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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e Executive Vice President and Provost and the Chancellor at the UrbanaChampaign campus 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 continue this program. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Pogue, these recommendations were approved.

PROGRAM FOR ACADEMIC YEAR IN AUSTRIA FOR URBANA STUDENTS (7) The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the Urbana-Champaign campus, with the concurrence of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has proposed an academic year program of study to be given at the Padagogische Akademie, Baden, Austria. A flexible program has been designed so as to attract not only students majoring in German or the teaching of German, but also students in music, theater, political science, history, and the arts. The program would begin the fail of 1971. Students will be required to take at least one-half of their courses at the Padagogische Akademie, Baden, but are free to complete their program by choosing electives at Baden or at any one of the other institutions of higher learning in Vienna. T h e required courses are in German composition, oral practice of German, Austrian culture and environment, and literature, and include lectures by leaders in the arts, politics, economics, and international relations. A variety of electives is available for the balance of the program. Upon successful completion of the academic year (ten months), the student will receive thirty-two semester hours of credit. A faculty member from the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures will serve as program director in Austria. H e will be responsible for local arrangements, liaison with the authorities and faculty in Austria, and the student's cultural life. H e will share the teaching of the required courses with Austrian faculty. Costs of instruction will not exceed the amount that would be involved in providing an equivalent number of credit hours on the Urbana-Champaign campus and students will incur approximately the same costs as they now do at that campus. The estimated costs for each student, exclusive of tuition and fees but including transportation, room, board, and personal expenses, is approximately $1,410. T h e Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus and the Executive Vice President and Provost approve. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Howard, this proposal was approved.

AUTHORIZATION TO W I T H H O L D ADDITIONAL STUDENT TUITION TO SUPPORT AUXILIARY SERVICES, MEDICAL CENTER (8) When the Medical Center Bonds of 1964 were sold to finance the Chicago Illini L'nion, Women's Residence Hall, and food service operations at the Medical Center campus, the bond indenture provided that the University will adopt such rules and regulations to fix and maintain student service charges, rates, rents, and fees, as will assure maximum use of the facilities, and will provide revenue sufficient to pay the cost of operating and maintaining the facilities and maintain the required debt service provisions. The Board of Trustees has made provision to withhold $60,000 from student tuitions annually to supplement revenue as needed. The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Board authorize the withholding from general student tuition of an additional $197,200 for 1970-71 or as much thereof as may be needed, to meet the covenants of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds. This sum is required to meet the increase of all costs, particularly labor. The total operating expenses, including debt service, are in excess of total revenues by the above sum.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved.

RESIDENCE HALL STUDENT RESIDENT FEE, URBANA (9) The Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended approval