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tinues the coordination responsibilities in the area of R O T C matters previously assigned to Associate Provost Munitz. In due course the Board will receive University recommendations for the terms of the new contracts, and following your approval they will be formally negotiated with the Department of the Army. A d m i n i s t r a t i v e R e v i e w of Judicial P r o c e s s e s In accordance with the revised timetable developed to prepare a response to the request of the Board of Trustees for an administrative review of the judicial processes of the University of Illinois, I am pleased to present this progress report. On or before December 3, I received from each of the Chancellors reports prepared on the campus by the Committee on Student Discipline. In addition, from the Urbana campus, I received a report from the Conference Committee on Student Governance, a report from the Undergraduate Student Association and the Graduate Student Association, and a report of the views of the Senate concerning various substantive questions drawn from the report of the Committee on Student Discipline. Copies of each of these reports will be mailed to the members of the Board for their information and review. On December 10, I met with the Chancellors, Mr. Lanier, Mr. Costello, and Vice Chancellor Frampton to review these reports and a draft of an administrative summary and recommendations. Our review led to the conclusion that within general guidelines and standards to be applied University-wide, each campus should be encouraged to develop judicial procedures which fit its unique characteristics. A working schedule was then developed to provide for the completion of recommendations within this framework for consideration by this Board in January. You will be impressed, as was I, by the quality of the response which we received from the campuses to our request for assistance in reviewing this complex problem. T h e data provided and the review of opinion included within the campus reports not only provide some excellent suggestions for future change, but an analysis of the operation of the current systems which has not previously been made. I will bring you the results of our analysis in January. REPORT: GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE M r . Swain, for t h e Committee, presented t h e following report a n d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of t h e G e n e r a l P o l i c y C o m m i t t e e : (1) The Committee met on December 16 to provide an opportunity for those interested to speak concerning the recommendation presented to the Board of Trustees on November 19, 1971, for an increase in tuition levels at the University of Illinois for 1972-73. T h e following individuals appeared: KENNETH HARDER, Chicago Circle Center Board ALEX FIEDOTJEW, Chicago Circle Campus Newman Community DONALD RUBIN, Chicago Circle Campus Student Government CHARLES BALESI, Chicago Circle Campus Graduate Student Association DAVID S. HACKER, Chicago Circle Campus Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee GORDON H . GEIGER, Chicago Circle Campus American Association of University Professors ROBERT WINTER, Urbana-Champaign Campus Graduate Student Association CARL SCHIER, United Auto Workers It is clear that there are sound reasons, both practical and philosophical, for resisting any increases in current tuition levels. It is equally clear that the University itself must continue to study its operations to insure that it operates with educational and cost efficiency. These points were well made by those appearing before the Committee. Equally compelling is the fact that the level of tuition at the University of Illinois is at the low end of the scale when compared with other public universities in the United States and that the proposed tuition increase will not create an inequitable situation for our students provided that the Illinois State Scholarship Commission is funded to the level the Commission will request for 1972-73. The financial problems facing both the State of Illinois and the Illinois system of higher education are well known. While the University of Illinois will continue