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administration, beginning November 21, 1995 (NY), at an annual salary of $30,000. RICHARD B. SOWERS, assistant professor of mathematics, beginning January 6, 1996 (N), at an annual salary of $42,000. ERIK C. WEINER, assistant professor of nuclear engineering, on 60 percent time, assistant professor of medical and information sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, on 40 percent time, and departmental affiliate in molecular and integrative physiology, on zero percent time, beginning October 2, 1995 (1;1;N), at an annual salary of $52,000.

Administrative Staff

AMELIA J. APPLEBAUM, deputy associate chancellor for development, Chicago, beginning October 1, 1995 (NY), at an annual salary of $86,891. RICHARD J. ARNOULD, director, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, College of Commerce and Business Administration, Urbana, beginning October 21, 1995, on 25 percent time (N), with an additional administrative increment of $5,000 on an academic year service basis. Dr. Arnould will continue to serve as professor of economics, on 75 percent time (A), professor of business administration, on zero percent time (A), and professor of economics in the Department of Basic Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, on zero percent time (N), for a total annual salary of $83,000. LARINE YVONNE COWAN, assistant chancellor and director, Office of Affirmative Action, Urbana, beginning August 21, 1995 (NY), at an annual salary of $70,000. KENNETH C. ROLLING, executive director, Chicago Annenberg Challenge, College of Education, beginning December 1, 1995 (NY), at an annual salary of $85,000. KATHERINE R. ROSE, director of ambulatory care in clinical and patient unit management, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, on 100 percent time, and clinical assistant professor of maternal-child nursing and of public health, mental health, and administrative nursing, College of Nursing, on zero percent time, beginning October 1, 1995 (NY100;N;N), at an annual salary of $95,960.

On motion of Ms. Reese, these appointments were confirmed. Establishment of the Doctor of Philosophy in Disability Studies, College of Associated Health Professions, Chicago

(5) The interim chancellor at Chicago, with the advice of the Chicago Senate, the Graduate College, and the College of Associated Health Professions, recommends the establishment of the Doctor of Philosophy in Disability Studies. Disability studies is an emerging field driven by research efforts from a number of disciplinary traditions which share a common content focus. Disability studies expands the paradigm for research on disability beyond the familiar focus on impairment, intervention, and treatment to include social, legal, historical, economic, and political analyses, as well as the traditional concerns of the health sciences. Scholarship in this interdisciplinary field ranges from basic research on the biological and psychological aspects of impairment to critical examination of the personal, familial, sociological, and cultural constructs of disability. A central theme of the proposed doctoral program is to prepare future scholars and researchers who have a conceptually coherent, integrated, and in-depth knowledge of the multidimensional nature of disability. There is a current and growing need for advanced graduate training to prepare researchers, educators, administrators, and leaders in the disability field. Graduates of the program will be prepared to assume roles in advanced research, education, public service, and public policy and administration regarding disability. The proposed Ph.D. in Disability Studies requires completion of 96 semester hours of credit beyond the baccalaureate, including a core consisting of courses in