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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 9

Extension staff and clients. He said that the visit concluded with a reception for over 200 area alumni. Ms. Reese added that this was a very successful visit. The president then presented to the board an update on the work of the management teams within the University. He noted that the Business and Finance Management Team had started a project to improve the procurement procedures at the University. He asked Dr. Bazzani to comment on this. Dr. Bazzani indicated that this was a major undertaking and one that would include all sectors of the University. President Stukel told the board that he had good news to report. The first item was a news report on the NBC network announcing that Professor Howard Goldberg of the Chicago campus was the Carnegie Commission Professor of the Year. The president congratulated Professor Goldberg and the Chicago campus and asked Dr. David C. Broski, interim chancellor, to comment on this honor. Dr. Broski commended Professor Goldberg and said that the ceremony in Washington, D.C. was a very important honor for the campus and Professor Goldberg. The president then reported to the trustees that the Chicago campus had received a major grant to work with non-college bound students, especially those with disabilities. He also told the board that the Springfield campus, together with the journal, Illinois Issues, had received a grant from the Joyce Foundation to study campaign finance. This project is to be chaired by Senator Paul Simon and former Governor William Stratton.

OLD BUSINESS

Mrs. Gravenhorst reported on the meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) held earlier in the week. She announced that this was the last meeting for some of the board members, as hereafter, there will be just one representative of public higher education institutions and one only from the community colleges. She told the board that student fees were a major issue for discussion at that meeting. She noted that the IBHE had decided to appoint a taskforce to study the issue of student fees and that David J. Downey, member of the IBHE and former trustee of the University of Illinois, was asked to chair the taskforce. Next, she told the board that the IBHE had approved a request from the University of Illinois to renovate several facilities at the Urbana campus. In conclusion, she noted that the IBHE had released data that indicated that enrollments in private universities and colleges in Illinois increased slightly this year and that enrollment in public universities and colleges in Illinois decreased slightly. After this report, Ms. Reese reported on the annual meeting of the University of Illinois Foundation. She indicated that $509 million had been collected thus far for the capital campaign. She explained that, annually, the amount collected for the campaign was beginning to level