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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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FRANKLIN J. REISS, Professor of Farm Management and Land Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Resident Associate, to study land-use planning and resource allocation.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, these appointments were approved.

LEAVE O F ABSENCE. CHANCELLOR PELTASON

(15) The Danforth Foundation has invited the Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus to be one of twenty recipients of a special grant for professional advancement, subject to institutional approval of an appropriate leave of absence. The Danforth program is designed "to provide opportunities for college and university administrators to enlarge their perspectives of current and future educational issues and to reinforce the administrator's leadership capabilities in higher education." The grant requires that a leave of absence be taken from current duties for a period of time no less than two or more than four months. Chancellor Peltason has indicated his intention to use the leave of absence to carry out research in the growing body of literature relating to higher education and to consult with educational administrators at other institutions, the intent being to gain additional perspectives on problems confronting the campus administrator, especially in a multicampus system. Although the proposed leave of absence is distinct from the program of administrative leaves approved by the Board of Trustees on June 20, 1973, it is compatible with the action of the Board which anticipated special leave of absence opportunities for chancellors and the institutional benefit derived in taking advantage of them. Accordingly, I recommend that Chancellor Peltason be granted a leave of absence with pay for a period of time no longer than three months beginning^ on November 21, 1973, to undertake on behalf of the University the above described research study. All expenses in support of the research study and the benefits to be derived from it are to be covered by the grant from the Danforth Foundation.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this leave was granted as recommended.

SABBATICAL LEAVES OF ABSENCE. 1 9 7 3 - 7 4

(16) The Chancellors at Urbana-Champaign and Chicago Circle have recommended that the following faculty members be given sabbatical leaves of absence in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois SfaiuUs and on the the terms and for the periods indicated. The programs of research, study, and travel for which leaves are requested have been examined by the Research Boards and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination has reviewed the applications for the leaves and recommends approval. I concur, Chicago Circle College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of English JANE D. NOVAK, Assistant Professor of English, fall quarter, 1973-74, full pay. Urbana-Champaign Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations 'PHILLIPS L. GARMAN, Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations and in Division of University Extension, six months beginning January 6, 1974, full pay.

On motion of Mr. Howard, these leaves were granted as recommended.

MODIFICATION OF FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR NONRESIDENTS O F ILLINOIS

(17) On recommendation of the University Committee on Admissions, the Senates at Chicago Circle and Urbana-Champaign have recommended a modification in the freshman admission requirements for nonresidents of Illinois.

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This leave was subsequently canceled without prejudice.