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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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general University and campus officers, recommends adoption by the Board of Trustees of this statement of current University policies and guidelines relative to salary and wage increases. The University's policies and guidelines are subject to the limitations imposed by President Nixon's Executive Order freezing wages and prices, to official interpretations of this order, and to any subsequent orders or regulations that might be issued by federal authorities. Accordingly, the implementation of certain of the following policies and guidelines must be deferred until after the expiration of the wage-price freeze. 1. Funds are not now available for general salary and wage increases — for the reasons given in the report submitted to the Board of Trustees at its July 1971 meeting and as further elaborated in the statement issued on September 14, 1971, by the Executive Vice President and Provost. 2. Academic salary increases will be limited to commitments already made or which might be required or otherwise justified under prevailing University regulations and practices. Such commitments include the following: (a) increases for individual faculty members (usually to meet outside offers); (b) increases to meet salary minima accompanying promotions in rank; (c) equalization increases for women faculty members; (d) increases to accompany changes in status and responsibility. 3. Prevailing-wage groups. As required by law, the University will make increases that become effective for prevailing-wage groups as designated by the University Civil Service System of Illinois in its Compensation Plan of August 1, 1971. In view of the budgetary situation, funds for such increases must be provided largely from decreases in the work force, unless additional appropriations are provided by the General Assembly. 4. Negotialed-wage groups. Any increases that become effective for negotiatedwage groups under current contracts will be honored after expiration of the freeze, although it will be necessary to provide the funds for such increases largely from decreases in the work force. Negotiations may continue relative to new contracts for classes in the negotiatedwage groups, but any rate increases that might be negotiated to become effective after the freeze will be subject to the availability of additional funds. Furthermore, only those rate increases will be agreed t6 for which available additional funds can be identified. "Availability of additional funds" in the present situation must be interpreted to mean additional appropriations by the General Assembly. Pending further action by the Board of Trustees, reductions in the work force are not to be used as a source of funds for increases resulting from current or future negotiations. T h e entire subject of salary and wage increases will be reviewed carefully in the light of action that might be taken by the General Assembly in October on University appropriations and of federal policies that might be established as a sequel to the present wage-price freeze which expires on November 12, 1971. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s s t a t e m e n t w a s a d o p t e d a s r e c ommended. SECRETARY'S REPORT

The Secretary presented for record appointments to the faculty made by the President; resignations; resignations of summer session and summer quarter appointments; leaves of absence; and retirements. A copy of the report is filed with the Secretary.

STUDY OF UNIVERSITY DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES

A number of Trustees expressed concern as to the effectiveness of the present student disciplinary system. Informal comments indicated dissatisfaction with recent actions of the Urbana-Champaign Senate Committee on Student Discipline, as well as concern that the disciplinary procedure, whatever its type, move more quickly in rendering judgments.