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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 11

M. T h o m p s o n , secretary. In addition, the following persons were also in attendance: Mr. Donald K. Coe, director, University Office of Public Affairs; Mr. Kirk Hard, executive assistant to the president of the University; and Mr. R. C. Wicklund, associate secretary. EXECUTIVE SESSION1 President Wolff, referring to Section T w o of the O p e n Meetings Act, stated: " A motion is now in o r d e r to hold an executive session to consider information regarding the appointment, employment, or dismissal of employees or officers, to discuss pending, probable, or imminent litigation, the acquisition of real property, to discuss campus security, and to receive legal advice from counsel." T h e motion was made by Mr. Boyle and approved unanimously. Trustee Retreat T h e members of the board and the president of the University discussed the usefulness of having a retreat for the trustees in the near future and topics that might be explored at such a gathering. T h e decision r e g a r d i n g scheduling a retreat was postponed until a second executive session, to be held the following day. Report from Legal Counsel Mr. Higgins r e p o r t e d on the status of three cases. T h e first, the Cote case, involved a charge of age discrimination. It was noted that approval of a settlement in the a m o u n t of $109,626.60 would be sought in the b o a r d meeting the following day. T h e second, the J o h n s o n case, was one involving race discrimination charges. Mr. Higgins r e p o r t e d that this case would be tried. T h e third case concerned the Circle Court property, and Mr. Higgins informed the board that he would seek their approval of an item in the regular agenda to authorize acquisition by condemnation of this property.

1 Prior to the executive session, the board received presentations from the Committee on Buildings and Grounds and the Committee on Academic Affairs. T h e Committee on Buildings and Grounds received a report on the plans for the first phase of the restoration project for Memorial Stadium. These will be repairs for life and safety considerations primarily. T h e Committee on Academic Affairs received reports from Dr. David Pearson, dean, College of Education, Urbana campus, and Dr. Larry Braskamp, dean, College of Education, Chicago campus. Dean Pearson presented data on the Reading Recovery Program conducted by faculty of the College of Education at Urbana. Dean Braskamp presented reports on several programs conducted by the College of Education, Chicago campus. These were: the Teacher Education Program, the Basic Educational Skills Tutoring (BEST) program, the Principals' Institute, the Family Literacy for Latinos program, and T h e Nation of Tomorrow program. All of these are directed at implementing aspects of the recent school reform legislation directed toward Chicago public schools.