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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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118 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Report from Chicago Senate [November 18 Professor David Bardack, chair of the Executive Committee of the Chicago Senate, presented the annual report of the senate to the board. In this, Professor Bardack described the structure of the Chicago Senate and the special tasks assigned to this body. He then focused on several special assignments the senate had undertaken in the past year. One of these was the matter of academic program approvals. Professor Bardack indicated that the senate had spent considerable time on this project over the last year and stated that considerable progress had been achieved in making this more systematic. Next, he spoke of contacts the senate had established with the offices of the governor and the lieutenant governor in aid of describing to these individuals the needs of the faculty and the entire University. Professor Bardack added that the Chicago Senate, like the UrbanaChampaign Senate, had helped in the process of recommending faculty and other representatives of the campus for selection as members of the board's Consultative Committee to Assist in the Selection of a President. In addition, Professor Bardack explained that the senate had been involved in reviewing a document titled Certain Terms of Employment, in connection with a discussion of discipline for faculty members. He also noted that the Executive Committee of the Chicago Senate serves as the Standing Committee on Campus Priorities. In this role the group considers development of academic programs and discontinuance of programs. He observed that this reinforces the concept of shared governance on the Chicago campus. SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION Chair Boyle, referring to Section Two of the Open Meetings Act, stated: "A motion is now in order 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/' The motion was made by Mr. Lamont and approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Dr. Gindorf, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar, Mr. Grabowski. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Didato-Castillo, Mr. Rose; no, none.) In attendance at this session were the members of the board noted as present at the beginning of this day's portion of the meeting, Dr. Bazzani, and Dr. Thompson. In convening this special executive session, Mr. Boyle said that he did so in order to gather direction by consensus from the trustees about
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