Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968 [PAGE 325]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Board and stipulating that only a single teaching field is necessary for certification, will eliminate the second teaching field, the teaching minor, and add sixteen semester hours of general education elective. The changes have been approved by the Courses and Curriculum Committee of the Department of Physical Education for Women, the University and the Urbana-Champaign Councils on Teacher Education, and the Urbana-Champaign Senate Committee on Educational Policy. 2. The undergraduate curriculum in Health Education will be revised to offer junior and senior students an option in either School Health Education or Community Health Education. The options, designed to provide greater specialization and to place greater emphasis on the behavioral sciences, lead to the same degree, Bachelor of Science in Health Education. The proposal has been approved by the University and Urbana-Champaign Councils on Teacher Education and the UrbanaChampaign Senate Committee on Educational Policy. College of Education To improve the preparation of teachers to meet public school needs, the three options in Industrial Education will be replaced by one flexible curriculum. The curriculum, Technical Education Specialties, will meet teacher certification requirements for specialties within the broad area of Vocational and Technical Education, while providing each specialist with a general background in those physical, biological, natural, or mathematical sciences upon which the specialty is predicated. This increased flexibility is made necessary by the increasingly diverse offerings in the public secondary schools and post-secondary schools and by the increased reliance upon science among new and emerging occupations. This revision has been approved by the University and Urbana-Champaign Councils on Teacher Education and the Urbana-Champaign Senate Committee on Educational Policy. The Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved in these proposals. A detailed description of the revisions in these curricula is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. All of these changes will become effective as soon as they can be implemented by the departments concerned. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s r e p o r t w a s a c c e p t e d f o r r e c o r d . APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT FUNDS UNDER TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES ACT OF 1 9 6 3 (11) Under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, the United States Commissioner of Education is authorized to grant funds for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of academic and related facilities. The requirements of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the submission of applications for grants under the Act necessitate the adoption of a formal resolution by the Board authorizing the filing of applications and designating the person to act on behalf of the University. It is recommended that the Board of Trustees adopt the resolutions submitted herewith authorizing the filing of applications for grants for the following projects. In addition, James E. Osborn, Business Manager at Chicago Circle, would be designated as the officer authorized to file the application on behalf of the University for construction at Chicago Circle, and H . O. Farber, Comptroller of the Board, as the officer authorized to file the application on behalf of the University for construction at Urbana-Champaign. The projects are : Construction at Chicago Circle — Science-Engineering Center (Building 619 at Chicago Circle) Construction at Urbana — Addition to Women's Gymnasium Resolution Authorizing the Filing of Application for Grant Funds Under Title I of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 Approved December 8, 1966 WHEREAS, the U. S. Commissioner of Education is authorized under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 to grant funds for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of certain academic and related facilities; and WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the governing body of the University of Illinois, hereinafter called the Applicant, is cognizant of the conditions under which such grant funds are made available and approved for payment to an applicant; and