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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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proved curricula and degree requirements for the major portion of that program. 1 At that time, the curricula leading to bachelor's degrees in engineering and in physical education were still subject to Senate and administrative review which has now been completed and the two curricula and degree requirements are presented to the Trustees for approval. (With the implementation of these programs, the basic educational program for Chicago Circle, as approved by the Board of Trustees on February 15, 1961, has been established and implemented. 2 ) The curricula and degree requirements leading to bachelor's degrees in engineering and physical education are presented in the supporting documents submitted herewith and filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. Each has been approved by the Chicago Circle Senate and the Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. The programs are recommended for approval by the Executive Vice-President and Provost. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Hughes, this report was received for record.

BUILDING PROGRAM AND CAPITAL F U N D S F O R 1 9 6 7 - 6 9 (17) In approving the building program and request for capital funds for 1967-69, the Board of Trustees authorized revisions of the figures in the schedules of capital requests, following further study of the estimates of costs of buildings and other permanent improvements. It seemed likely that the estimates for certain projects might be changed in the light of the most recent experience with bids on construction work, and this possibility had been discussed with the Committee on Buildings and Grounds which recommended such authorization. I submit for confirmation and for the record the capital budget request as presented to the Illinois Board of Higher Education on July IS, 1966, and ask that this document be accepted in replacement of the text and schedules in the report presented to the Board of Trustees on June IS, 1966. T h e total of capital funds requested for 1967-69 is higher by $1,387,000 in the revised schedules of capital projects than the total approved by the Board on June 15, 1966. This increase is due to revisions in the estimates of costs for several building projects and to a small increase in one item for movable equipment. These changes have resulted in a total of $96,052,000 for the Chicago Circle Campus, a net decrease of $269,000 from the $96,321,000 in the previous budget; $38,876,000 for the Medical Center Campus, an increase of $876,000 (all of which is in the item to cover deficiencies in the 1965-67 capital budget); and $62,819,000 for the Urbana-Champaign Campus, an increase of $780,000 in the items for the Women's Gymnasium Addition ($380,000) and for movable equipment ($400,000). T h e total of the revised capital requests is $197,747,000, as compared with $196,360,000.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, this revision, and the request for capital funds for 1967-69, was accepted and confirmed by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Dilliard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Jones, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Governor Kerner, Mr. Swain. The full text of the document presenting the request for capital funds, as approved by the Board, follows.

I. I n t r o d u c t i o n The capital plans of the University of Illinois for the biennium 1967-69 are based on several general assumptions which are believed to reflect fundamental educational needs of the state and sound policies designed to lead to satisfaction of those needs. 1. One of the basic assumptions is that the entire range of higher-education needs of the state should be met as fully as possible. This means that all levels of higher education — freshman-sophomore, junior-senior, graduate and professional — should be supported in approximate proportion to their respective relationships

1 Curricula and degree programs approved were those leading to the bachelor's degrees in Architecture and Art, Business Administration, Elementary Education, the Teaching of Physics in Secondary Schools (College of Engineering), Liberal Arts and Sciences (in eighteen major fields), and secondary school teaching in twelve disciplines (administered through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences). a The curriculum in elementary education leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts is pending, subject to approval by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.