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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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CONSIDERATION OF AGENDA AS PREPARED FOR THE FEBRUARY 21,1979, MEETING Affirmative Action Procedures to be Followed by the Board of Trustees in the Selection of a President

(17) T h e secretary has prepared and the president of the board now recommends affirmative action procedures for the use of the Board of Trustees in the selection of a president of the University. These procedures will be taken after the Consultative Committee has presented to the Board of Trustees a panel of names. (The committee has already put into effect its own procedures in accordance with University affirmative action policy.) The recommended procedures are as follows: A. As names are submitted to the board, the secretary will maintain a record of those individuals who have been identified as women or as members of minority groups. 1 As the board evaluates the panel of names and makes judgments as to which among them will be invited for interviews, the secretary will enter on this record the reason for the elimination from further consideration of any who are women or members of minority groups. At the conclusion of all interviews and after the board has made its selection of a president of the University (and after he or she has accepted the presidency) the secretary will enter on the record a statement of the reasons why any of those individuals interviewed were eliminated from further consideration if such individuals were women or members of minority groups.' B. As to notification: Special notification will be given those individuals who have been interviewed by the Board of Trustees. Once the board has made its selection and the individual selected has accepted, the secretary will call personally each of those who have been interviewed, but not selected, to advise them of the outcome. Additionally, a formal notice of the final selection and an expression of appreciation will be sent on behalf of the Board of Trustees to all applicants and to all who made nominations. This statement of procedures has been approved as to form and policy by the university affirmative action officer.

On motion of Mr. Howard, the procedures were approved as recommended. Award of Certified Public Accountant Certificates

(18) The Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of certified public, accountant be awarded to 831 candidates who passed the standard written examination given in November 1978 in Illinois and who have fulfilled all other legal requirements under Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Illinois Accountancy Act of 1943, as amended. T h e names of the candidates are filed with the secretary. The Committee on Accountancy, pursuant to Rule 16(d) of the Regulations, also recommends that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded to

1 This record may be reviewed at any time by members of the board, but is otherwise confidential. 3 The secretary of the board will ensure that any information required for the completion of Affirmative Action Summary Form II which has not already been approved by the Affirmative Action Office is gathered, approved, and filed in a manner prescribed by the university affirmative action officer.