Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968
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766 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [October 16 B U S I N E S S P R E S E N T E D BY T H E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y The Board took up consideration of the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. PRESIDENT'S REPORT President Henry presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting; a copy was filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. PROPOSALS TO THE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITH REFERENCE TO POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN THE PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE OF A NEW CAMPUS IN T H E CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA (1) On September 20, 1967, the Board of Trustees directed the administrative officers of the University to present to the Board at its meeting of October 16, 1967, a "report on University studies of possible programs and general locations for a new degree-granting campus in the Chicago Metropolitan Area." The report requested is submitted herewith, and is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. The technical sections have been prepared under the direction of the Executive Vice-President and Provost. The proposals presented under "Conclusions" on pages 14-19 have been formulated in consultation with the President of the University. I recommend that the proposals as noted above be approved in principle as the policy position of the Board of Trustees. I further recommend that the President of the University and the Provost be authorized to present the position of the Board of Trustees in this matter to the Board of Higher Education and its Special Committee on New Senior Colleges. On motion of Mr. Swain, these recommendations were approved unanimously. PROPOSAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS OF A NEW INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN SPRINGFIELD (2) A proposal for the establishment of a new institution of higher education in Springfield by the University of Illinois was presented in accord with the instructions of the Board at its September 20, 1967, meeting. A copy of the proposal is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. Mr. Hahn moved acceptance and approval of the statement. PROPOSALS RELATING TO POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ACTIVITIES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS (3) At the September 20, 1967, meeting of the Board of Trustees, the administrative officers were further instructed to submit to the Trustees, at the October 16 meeting, "a long-term comprehensive plan for the expansion of the University's activities in the health sciences and professions. . . ." The background of state-wide planning that led to the action of September 20 is as follows: The Illinois Board of Higher Education is now conducting a "Study of Education in the Health Fields" for the purpose of assessing the State's needs in this area and developing long-range plans for meeting them. Along with other institutions of higher education in Illinois, the University of Illinois has been asked by the Board's study director to indicate the nature and extent of the expansion it proposes to undertake in the health professions and related fields in the foreseeable future. In response, on January 12, 1967, a report was prepared and submitted to the study director, in which the University outlined the scope of its current programs in the health sciences and professions and described plans then under discussion. It was not possible at that time to submit definitive
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