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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S FROM T H E URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SENATE (19) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved two recommendations for proposals which are being reported to the Board of Trustees for record. The Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. 1. Combined Sciences and Letters-Education Program for Mathematics Teachers This program, proposed by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, for students in the Sciences and Letters curriculum (leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science) would provide an opportunity for such students to meet state certification requirements for teaching mathematics at the secondary school level and to complete a degree with a major in mathematics. A student graduating from this program would be qualified to teach at the secondary school level in addition to being prepared to begin a graduate program in mathematics without deficiencies. It is presently possible for students in the Sciences and Letters curriculum to meet the requirements of a teacher certification program, and some students avail themselves of the opportunity. Nevertheless, the catalog gives no specific content for such a curriculum and, hence, no guidelines which assure a student that he will meet all requirements without spending an additional semester in order to do so. A supporting statement containing the details of this proposal as they will appear in the Undergraduate Study catalog is being filed with the Secretary for record. 2. Pass-Fail Option for Undergraduate Students In 1965-66 the Urbana-Champaign Senate created an ad hoc committee to study various aspects of the grading system. A system of pass-fail grading will be initiated at the Urbana-Champaign campus for a trial period of four years beginning second semester 1967-68, or as soon thereafter as a program can be worked out with the Statistical Service Unit, Office of Admissions and Records, and the Committee of Assistant and Associate Deans. Under this option, eighteen semester hours would be applicable toward a degree. Pass-fail courses would not be counted toward the grade-point average, but would be included as part of the total hour load. A supporting statement giving the details of the changes is being filed with the Secretary for record. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s f r o m t h e U r b a n a Champaign Senate were confirmed. MEDICAL SERVICE PLAN F O R THE C O L L E G E O F MEDICINE AND T H E R E S E A R C H AND EDUCATIONAL H O S P I T A L S (20) The Dean of the College of Medicine and the Medical Director of the Research and Educational Hospitals, with the concurrence of the Chancellor of the Medical Center campus, recommend the establishment of a Medical Service Plan whereby medical and surgical fees will be charged by physician-faculty members of the College of Medicine. The funds that would accrue through the voluntary assignment of professional fees by the physician-faculty members to a Medical Service Fund are to be used to strengthen the programs of the College of Medicine and the Research and Educational Hospitals. The Seventy-fifth Illinois General Assembly has passed legislation removing the previous legal restrictions to making charges for medical and surgical services at the Research and Educational Hospitals. Professional fees will be based upon a schedule of usual and customary fees and collected in accordance with the patients' ability to pay, in much the same manner as charges for hospital services are now collected. Benefits available to patients from prepayment plans, from medicalsurgical insurance, or from entitlements under government programs for thirdparty payments are resources that would become available for the payment of professional fees under this plan. A copy of the Medical Service Plan for the College of Medicine and the Research and Educational Hospitals is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. The President of the University is authorized to approve minor modifications in the Medical Service Plan as may be required in the future. The Executive Vice-President and Provost and the Vice-President and Comptroller endorse this plan. I recommend approval, subject to the signing of the Act by the Governor. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , 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 .