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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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I. The initial educational program for the Chicago Undergraduate Division projected for the opening of a new campus in the fall of 1964 was presented to the Board of Trustees on January 18, 1961, and approved on February IS, 1961. It had been presented to the Chicago Undergraduate Division Senate on January 10, 1961. The Board of Trustees action included the following: Division of Education Courses in education sufficient to meet the requirements for teacher certification will be offered, but initially no degree programs in education as such are planned. Degree programs in teacher education will be offered in the departments of the several colleges which administer the subject-matter fields taught in the secondary schools. The director of the Division of Education would be the coordinator of teacher-education programs in the several colleges and would supervise the courses in education offered by the Division of Education. Degree programs in education will be introduced if and when it is established that the facilities of existing teachereducation institutions in Chicago are inadequate to meet the need. Division of Physical Education Programs in physical education and recreational activities will be established in the first phase of development to the extent that physical facilities permit. The program just described should enable the University of Illinois to meet the most pressing needs suggested above in the statement of objectives — namely those related to the undergraduate enrollment demand created by population increases and by the rising proportion of high school graduates seeking admission to college. This will be the primary mission of the expanded Chicago Undergraduate Division, and this purpose will have priority over all other claims upon the space and operating funds available to the Division. At the same time, future developments on the new campus should not be limited arbitrarily to these initial programs. The educational needs of the Chicago metropolitan area, the degree to which they can be met satisfactorily by existing institutions and programs, and the availability of resources should be the controlling considerations. The University of Illinois will keep the problem of further educational development at the Chicago Undergraduate Division under continuing study, and will propose such changes as seem justified by the total educational situation in the Chicago metropolitan area. II. On February 23, 196S, the Chicago Circle Senate approved a curriculum, Preparatory to Teaching in the Elementary School. T h e Board of Trustees approved the curriculum on April 23, 1965, "subject to further action by the Board of Higher Education." On the basis of the Board of Trustees' action, the Executive Vice-President and Provost authorized enrollment of freshmen in the new program in September, 1965. There are now approximately 475 students enrolled in this program at the freshman and sophomore levels. Also, on February 23, 1965, the Chicago Circle Senate approved a revision in Section 24 of the University Statutes, creating a Council on Teacher Education at Chicago Circle, a Council at UrbanaChampaign, and a University Council on Teacher Education. On approval by the other two Senates, this revision was approved by the Board of Trustees on July 21, 1965. There are approximately 1,375 students enrolled in Secondary School Teachers Programs in ten programs under direction of the Council. I I I . On June 10, 1965, the Chicago Circle Senate approved curricula in Physical Education which were approved by the Board of Trustees on July 27, 1966. Under the Board of Trustees action of February 15, 1961, quoted above, the curricula do not require action by the Board of Higher Education. There are approximately 200 students in these programs which are under the Council on Teacher Education. IV. At the meeting of the Chicago Circle Senate on December 7, 1965, the Committee on Educational Policy presented the recommendation of the Chicago Circle Council on Teacher Education for the establishment of a College of Education at Chicago Circle, with a School of Physical Education within that College. The Director of the School was to be responsible to the Dean of the College on matters relating to curricula and courses and to the Chancellor on matters relating to intercollegiate athletics and intramural programs. The Committee on Educational Policy recommended approval of this form of organization. A substitute motion was offered from the floor, calling for the formation of a committee to study the question of establishing a College of Education, specifying the constitution of the com-