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field, and in all work accepted by the University (transfer work plus work taken at Chicago Circle). Under certain conditions, specified in the new policy, students who do not meet the general requirement may also graduate. T h e present graduation requirement permits a student with a transfer gradepoint average below 3.0 to graduate from Chicago Circle with an overall average below 3.000 by not offering certain transfer courses for the degree, an option not available to the U I C C student. The proposed policy would no longer permit this inequity. Jane Addams Center for Social Policy, Chicago Circle The Chicago Circle Senate has approved the establishment of a Jane Addams Center for Social Policy. The center will address the social welfare problems and needs of the critical population groups in the metropolitan area: women and children, the aged, minorities, and other neglected, disadvantaged, and underserved populations. The center would provide the mechanism by which the research capability of the Jane Addams College of Social Work can be linked to the service agencies in designing and implementing desired demonstration, training, and research projects. The establishment of the center has also been approved by the Board of Higher Education based on the University's budget request document for FY 1980. Minimum Probation and Drop Rules, Chicago Circle The Chicago Circle Senate has approved an all-campus policy, based on existing drop and probation rules common to all colleges currently offering undergraduate degree programs, which identify minimum standards, reduce confusion about academic status on intercollegiate transfer, and aid in the determination whether a student is making normal progress toward a degree. The new requirements apply to both full-time and part-time students. Colleges or programs may have higher requirements. The dean of the students' college states the conditions of probation. In addition to specifying the grade-point average, the dean may require the completion of specific courses, may limit the number of hours for which the student registers, and may exclude the student from taking certain courses while on probation. A college or school may also impose criteria for dropping a student from a curriculum or college without prior probation and may specify a minimum lapse of time between a drop action and consideration of a petition for readmission. Residence Requirement f o r the Baccalaureate Degree, Chicago Circle The Chicago Circle Senate has approved a campus residence requirement for the baccalaureate degree. The existing requirement was an adaptation of the Urbana campus requirement. The new policy consists of that policy plus several added elements: at least one-half of the credit hours required in the major area of study must be completed at Chicago Circle; concurrent attendance at Chicago Circle and another collegiate institution, when approved, will not interrupt the residence requirement; under exceptional circumstances, the residence requirement may be waived by the dean upon petition; and when graduation requirements change, a continuing student or one whose attendance has been interrupted for no more than two years may choose either the new requirement or those in effect when the student was admitted. Policy on Graduation Credit in Certain Courses, Chicago Circle The Chicago Circle Senate has approved as an all-campus policy a proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that, with certain exceptions, graduation credit be denied for the following courses: Comp. 100 — Introduction to Composition; Comp. 180 — Introduction to Composition; Math. 170 — Introduction to