Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1982
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414 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [November 19 Governor's Task Force on High Technology A High Technology Task Force to be cochaired by William T . Ylvisaker, chairman of the board of Gould, Inc., and myself has been appointed by Governor Thompson. There continues to be a belief that the State of Illinois has opportunities to enhance its industrial base and to attract high technology industry through more imaginative, long range planning. T h e governor has asked the task force to explore the contribution that a micro-electronic a n d / o r bioengineering research center might make to the advancement of the industrial and intellectual interests of the state. The task force will be working intensively to prepare its recommendations for early review by the Office of the Governor. College of Medicine In regard to the reorganization of the College of Medicine, in early November I issued a public statement indicating my conversations within the University community and externally had led me to conclude that the plan to reorganize the College of Medicine had not achieved the consensus required if I were to carry it forward to the Board of Trustees. In addition to the public statement, I wrote to each member of the General Assembly who had expressed an interest in this matter to advise them of the current status of planning. Since that time, Chancellor Begando has met with each of the deans of the college in the four geographic locations and in the near future will convene the five deans to explore anew various alternatives for the distribution of enrollment and related financial support. In my comments before the Medical Center Senate on October 7, and in my comments before this Board of Trustees at the time of its last meeting on October 15, I articulated seven principles which remain, in my judgment, important in any reorganization plan to be developed by the college. As soon as the deans have reached a consensus, both as to areas in which there is agreement and as to areas where agreement has yet to be achieved, I intend to meet with them to hear personally their report. REGULAR AGENDA The board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University. Organization of the Chicago Campuses Under the Administration of a Single Chancellor (1) On February 21, 1980, the Board of Trustees established a committee to study the feasibility of the consolidation of the Chicago campuses. The study was conducted and completed within the terms of a general plan, also approved by the board at that time. The trustees received a progress report on the study a year later and the committee presented its report to the board meeting as a Committee of the Whole on April 15, 1981. The final recommendation of the Committee was as follows: T h e committee therefore recommends to the president and the Board of Trustees that the Chicago campuses of the University of Illinois be consolidated according to the model and assumptions as described, and gives as its considered judgment that such a course of action has the strong potential to enhance the greatness of those campuses and the University. T h e recommendation and related issues have been reviewed by each of the senates of the three campuses of the University, by the University Senates Con-
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