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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 15

GRANT APPLICATION A N D A W A R D OF CONTRACT FOR M A N A G E M E N T SURVEY OF L A W E N F O R C E M E N T PROGRAM.URBANA (31) Security forces at the Urbana campus which heretofore have been involved principally with plant protection and parking and traffic control have recently been forced to assume increasing responsibilities for crime prevention, detection, and apprehension. As part of the overall effort to counteract the increase of crime on the campus, personnel responsible for various aspects of law enforcement which were previously employed in several different divisions of the University have been brought together under the administrative supervision of the Associate Director of the Department of Plant and Services. In order to determine how to better organize these combined forces and facilitate the redirection of the security forces from a watchman-type orientation toward a crime control orientation, it is proposed that a consultant be employed to conduct a management study of the law enforcement activities on the campus. This study would consist of the evaluation and development of management and operating improvements in the units responsible for law enforcement activities. The Illinois Law Enforcement Commission has created the "Action Now" program which provides for 100 per cent financing of costs up to a maximum of $10,000 for police management studies. Discussions with the Commission indicate that an application to the Commission to cover the cost of the proposed study would be acted upon favorably. The Jacobs Company, Inc., Chicago, has made a proposal for the conduct of such a study for a sum not to exceed $10,000, including travel and related out-of-pocket expenses. This firm has conducted law enforcement studies in several states and its work is well regarded by the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission. Accordingly, the President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that an application be submitted to the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission for 100 per cent financing of the cost of a management survey of the law enforcement program at the Urbana-Champaign campus, the cost of which will not exceed $10,000, and that upon securing the necessary funding from the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission for such a study, a contract be awarded to the Jacobs Company, Inc., Chicago, at a total fee not to exceed $10,000.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Stone, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Mr. Steger.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION OF BEGINNING FRESHMEN

(32) The three Senates and the University Senates Conference have approved a recommendation by the University Committee on Admissions for a change in the requirements for admission of beginning freshmen at the Chicago Circle and Urbana-Champaign campuses, effective for the fall term of 1971-72. The change would substitute "those best qualified will be approved" for "approval will be on a random basis" in Item 4 of the policy adopted by the Board of Trustees on September 17, 1969. Further rewording of Item 4 is also recommended to achieve greater clarity. The University Committee on Admissions has reviewed in depth the random selection procedure, following its application for fall, 1970, admission to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the Urbana-Champaign campus. One of the basic objectives of this procedure was to assure, when the number of qualified applicants exceeded available spaces, as broad a socioeconomic range as possible among those admitted. Recent research has demonstrated, however, that among applicants to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who meet the minimum requirements for admission to regular programs, selection of those best qualified will yield as broad a socioeconomic range as selection on a random basis. It will also assure the admission of students with the highest combinations of rank in high school class and admissions test scores, from among those submitting complete applications by the date on which action on applications begins. All other features of the policy for admission of beginning freshmen would remain unchanged, including the provision for reserving spaces for the admission of applicants of different qualifications to experimental and special programs —