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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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4. Partial waivers may be awarded, so that two or more students might share a single tuition waiver, in order to make it possible to assist more students by combining partial waivers with other forms of aid to meet the students' financial need. 5. Only those students presenting evidence of financial need, in accordance with the policies and procedures established at each campus for other institutional awards requiring evidence of financial need, will be eligible to receive a tuition waiver. 6. The University Committee on Financial Aid to Students will continue to have the responsibility for recommending the minimum academic requirements for the undergraduate waivers, as well as the allocation of the waivers among the campuses. 7. The rights of holders of these waivers issued prior to January 1, 1972, shall not be affected by the merger of the tuition waiver programs. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . PROCEDURES FOR HEARINGS ON TERMINAL APPOINTMENTS (14) Pursuant to Section 38 of the University of Illinois Statutes, prior to September 1, 1971, certain individuals on definite term appointments in their probationary periods were offered terminal contracts for one additional year of academic service beginning in September 1971 and were given notice of nonreappointment at the University of Illinois. The Secretary of the Board advised each of these individuals that the action was based upon the predicted lack of available funds to maintain departmental operations at the levels previously anticipated, and upon an evaluation of the relative merit and fitness of the individual (s) in the particular department who were in their probationary periods. Section 38(b)(6) of the University Statutes forms a part of each academic contract and r e a d s : (6) An appointment for a definite term does not carry any guarantee or implication that the Board of Trustees will renew the appointment even though the appointee may have discharged his duties satisfactorily. An appointment for a definite term, if accepted, must be accepted with this stipulation. Notwithstanding this provision, recent federal cases have suggested the necessity (as one court has stated) of "affording the professor a glimpse at the reasons and a minimal opportunity to test them." Accordingly, with the notification of nonreappointment the Secretary also advised each individual that he or she might file a written request with his or her dean on or before October 1, 1971, for a hearing, if the individual believed that the notice of nonreappointment was not justified. Requests for such hearings have been received at the Chicago Circle and Urbana-Champaign campuses. In order to provide a formally sanctioned basis for dealing with these requests, it is recommended that the President of the University be authorized to develop and establish procedures and guidelines for the conduct of such hearings and for the disposition of issues appropriately raised therein. Copies of the procedures and guidelines are to be filed with the Secretary for the record.

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

CHANGE IN ADVANCE DEPOSIT ON TUITION A N D FEES FOR THE COLLEGES OF DENTISTRY, LAW. A N D MEDICINE (15) At its meeting on January 18, 1961, the Board of Trustees authorized the collection of a nonrefundable deposit of $30 from all new undergraduate students (except foreign students living outside the United States at the_ time of application) seeking admission to the University for a fall term. This fee is applied towards the payment of tuition when the student registers. On January IS, 1964, this requirement was extended to include new graduate students and new students in the College of Law. It was also extended to include continuing students (i.e., those currently registered who wish to register for the following term) with certain exceptions. On June 17, 1970, the Board of Trustees approved the recommendation that the Chancellor at each campus be authorized to establish for his campus the categories of students and the sessions (quarters or se-