Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1974
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552 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 15 REGULAR MEETING RECESSED FOR MEETING OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE President Hughes announced that the regular meeting would be recessed for a meeting of the Committee onBulldings and Grounds. When the Board reconvened, the same members of the Board, officers of the Board, and officers of the University as recorded at the beginning of these minutes were present. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT'S REPORTS The Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. President Corbally presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was filed with the Secretary of the Board. Medical Center Cost Effectiveness Study The President called on Chancellor Begando who discussed the study briefly, taking the College of Dentistry as an example and detailing methods used in cutting costs within that college. Copies of the study were sent to the Trustees prior to the meeting and a copy was filed with the Secretary. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS APPEARANCE BY T H E ILLINI U N I O N STUDENT ACTIVITIES PROGRAM COMMITTEE (1) President Hughes announced that a request from the Illini Union Student Activities Program Committee to appear before the Board had been granted. He introduced Mr. Patrick J, Shane, Chairman of the Committee, who presented a report indicating that the programming function of his Committee has been seriously hampered by the Illini Union Board and requesting that the Trustees consider establishment of the Committee as a department of the Illini Union rather than as a committee of the Board. He referred to materials which had been sent to the Trustees in advance of the meeting, copies of_ which have been filed with the Secretary of the Board. Following his presentation, he responded to questions from the Trustees. Mr. Hughes then introduced Mr, Russ Toal, Chairman of the Illini Union Board, who had also requested an opportunity to make a presentation. Mr. Toal presented the Illini Union Board's view that the Illini Union Board took seriously its responsibility in the programming area and does not feel that the concerns of the Illini Union Student Activities Committee are justified. He responded to some points raised by Mr. Shane. Chancellor Peitason advised the Board that a study was now in progress which he thought would clarify the present controversy. He said he expected the report to be completed in January. Several Trustees expressed the view that this problem had been developing for too long and that January was too long to wait for its resolution. Trustee Livingston moved that the matter be referred to the Student Welfare and Activities Committee, with the direction that the Committee, in consultation with the administration, report to the Board of Trustees in time for the Board to take action in July. After further discussion by the Trustees, the motion was approved. SCOPE A N D MISSION O F T H E UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS. 1 9 7 4 - 1 9 8 0 (2) The document entitled Scope and Mission of the University of Illinois, 19741980 (a copy of which is filed with the Secretary) describes a planning framework for the educational activities of the University of_ Illinois system during the remainder of the 1°70-1980 decade. This doaiment is the culmination, but not the conclusion, of activities initiated in the spring of 1972 and is the most recent of
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