MEMORANDUM

TO: The Senate

FROM: Julius Smulkstys
             Maynard Mansfield

DATE: 1 March 1993

SUBJ: Resolution concerning the relationship between this campus and West Lafayette

DISPOSITION: To the Presiding Officer for implementation

Whereas, the Chancellor of IPFW has been accused by the Purdue University's administration of failing to communicate to the faculty and community representatives its position on a variety of issues pertaining to the fiscal and administrative relations between the West Lafayette and Fort Wayne campuses, thereby resulting in the Senate's request for more fiscal and academic autonomy;

Whereas, the evidence indicates that the Chancellor has communicated to the faculty and the community representatives the Purdue administration's positions on the above-mentioned issues clearly, promptly and without bias;

Whereas, the evidence also indicates that any breakdowns in communication between Fort Wayne and West Lafayette were caused by the latter's refusal to take the Fort Wayne Senate's request for greater autonomy seriously;

Be it therefore resolved that the IPFW Senate:

1. affirm its confidence in the Chancellor and commend her efforts on behalf of the campus to reach a mutually acceptable accommodation between Fort Wayne and West Lafayette;
2. urge the West Lafayette administration to begin serious discussion concerning the question of fiscal autonomy with appropriate Fort Wayne administration, faculty and community representatives.