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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 18

administrative officers in Washington for retention of the research and development tax credit as a part of Federal legislation.

APPEARANCE, SENATOR NEWHOUSE

Senator Richard H. Newhouse of Chicago, chairman of the Senate Committee on Higher Education, appeared before the board to speak on current concerns in higher education. He emphasized the need for colleges and universities to be particularly sensitive to and prepared for an increasing pool of minority students who will be graduating from high school. These are individuals who should not be lost to higher education. Understanding, and in particular research, is called for to recognize, reward, and nurture such students as part of the educational enterprise. President Ikenberry pledged the efforts of the institution in this direction, citing as one example the special emphasis given to the recruitment of a group of outstanding black high school students into the freshmen classes at Urbana and at Chicago. President Shepherd presented the following recommendation.

Amendment to the Bylaws of the Board of Trustees1 (Change in Day of Annual and Monthly Meetings)

(3) T h e secretary of the board has prepared the following amendment to the Bylaws of the board. T h e amendment changes the day of the regular monthly meeting from the third Thursday to the second Thursday of each month and the day of the annual meeting from the third Thursday in January to the second Thursday in January. The amendment is as follows:' A R T I C L E I. M E E T I N G S Sec. 1. The Board of Trustees shall hold an annual meeting on the [third] second Thursday of January, unless the date of such meeting be changed by the Board. T h e Board shall hold regular meetings on the [third] second Thursday of each month; the date of any meeting may be changed by vote of the Board or by order of the President thereof; any monthly meeting may be omitted by vote of the Board or by order of the President thereof, in case it appears that the amount and nature of the business to be presented is not sufficient to justify a meeting. (The amendment will become effective with the September 1985 meeting.)

On motion of Mr. Logan, the Bylaws were amended by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Lamm, Mr. Pittman; no, none.)

REGULAR AGENDA

The board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University.

1 To amend the Bylaws, it is accessary that such amendments be submitted in writing and furnished to each member at the beginning of aa regular meeting (Article VIII, Section 2). 1 New material is in italics; deleted material is in brackets.