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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e recommendations have been prepared in accord with provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes. Each campus has established formal procedures for the initiation, review, and approval of recommendations for academic promotion. T h e vice president for academic affairs recommends approval of the recommendations as submitted. I concur.

On motion of Dr. Donoghue, these recommendations were approved.

Consolidation of the Chicago Campuses

(16) Although the two Chicago campuses will be united into a single University of Illinois at Chicago, effective September 1, 1982, from the beginning it has been understood that the unification process necessarily would be an evolutionary one. Progress has been made in many administrative areas under the leadership of Chancellors Begando and Riddle as cochairmen of the transition committee. When the chancellor for the unified campus takes office, these efforts will continue. In the meantime, to insure continuity while the unification process goes forward, it is necessary for the trustees to authorize certain aspects of the transition activity when these are beyond the standard provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes. Accordingly, I recommend that for a period not to exceed September 1, 1983: 1. The senates at the Chicago Circle and Medical Center campuses shall remain in existence and shall retain and execute their respective current jurisdictions, responsibilities, and functions as provided in Section 1 of Article I I and elsewhere in the University of Illinois Statutes; 2. T h e University Senates Conference shall retain its present composition as provided in Section 2 of Article I I of the Statutes, and shall include members elected by the Chicago Circle and Medical Center senates; 3. T h e faculty advisory committees at the Chicago Circle and Medical Center campuses shall continue their separate identities and their respective members shall be elected as provided in Section 3 of Article X of the Statutes, with the electorate for each being the academic staff who are tenured or receiving probationary credit in a college or other educational unit which is presently a part of the relevant campus; 4. T h e vice chancellor for academic affairs at Chicago Circle and the vice chancellor for health affairs at the Medical Center shall serve as chief academic officer under the respective chancellors and as chief executive officer in the absence of his chancellor; as provided in Article I I I , Section 1 (e) of the Statutes; and 5. The grievance procedure at the Chicago Circle and Medical Center campuses shall remain in effect until the promulgation by the chancellor(s) of a single grievance procedure. Also during this specified period, the two existing campus graduate colleges and campus research boards will retain respective current jurisdictions, functions, and responsibilities as provided in Article V of the University of Illinois Statutes. In addition, each campus library will remain as a separate unit and its respective director and archivist will continue to have the duties and responsibilities identified in Article VI of the University of Illinois Statutes and in Section 4 of Article V of The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure. Within the framework of a single campus designation there remain two geographic sites. To facilitate the necessary identification of the two locations at what NOTE: The specific exemptions to application of the Statutes noted are temporary technical adjustments required in accord with the earlier action of the Board of Trustees to join the two Chicago campuses of the University. During the coming year the University Senates Conference will monitor progress on the tesolution of these jssm's. Further extension of such exemptions beyond September 1, 1983, should it be required, will be considered in consultation with the University Senates Conference and, as appropriate, with the respective senates.