Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1972 [PAGE 409]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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at the Chicago Circle campus, as the officer authorized to file the application in behalf of the University. I concur. Resolution Authorizing the Filing of Application for Annual Interest Grant Program Under Section 306, Title I I I , of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 WHEREAS, the U . S . Commissioner of Education is authorized under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 to grant funds to reduce the cost of borrowing for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of certain academic and related facilities; and WHEREAS, T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the governing body of the University of Illinois, hereinafter called the Applicant, is cognizant of the conditions under which such grants are made available and approved for payment to an applicant; and WHEREAS, it is the sense of the governing body of the Applicant that it is desirable to apply for an annual interest grant under Section 306, Title I I I of the aforementioned act for the project described as follows: Science and Engineering South Addition (Engineering and Classrooms) at Chicago Circle Now, therefore, be it Resolved, that an application for the project described is authorized and directed to be filed with the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, United States of America; and be it further Resolved, that The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois designates James E. Osborn, Director of Business Affairs, Chicago Circle campus, as the officer authorized to file the application and act as the representative of this Board in connection with said application. Signed

EARL M. H U G H E S , President

T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois , 1971

On motion of Mr. Howard, the foregoing resolution was adopted.

EQUIPMENT USAGE GRANT FOR T H E COMPUTER-BASED EDUCATION RESEARCH LABORATORY, URBANA (15) On February 18, 1970, the Board of Trustees authorized the execution of an equipment usage grant proposal and lease arrangements with the Control Data Corporation in connection with research and development of the P L A T O program in the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory at Urbana-Champaign. Under the arrangement, the University received and is using a Control Data 6400 computing system over a five-year period for a net leasing charge of $1,930,000. (On June 17, 1970, the Board of Trustees authorized a change in the terms of the equipment usage grant pertaining to title and licensing of hardware and software improvements.) The P L A T O system now has developed to a point that changes in the system are needed to increase the information transfer rate and the storage capacity. Additional capacity will provide for an expanded storage of instructional materials and other data accessible to the existing student consoles and those to be furnished by Magnavox Systems, Inc. under a purchase approved by the Board on March 17, 1971. T h e equipment on lease would be modified by a change order as follows: Monthly Delete: Lease Cost Card Punch Controller $ 390 00 Card Punch 235 00 Total to be deleted $ 625 00