Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964 [PAGE 1223]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

1178

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 20

BUSINESS PRESENTED BY T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY T h e Board took u p consideration of the following reports a n d recommendations from the President of the University.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

President H e n r y presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was filed with the Secretary of the Board. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GENERAL POLICY Supplementary Report on Amendments of Statutes, May 1, 1964 Mr. Jones, for the Committee on General Policy, presented the following report:

R e v i s i o n s of Sections 6, 38, a n d 39 of t h e U n i v e r s i t y S t a t u t e s P r o p o s e d b y S e n a t e C o o r d i n a t i n g Council On April IS, 1964, the Board of Trustees received and approved the Committee on General Policy's April 14, 1964, recommendations and summary report concerning revisions of Sections 6, 38, and 39 of the University of Illinois Statutes previously proposed by the University Senates and the Senate Coordinating Council. T h e April 14, 1964, Committee report recommended certain modifications of the statutory amendments forwarded by the Senates, and the Board's action of April 15 included the adoption of the following resolutions: "Be It Resolved that the proposals for statutory revision as proposed by the Senate Coordinating Council and transmitted by the President on June 19, 1963, be tentatively approved, except as noted below, and "Be It Further Resolved that the recommendations of the Committee on General Policy of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois in its April 14, 1964, report on 'Revision of Sections 6, 38, and 39 of the University Statutes Proposed by Senate Coordinating Council' be considered amendments to the University Statutes proposed by the Board of Trustees, and that the advice of the University Senates be sought thereon as provided in Section 65 of the University Statutes." In line with the second of the above resolutions, arrangements are in process for transmittal of the amendments proposed by the Board of Trustees on April 15, 1964, to the University Senates for advice. Your Committee's April 14, 1964, report and recommendations, and the Appendix thereto outlining the development of the statutory revisions, will be included in the materials forwarded to the Senates, but that report was in summary form since there was not sufficient time between the April 14 meeting of the Committee with the President and Senate representatives and the April IS meeting of the Board to prepare a more detailed statement. T h e Committee on General Policy believes that the further exposition in this supplementary report may be of assistance to the Senate members in developing advice to the Board of Trustees on the proposed amendments. There will be no opportunity for the Board of Trustees to consider or act upon this supplementary report prior to its next meeting on May 20, 1964, but it is being forwarded to the President at this time with the suggestion that it be included, as a Committee document only, in the materials transmitted to the Senates. Those areas where the statutory amendments proposed by the Board of Trustees differ from those recommended by the Senate Coordinating Council are specifically noted in this supplementary report. Procedural Aspects T h e statutory revisions initiated by the Senates and tentatively approved by the Board of Trustees provide for the establishment of a general University committee at each campus (to be known as the "Faculty Advisory Committee"), nominated and elected by the academic staff. T h e stated functions of the Faculty Advisory Committee (Section 6) "shall be to provide for the orderly voicing of suggestions for the good of the University, for affording added recourse for the consideration of grievances,