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BOARD OF

TRUSTEES

[March 10

Funds for these awards have been included in the appropriation bill of the General Assembly to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the University for Fiscal Yeax 1989. These awards are subject to the availability of such funds. T h e interim chancellor at Urbana concurs in these recommendations as does the acting vice president for academic affairs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Wolff, these recommendations were approved.

Sabbatical Leaves of Absence, 1988-89

(13) The chancellors at the two campuses have recommended members of the faculty to be given sabbatical leaves of absence in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes. The programs of research, study, and travel for which leaves are requested have been examined by the research boards at the campuses. T h e acting vice president for academic affairs has reviewed the applications for the leaves and recommends approval of 190 leaves for Urbana-Champaign, and 70 leaves for Chicago. (A list of those recommended has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.) (For the record and to provide an annual compilation, in 1987-88, 182 leaves were taken at Urbana-Champaign, 74 leaves were taken at Chicago, and 1 leave was taken by central administration.) I concur.

On motion of Mr. Wolff, these leaves were granted as recommended.

Honorary Degrees, Chicago

(14) T h e senate at the Chicago campus has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at the Commencement Exercises on June 12, 1988, in Chicago: GARY S. BECKER, university professor of economics and sociology, the University of Chicago — the degree of Doctor of Arts. WILLARD L. BOYD, president, Field Museum of Natural History — the degree of Doctor of Laws. WnxiAM B. GRAHAM, senior chairman, Board of Directors, Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. — the degree of Doctor of Laws. FRANK H. WESTHEIMER, Morris Loeb Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Harvard University — the degree of Doctor of Science. T h e chancellor concurs in the nominations. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Wolff, these degrees were authorized as recommended.

Change in the Academic Calendar, Chicago

(15) T h e chancellor at Chicago has recommended, with the endorsement of the Chicago Senate, the adoption of a semester calendar for the Chicago campus. Effective no earlier than fall 1990, the campus will operate on an academic calendar of two semesters, consisting of fifteen weeks of instruction and a week of examinations for each semester, plus the necessary intersession time for registration. An abbreviated summer session will also be offered. T h e new calendar would replace the current academic year of three quarters of ten weeks of instruction each. T h e rationale for the change and the advantages and disadvantages of the conversion were presented to and discussed by the Committee on Academic Affairs of the Board of Trustees in February.