Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1982 [PAGE 74]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The chancellor at the Medical Center and the vice president for academic affairs concur in this recommendation. I have approved this emplacement, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. T h i s r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d for r e c o r d . (A document entitled "Master of Science in Nursing Sciences (Rockford A r e a ) " containing detailed information is on file with the secretary of the board.)

Student Exchange Program with Nihon University of Tokyo, Japan (Urbana)

(20) In 1978, Nihon University, the largest private university in Japan, enrolling 85,000 students on thirteen campuses, established an academic interchange agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the development of academic and cultural interchange. The Office of International Programs and Studies at Urbana has now negotiated an initial program venture with Nihon University under which the University of Illinois would join Nihon University in a student exchange program that would initially be operated for three years and provide for the annual exchange of up to five undergraduate or graduate students in any academic field. It has been agreed that in the first year, while the two institutions are still working out the operational details of the exchange, all of the students going to Nihon University will come from the Urbana campus. However, in the following two years, students from Chicago Circle and the Medical Center campuses also would be eligible to participate. All students would continue to pay tuition and fees at their home institutions and be exempt from the charges at the host institution. This will enable University of Illinois students to enrich their academic programs at a moderate cost. T h e chancellor at Urbana has recommended that the initial program, as described above, be approved and that up to five tuition and fee waivers be provided in each of the next three years to accommodate the Nihon exchange students who will be attending the University of Illinois. The executive vice president and the vice president for academic affairs concur in this recommendation. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Velasquez, this recommendation was approved.

Public Telecommunications Facilities Grant

(21) The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, through its Public Telecommunications Facilities Division, has awarded a grant to purchase major equipment items necessary to improve existing WILL-TV Station facilities. The grant will provide $275,000 for the period August 1, 1980, through July 31, 1981. The objective of this project is to improve the public television service to viewers in the W I L L - T V coverage area by broadcasting more programming which meets needs expressed by viewers, producing more high quality local programs than it has thus far been possible to support financially, and by providing programs of better picture and sound quality. This latter goal will be achieved by the acquisition of sufficient videotape, projection and switching equipment. I recommend acceptance of this grant, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Mr. Velasquez, this recommendation was approved.