Caption: Booklet - State of University (1958)
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problem aspii.it in the light of their r e s o u n . thru hisn theil standard* a 1 Institutional relationship nui i be hammei 1 out in ways indig* .. to a state communit I'ht n<panization of o • state may look effective, hut sti! be ineffective in another. Coordination at the state ! must take into mnt historical relationships ind pi «*nt capacitiei as well as the differ; ent s :i leadership and prof I attitude In trying to build . • plan for the future of higher education there is not one answer but m a i n . Junior colli institutions must he utilized to the u t m o must I >uraged. Pi e New institutions may have to be established. Existinj institutions must be strengthened and helped to grow In facing these new developments, it must be continually emph d that coordination is a result, not a process. It cannot surer fully be imposed. 1 does not arrive suddenly. It do not come through edict or m a n d a t e . Effective plans grow out of the i r i m e r of institutions in working togethei I believe that improved coordination a m o n g the in itutional programs and services in Illinois will be the outcome of professional studies and discussions, particularly if there is adequate machinery for effective con. munication and analysis. T h e Commission of Higher Education can provide that machinery. Further, I believe that the most useful work of the Commission will be planning for the future. While existing programs and services have to be taken into account in such planning, our joint efforts will be most productive if pointed toward dealing with the problems which can be solved only wit: the help of the Commission and about which there is considerable urgency AN APPROACH TO COOPERATIVE PLANNING Believing that institutions should not regard what is best for the state as a whole as in any way inimical to their own development. I have stated to the Commission of Higher Education that the University of Illinois would support having all plans, including its own, submitted to impartial scrutiny along the following lines: 1. T h e specific need for a proposed new program should be defined. 2. Plans to fill the need for a new program should not be adopted until ways and means to fulfil existing needs in the same field for which the state already has an obligation are measured. . Further, new major obligations should not be undertaken until existing needs in all fields in all institutions are examined and priorities considered. •1. Then, proposed new programs at all institutions should he considered, to if any have equal <>r prior claim upon the Stat< resource
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