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  1. July 6, 1993

    Kahn: ‘Quality’ really isn’t anything new, has roots at U

    Total quality is not a “foreign body” to higher education, but rather actually owes it roots to the U-M, where much of the early research on quality initiatives was done, according to Robert L. Kahn. Kahn told the Regents at their June meeting that there are two main “bloodlines” in research on quality, one involving…
  2. July 6, 1993

    Cable program focuses on the arts

    The next program in the television series “Conversations with President Duderstadt” will air nine times later this month on Ann Arbor Community Access Television (Channel 9). “Conversations” focuses on strategic issues affecting the University in particular and higher education in general. This program will focus on the arts. Joining Duderstadt will be Paul C. Boylan,…
  3. July 6, 1993

    Council and Steering Committee members

    Members of the Council on Continuous Improvement are: Paula Allen-Meares, School of Social Work dean; Daniel E. Atkins III, School of Information and Library Studies dean; Peter M. Banks, College of Engineering dean; Robert M. Beckley, College of Architecture and Urban Planning dean; Giles G. Bole Jr., Medical School dean; Lee C. Bollinger, Law School…
  4. July 6, 1993

    M-Quality initiative guided by Council, Steering Committee

    A reorganization of the two groups that provide overall guidance for the University’s M-Quality initiative has given the Executive Officers and others an opportunity “to focus on continuous improvement within the University as a way of helping all of us infuse this principle into other settings, into our units, and into the way we approach…
  5. July 6, 1993

    Team presentations emphasize impact on daily activities

    Included in the Regents’ exploration of the University’s M-Quality initiative at their June meeting were presentations on the activities of three quality improvement teams: LS&A/Employment and Staff Development Quality Improvement Team, Work Safe/Be Well Team and Perscrutari Team in Anesthesiology. Barbara G. Murphy and Philip A. Smith, co-leaders of the LS&A team, noted that theirs…
  6. July 6, 1993

    Faculty urge Regents to develop ‘appropriate’ salary programs this year

    By Jane R. Elgass Their messages were short, sweet and similar: salary, salary, salary. Chairs of the Committees on the Economic Status of the Faculty (CESF) for each of the U-M’s campuses urged the Regents at their June meeting to develop “appropriate “ salary programs for faculty this year. “CESF believes wholeheartedly that a salary…
  7. July 6, 1993

    Johnson: prepare your soul, mind and body to realize your potential

    Out of the night that covers me. Black as the Pit from pole to pole. I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.’ William Ernest Henley Citing Henley’s poem, Henry Johnson told those attending the Association of Black Professionals and Administrators Recognition and Awards program that preparation of one’s spirit, of one’s soul,…
  8. July 6, 1993

    Black Professionals and Administrators present four major awards

    By Jane R. Elgass When it rains, it pours, it has been said, and that sentiment was likley echoed June 24 by organizers of the Recognition and Awards Program of the Association of Black Professionals and Administrators (ABPA). Geared up June 24 to hear a keynote presentation by Sen. Jackie Vaughn III, recognize 145 African…
  9. July 6, 1993

    HOT OFF THE PRESS

    Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Lifted Masks and Other Works by Susan Glaspell (1882–1948), playwright and feminist, edited by Eric S. Rabkin, professor of English. This is the latest title in our Ann Arbor Paperback series. “Rarely do we meet with a writer who lifts the masks of…
  10. July 6, 1993

    RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

    Editor’s Note: These summaries of research projects were presented to the Regents at their June meeting by William C. Kelly, vice president for research. The material here was prepared for the Record by the staff of ResearchNews, a publication of the Division of Research Development and Administration. Getting Started: An Environmental Education Directory Teachers interested…