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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1962
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540 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [June 2] President in other assignments. The vice-presidents, deans, and directors report to the President and have the same formal relationships as before, but they ^ expected to work closely with the Executive Vice-President in administration and in the presentation of reports and recommendations. On motion of Mr. Hughes, this recommendation was approved. APPOINTMENT O F ASSISTANT T O T H E PRESIDENT (4) I recommend the appointment of Earl W. Porter, former Assistant to the President of Duke University, as Assistant to the President — Reports and Special Projects, beginning July 1, 1961, at an annual salary of $11,000 on a twelve-month service basis. Mr. Porter will serve as secretary; to the University delegation to the Joint Council on Higher Education; coordinate institutional reporting to the Join Council and to other state and national agencies; prepare on assignment special reports for the President and other University officers which are necessary as background analysis preliminary to University legislative and administrative decision; and assist the President's Office in other special studies, reports, and presentations as required. On motion of Mr. Johnston, this appointment was approved. OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESEARCH (5) More than a year ago, former Vice-President and Provost Gordon Ray appointed a special committee to review the status of instructional research at the University, and to consider steps that might be taken lo improve the effectiveness of the instructional program through systematic "self-study." The committee reported that although important studies of this type were under way in several colleges, there was need for a central agency to improve the coordination arranj; these efforts, to provide technical assistance to departments and faculty members interested in instructional research, and to conduct continuing research on neglected problems of University-wide significance. Accordingly, the committee recommended that an Office of Instructional Research be established within the Office of the Provost. This agency would have broad responsibility for encouraging and for conducting research on the factors influencing choice of curriculum, academic achievement, drop-out rate, and choice of vocation. Broadly speaking, these factors would include the characteristics of the student population (geographic, socio-economic, educational, psychological), the characteristics of the instructional program, and the characteristics of the extracurricular environment — as these factors might bear upon the outcome of the student's college experience. With specific reference to instruction, the studies would include such factors as teaching methods, teaching devices (teaching machines, television, etc.), class size, and independent study. The Vice-President and Provost now recommends the establishment of a* Office of Instructional Research, which would be an all-University agency under his general administrative supervision. A budget item for instructional research was included in the 1960-61 budget, and this will provide most of the fund; immediately needed. The budget for the Office will be submitted when the operating budget for 1961-62 is presented to the Board of Trustees in July. A recommendation for the appointment of a Director of the Office of Instructional Research will be submitted separately. I concur. On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved, REVISION IN TUITION AND FEES (6) The following changes in tuition and fees are recommended, to be effective September 1, 1961: An increase in tuition of $10.00 per semester, with prorata adjustments tor shorter instructional terms, is necessary for full programs of studies on all three campuses to provide sufficient income for the state appropriation being request^ from the University Income Fund. Students at the Chicago Undergraduate Division have requested an incrasj in the Activities Service Fee of $8.00 to $10.00 a semester. The Pier lllvn a ™ other student activities have had insufficient funds to meet their operating amfr
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