Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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304 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [June 8 To redress the limitations of the current governance of biophysics on this campus it is proposed that a Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology be established within the School of Life Sciences. The choice of name for the venter emphasizes a major new direction in biophysics (computationally-intensive modelling and analysis) in which the Urbana campus can make a uniquely strong contribution. It is further proposed that the graduate program in biophysics be transferred to this new center and be renamed the Graduate Program in Biophysics and Computational Biology. This program would serve as the academic core of the center. Administration of the biophysics option of the life sciences major would remain in the School of Life Sciences and the name of this option would not change. The current budget of the Biophysics Division would be transferred with the program and is sufficient for the administration of the center and its associated activities. There are no further budget requirements. 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, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, this recommendation was approved. Deletion of the Undergraduate Curriculum and Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Education, College of Education and Council on Teacher Education, Urbana (11) The chancellor at Urbana, upon the recommendation of the Urbana-Champaign Senate, recommends the approval of a proposal to delete the undergraduate curriculum and Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education. The number of students completing Teacher Certification in the Business Education Specialties curriculum has been declining over the last six years. Only four students completed student teaching during 1993, and only one student did so in 1994. Due to low enrollments in recent years, special classes for business education students can ho longer be justified. As a consequence, the minimum requirements for State certification in this program can no longer be met. Due to the small size of the certification program over the last five years (e.g., fewer than 5 students per year), termination of the certification program will have no impact on staff or budget, and should have little impact on other departments. 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. On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, this recommendation was approved. Discontinuance of the Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation (CIRCE), College of Education, Urbana (12) The chancellor at Urbana, upon the recommendation of the Urbana-Champaign Senate, recommends the approval of a proposal to discontinue the Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation (CIRCE). CIRCE was established in 1964 as a research and development unit in the College of Education. It has had a distinguished history and its faculty have made significant contributions to the field of educational evaluation. Because of greater needs in instructional programs, State funds have been reallocated away from CIRCE in recent years and external funding levels for CIRCE have also decreased. The decreased funding and activity levels have
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