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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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CHANGE OF NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, CHICAGO CIRCLE (7) T h e Chicago Circle Senate has approved a recommendation from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that the name of the Department of Geology be changed to the Department of Geological Sciences. The Senate Coordinating Council has advised that n o other Senate jurisdiction is involved. The action of the Senate is reported to the Trustees for the record. O n m o t i o n of M r . G r i m e s , t h i s r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d for r e c o r d . CAMPUS REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFICIENCY IN WRITTEN ENGLISH (8) On March 14, 1944, the Board of Trustees approved a recommendation from the Urbana-Champaign Senate (based on studies by the Senate's Committee on Student English) that in order to assure satisfactory proficiency in written English by students awarded undergraduate degrees in the "Urbana divisions of the University . . . all upperclassmen who pass the Rhetoric 2 course or its equivalent with a grade of ' C or 'D' shall be required to take an English qualifying examination before graduating." It further provided that students who fail the qualifying examination must take Rhetoric 5, "an extra one-semester course in rhetoric." (The courses have since been renumbered and the extra course is no longer required, but students must pass the examination.) A similar requirement, appearing under the heading of General University Requirements, was approved by the Board on April 20, 1966, as a part of the "Curricula and Degree Requirements of Educational P r o g r a m s at Chicago Circle." This requirement has been the subject of extensive study by committees of the Chicago Circle and Urbana-Champaign Senates, representing the campuses most affected by it. The Chicago Circle Senate (with the Medical Center Senate concurring) and the Urbana-Champaign Senate now recommend that the University requirement of satisfactory proficiency in written English as a requirement for undergraduate degrees be interpreted as a campus requirement, in order that the specific requirements on each campus may develop according to the needs of that campus. The Chancellors at each campus and the Executive Vice-President and Provost support this recommendation. I concur.

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

PROCEDURES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT PROFICIENCY IN WRITTEN ENGLISH, URBANA (9) In the course of its study which gave rise t o the recommendation contained in the previous item, the Urbana-Champaign Senate Committee on Student English formulated recommended procedures for the improvement of student proficiency in written English at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The Committee, with the endorsement of the Urbana-Champaign Senate, recommended: 1. That the English Qualifying Examination not be given after September 1, 1968,1 and that a passing grade in Rhetoric 102 or the equivalent will satisfy the graduation requirement in written English. 2. That the tutorial work now conducted in the writing clinic be expanded and that its scope be increased. 3. That the Senate Committee on Student English be authorized to initiate and supervise experimental programs in lieu of a portion of the prescribed rhetoric for limited numbers of students. The Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus and the Executive VicePresident and Provost endorse these recommendations. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Grimes, these recommendations were approved.

1 As amended by the Senate, the recommendations would take effect retroactively for any student graduating in June, 1968, or thereafter.