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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1988
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1987] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 287 the senate all changes in the University Statutes and General Rules, which are ultimately submitted to the Board of Trustees. One of the council's most valuable functions is to serve as a channel of communication between the administration and the faculty and students. It acts as a sounding board for proposed policies, and is able to put forward some concerns of the campus. The council values its contacts with the Board of Trustees, the president, the chancellor and the vice chancellor for academic affairs and tries in all instances to give its best advice. URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SENATE COUNCIL Richard Jerrard, Chair Donald Uchtmann, Vice Chair Kenneth Andersen Richard Merritt Geneva Belford Robert Moreschi Christian Bechtel Hazel Spitze Alyce Cheska Robert Spitze Sally Cohen Ian Westbury Jane Leuthold Emily Watts, ex officio President's Report on Legislative Session President Ikenberry commented on the discouraging prospects for State tax increases and subsequent increases in University appropriations from the General Assembly. Failing some agreement on die revenue situation, the universities and the common schools doubtless will face emergency situations, he stated. At the University of Illinois, the prospect of a "stand-still" budget, with no increases, will imply deferral of any adjustment in salaries; deferral of all efforts to improve programs, including diose at the hospital, Chicago minority programs, the Supercomputer Center, Beckm a n Institute, etc. H e indicated that $6 million in cost increases and continued commitments (such as annualizing in July and August last year's salary increases), costs of opening new buildings, etc., would place a significant burden upon the University's budget. T h e president made clear that there could indeed be budget reductions, requiring the University to reexamine the level of tuition charges by fall. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS At the request of the president of the board, Trustees Gravenhorst and Shepherd reported briefly on the recent meeting of Big T e n Trustees at die University of Minnesota. Mrs. Shepherd raised again the desirability of "electronic mail" facilities for diose trustees who might wish to have such equipment. T h e trustees expressed differing views about the need for such service, a majority favoring such a n installation. (Presumably, the facility will be installed only for those who care to have it.) A report of the costs and implementation and the provision of training for use of the equipment will be presented in July.
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