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BOARD O F TRUSTEES

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The present policy for admission of beginning freshmen who are nonresidents of Illinois, adopted by the Board of Trustees on July 22, 1964, is as follows: "In addition to all other requirements for admission to fiie college and curriculum of his choice, a nonresident of Illinois must rank at least in the highest quarter of his high school graduating class to be admitted to any curriculum in the University." Currently some colleges and programs accept all resident applicants who meet minimum qualifications and still have spaces available. Additional students could be handled using the same resources required for teaching residents of Illinois. Under these circumstances, nonresidents of Illinois who meet the same requirements for admission as residents should have the opportunity of obtaining admission. Accordingly, it is recommended that the current policy be modified, effective for admission to the 1973-74 second semester or winter quarter and thereafter, by the following addition: In those colleges and programs t» which spaces are adequate to admit all minimally qualified beginning freshman applicants who are residents of Illinois, however, applicants who are nonresidents of Illinois shall be admitted if space is available on the same basis as residents of Illinois. The Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concurs. The University Senates Conference has indicated no further Senate jurisdiction is involved I recommend approval. O n motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved.

WAIVER OF T U I T I O N . UNIVERSITY-PUERTO RICAN COOPERATIVE TEACHING PROJECT, URBANA

(18) In April, 1973, the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign and the Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico signed a general memorandum of agreement concerning a cooperative teaching project. Under the terms of the agreement, which constituted an expansion of a project begun In 1968, the Puerto Rican Department of Education would provide internship positions within its teaching staff for up to thirty-five University of Illinois graduate students and other services and facilities, the value of which may exceed $400,000, In return, the University would offer instruction at Urbana for selected Puerto Rican educational personnel "subject to a mutually satisfactory agreement providing for the payment of instructional costs." The implementing agreement provides that the University will waive the nonresident portion of tuition for the Puerto Rican Department of Education staff members accepted at the University — a commitment which will probably not exceed $42,000 in value. In order to complete the agreement, the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended that the Board of Trustees authorize the waiver of the nonresident portion of tuition for those Commonwealth Department of Education personnel involved in this project. The Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concurs. I recommend approval. O n motion of M r . Swain, this recommendation was approved.

AMENDMENT OF T H E URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SENATE CONSTITUTION

(19) In accordance with the University of Illinois Statutes the following amendment to Article I, Section 4, of the Urbana-Champaign Senate Constitution is being presented. The Senate at its final meeting in 1972-73 approved the amendment by the required two-thirds vote of the Senators present. (1) Any member of the Senate may introduce at a regular or special meeting of the Senate a proposed amendment to the Constitution. Due notice (Article V, Section 10) shall be given that the amendment will be introduced at such meeting. H the Senate so-defeofmiaes,- the amendment as-intrednc-ed-of- as modifiedby the-Senate shall be submitted to the faculty -electorate a;? -previded tw-^awgraph--( b) -ef ^th is-see {ion. (-3) Upon submission-to -the- Senate- of -a-petitioft-propo sin g-an-amwdment-to- thisConstitution, signed -by-at-kast that number-of members-of the faculty electefate-yee.ai*e4-4o obtain an exppessioa ef-^pinion under the procedures of