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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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quo" which inhibits the development of its campuses — especially its newest one at Chicago Circle. In refutation of this belief, the Board wishes to emphasize a point made repeatedly in various University communications to Committee N, namely, that the University of Illinois several years ago made fundamental changes in its governance structure that were designed to give to the campuses greater autonomy and strength in the conduct of their separate affairs. At the same time, these changes are being implemented so as not to impair the effectiveness of the general administration in supporting campus operations, encouraging intercampus cooperation, and cultivating opportunities for University-wide service to local, state, national, and international constituencies. The Board of Trustees is firmly committed to the continuing evolution of this system of multicampus governance within the framework of a single University. The Board welcomes, therefore, the recent resolutions of the Senates at the Chicago Circle and the Medical Center campuses, which urge "that within the present system of governance, the operational autonomy of the three campuses, and the operational authority and responsibility of their respective chancellors be increased to the fullest practicable extent as rapidly as orderly procedure permits." The Board reaffirms its intention to proceed further in this direction — especially towards more formal and explicit definition of the authority and responsibilities of the chancellor at each campus, the relationships of the chancellor and campus administration to the President and general administration, and the relationships of both administrative levels to the Board of Trustees. The Committee on General Policy will work with the President and his staff in developing a codification of these roles and relationships, which will have appropriate review at the three campuses before presentation to the Board of Trustees. Mr. Grimes moved adoption of the statement. Mr. Bakalis asked for a roll call vote. On motion of Mr. Grimes, the statement was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain, Dr. Walker; no, none; absent, Governor Ogilvie. Mr. Bakalis asked to be recorded as not voting.

REPORT O F T H E COMMITTEE O N BUILDINGS A N D GROUNDS

Mr. Clement for the Committee on Buildings and Grounds gave a progress report on a meeting of members of the Committee and the Chancellor and his staff with city officials of Urbana-Champaign to discuss housing problems. SECRETARY'S REPORT The Secretary presented for record appointments to the faculty made by the President; resignations; leaves of absence and changes in sabbatical leaves.1 A copy of the report is filed with the Secretary.

FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS

President Hughes announced the schedule for the next three Board

A CAKL W . DEAL, Associate Director in the Center for Latin American Studies and Professor of Library Administration, Urbana-Champaign; sabbatical leave of absence granted him for six months beginning March 1, 1971, with full pay is canceled without prejudice. W . G. HUBES, Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Urbana-Champaign; sabbatical leave of absence for the six-month period December 15, 1970, through June 15, 1971, on full pay has been changed to the periods January 15, 1971, through May 31, 1971, and October 1, 1971, through November 14, 1971, on full pay. F. A. KUMMESOW, Professor of Food Chemistry, Department of Food Sciences, UrbanaChampaign; the beginning date of his sabbatical leave for six months with full pay has been changed from October 1, 1970, to January 7, 1971. SAMUEL SCHRAGE, Director, Honors Program and Associate Professor of Chemistry, Chicago Circle; sabbatical leave of absence granted him for the Winter and Spring quarters of 1971 has been changed to one-half year starting March 1, 1971, at full pay.