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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Estimated Annual Cost Not to Exceed Affiliated Hospitals Board (Under agreement dated Approved Increase New Total July 19, 1971) 12/17/71 Recommended Authorized Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation $ 7 000 $ 3 500 $ 10 500 Methodist Hospital 7 000 34 000 41 000 Proctor Community Hospital 7 000 16 000 23 000 St. Francis Hospital 15 500 30 500 46 000 Total $36 500 $84 000 $120 500 Group Practice Organization Orthopedic Association, S. C 5-0$ 3 200 $ 3 200 Hansen-Seedorf Radiological Group 6 400 3 600 10 000 Dirkse, Anderson, Swicky and Associates 11 200 2 800 14 000 Medical Radiological Group 6 400 4 000 10 400 Peoria Surgical Group 16 000 -016 000 Peoria-Tazewell Pathology Group 14 000 -014 000 Total $54 000 $13 600 $ 6 7 600 This action will enable the Peoria School of Medicine to continue to recruit faculty members in the disciplines of family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Prospective faculty members who are practicing physicians in the community have been identified and will be given specific developmental and teaching responsibilities in support of the undergraduate medical education program. Funds are available in the F Y 1972 budget of the Peoria School of Medicine for operations. T h e Dean of the Peoria School of Medicine and the Executive Dean of the College of Medicine recommend approval of the above changes in the contracts or agreements for F Y 1971-72 approved by the Board of Trustees on December 17, 1971. The Chancellor at the Medical Center campus and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Neal, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Grimes, Governor Ogilvie.

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES CONCERNING THE UNIVERSITY'S COMPUTER OPERATIONS (13) The Executive Vice President and Provost recommends that the Board authorize the execution of a contract with Arthur D. Little, Inc., for: (a) an analysis and evaluation of the University's present computer systems and data processing services; and (b) technical recommendations concerning possible changes in organizational arrangements, equipment configurations, and the sharing of services among the campuses. This study will provide the information and professional advice needed f o r : (a) determining the possibilities for sharing the University's computer resources with other Illinois institutions of higher education (as recommended by a task force of the Illinois Board of Higher Education); and (b) for developing a constructive response to the recommendations for consolidation of services and operational economies recommended by the Board of Higher Education. A general statement of the work to be accomplished was developed for the Executive Vice President and Provost by Director Dillon D. Mapother of the Office of Computing Services (Urbana-Chamrjaign campus) and Director John F. Chaney of the University Office of Administrative Data Processing—both of whom have been involved in the work of committees advisory to the staff of the Board of Higher Education in its recent survey of computer operations in Illinois public senior institutions. That statement — together with reports on its computer