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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

President Ikenberry introduced observers from die campus senates and from the University Senates Conference.1

President's Reports

President Ikenberry presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy filed with the secretary of the board.

Discussion, Tentative Board of Trustees' Schedule, 1982-83

The secretary presented for consideration a tentative schedule for the 1982-83 year in which certain changes were suggested which would result in economies, viz. the possibility of not scheduling a meeting in April of 1983, and identifying two or three meetings in the year which could be limited to one day. The trustees expressed reservations with regard to cancelling the April meeting but a general willingness to consider the feasibility of scheduling one-day meetings and in arranging the rotation between Chicago and Urbana on an even basis which would result in certain economies as well. Accordingly, the schedule for 1982-83 will be as follows: Thursday, September 16, 1982 Urbana-Champaign campus Thursday, October 21, 1982 Chicago campus (Medical Center) Thursday, November 18, 19822 Urbana-Champaign campus No scheduled December meeting. Thursday, January 20, 1983 Chicago campus (Chicago Circle) Thursday, February 17, 1983 Urbana-Champaign campus Thursday, March 17, 19832 Chicago campus (Medical Center) Thursday, April 21, 1983 Urbana-Champaign campus Thursday, May 19, 1983 Chicago campus (Chicago Circle) Thursday, June 16, 1983 Urbana-Champaign campus Thursday, July 21, 19832 Chicago campus (Medical Center)

President's Report on Other Matters

The president presented the following written report:

The advocacy campaign to secure the adoption of a state appropriation for higher education above the level of the governor's budget recommendation continues. While it is no simple or easy task, it is crucial to the future of the University of Illinois. T h e wealth of a state and nation, as Adam Smith noted more than 200 years ago, is not just the sum total of its factories or the tools in people's hands, but it is also the aptitudes, the creativity, and the character possessed by its people. Investment in "human capital" has declined in the State of Illinois over the last ten years. Not only has investment in Illinois higher education declined as a relative priority in the state budget, state support per student has dropped by

* University Senates Conference: Rose Ann Grundman, associate professor of mathematics in medicinal chemistry, Medical Center; Chicago Circle Senate: Frank lachau, professor and chairperson of the Department of Political Science; Medical Center Senate: Ruy Lourenco, Edmund F. Foley Professor of Medicine and head of the Department of Medicine, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: Jerry S. Dobrovolny, professor and head of the Department of General Engineering, 1 Possibly one-day meetings.