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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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574 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [April 11 Establishment of the Ph.D. Program in Cell and Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts And Sciences, Urbana (15) The chancellor at Urbana, upon the recommendation of the Urbana-Champaign Senate, has approved a proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to establish a Ph.D. program in Cell and Structural Biology. The School of Life Sciences currently offers a Ph.D. degree program in Biology with a specialization in Cell and Structural Biology, but there is no separate Ph.D. program in Cell and Structural Biology. Most universities today have degree-granting programs in this field, and the establishment of a separate degree program will assist the recruitment of students to the Cell and Structural Biology Program. The Cell and Structural Biology Ph.D. program will provide graduate students with a strong background in eukaryotic cell and molecular biology, developmental biology, molecular genetics, cellular biochemistry, molecular neurobiology, and molecular structure. Students who complete the proposed program will be prepared for employment opportunities in academic institutions, and in industrial, government, and institutional laboratories. In order to complete the graduate program in cell and structural biology, the student must fulfill requirements in the following categories: 24 units of graduate credit, a qualifying examination, a preliminary examination, defense of the thesis, teaching, and participation in departmental seminars. The vice president for academic affairs concurs with this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved. Proposed Amendment to the University of Illinois Statutes (16) The amendment to Articles IX and X of the Statutes is proposed to accomplish two purposes. One is to remove the ranks of assistant professor and instructor from the list of ranks that may be accorded indefinite tenure. If this amendment is approved, only the ranks of associate professor and professor could be granted indefinite tenure. The other purpose of the amendment is to remove the rank of instructor from the tenure track, making the title available for non-tenure-track appointments. This amendment is proposed with the understanding that persons already appointed to the rank of instructor on the tenure track will remain on the tenure track, and persons who are tenured at the rank of assistant professor or instructor shall remain tenured. The amendment was approved by the Chicago and Urbana-Champaign Senates and endorsed by the University Senates Conference. The vice president for academic affairs now recommends this change. I concur. On motion of Ms. Reese, this amendment was approved. (Note: Deleted material is lined-through; new material is underlined.) ARTICLE IX. ACADEMIC A N D ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFS Section 3. APPOINTMENTS, RANKS, AND PROMOTIONS OF THE ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF c. The following ranks, and only these ranks, of the academic staff as defined in Article IX, Section 4a, are subject to the provisions of Article X, Section 1:
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