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156 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [ J a n u a r y 20 Nonetheless, the Committee would strongly recommend that the Board reaffirm its commitment by endorsing the principles recently stated by a United States District Court: "In the field of discipline, scholastic and behavioral, an institution may establish any standards reasonably relevant to the lawful missions, processes, and functions of the institution. It is not a lawful mission, process, or function of an institution to prohibit the exercise of a right guaranteed by the Constitution or a law of the United States to a member of the academic community under the circumstances. Therefore, such prohibitions are not reasonably relevant to any lawful mission, process, or function of an institution." On motion of Mr. Grimes, this report was adopted and the recommendations of the Committee were approved. REQUEST OF T H E GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION. URBANA. TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE ON CAMPUS GOVERNANCE (2) At the December Chancellor's Conference with students at Urbana, members of the Committee on Student Welfare and Activities and other Trustees had an opportunity to discuss with representatives of the Graduate Student Association (G.S.A.) at Urbana their request that the Board establish a task force on campus governance. Each of the Trustees had earlier received copies of the written proposal from the G.S.A. From the discussion in December it was clear that the Trustees have considerable doubt about the wisdom of undertaking such an effort. There have been a number of reports from each of the campuses over the last year or so indicating that without such formal attention to internal organization, a variety of significant changes are taking place at the departmental, at the college, and at the campus level, which will have the effect of involving students appropriately in areas of institutional operation. There has been a consistent pattern over the last two or three years of an evolving delegation of responsibility and increasing education autonomy at each of the campuses. These changes will be reflected in a new editorial version of the statutes, which is in preparation. Moreover, the Board of Higher Education Committee " N " on Governance has raised a number of questions that require continuing discussion and appraisal. Therefore, it is the view of the Trustees that it is not necessary at this time to establish a task force on governance or to review the totality of the institution's organizational system — but rather that the Graduate Student Association be advised of the Trustees' continuing interest in providing for means for appropriate changes and for broader involvement of students and faculty where feasible; and that specific recommendations and suggestions for specific changes will always be welcome. The Committee recommends that the Board approve this position. On motion of Mr. Grimes, this statement was adopted and the recommendation of the Committee was approved. B U S I N E S S P R E S E N T E D BY T H E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y The Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. PRESIDENT'S REPORT President Henry 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. REPORT O F ACTIONS O F BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BUDGET REQUESTS FOR OPERATIONS FISCAL YEAR 19 7 2 (3) Executive Vice President and Provost Lyle H. Lanier presented a summary of the highlights of the Annual Budget Request for Opera-
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