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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[April 19

Search for Chancellor, Urbana President Ikenberry reported on the work of the committee advisory to him as follows: the committee has screened the nominees to a manageable number and is now conducting preliminary interviews. H e suggested that additional interviews with a small number of candidates could be scheduled with him and the trustees in early May. T h e trustees will be kept advised.

Note: Before considering the regular agenda, the board meeting as a Committee of the Whole received a report on staff benefits, academic and nonacademic, from Vice President Bazzani and members of his staff. T h e report is filed with the secretary.

T h e Board of Trustees reconvened in regular session at 9:45 a.m. MINUTES APPROVED T h e secretary presented for approval the press proof of the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of January 19, 1984, copies of which had previously been sent to the board. O n motion of Mr. Howard, these minutes were approved. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference. 1 Mr. Craig R. Milkint, student trustee from Urbana-Champaign, introduced Mr. Paul Pittmann, student trustee-elect from the Urbana-Champaign campus. President's Report President Ikenberry, who spent much of the month of April with a University delegation to the Far East, reported briefly on the official visit. He remarked on the large number of University alumni in China and J a p a n in prominent academic and other positions. H e reported as well on agreements made with the University of Tokyo and with other institutions. T h e president emphasized a larger question which derived from the visit: that the pattern of student exchange has tended to be one of the United States sending students trained in the social sciences, languages, and related fields to China and J a p a n and receiving students in the sciences and technical fields. H e raised the question as to whether it would be desirable to provide a better blend of the two large cultural divisions, to ensure that more of our science and technology talent are versed in the historical, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds of the Asian countries. Mr. Forsyth presented the following item.

1 University Senates Conference: Rollin Wright, professor and head of the Department of Physical Education, Urbana-Champaign campus; Chicago campus Senates: Gene W. Ruoff, associate professor of English, University Center; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: Geneva Belford, professor of computer science.