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The proposal has been reviewed by the committee on administrative leaves which recommends approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , this leave w a s g r a n t e d as r e c o m m e n d e d .

Tuition Adjustment for Study at the Washington Center for Learning Alternatives, Urbana

(6) Each semester and summer session, approximately twenty students from the Urbana-Champaign campus attend the Washington (D.C.) Center for Learning Alternatives, serving as interns in government-related offices and obtaining practical experience. In addition, the students attend seminars and earn up to 12 hours of college credit, granted by the Urbana-Champaign campus and based upon the recommendations of the Washington Center and upon evaluations by UrbanaChampaign faculty of written work prepared by the students. The program is periodically reviewed by the Department of Political Science at Urbana-Champaign, most recently in the summer of 1980. It has been judged a unique educational experience. The students now are assessed tuition and fees at the full program rates applicable to Urbana-Champaign students and, in addition, are required to pay the fees assessed by the Washington Center for Learning Alternatives. After a review of these arrangements, it is believed that it would be more equitable for these students who are physically located in Washington, D . C , and who are paying the Washington Center for its program to be assessed University tuition and fees at a reduced rate. Since the services provided by the Urbana-Champaign campus are minimal and comparable to those provided to students registered at the Range I V level, the chancellor has recommended that the students be assessed at the Range IV level for the period they are off campus in connection with this program. 1 T h e executive vice president concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved. Change in Name, Graduate School of Library Science, Urbana (Report for Information)

(7) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a recommendation from the Graduate School of Library Science that the school's name be changed to Graduate School of Library and Information Science. T h e change recognizes that library and information science now have become one discipline. T h e curriculum of the school includes not only traditional library science courses but also a growing number of courses which either originate in information science or represent a merger of the two areas of study. The change in the name of the school also includes a corresponding change in nomenclature in the degrees offered and the course rubrics. No programmatic changes are associated with this action; no change in budgetary support or level of staffing is anticipated as a result.

This report was received for record. Renaming of the Civil Engineering Building, Urbana

(8) T h e Department of Civil Engineering at Urbana-Champaign has recommended that the Civil Engineering Building be renamed the Nathan M . Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, in honor of Professor Nathan M. Newmark, former head of the department, who retired in 1976 and died on January 25, 1981. Professor Newmark joined the faculty in 1930 and was head of the department from 1956 to 1973, developing one of the nation's most active research centers in

. 2 The Range IV level of charges for undergraduate tuition is $68-72/semester. The affected students would not pay service fees; they are eligible to pay for health insurance.