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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964
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268 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [December 19 T h e All-University Committee on Admissions and the two Senates concerned recommend, the Senate Coordinating Council concurring therein, addition of the following statement as a part of the minimum requirements for admission to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Students ranking in the upper 25 per cent of their high school graduating classes are eligible for admission with a deficiency in science, foreign language, or history. Such a deficiency must be compensated for by an equivalent amount of additional credit in the other subjects listed. It is further recommended that these changes in requirements, including those approved June 20, 1962, become effective for students enrolling in June, 1965, and thereafter. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l k i n s , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . C H A N G E IN GRADING SYSTEM (9) On November 7, 1951, the Senate Committee on Student Discipline adopted a policy and procedures for dealing with student academic irregularities which directed that the grade of "DR." be recorded when a student is dropped from a course for dishonesty in an examination or other required work in the course. In the computation of scholastic averages, the grade of " D R " has been the equivalent of the grade of "E," indicating failure. This policy along with procedures for dealing with such cases was implemented by administrative action. Formal approval by the Board of Trustees was not deemed necessary under the 1936 University of Illinois Statutes then in effect. The three Senates have now recommended, the Senate Coordinating Council concurring therein, that the grade of " D R " be discontinued, and that a grade of "E," indicating failure, be recorded when a student is dropped from a course for dishonesty. It is the opinion of the Senate Coordinating Council that this change in the grading system is a matter of educational policy which, under the present University Statutes, also requires approval by the Board of Trustees. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t 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 . M r . D i l l i a r d a s k e d if t h e f a c t t h a t a g r a d e of " E " w a s b e i n g r e p o r t e d f o r a c a d e m i c i r r e g u l a r i t y w o u l d b e e n t e r e d in t h e s t u d e n t ' s r e c o r d a n d e x p r e s s e d t h e o p i n i o n t h a t s u c h s h o u l d be t h e p r a c t i c e . P r e s i d e n t H e n r y s t a t e d t h a t a r e p o r t in a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n w o u l d be m a d e at a s u b s e q u e n t meeting. U N D E R G R A D U A T E REQUIREMENT IN G E N E R A L EDUCATION (10) A special All-University Committee on General Education completed a comprehensive study of the requirements and programs of the undergraduate colleges in general education (courses in the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences), during the second semester of 1961-62. Over a period of several years, the Committee had studied programs in other universities and had conducted extensive discussions of the means of improving the general education of undergraduates at the University of Illinois. In addition to several proposals for improved administrative arrangements, the Committee submitted concurrently to the three Senates the following recommendation for a change in graduation requirements in general education: "Effective for all undergraduate students entering the University on or after June 1, 1964, each Senate of the University of Illinois add to the present single all-University course requirement for graduation (English composition), a minimum of six hours each in the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences, respectively. Approved sequences should be distributed over at least three years." The three Senates and the Senate Coordinating Council have approved the Committee's recommendations. T h e deans of the colleges have also been consulted. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . T h e Committee has also recommended, the Senates and die Senate Coordinating Council concurring therein, that:
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