Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, Connecticut Democrat, yesterday praised Yeshiva University’s recently established senate, calling it “one of the most far-reaching and ambitious university undertakings in the nation.” Speaking at the annual Detroit Friends of Yeshiva University dinner here, Mr. Ribicoff spoke of the new senate, composed of students, faculty, and administration. The senate has jurisdiction by majority vote over academic standards, admissions, curriculum, degree requirements, new majors and courses, grading and academic honors. The senate, he noted, will make police recommendations on various matters affecting the faculty, including appointments, promotions and remunerations.
Sen. Ribicoff said that while many universities would find the request for such a senate a threat to its authority, “Yeshiva is more concerned with education than authority, more devoted to sharing responsibilities than fighting for power.” The dinner honored Federal Judge Lawrence Gubow, who received the Yeshiva University distinguished service award presented by Michigan Sen. Philip Hart, a Democrat.
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