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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SOCIAL WORK, CHICAGO CIRCLE (14) On January 21, 1970, the Board of Trustees approved a proposal for a program leading to the degree of Doctor of Social Work (D.S.W.), to be conducted by the Jane Addams Graduate School of Social Work. At that time, the School was organized as an administrative unit of the Urbana-Champaign campus, and the Senate of that campus had legislative jurisdiction over its educational program (including the work then offered by the division of the School located at the Chicago Circle campus). Since the approval of this proposal, the Chicago Circle division of the School has been incorporated into the administrative structure of the Chicago Circle campus, and its program and degrees are under the legislative jurisdiction of the Chicago Circle Senate. That Senate has now proposed that the Chicago Circle division of the Jane Addams Graduate School of Social W o r k be authorized to offer instruction leading to the D.S.W. degree and that the degree be granted at the Chicago Circle campus. (Both divisions of the School continue to operate with a single Director who holds a joint appointment; and its two faculties operate as a single decision making body on matters of educational policy.) The original proposal for the D.S.W. program indicated that the faculty of the Chicago Circle division would participate in the instruction to be offered under the new curriculum. It was conceived as a fully cooperative undertaking on the part of the faculties of the School at the two campuses. This conception would continue to guide the implementation of the joint program under the revision proposed. Thus the revised plan would conform to Recommendation No. 57 of the Board of Higher Education's Master Plan — Phase I I I , which reads: "Approve and support a cooperative doctoral program at the University of Illinois Jane Addams Graduate School of Social W o r k at Chicago Circle and at Urbana-Champaign." The original proposal is awaiting approval by the Board of Higher Education. It is believed that the revision now proposed — which would place increased emphasis upon the social-welfare problems characteristic of the Chicago metropolitan area — conforms both to the mission of the Chicago Circle campus as denned in Master Plan — Phase I I I and to the suggestion for intercampus cooperation in the D.S.W. program in Recommendation No. 57. The proposed D.S.W. program will prepare students for leadership and scholarly inquiry in social-work education, in social-welfare research, in social-agency administration, and in social-policy analysis. T w o broad areas of study are planned: Social Welfare Organization and Policy, and Social-Work Treatment Theories — each with a major research emphasis. The program would draw upon the courses and other resources of disciplines outside the School of Social Work, especially the social sciences. The demand for highly trained individuals in the areas of professional social work just cited — which was described in some detail in the proposal of January, 1970—still persists. In fact, the shortage of professional personnel with advanced training has probably grown during the past two years. The area of social-work education is rapidly expanding, and the needs for trained personnel outside higher education continue to be unmet in the areas of research, planning, and administrative leadership. The proposed program has been approved by the Chicago Circle Graduate College and Senate. The Chancellor at Chicago Circle and the Executive Vice President and Provost endorse the program. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

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

ADMISSION O F SENIORS T O T H E GRADUATE COLLEGE. CHICAGO CIRCLE (15) The Chicago Circle Senate has approved the following rule which would permit the admission to the Graduate College of a senior student if he is within eight quarter hours of his baccalaureate degree: With the approval of the concerned department, the college, and the Graduate College, a senior may be admitted to the Graduate College if he is within