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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 19

Waiver of Tuition and Fees, Cooperative Program with S.I.U., Edwardsville, Medical Center (Peoria)

(13) T h e chancellor at the Medical Center campus has recommended that tuition and fee waivers be authorized for eight selected members of the nursing faculty of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville for course work leading to the Master of Science in Community Health Nursing. University of Illinois College of Nursing faculty from the Peoria School of Medicine will provide the instruction. T h e program is supported by a Higher Education Cooperation Act grant approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education on July 7, 1981. The School of Nursing at S I U ( E ) requires additional faculty who are qualified in community health nursing in order to meet accreditation standards. Since the nursing faculty are unable to leave the area for the additional professional preparation, it is necessary to provide the instruction in Edwardsville. T h e eight faculty members selected for participation have extended tenure at S I U ( E ) and a strong commitment to remain in the area where there is presently a shortage of community health nurses and nursing faculty. T h e waiver of tuition and fees would be effective for the fall, winter, and spring quarters of the current academic year. T h e executive vice president and the vice president for academic affain concur. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recomendatiomn was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Madden, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Bandala, Mr. Bettenhausen, Mr. Persons; no, none.)

Contract with Spertus College of Judaica, Chicago Circle

(14) In 1971, the Board of Trustees authorized a contract with the Spertus College of Judaica for a cooperative program in Judaic studies. Under the agreement, a wide range of courses in Judaic studies offered by Spertus College became available to students at the Chicago Circle campus. Because of increased costs incurred by Spertus College in operating this program, the trustees authori2ed revisions in the contract in 1974 and in 1979. In order to plan more definitely its own budgetary requirements, Spertus College again has asked the University to renegotiate the contract, in this case on the basis of an annual fee rather than on the per student quarter-credit-hour rate previously in effect. Accordingly, the chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus has recommended that a new contract be authorized with Spertus College at an annual fee of $15,000 per academic year, effective with the fall quarter of 1981. In return, Spertus College will provide between 1100 and 1200 quarter credit hours of instruction per academic year to Chicago Circle students in a wide range of courses in Judaic studies and related areas. The contract will provide for an adjustment in the annual fee at a rate of $13.50 per quarter credit hour — in favor of the University if the actual student credit hours are below 1100 per academic year, or in favor of Spertus College of Judaica if the actual student credit hours exceed 1200 per academic year. In addition, the contract will provide for cancellation by cither party upon a three-months' written notice and cancellation by the University if funds are not available in any given year to support the program.