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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 22

BOARD MEETING RECONVENED

At 3:30 p.m., the members of the board reconvened to meet with the third candidate. 1 Those board members recorded as present at the beginning of the day were present, with the exception of Ms. Lopez.2 In addition, President Stukel, Dr. Thompson, Ms. Sindelar, and Dr. Solaro were present. As in the previous two interviews, the discussion with this candidate focused on the candidate's administrative experiences which were pertinent to the position of chancellor of the Chicago campus. The board members posed the same questions as they had earlier. Mr. Lamont asked the candidate to describe the characteristics of the position that were of interest. The candidate described the setting of UIC, in a livable city and in a State that supports higher education and the kind of institution UIC is, a 13-year-old institution that has become a Research I Institution. The candidate also referred to the importance of the Great Cities program at UIC, stating that it is the reason for the University of Illinois to have two major research campuses. Further, the candidate spoke of an interest in improving the athletic program at UIC. (Ms. Lopez returned to the meeting at this time.) This candidate then discussed the needs of the faculty at the Chicago campus. The candidate spoke of these in terms of the status of the campus as one of the top 70 research universities in the country and of the great opportunities the campus has to accomplish very impressive things in terms of research as well as service to the city and State, and, in fact, the rest of the world. This candidate also talked of the possibilities of UIC becoming a major provider of continuing education for the region. Also, the candidate mentioned the importance of linkages with the community colleges in the area as a source of transfer students and for partnerships for jointly administered programs, noting the new venture just launched with the College of DuPage to offer a joint program in engineering. This candidate emphasized the need to run the Chicago campus more like a business and to place more accountability with the deans and the department heads. Reference was made to the attractiveness of the approach known as Responsibility Centered Management, which places more authority and accountability in the hands of the unit administrators. There was also an extensive discussion of undergraduate education and what the needs of students at UIC were for improvement of this experience. The candidate indicated that a review of teaching loads was in order as well as practical things such as remodeling classrooms and providing more computer access for students and faculty. The candidate

1 This was Dr. David C. Broski, who was later recommended to the Board of Trustees for the position of chancellor at the Chicago campus and approved by the board on April 11, 1996. 2 Ms. Lopez returned to the meeting at 3:40 p.m.