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accredited, its graduates are in a very difficult situa-

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tion, particularly those now coming through the mainstream

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and so I think we have some fine safeguards built up

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there .

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The tremendous problem that does affect all

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of us is that you can control academic freedom, you can

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control research activity by controlling purchasing, by

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controlling salaries of individuals that are being paid

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both on and not on the faculty area and it is in this

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kind of thing that the ability or authority of the

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board commands the affairs of the institution is very

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important. Now, if we can provide this in clear language

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for all of the segments of public higher education.

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certainly there is something to be said for doing this.

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I think there is one item that particularly

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confronts a state university and I would say here, talk-

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ing specifically of the University of Maryland, and that

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is the extensive research work that is under way and the

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manner in which the division between the public in

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general and its needs and its desires to know more know-

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ledge and the research worker who used to be able to be