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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Over 95 per cent of the licensed practical nurses now employed in the Research and Educational Hospitals are graduates of this program and thev always have been found to be competent and well selected. Therefore, the Hospitals staff has had considerable experience with the program and considers it well organized and executed. It is proposed that the clinical training program be started May 1, and will continue for the next three years. T h e Medical Director of the Research and Educational Hospitals, the Director of Nursing in the Hospitals, and the Vice-President for the Medical Center have requested authority to negotiate an agreement with the Chicago Board of Education covering this training program. Formal action by the Board of Trustees is not necessary as the proposal can be approved administratively but because it is a new area of public service, it seemed appropriate to bring the matter to the Board for its information and for the record. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h i s p r o g r a m w a s a p p r o v e d . MIDWEST E L E C T R O N I C S R E S E A R C H CENTER (15) The College of Engineering has proposed establishment of a Midwest Electronics Research Center within the College of Engineering and the Engineering Experiment Station to provide for close association between University research programs and industrial research and development laboratories and to promote programs which will stimulate productive University-industrial relationships. In general, the Center's purpose would be to assist midwest electronics firms in the task of handling the greater amount of sophisticated research required for military and space programs and for new areas of civilian technology and product development. The initial activities of the Center will include a program for "Industrial Research Visitors" as well as seminars and short courses in electronics and related topics of solid state physics. The Center will also serve in the establishment of cooperative research contracts sponsored by industry, the dissemination of information and interpretative publications, and the coordination of activities leading to the organizing of company-sponsored research laboratories. Submitted herewith is a statement giving further details of the proposal, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. Approval of this program and authorization to negotiate and execute the necessary contractual agreements with industries which may be interested and selected for participation is requested. I concur, subject to further action by the Board of Higher Education. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h i s p r o g r a m w a s a p p r o v e d , in principle, a n d a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n a s r e c o m m e n d e d t o n e g o t i a t e a n d enter i n t o c o n t r a c t s , a n d a d d i t i o n a l a u t h o r i z a t i o n w a s g i v e n t o m o d i f y the p l a n b e f o r e it is set u p in final f o r m t o t a k e i n t o a c c o u n t s u c h c h a n g e s as m a y be indicated after further internal administrative consideration a n d c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h t h e officers o f t h e colleges a n d d e p a r t m e n t s conc e r n e d ; p r o v i d e d t h a t a n y s u b s t a n t i v e c h a n g e s shall b e r e p o r t e d t o the B o a r d f o r c o n f i r m a t i o n ; a n d p r o v i d e d f u r t h e r t h a t final a p p r o v a l shall b e s u b j e c t t o a p p r o v a l of t h e p r o g r a m b y t h e B o a r d of H i g h e r E d u c a tion. T h i s action w a s t a k e n w i t h o u t dissent. PRODUCTION ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH CENTER (16) The College of Engineering and the Engineering Experiment Station submit a proposal for a new Production Engineering Educational and Research Center to be established within their administrative organization. The main objective of this Center will be to conduct a broad interdisciplinary program of technical assistance to industry. The rapid expansion of knowledge concerning new materials and the technology for their fabrication have created complex problems for industry, and particularly for small industries which do not have the technical and research personnel to cope with them. The Center would assist these industries to upgrade their technical competence through organized programs for the