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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The Committee recommends that the President study this matter in conference with a committee of the faculty, to discuss the problems involved, and to present recommendations to the Board. It is understood that this discussion will involve consideration by the staff of each department and division of the University. (Recommendation of special committee of the Board of Trustees, approved by the Board.) On recommendation of the University Senate the Board of Trustees has amended the University Statutes to provide that membership on standing committees of the Senate shall carry the privileges of the floor of the Senate, including voting. In other words, non-members of the Senate appointed to Senate committees thereby become members of the Senate for as long as they are on such committees. On May 24 the Senate appointed its eleven standing committees for 19431944. There are seventy members of these committees, thirty of whom are members of the faculty in the lower academic ranks and not otherwise members of the Senate. This is forty-three per cent of the committee membership. These younger members of the faculty thus added to the Senate in the colleges and schools at Urbana for 1943-1944 will constitute 12.55 per cent of that body. 7. "The Commission recommends that the administration of student affairs be further coordinated by placing responsibility therefor in one person directly under the President of the University. (Recommendation of American Council on Education) The committee feels that this should be made effective as soon as practicable, and recommends that the President present his recommendations to the Board at an early meeting, together with his estimate of the expense involved. (Recommendation of special committee of the Board of Trustees, approved by the Board.) On recommendation of the President the Board of Trustees has established the office of "Dean of Students" and has approved a reorganization of student welfare services placing them under the administration of that officer. 8. " T h e Commission recommends that participation in the provisions for student health be made compulsory on the part of all full-time students." (Recommendation of American Council on Education) The committee recommends that the President present his recommendations for the consummation of this program to the Board at an early meeting. (Recommendation of special committee of the Board of Trustees, approved by the Board.) On recommendation of the President of the University and by vote of the Board of Trustees, effective September, 1943, all students in the Urbana departments are now required to pay a hospitalization and medical service fee. 10. "The Commission recommends that, by appropriate salary and rank, outstanding excellence in teaching be given recognition commensurate with scholarly research and productivity on the part of the faculty members." (Recommendation of American Council on Education) The committee believes that this should be established as a standing policy of the University, and recommends that the President present recommendations to the Board on the ways and means of accomplishing this objective. (Recommendation of special committee of the Board of Trustees, approved by the Board.) This policy has already been adopted by the Board and needs no further study. 14. " T h e Commission recommends that as one of its major institutional efforts, the University of Illinois devote itself to the extended study of what should be its long-term educational program, both for the University as a whole and also for its several colleges and schools." (Recommendation of American Council on Education) The committee recommends that the President advise the Board as to what should be done on a long-term basis to improve and strengthen the educational programs of the University. In the formulation of these recommendations, the President should give due consideration to such factors as the practicable development of junior colleges, publicly supported teachers colleges, and the presence in the State of a considerable number of privately controlled colleges