Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1982 [PAGE 405]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

394

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 15

program would be administered in accordance with general guidelines attached to the board item, subject to such modifications in detail as might subsequently be approved by the president upon the joint recommendation of the chancellors of the two campuses. Therefore, in accord with the July 22, 1970, board action and recognizing the action taken by the senate of the Medical Center on October 7, as well as the recommendations adopted by the Urbana-Champaign Senate on October 12, I have asked Chancellor Begando and Chancellor Cribbet to recommend to me such modifications of the "Plan for the Organization and Administration of a Program of Medical Education at Urbana-Champaign" as they believe to be necessary and appropriate. Following my preliminary review of these recommended modifications, I am asking that these modifications, along with the October 7 action of the Medical Center Senate on the reorganization of the College of Medicine, receive the attention of the Urbana-Champaign Senate; that Chancellor Begando and Chancellor Cribbet review the changes in the guidelines with the appropriate groups at the Medical Center and at Urbana-Champaign; and that the senates refer their views, in accord with the Statutes, to the University Senates Conference for early referral to me. It is essential that these responsibilities be discharged in a responsible fashion. T h e immediate and long term welfare of the college in all of its locations is directly tied to its ability to proceed with a national search for a dean and to have the leadership of the individual as soon as possible, but no later than the beginning of the next academic year. I have discussed this matter with the leaders of both senates and with the chancellors and they have assured me of their full cooperation.

Statement of Principles Guiding Forthcoming Recommendations on the Subject of the Reorganization of the College of Medicine

T h e College of Medicine of the University of Illinois has reviewed its internal structure over the past several months. T h e principles set out here constitute the foundation for the proposed reorganization. They represent an equitable, constructive solution to the problems which made the reorganization appropriate: problems of funding, enrollment, and administration. 1. The Principle of Commitment to Regionalization T h e college and the University reaffirm their commitment to regionalized medical education at the Peoria, Rockford, and Urbana-Champaign sites. T h e benefits to students and local residents are clear. 2. T h e Principle of Responsiveness T h e proposed reorganization meets the challenges of dramatically reduced federal funding for some College of Medicine programs and expectations of at best stable and more likely decreased state support. Should those conditions change or should other different ones arise that are similarly compelling with regard to the structure of the college, the organization of the college will again undergo review. T h e proposed structure is one which can and should be changed if conditions so warrant. 3. T h e Principle of Equitable Funding T h e college and the University affirm that equitable funding at each location will be accomplished to assure program viability. 4. T h e Principle of a Stable Cohort of Students Bearing in mind principle 2, each site of the College of Medicine shall