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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986
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96 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [October 18 such staff members will not have access to the benefits provided by the fee unless they wish to pay for them as do other faculty and staff who wish to gain access to these services. For graduate assistants, waiver of tuition is granted for all University graduate assistants on appointment for at least 25 percent but not more than 67 percent of full-time service; a waiver of service fees is granted to those assistants on appointment for at least 25 percent of full-time service. Tuition and fee waivers are also extended to members of the nonacademic staff in accordance with the rules and policies set forth in "Policy and Rules — Nonacademic." The University Planning Council shall [prescribe] recommend the conditions of eligibility for exemption from fees, subject to approval by the President and the Board of Trustees. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved. Agreement with Chiyoda International Corporation (Exception to the Genera/ Rules) (6) Chiyoda International Corporation, an engineering firm based in Japan, will provide the design, fabrication, and installation of scrubbers for the Abbott Power Plant at the Urbana-Champaign campus. Since the Chiyoda scrubber technology is proprietary, the University, as operator of the plant, must execute a license agreement with Chiyoda in order to utilize this technology. (Installation and operation of the scrubbers will necessitate the disclosure of Chiyoda proprietary information.) The terms of this procurement envisage an experimental program conducted by faculty in environmental studies to characterize and evaluate the efficacy of the Chiyoda technology in burning Illinois sulfur-bearing coal. To protect its proprietary position, Chiyoda's license agreement requires that the University provide access to any University inventions relating to Chiyoda's technology which might occur during the evaluation. The license agreement would grant Chiyoda and its affiliated companies a nonexclusive, royalty-free license, with rights to sublicense any patentable University inventions involving Chiyoda's process which arise during the 10 years of the agreement. Acceptance of Chiyoda's proposed terms requires an exception to Article II, Section 7(e) (3) of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure. The University evaluation of the scrubber installation is primarily concerned with environmental consequences of the installed system, not with the details of the scrubber design itself. The probability of University inventions within the scope of Chiyoda's proprietary technology is considered slight. The royalty-free license applies only to inventions by University staff members granted access to specified, confidential information supplied by Chiyoda. Chiyoda's provision for protection of its proprietary position is usual in the circumstances and is considered acceptable. The chancellor at Urbana has recommended approval of the exception described. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . Assignment of National Defense/Direct Student Loans (7) Under Federal regulations, defaulted notes in the National Defense and Direct Student Loan (NDSL) programs may be assigned to the Federal government for collection after the institution has followed certain prescribed "due diligence" collection procedures. The Board of Trustees has approved assignment of defaulted notes on several previous occasions. This year, if the assignment is made prior to
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