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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 11

athletes and use of complimentary tickets. President Ikenberry indicated that to his knowledge the University of Illinois actually seemed to be the only institution that does have a system for ascertaining whether recipients of complimentary tickets are indeed family members, as required by NCAA rules. Personnel Matters, Status of Administrative Searches Dr. Stukel r e p o r t e d that the search committee for the position of dean of the College of Business Administration at Chicago had been named and that Dean Paul Chung, College of Engineering, was the committee chair. President Ikenberry r e p o r t e d that the search for the chancellor of the Chicago campus was progressing and that the search committee had decided to employ an executive search firm to assist them. T h u s , the trustees will be asked to approve a contract with Heidrich and Struggles to work with the committee to help enrich the pool of applicants. EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED T h e r e being no further business, the executive session adjourned at 10:45 a.m. BOARD MEETING AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE T h e b o a r d met as a Committee of the Whole to receive a r e p o r t from the president on the Federal budget crisis and implications of that for the University. T h e president stated that there was $215 million at stake in the budget negotiations for the University and that clearly, resolution of the Federal budget crisis was important for the long-term health of the University. T h e Board of Trustees convened in regular session at 11:10 a.m. MINUTES APPROVED T h e secretary presented for approval the press proof of the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of May 9-10, 1990, copies of which had previously been sent to the board. O n motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, these minutes were approved. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference. 1 H e then briefly noted that the enrollment statistics for the two campuses were quite encouraging. At the Urbana-Champaign campus, u n d e r g r a d u a t e enrollment is up slightly, by 600 to 800 students. At the Chicago campus,

1 University Senates Conference: Richard P. Jerrard, professor of mathematics, Urbana; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: John W. Kindt, professor of business administration; Chicago campus Senate; Edward A. Lichter, professor of medicine.