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BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED

[February 13

There being no further business, the executive session was adjourned and the board recessed at 9:40 a.m. to reconvene at 10:30 a.m., following a meeting of the Committee on Finance and Audit.1

BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference.2

President's Reports

Dr. Ikenberry reported to the board that the governor's budget recommendation will be announced April 7, 1992, and that the issue of tuition would be dealt with shortly thereafter. As preparation, the president indicated that discussions would need to begin very soon about tuition. He then asked Vice President Resek to present some general budget needs of the University for Fiscal Year 1993. Dr. Resek described for the board various reallocation processes that were underway within the University and reported that approximately $58 million had been reallocated. He noted that even with this, there was still a need for $50 million over the budget recommended by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) for FY 1993. Dr. Resek discussed the potential sources for funds and the alternatives. (Copies of materials related to this are on file with the secretary of the board for record.) President Ikenberry then reported to the board on a recent study released by the IBHE that attempts to summarize productivity within the universities in the State. Dr. Ikenberry commented that this study represented an effort to deal with larger issues in higher education and to review cost containment in the State's universities. The president also noted that this was IBHE's first effort to study changes in productivity and that the data used were not appropriate. Problems included the fact that the IBHE data did not recognize major reorganizations within the University and new Federal and State requirements that necessitated categorizing research, teaching, and administrative tasks differently. A second problem cited by Dr. Ikenberry was the fact that the IBHE reformulated the categories for the purposes of their report. The University disagrees with the data utilized by the IBHE and its comparability to earlier reports submitted by the University. (Copies of materials illustrative of these points are filed with the secretary of the board.)

1 T h e Committee on Finance and Audit received a report on the investments of the University of Illinois for the quarter ending December 31, 1991. 2 University Senates Conference: James V. Kahn, professor and coordinator of academic programs, College of Education, and professor of urban educational research, Chicago campus; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: Thomas F. Conry, professor and head, Department of General Engineering; Chicago campus Senate: Ann C. Weller, assistant professor and deputy librarian for the Library of the Health Sciences. She is also acting head of the Regional Medical Library.