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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 17

disciplinary environmental studies. The academic unit on the Urbana-Champaign campus would take the form of the Environmental Studies Institute approved by the Urbana-Champaign Senate on February 8, 1971, and should be established as soon as possible. T h e academic units on the other two campuses would take whatever form those campuses would find most effective for their own situations, and would be organized as soon as the organizational structure has been determined by that campus. Each campus would be free to develop its own program and staff and funding for them. At the same time there is a clearly recognized need for cooperation among the units of the three campuses. For this reason, we recommend the establishment of a University-wide Coordinating Council for Environmental Studies reporting to the Office of the Provost. The Council would: a. Review University budgets and formulate recommendations to the Provost concerning new line items in the budgets of the three campuses in the areas of the environmental studies, after those budgets have been reviewed on the campus and approved by their respective chancellors. b. Be consulted at an .early stage concerning any interdepartmental proposals in the environmental area to outside agencies, originating within the University system, in order that existing resources, competencies, and interests anywhere in the system can be made known to the proposing group and that unproductive duplication be avoided. c. Undertake exchange of information concerning environmental activities at the University of Illinois system. Coordinating activities would include an annual intercampus conference on environmental studies or distribution of information through other mechanisms. The Council will consist of three members from each campus, appointed by tlie Chancellor on the respective campuses for staggered three-year terms. T h e Council will select its chairman by election from the members of the Council. T h e chairman would serve in that capacity for a period of two years. T h e Council would be provided staff assistance by assignment of a Coordinator of Environmental Studies in the Office of the Provost. It is recommended that the Coordinator have an office in Chicago. These recommendations have been approved by the Senates at each of the three campuses, with the endorsement by the Urbana-Champaign Senate subject to the following interpretation: (1) that the term new line items as it appears in subparagraph (a) is interpreted to mean new programs; (2) that in subparagraph (b) of the recommendations, the term be consulted does not imply also a requirement that "interdepartmental proposals in the environmental area" must be approved by the Coordinating Council for Environmental Studies before such proposals can be pursued. (That is to say, the coordinating responsibility of this Council does not imply that it would have review and approval authority over such programs.) These recommendations and interpretations have the endorsement of the three chancellors, the University Senates Conference, and the Executive Vice President and Provost. I recommend approval by the Board of Trustees, subject to the action of the Board of Higher Education on the proposal to establish an Environmental Studies Institute at the Urbana-Champaign campus.

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

C H A N G E OF NAME, DEPARTMENT OF ART, URBANA

(9) T h e Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts has recommended to the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign a change in the name of the "Department of A r t " to the "Department of Art and Design." It is felt that the single designation "Art" connotes the fine arts of painting, sculpture, and printmaking. During the past decade the Department has grown significantly in instruction in both graphic and industrial design which are quite distinct from the fine arts. T h e proposed change in the Department's title would appropriately acknowledge these two major educational objectives. The Chancellor recommends approval and the Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. No further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . S t e g e r , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .