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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Closure of the Department of Health Social Work, College of Associated Health Professions, and Transfer to Jane Addams College of Social Work, Chicago

(10) The chancellor at Chicago, upon the recommendation of the Chicago Senate and the deans and faculties of the College of Associated Health Professions and the Jane Addams College of Social Work, recommends the closure of the Department of Health Social Work, College of Associated Health Professions, and the transfer of its faculty, staff, and resources of the academic budget to the Jane Addams College of Social Work (JACSW). The Department of Health Social Work has a 40-year history as an academic unit in the health sciences of the University of Illinois. The major contributions of the Department of Health Social Work to UIC over the years has been the integration of clinical services with clinical professional education and innovation in services and clinical training based on the application of scholarship and research. As currently constituted, the Department of Health Social Work is both an academic unit and the social service unit of the University Hospital and Clinics (UIH). The primary reason for the transfer of health social work faculty and staff listed in the academic budget to the Jane Addams College of Social Work is to enhance JACSW's teaching and research capacity and to provide additional opportunities for faculty and students to be actively involved in the research and development projects now underway in both units. The proposal to transfer health social work to the Jane Addams College of Social Work is also made in keeping with the intent and spirit of the Illinois Board of Higher Education's recommendations on productivity at public universities and the University's Fiscal Year 1993 Productivity Report. It is recognized that the closure of the Department of Health Social Work as an academic unit has potentially significant implications for clinical education in the UIC academic health service center, for delivery of social work services, and for community-based primary care centers in which UIC is involved. The University of Illinois Hospital has agreed to maintain a hospital-based Department of Health Social Work where the clinical faculty will carry out their primary responsibilities in providing clinical services. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, pending further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Mr. Boyle, this recommendation was approved. Discontinue the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechanics Degree Program, College of Engineering, Chicago

(11) The chancellor at Chicago, upon the recommendation of the Chicago Senate and the dean of the College of Engineering, recommends the discontinuance of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechanics degree program. The B.S. in Engineering Mechanics is a nontraditional program which is not accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The program currently has no students enrolled in it, and there have been no graduates of the program since 1986. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, pending further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

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