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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 16

term of office] shall [be] serve at the pleasure of the Board. In fulfilling the responsibility of electing a President, the Board shall have the advice of a Consultative Committee to Assist in the Selection of a President. A faculty member selected by the University Senates Conference shall serve as chairperson of the Committee: a majority of the other Committee members shall be from the faculty and chosen by the faculty members of the campus Senates. The Board of Trustees has officially received this recommendation. On June 17, 1981, the trustees met with a deputation from the University Senates Conference to discuss the matter in more detail. The important role of the faculty in the search and selection of the president and other academic officers of the University was reaffirmed. T h e trustees understand fully the valid concerns of the faculty as represented at the meeting. T h e trustees believe that in the search for a president or other chief academic officer of the University the role of the faculty in the process is understood to be the single most important element among the several University constituencies involved. This has been exemplified time and again, in 1970 and more recently in 1978, and reflected in the composition of the consultative committee. Faculty membership was the single largest segment. The chairman of the committee was chosen from among the faculty of the University. These two stipulations convey the commitment of the trustees to the central importance of the faculty in the work of the committee. T h e trustees understand the desire of the faculty to assume a majority position on any presidential search or consultative committee and the board reaffirms its expectation that any future procedures will be developed in consultation with the faculty to reflect properly the faculty role in the search and screening process. T h e board also holds strongly the view that no predetermined limits shall be placed on the faculty, the staff, or the Board of Trustees to prescribe in detail the specific procedures; these, in the view of the board, must be subject to reformulation and refinement, should that be judged to be important to the welfare of the University at the time. While the trustees do not believe that it would be wise to act upon the amendment at this time, thus altering the University Statutes, the board receives the proposed amendment with appreciation. We hereby direct the secretary to include it in the printed minutes of the board, thereby insuring availability of these views for use by Boards of Trustees in the future.

This report was approved unanimously.

REGULAR AGENDA T h e board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University. By consensus, the board agreed that one vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 3 through 24 inclusive. T h e recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. ( T h e record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Award of Certified Public Accountant Certificates

(3) The Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded, under Section 5 of the Illinois Accountancy Act of 1943, as amended, to eleven candidates who have presented evidence that they are holders of valid and unrevoked certified public accountant certificates obtained by passing a standard written examination in another state or territory of the