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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 14

These tuition increases have been reviewed and approved by the University Planning Council, the chancellor at Chicago, the chancellor at Urbana, and the vice president for academic affairs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Downey, these recommendations were approved. (Trustees Boyle, Calder, and Grabowski asked to be recorded as voting "no" on this item.) (Student Trustees Caporusso and Mitchell asked to be recorded as casting advisory votes of "no" on this item.)

Increase in Fee Charged for Transcripts, Chicago and Urbana1

(22) At the April 1992 board meeting, several issues were raised concerning the recommended increase in the transcript fee. That recommendation was made keeping in mind the following principles: • more fully cover the actual costs of providing and maintaining transcript records; and • maintain and increase the high level of quality service to all, particularly the students and graduates. Therefore, it is recommended that the transcript fee be revised and increased to $5 per copy of an official transcript; $4 per written certification of enrollment. Additional copies ordered at the same time and sent to the same address or picked up will remain at $2 per copy. These changes have been reviewed and recommended by the University Planning Council, the chancellor at Chicago, the chancellor at Urbana, the vice president for business and finance, and the vice president for academic affairs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n o f Mr. D o w n e y , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was a p p r o v e d . ( S t u d e n t T r u s t e e C a p o r u s s o asked t o b e r e c o r d e d as casting a n advisory v o t e o f " n o " o n this item.)

Redesignation of the Department of Health and Safety Studies, College of Applied Life Studies, Urbana

(23) The chancellor at Urbana, upon the recommendation of the Urbana-Champaign Senate, the College of Applied Life Studies, and the Graduate College, recommends the redesignation of the Department of Health and Safety Studies as the Department of Community Health. The Department of Health and Safety Studies was formed in 1957 as the Department of Health and Safety Education. Its focus at that time was on health education and it quickly established national leadership in this field. By 1980, the department saw the need to expand its research and teaching concerns into the broader field of community health. Currently, programs of the department reflect a commitment to the field of community health, which encompasses public health, employee health, school health, maternal and child health, environmental health protection, and the personal health practices of individuals and families. The mission of the department is research and teaching for the promotion and protection of human health in individuals and in populations. It prepares graduates to undertake research in health promotion and protection, and for careers in community health as educators and administrators.

1 President Ikenberry reminded the board that the matter of increasing the transcript fee had been discussed at the board meeting in April and that the administration had reworked the item in the intervening weeks. The new item simplifies the procedures for charging for transcript fees.