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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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BOARD MEETING RECESSED

Following the two committee meetings, the board recessed for lunch at 12:15 p.m.

BOARD MEETING RECONVENED

The board reconvened in regular session at 1:50 p.m. following a meeting of the board as a Committee of the Whole.1

MINUTES APPROVED

The secretary presented for approval the press proof of the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of October 20, 1995, copies of which had previously been sent to the board. On 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.2 The president made special comments of appreciation to Professor Kenneth E. Andersen on the occasion of his retirement from the University following 25 years of service. Next, the president congratulated Chancellor Stukel and others on the impressive Commencement ceremony held on the Chicago campus the preceding week and remarked that these events marked in a celebratory way the conclusion of a successful academic year overall at the University. He then turned to events occurring in the General Assembly and said that he was cautiously optimistic that the appropriation to the University would provide another reasonably good year for the University. Dr. Ikenberry then turned to an explanation of the duties involved in a new assignment he has received from the governor. This is to chair a special committee that will review fairness and equity in funding education in Illinois. He indicated that he saw the issue of funding education in a total perspective of assuring funding for all levels of education even though the emphasis of the committee will be on elementary and secondary education. He said that he was pleased to be a part of such a fine group, undertaking such an important endeavor. The next item on which the president reported was the continuing series of changes proposed for higher education governance in the

1 Prior to this, the board met as a Committee of the Whole to receive a presentation from Dr. Bazzani concerning capital projects recommended for financing by bonds tnat will be sold in the next several months. Dr. Bazzani indicated to the trustees that a formal recommendation for these projects and for bond financing would come to them at their July 1995 meeting. 2 University Senates Conference: Kenneth E. Andersen, professor of speech communication, Urbana-Champaign campus; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: Jon C. Liebman, professor of environmental engineering; Chicago Senate: Jeff E. Lewis, associate head and professor of mathematics, statistics, and computer science.