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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 16

T h e administrative and budgetary structure of the department will remain unchanged except for redesignating the head, associate head, and assistant head to director, associate director, and assistant director. T h e chancellor, the vice chancellor for academic affairs, and the vice president for academic affairs concur in this recommendation. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to possible further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Division of Center for Urban Studies (Chicago Circle) into (A) The Center for Urban Economic Development and (B) The Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement

(16) T h e Center for Urban Studies was established at the Chicago Circle campus in 1967. T h e growth of its research and service over the years and changing sources of nonstate support have led to strong and effective programs clustered around two distinct emphases on problems of the urban economy and urban life. Therefore, the Chicago Circle Senate now has recommended that the Center for Urban Studies be divided into two component parts and that the following centers be established:

A. The Center for Urban Economic Development

T h e primary purpose of this center is to address the economic development needs of Chicago through direct technical assistance, applied research, and educational programs aimed at commercial and industrial development issues. Specifically, the center will be concerned with questions of community revitalization through the retention and expansion of commercial employment opportunities in areas of the city where development efforts can most effectively reduce the problems of low income, unemployment, and physical deterioration. The center will act, as well, as a clearinghouse for proposals from outside funding sources interested in economic development. The center will have a director who will report to the director of the School of Urban Sciences and a University-wide steering committee which will serve in an advisory capacity. T h e future of federal support in the urban economic development area is now uncertain. For this reason, the center will be established on a five-year approval basis. During its third year, an evaluation will be made to determine whether it will continue on a permanent basis. (This proposal is consistent with Board of Higher Education guidelines for the establishment of temporary research centers as reasonable and moderate extensions of existing programs.)

B. The Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement

T h e Voorhees Center will concern itself with the revitalization of neighborhoods and communities through architectural studies and advice for rehabilitating individual dwelling places, the development of plans for improving other features affecting the quality of life in a neighborhood, and educational efforts in the form of conferences and workshops designed to foster community leadership. The center will have a director who will report to the dean of the College of Architecture, Art, and Urban Sciences and two steering committees, one internal and one external, which will serve in advisory capacities. T h e Voorhees Center is an outgrowth of the Program for the Study of Neigh-