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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e program would be limited in the first stages to a total of thirty participants from both campuses. For the fall of 1971 it is anticipated that twenty students from Urbana-Champaign and ten students from Chicago Circle will be enrolled. T h e first phase of the program starting in September will consist of an intensive three-week orientation period to be given in Madrid by the Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, an institution of the Spanish government dedicated to the promotion of cultural relations with America. Students will then move to the University of Barcelona for the main component of the academic year program. Students will take courses devoted largely to language, literature, and an understanding of Spanish culture. During both phases students will be housed in student dormitories with a Spanish roommate or in private homes, thus increasing their language competence and allowing them to gain insight into Spanish culture. Instruction at Madrid and Barcelona will be by Spanish professors through agreements to be executed with Instituto de Cultura Hispanica and the University of Barcelona. A member of the Urbana-Champaign faculty will serve as program director to provide guidance and insure the quality of the instruction. Upon successful completion of the academic year program, the student will receive thirty semester hours of credit. Costs of instruction will not exceed the amount that would be incurred in providing an equivalent number of credit hours at the respective campuses. Students will incur approximately the same living costs as they presently do at the Urbana-Champaign campus, plus travel and personal expenses. T h e estimated costs for each student exclusive of tuition and fees, but including transportation and room and board, is approximately $1,425. T h e Chancellors at the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago Circle campuses and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in this recommendation. It is further recommended that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees be authorized to execute such contracts as may be necessary to implement this program. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d a n d authority w a s given as requested. REVISION OF STATUTORY PROVISION RELATING TO ORGANIZATION OF THE CAMPUS SENATES (14) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has proposed a revision in Section 6 of the University Statutes. T h e proposed changes will allow the Senates flexibility, in their basic structure and composition as well as in procedural matters, to meet the special needs of each of the campuses. T h e revised section (see below: new language is italicized; language to be deleted is lined through) provides that each Senate shall provide for its basic structure in a constitution which must be approved by the Board of Trustees and that each Senate shall adopt bylaws which shall govern its procedures and practices. T h e bylaws and changes in them are to be reported to the Board of Trustees. The Medical Center and Chicago Circle Senates have now concurred in the proposed revisions and the University Senates Conference has forwarded the proposal to the President for transmission to the Board of Trustees for approval as provided in Section 65(a) of the University Statutes. T h e Chancellors at the three campuses and the Executive Vice President and Provost support the proposed revisions. I recommend approval of this proposal as a part of the University's commitment to a continuing evolution of its system of governance. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n a n d t h e p r o p o s e d r e v i s i o n of S e c t i o n 6 of t h e U n i v e r s i t y Statutes were approved by the following vote: Aye, M r . Forsyth, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w ard, M r . H u g h e s , M r . Neal, M r . Pogue, M r . S w a i n ; no, n o n e ; absent, D r . Bakalis, Governor Ogilvie, M r . Steger.