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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Although it would be desirable to have funds for new appointments, there is a nucleus of African specialists on hand and a program of substantial promise can be conducted with existing faculty and other resources. A full-time Director will be needed, but funds are available in the present budget for half of his salary. Accordingly, the establishment of the Center could be accomplished with only the addition of the remainder of the full-time salary for the Director. Additional funds will be sought for the F Y 1972 budget. The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Director of the Office of International Programs and Studies, the Chancellor of the Urbana campus, and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in the recommendation. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

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

T h e F u n c t i o n s of t h e African Studies C e n t e r T h e Center will undertake: 1. T o promote undergraduate and graduate education with an African focus; 2. T o assist in the acquisition of suitable library materials and collections; 3. T o provide a framework for interdisciplinary instruction, communication, and collaboration; 4. To facilitate student and faculty research; 5. To cooperate with the University's A fro-American studies program; 6. T o promote the acquisition of fellowships and scholarships for graduate study; 7. To develop inter-institutional links with African universities; 8. T o provide academic counseling to students; 9. T o assist departments in the recruitment of Africanists; 10. T o orient University personnel who participate in overseas projects and to facilitate their participation in Center activities on their return; 11. T o maintain liaison with outside agencies and University-affiliated organizations; 12. To provide suitable publicity for African activities to our own students and faculty and to other institutions; and 13. To develop orientation activities for both new and returning African students. It is intended that all of these activities be conducted in full recognition of the priorities and prerogatives of the various departments and other University units whose members are associated with the Center. S C H O O L OF PUBLIC HEALTH. MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS (16) The Medical Center Senate has recommended the establishment of a School of Public Health at the Medical Center campus. It has further recommended that a Center for the Study of Patient Care and Community Health be established as a research unit within the School of Public Health. These programs were approved in principle by the Board of Trustees on October 16, 1967, for incorporation into the University's Proposals for the Expansion of Education in the Health Professions —1967-1980. This document was submitted on December 13, 1967, to the Director of the Study of Education in the Health Fields, which was being sponsored by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The proposal for the establishment of a School of Public Health was included in the report of that study and endorsed by the Board of Higher Education in Recommendation 33 in Education in tlie Health Fields for State of Illinois (June, 1968), as follows: "33. Graduate programs of public health be established by the University of Illinois capable of enrolling 100 master's degree candidates and 40 doctoral degree candidates." In accordance with these actions, the University's Budget Request for Operations — Fiscal Year 1971 included an item of $247,000 for the establishment of the School of Public Health and its Center for the Study of Patient Care and Community Health. Although the Health Education Commission approved the entire amount requested ($247,000), the Board of Higher Education at first approved only $121,000 (within the initial guidelines set by the Governor). Subsequently, the Board approved the remainder ($126,000) for inclusion in a supplemental budget