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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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department bylaws, persons who are not members of the department faculty may be invited by the chaiifperson] to attend meetings of the department faculty, but such person shall have no vote. c. The faculty of the department shall have power to determine such matters as do not so affect relations with other departments or colleges that they properly come under the supervision of larger administrative units. Section 3. DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED WITH A HEAD b. In each department organized with a head, the head, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall recommend individuals for academic appointment in the department, [determine the departmental faculty membership and voting rights of the academic staff in the department who are not tenured or receiving probationary credit and who hold the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor. The head,] In consultation with the Advisory Committee, or as specified in the department bylaws, the head may invite other persons who are not members of the department faculty to attend meetings of the department faculty, but such persons shall have no vote. c. The head of the department shall have the power to determine such matters as do not affect other departments or properly come under the supervision of larger administrative units. Relabel subsections c-e to be d-f. ARTICLE V. GRADUATE COLLEGES Section 1. THE CAMPUS GRADUATE COLLEGE c. The faculty of the Graduate College consists of the President, the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs or equivalent officer, the Dean, [the Associate and Assistant Deans of the Graduate College,] and all those who on the recommendation of the departments or of other teaching or research divisions have been approved by the Executive Committee and the Dean of the Graduate College to assume appropriate academic responsibilities in programs leading to graduate degrees. Other administrative staff are members of the faculty of the Graduate College only if they also hold faculty appointments and have been recommended and approved as provided above. O n m o t i o n of M r . Forsyth, these a m e n d m e n t s w e r e approved by the following v o t e : Aye, M r s . Calder, M r . Forsyth, M r s . Gravenhorst, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L o g a n , M r s . S h e p h e r d , Miss Smith, M r . Wolff; n o , n o n e ; absent, G o v e r n o r T h o m p s o n . ( T h e student advisory v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . E v e n s o n ; absent, M r . Wylie.)

Contract, Computer-Assisted TelecoUections System, University Hospital, Chicago

(9) The chancellor at Chicago has recommended approval of a contract with Telecomputer Systems, Inc. (TCS), for a computer-assisted telecoUections system for the Hospital Patient Accounts Department. This system — currently utilized by several Chicago area hospitals including Lutheran General, Michael Reese, and Evangelica Health Systems — is designed to improve collection productivity by client contact through automated telephone dialing of delinquent, small balance accounts1 and will provide collection performance reports for the hospital. TCS will provide the site, hardware and software, and staff. This system will improve collections and decrease operating expenses by greatly increasing the number of telephone contacts per day by collectors. It will

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Then ne account! delinquent by 45 da.yi or more; and of •mounts under $1,000.