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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 21

Arts and Sciences, and the Dean of Faculties, the Chancellor recommends that the form of organization requested be approved, effective September 1, 1968. The Executive Vice-President and Provost also concurs. I recommend approval.

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

PROPOSAL TO RENAME A N D REORGANIZE THE CLEFT PALATE UNIT MEDICAL CENTER

(12) T h e Chancellor at the Medical Center campus recommends that the name of the Cleft Palate Clinic and Training Program (Cleft Palate Unit) be changed to the Center for Craniofacial Anomalies. Additionally, it is proposed the Center be reorganized to enhance its contribution to the teaching, research, and patient care services of the Medical Center campus. Currently the Cleft Palate Unit functions as a subunit of the Center for Handicapped Children in the Research and Educational Hospitals. It is proposed that the new Center for Craniofacial Anomalies, in view of its expanding activities, be organized independent of the Center for Handicapped Children. It is proposed that the Center for Craniofacial Anomalies be administered primarily through the Office of the Dean of the College of Dentistry. However, the new Center will continue to be responsible for the clinical portion of its activities to the Medical Director of the Research and Educational Hospitals. Dr. Samuel Pruzansky, Professor of Dentistry and presently in charge of the Cleft Palate Unit, will serve as Director of the Center for Craniofacial Anomalies. A statement explaining more fully the present status of the Cleft Palate Unit and the changes which are proposed is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. A revision and an extension of an existing program are proposed and, as such, would not need to be approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The Executive Vice-President and Provost concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , 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 . MASTER OF SCIENCE AND DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREES IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES, URBANA (13) The Graduate College and the Urbana-Champaign Senate recommend the establishment of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Nutritional Sciences and the establishment of a Committee on Nutritional Sciences. T h e University has been recognized for many years as a center of research and training in nutrition. These activties have been carried out chiefly by the Departments of Animal Science, Dairy Science, Food Science, and Home Economics and, to a lesser extent, by individuals and small groups within the Colleges of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. Despite the collective accomplishments of these groups, it is felt that a coordinating body which would stimulate interdepartmental cooperation in teaching and research would also enhance the effectiveness of ongoing departmental programs, provide improved direction of graduate training programs, and aid in obtaining training grants and research funds. The merits of an interdepartmental graduate training program in nutritional sciences have been discussed among faculty members of the College of Agriculture over a period of years. The present proposal is an outgrowth of a recent evaluation of graduate teaching and research in the nutritional sciences in the College of Agriculture carried out by the Nutritional Sciences Coordinating Committee. It consists of recommendations for establishment of M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in nutritional sciences to be administered by an interdepartmental Committee on Nutritional Sciences. The latter would consist of members appointed from the Graduate Faculty by the Dean of the Graduate College on the basis of demonstrated interest and competence in the field. Its responsibility would be to provide interdepartmental coordination and planning of instructional programs in the nutritional sciences. T h e Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus and the Executive VicePresident and Provost endorse this recommendation. The Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved.