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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e University of Iowa has tentatively agreed to provide one-fourth of the total educational and administrative costs of the program. On this basis, costs of instruction will not exceed those at the Urbana-Champaign campus insofar as the expenditure of state funds is concerned. Transportation of staff and a portion of the other instructional and operational costs of the program will be paid from non-state funds. Students will incur approximately the same living costs as they presently do at the Urbana-Champaign campus, plus travel and personal expenses. T h e total estimated costs, exclusive of tuition and fees, will be approximately $1,742 for the 1970-71 academic year. The Executive Vice President and Provost and the Chancellor at the UrbanaChampaign campus concur in this recommendation. It is further recommended that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees be authorized to execute such contracts as may be necessary to continue this program. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o n e s , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d b y the following v o t e : A y e , M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , M r . Hughes, M r . Jones, M r . Steger, M r . Stone, M r . Swain, Dr. W a l k e r ; no, n o n e ; a b s e n t , G o v e r n o r O g i l v i e , M r . P a g e . LETTER GRADE SYSTEM IN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, MEDICAL CENTER (13) The Medical Center Senate has recommended that a three-level letter grade system be approved for use in the assignment of the grades for the academic year 1969-70. The proposed letter grade system would consist of outstanding ( O ) , satisfactory ( S ) , and unsatisfactory ( U ) . No numerical equivalents are proposed. The Executive Committee of the School of Basic Medical Sciences at the Medical Center campus, the Executive Committee of The Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, and the Academic Council of the College of Medicine concur in the recommendation. The letter grade system described above has been used experimentally in the junior and senior years for the past five years. Members of the faculty and the student body have found the system for their purposes superior to the official system currently recognized by the University. 1 If approved, the system would be used in all years of the medical curriculum. The University Senates Conference has advised that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. The Executive Dean of the College of Medicine, the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus, and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of D r . W a l k 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 . ESTABLISHMENT OF A COLLEGE OF URBAN SCIENCES, CHICAGO CIRCLE (14) The Chicago Circle Senate at its meeting on April 10, 1970, approved the recommendation of the special faculty committee — endorsed by the Executive Committee of the Graduate College — that a College of Urban Sciences be established at the Chicago Circle campus. The University Senates Conference has indicated its concurrence, reporting that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. In the report 2 of the Ad Hoc Committee on Urban Programs, the following conception of the mission of the College of Urban Sciences is stated: "The overriding purposes of the College of Urban Sciences would b e : (1) to educate students capable of effectively attacking contemporary problems, including such questions as those generally embraced by the term 'human ecology,' health and nutrition, housing, and human institutions; (2) to provide a forum for multidisciplinary interaction among faculty, students, and members of the

1 The University of Illinois grading system is as follows: A = excellent; B = good; C = fair; D = poor (lowest passing grade); E = failure, including courses dropped for academic irregularities; Ab = absent from final examination without an excuse acceptable to the dean of the college concerned (counts as failure). J A copy of the report is filed with the Secretary.