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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e cost of these services will be charged to the operating budget of the Assembly Hall. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o 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 . ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ASSEMBLY HALL (13) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an increase of $4,291.16 in the contract with Felmley-Dickerson Company, Urbana, for construction of the Assembly Hall. T h e additional cost is for extended operation of well points during excavation of earth in the center portion of the Assembly Hall. Funds are available in the project budget. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H u g h e s , t h i s c h a n g e in c o n t r a c t w a s a u t h o r i z e d . MIDWEST UNIVERSITIES CONSORTIUM INCORPORATED (14) T h e Ford Foundation has made a grant of $3,500,000 to Indiana University, Michigan State University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Wisconsin for the organization and operation of a "Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Incorporated." The four universities will organize and incorporate the new Consortium to receive and administer the Ford Foundation grant. T h e Consortium will enable the four universities to enter as a group into contracts for overseas operations, thus increasing the abilities of the university members to render more effective educational and technical services abroad; to augment the supply of personnel for international services for overseas work and utilize their knowledge and experience for campus teaching and research programs, thus increasing knowledge about significant problems in less developed areas; to offer an internship program for graduate students to assist in the work of the universities' overseas projects; to provide research grants for faculty and graduate students at overseas project sites; and to enrich regular campus teaching and research programs through seminars and printed materials based on the knowledge accumulated in the projects abroad. T h e four universities will be represented on a Council of Institutional Members which will elect a Board of Directors, which, in turn, will elect an Executive Director. T h e Executive Director will be charged with the administration of the affairs of the Consortium and will be responsible to the Board of Directors. Under the Consortium, each university will conduct its own international activities, but each will be assisted by the Consortium. T h e Ford Foundation grant will make possible programs which heretofore it has not been possible for the universities to carry on because of insufficiency of funds. T h e creation of the Consortium will enable the four universities to undertake tasks beyond the resources of any one of them. Improvement in overseas operations will result from the pooling of manpower resources, and from the full exchange of information by the four universities. T h e member universities will underwrite the office expenses of the Consortmm, including salaries of the Executive Director and his staff, by paying an annual membership fee of $20,000. I recommend that the Board of Trustees formally approve participation of the University of Illinois in this program, and that officers of the University be authorized to take such steps as may be necessary to provide for its representation in the Consortium and for its incorporation.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved, and authority was given as recommended.

GRANT FOR EXPANSION OF NON-WESTERN PROGRAMS (15) T h e F o r d Foundation has made a grant of $800,000 for a period of five years to the University of Illinois for expansion of its non-Western programs. The grant will help the University establish an International Comparative Studies Center and assist in the development of an Asian Study Center and in strengthening the Latin-American Studies Center. T h e fund will also help in the recruitment of additional faculty members and will provide travel expenses for overseas research.