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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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year. This arrangement will enable him to accept grants from the Department of State (Educational Exchange Services) for research and for lecturing on labor relations in Frankfurt and Hamburg, Germany. There is also a possibility that he will receive a Fulbright grant for lecturing at the University of Istanbul. Accordingly, I recommend that Professor McPherson be granted leave of absence without pay from September I, 1952, through February 28, 1953, and leave on full pay from March 1 through August 31, 1953.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, this recommendation was approved.

ESTABLISHMENT OF GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (6) On the recommendation of Dean Paul M. Green of the College of Commerce and Business Administration and with the concurrence of the Provost, I recommend the establishment, as an integral part of the College, of a Graduate School of Business Administration as of September I, 1952. T h e purposes of this School are outlined in detail in Dean Green's memorandum of June 30, a copy of which is submitted herewith and given to the Secretary of the Board for record. Certain features are to be noted, as follows: 1. T h e basic four-year program of the College leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science will not be disturbed. 2. There will be no change, through this action, in the one-year advanced programs leading to the degrees Master of Arts and Master of Science. 3. T h e doctoral programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in Accountancy, in Business, and in Economics will not be affected. 4. T h e presently authorized but scarcely used degree, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), will be transformed from a one-year advanced program to a two-year advanced program, with a substantial revision in its character and content. 5. The existing advanced degrees are designed primarily for students who wish to teach or become specialists; the new program for the Master of Business Administration is designed for those whose chief interest is in executive work and business administration as such. It will draw its students not only from majors in the various fields of Commerce, but also from other undergraduate areas. 6. The School will be in charge of a director responsible to the Dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration. Accordingly, the departments of the College will be prepared to offer work along three lines, as needed: undergraduate, graduate, and professional. 1 recommend that for a period of two years, or until a new director is appointed, Dean Paul M. Green be appointed also as Director of the School. It is understood that the approval of the new curriculum itself, extending the period of advanced study for the existing degree, Master of Business Administration, from one year to two years and substantially revising its component parts, will call for faculty approval through the standard channels of the Senate Committee on Educational Policy and the. Senate. There may be other points, too, that are regarded as essentially academic rather than administrative which the Senate will want to pass upon. All such proposals will be submitted to the Board for final action.

On motion of Mr. Megran, the establishment of a Graduate School of Business Administration was authorized, and the appointment of Dean Paul M. Green as Director of the School for a period of two years from September 1, 1952, or until a new director is appointed, was approved, as recommended.

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH O N EXCEPTIONAL C H I L D R E N (7) In order to advance knowledge about exceptional children and to make more effective the work of public and private agencies in their behalf, there is established at the University of Illinois an Institute for Research on Exceptional Children. This Institute will be organized and administered in accordance with the Statute of the University which governs the creation of institutes. The Institute will maintain such cooperative arrangements with the Department of Public Wei-