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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1984
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584 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [June 21 quate levels of funding of the last several years. A percentage increase which appears to meet inflation in a given year does not restore the base. Personally, I anticipate a major debate on the issue of comparative salary increases assigned to different disciplines or to different areas within certain disciplines. Differential raises by category rather than individual merit are straining the sense of academic community. T h e debate will take place in a variety of settings: discussion of comparative worth, arguments about collective bargaining for faculty, the retrenchment policy. Perhaps some mechanism can be found to permit a full debate directly on this issue. Problems we have aplenty as we seek to "create our future." Those problems will be addressed next year by new leadership. We look forward to the participation of our new Chancellor, Thomas Everhart, in Senate and Council discussion and his leadership of the campus. We will have a new chair of the Council, Professor James Simon of the School of Architecture. Jim, a member of the Council this year, was introduced earlier as an observer at this meeting. Since this is my final report as Chair of the Council, I wish to express my appreciation to the Board for your attention to the work of the Senate. I have enjoyed and profited from my personal interactions with you. T h e Senate has benefited from the healthy dialogue with President Ikenberry and members of the central as well as the campus administration over the years. This year we embarked upon a new tradition of an Annual Meeting of the Faculty called by the Senate in which members of the central and campus administration and Senate leaders report to the campus constituency and respond to questions posed by faculty. It has been my particular privilege as Chair of the Council to work with Chancellor Cribbet. At its final meeting this April, the Senate adopted a resolution commending the Chancellor's leadership in a heart-felt, standing ovation. We are pleased that John will be with us as a professor of law in the years to come. I suspect next year will be a more challenging year in the Senate. I believe we have the proper mechanisms and the leadership in the Senate to meet these challenges as we construct our future as a Campus and as a University. REMARKS, CHANCELLOR CRIBBET President Ikenberry asked the retiring chancellor to comment on the state of the Urbana campus in this, his last meeting of the board at this campus. Dr. Cribbet summarized a variety of issues, broadly characterized as governance issues, and ones dealing with external and internal affairs, with student population, and with physical facilities. He emphasized the continuing need to strengthen the relationship of the Urbana campus with the Chicago campus so that both might prosper in their individual missions. He urged additional attention to the faculty's role in governance and to the continuing and increasing need of an older campus to deal with the obsolescence of its physical facilities. Finally, he reminded the trustees and others of the essential role of the liberal arts in the institution, a role occasionally overlooked in the contemporary emphasis on technology, engineering sciences, commerce and business. HIGH TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PARK, CHICAGO President Ikenberry reviewed the details of a recent announcement from the governor's office concerning a new organizational plan for the Chicago Technology Park. The plan involves a joint venture between the Univer-
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