Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1960
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i960] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1257 REQUEST O F ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEO F. KOCH (6) On recommendation of the Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Assistant Professor Leo F . Koch of the Division of General Studies was relieved of all University duties as of April 7, 1960, and has been informed that his appointment will be terminated at the end of the current academic year, 1059-60. A copy of my letter on this subject to Dean Lyle H. Lanier was sent to each member of the Board. On April 11 Professor Koch delivered to the Secretary of the Board of Trustees a letter requesting the Board to review the action taken with respect to his status. Under University of Illinois Statutes he is entitled to a hearing by the Board of Trustees. H e has also requested a hearing by the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Urbana Senate. On motion of Mr. Johnston, seconded by Mr. Harewood, the request for a hearing by the Board of Trustees was granted, and the President of the Board was authorized to set the time and place of the hearing to be conducted under procedures recommended by the Legal Counsel of the University. CHANGES IN DEPARTMENTAL NAMES (7) On recommendation of the heads of the departments and other University officers concerned, the following changes in departmental names have been approved: Department of Mechanical Engineering changed to Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and the Aeromedical and Physical Environment Laboratory changed to Aeromedical Laboratory. Confirmation of these changes is requested. On motion of Mr. Swain, these changes were confirmed. COUNTY SCHOLARSHIPS (8) Under state law, there is awarded annually to each county of the state one scholarship which entitles the holder to exemption from payment of tuition fees at the University of Illinois for a period of four years. The award is made on the basis of a competitive examination given by the County Superintendent of Schools on the last Saturday of March. T h e University prescribes the rules under which the examinations are given and the Office of Admissions and Records works with the county superintendents in setting up these examinations. The highest ranking candidate in each county wins the scholarship. The law does not take into account variations in population and provides for only one scholarship in each county. T o equalize the distribution of these awards, the Board of Trustees has created additional University scholarships in a number of counties, providing the same benefits as the county scholarships. These latter University scholarships are awarded to candidates ranking immediately below the top candidates in the county scholarship examinations. The law also provides that "No student who has taken normal school, college, university, or other training in advance of the completion of a four-year high school course shall be eligible to the examination." This disqualifies students who during their high school senior year have earned college credit under the advanced placement program or by attending classes at the University of Illinois, either in Urbana or at the Chicago Undergraduate Division, or at some accredited junior or senior college. Hence outstanding students are deprived of an opportunity to earn a county tuition scholarship. The Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships has recommended that the Board of Trustees authorize the award of a University scholarship in any county where the highest-ranking candidate in the competitive examination may technically be ineligible because of having had college credit while still a senior in high school. If this is approved the University can still take care of the highest-ranking students without depriving the high school senior without college credit of his legal rights in the college scholarship examination. The number of these cases will not be large as the awards will be limited to those counties with
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