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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 11

Establishment of the Entrepreneurship Concentration, Master of Business Administration, Chicago

The Chicago Senate has approved the establishment of a 12-hour concentration in Entrepreneurship for the Master of Business Administration. The course work is oriented toward assessing personal entrepreneurial potential, identifying business opportunities, evaluating potential markets, and planning for financial and organizational needs at different stages of growth. Students selecting this concentration will be required to complete Marketing 455, Entrepreneurship: New Venture Formation; Finance 456, New Venture/Acquisition Finance; and one elective course. The area of entrepreneurial studies has become increasingly important in business education, and other schools of business have added it in response to student demand. This concentration will ensure that the Chicago campus' College of Business Administration is a leader in entrepreneurship education.

This report was received for record. Change in Departmental Organization, College of Education, Urbana,

(14) The dean of the College of Education at Urbana has recommended that the Departments of Administration, Higher, and Continuing Education; Educational Policy Studies; Special Education; and Vocational and Technical Education be changed from the present chairperson to a headship form of departmental organization, effective June 12, 1987. As provided in Article IV, Section 4, of the University of Illinois Statutes, the dean received a petition from at least one-fourth of the faculty of each department requesting that the form of organization be changed. The dean met with the faculty of each department and conducted a poll of the departmental faculty by secret written ballot. A majority of the faculty of each department favored the change to the headship form of organization. The vice chancellor for academic affairs and the chancellor at Urbana, as well as the vice president for academic affairs, concur in this recommendation. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M i s s S m i t h , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved.

Redesignation of McKinley Hospital as McKinley Health Center, Urbana

(15) The chancellor at Urbana has recommended that the name of the McKinley Hospital facility be changed to reflect more accurately its function, i.e., to "McKinley Health Center." McKinley will no longer provide in-patient hospital services when its current remodeling is completed. It will continue to serve the students at Urbana as the campus health service. Known officially as the "McKinley Memorial Hospital and Health Service," the original hospital building was constructed with funds provided by the late Senator William B. McKinley in 1925. The focus of its services has changed over time. Currently accredited as an ambulatory care facility, the renaming of the building and its addition is intended to more accurately reflect its functions and services. The vice chancellor for student affairs proposed that the facility be renamed as indicated and the McKinley Health Service Advisory Board concurred. I recommend approval.

On motion of Miss Smith, this recommendation was approved.