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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[April 16

we are dealing with the fait accompli. Discussions in recent weeks have been candid and open, but in nearly every area further planning by the faculty and members of the academic administration remains to be done. This effort will continue through normal channels over the weeks and months that lie ahead with periodic reports to this board and the request for advice in the spirit we come to you today. Second, the Urbana-Champaign campus has a keen interest in the eventual resolution of several of the issues I have oudined. I have received from the Urbana-Champaign Senate a resolution indicating that the matter was discussed by the Senate at its most recent meeting on Monday and that the issue was referred to the Senate Council for assignment to the appropriate senate committee. I applaud this move and will take personal responsibility, along with Chancellor Begando and Chancellor Cribbet, to insure that the views of the senate are considered fully. Third, I have asked the chancellor to indicate to us diose enrollment and program decisions in dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, medicine, and associated health professions that we intend to address in the very near future in response to the immediate budget problems. I am asking the chancellor, the vice chancellor, and others, as appropriate, to continue discussions with appropriate individuals and groups including the deans of the respective colleges at the Medical Center, the College of Medicine Executive Committee, appropriate faculty groups at each of the four locations, the appropriate senate groups, the professional community, especially as it is related to hospitals with which we have affiliation agreements and where there is an obvious interest and concern for the manner in which our long-range plans take shape. T o the extent possible, they will use the normal decisionmaking channels as provided in the University Statutes and the procedures established in each college. As the process proceeds, we will make periodic reports to the Board of Trustees and when the issues are available for board review and action we will of course bring these forward for your consideration. It is our best judgment that each of the issues I have addressed can be resolved in a timely fashion within the framework I have outlined above. Now I wish to turn to Dr. Begando who will report further to you on these matters from his perspective and then we are prepared to respond to your questions and seek your counsel. Dr. Begando then reported on the financial situation, college by college, of the Medical Center campus and answered questions from the trustees. (Tables and other documentation presented are filed with the secretary for record, as is the resolution from the Urbana-Champaign Senate and a statement of concern from the chairmen and acting chairmen of departments at the Peoria School of Medicine.)