Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980
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1978] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 99 63 87 140 30 17 186 69 205 1 728 3 8 15 5 6 38 40 Otolaryngology Pathology Pediatrics Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Preventive Medicine and Community Health Psychiatry Radiology Surgery Total School of Associated Medical Sciences Biocommunication Arts and Sciences Medical Dietetics Medical Laboratory Sciences Medical Record Administration Medical Social Work Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Total Grand Total IT5 2 681 Sabbatical Leave of Absence, 1978-79, Medical Center (8) On motion of Mr. Neal, a sabbatical leave of absence recommended by the chancellor at the Medical Center was granted. This leave will be included in an annual compilation of 1978-79 sabbatical leaves of absence to be made a part of the board Proceedings in March 1979. Procedural Changes Relating to the Admission of Students to the College of Law, Urbana (Report for Information) (9) On September 20, 1978, the Admissions Committee of the College of Law, Urbana, proposed the following modifications to the college admissions procedures: 1. T h a t the admission process for all students be combined into a single process, that is, that the separate admission program for minority students be discontinued. 2. T h a t the admission process be structured so that all students with a predictive index above a level to be determined annually by the admissions committee would be admitted automatically to the College of Law. The cut-off would be selected so as to include approximately 75 percent of the entering class in this automatic admission category. All applicants between that automatic admission level and an annually defined minimum admission level would be evaluated individually by the admissions committee and enough of them admitted to achieve an entering class of 215 to 220 students. 3. T h a t the evaluation and ranking of students within this individual evaluation group be made by giving significant weight to the prediction index, but also with an eye to identifying: a. Students whose numerical records appear to underpredict their likelihood of success in law school, and b. Students whose admission would contribute to the diversity essential to achieving even more variety and richness in the educational experience at the College of Law. 4. That the factors which the committee would use to identify underprediction, diversity, or both, would include:
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