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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Board of Higher Education.

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

COOPERATIVE OPERATION OF RECREATION RESEARCH A N D SERVICES, URBANA (10) The Deans of the Colleges of Agriculture and Physical Education at Urbana have concurred in an informal working arrangement for cooperative operations of the Rural Recreation Section of the Cooperative Extension Service and the Field Service of the Department of Recreation and P a r k Administration of their respective colleges. T h e central office which coordinates program development and operation is known as the Office of Recreation and Park Resources. The functions of both organizations are closely related and a number of areas of common interest and effort have been identified. Coordination of these functions is expected to result in more effective service. The administrative arrangement, as presently agreed upon by the deans concerned, does not necessitate fund transfers or new budgetary units since funds from both units are still identified separately. Procedures have been developed for the evaluation of the accomplishments of the new working arrangement. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h i s r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d f o r r e c o r d . AN INTERINST1TUTIONAL GRADUATE STUDY CENTER IN THE QUAD-CITIES AREA 1 (11) At its meeting on September 18, 1968, the Board of Trustees approved in principle the participation by the University of Illinois in the establishment and operation of a "Graduate Study Center" in the Quad-Cities Area — in cooperation with five other Illinois and three Iowa institutions. Subsequently, at a meeting held in Moline on October 31, 1968, the Interinstitutional Committee that had been planning the program reached agreement on (a) "A Design for a Graduate Study Center in the Quad-Cities" and (b) proposed Articles of Incorporation. Copies of these documents are being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. (The Executive Vice President and Provost and the Dean of the Graduate College at the Urbana-Champaign campus represented the University of Illinois on that Commitee.) The Board of Higher Education on December 2, 1968, approved the two documents listed above and also a biennial budget request of $94,850 to be submitted to the General Assembly for an appropriation to cover the portion of the operating costs of the Center to be met by the state of Illinois. As noted on page 4 of an excerpt from Executive Director's Report No. 71, which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record, it was decided to ask that these funds be appropriated to the Board of Higher Education for reallocation to the Graduate Study Center's governing board, instead of having the individual Illinois institutions seek to fund this amount through their respective biennial budgets. Such an arrangement represents a modification of the proposal on funding responsibilities included in the "Design" prepared by the Interinstitutional Committee. On page 4 of the Executive Director's Report No. 71, it is proposed that the Graduate Study Center be incorporated in February, 1969, if approvals of all of the constituent boards of control can be secured. Accordingly, the Executive Vice President and Provost recommends that the Board of Trustees formally authorize participation by the University of Illinois in the incorporation and governance of the Center — in accordance with the terms described in the document entitled "A Design for a Graduate Study Center in the Quad-Cities" — with the understanding that no University funds would be required for the operation of the Center as such during 1969-71. Whatever costs might result from special courses offered by the University in the Center's program, in addition to current commitments for extension courses in the Quad-Cities, would be

1 The Quad-Cities Area includes the following cities: Moline, East Moline, Rock Island, and Davenport.