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                              %ADMINISTRATIVE POWER 730904

     College  and  University  Presidents,   Deans,    and
Departmental  Chairmen  have administrative power to hire,
promote,  and grant tenure to attractive scientists.   All
too   often   that   administrative   power   has  favored
technocrats.   No collection of technocrats (no matter how
well  balanced  as  to  content-focus)  can  serve  as the
faculty of an effective liberal arts college helping  real
students  through  their developmental stages to a helpful
adult life.   Technocrats may,  however,  through personal
violence  train  additional  technocrats  to  maintain our
technocratic society.  Through the operation of that feed-
back  loop  we make progress in the intensification of our
technocratic society  with  its  improved  techniques  and
exponential growth curves of goods, wastes, and pollution;
and  the  corresponding  decline  in  quality of life  and
meeting.

     It is not possible  through the techniques of  rules,
regulations,   and curriculum to escape the enslavement of
the state of consciousness of  technocrats.    So long  as
technocrats hold the balance of power in academia, so long
will the education of the leaders of tomorrow be dominated
by the technocratic state  of consciousness. Those leaders
who were trained  by  technocrats will consult technocrats
for advice and select from among only technical solutions.
The  pattern  may be seen in man inner  cities,   in   our
transportation  non-system,   in  the  military-industrial
conglomerate, in Vietnam, and in "Watergate" with all that
it suggests.

     An  element  in the way out of this vicious  cycle is
for college administrators to cooperate with real students
in  the articulation of the  job descriptions for  science
faculty  openings.   Then  the  students,   faculty,   and
administrators  interviewing  applicants could be asked to
help  by  evaluating  candidates  only  in  terms  of  the
explicit job description.   In this way it may be possible
to bring into academia attractive scientists who have  the
power to lead the way out of our technocratic society.

     Such  attractive scientists will continue in academia
only  if  there  are  corresponding changes  in  practices
pertaining  to  promotion  and tenure.   The  basic issues
pertain to ensymbolment vs incarnation.

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