp be implemented by next September.
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Officials aim for improved parking system with merger By ANDREW CARD The Chronicle.
For most members of the University community, winter break will provide a welcome respite from parking hassles. However, transportation officials will use those weeks to try to formulate a long-awaited plan that will merge the Medical Center and University parking systems. The plan, now in its preliminary stages, will consist of a complete overhaul of both systems, placing control in the hands of a single transportation
DSG legislators voted Wednesday to submit residential safety proposals to the University and passed resolutions on parking and an Asian American Studies program. See page 3
services office. Improvements will include changing lot designations, reallo-
cating existing spaces, unifying access systems, coordinating bus routes and schedules and making Duke parking more predictable. A draft of the proposal is expected in early January, and the anticipated switch will occur by Sept. 1, 2003. The merger will be a collaborative effort between administrators from the University, Medical Center and See PARKING MERGER on page 7
Professors spoke Wednesday night on the future implications of U.S.-lraqi tensions at a third discussion panel of the week. See page 4