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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 27

STATUS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY STAFF CALLED INTO MILITARY OR OTHER NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE (16) A recommendation that leave of absence without pay for one year beginning September 1, 1940, be granted to Dr. O. A. Dieter, Instructor in Speech, who has been called to service in the National Guard. It is very likely that a number of members of the University staff, who are reserve officers of the United States Army or officers in the Illinois National Guard, may be called into active military service, not to mention any who may be conscripted. Some may be asked to go into other forms of service not of a military character but nevertheless just as important in the program of national defense. These cases will raise the question of whether the University will grant such individuals leaves of absence and hold their positions open for them upon their return, and it may therefore be desirable for the Board of Trustees to establish a definite policy.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, leave was granted to Dr. Dieter as recommended.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

At this point, Mr. Jensen, for the special committee (Mr. Jensen, Mr. Cleary, Mrs. Plumb) appointed July 17 to consider the report of the faculty committee on student fees and scholarships (Minutes, July 17, 1940, page 5) presented the following recommendations:

TUITION FEES*

1. T h e "incidental fee" shall be named the "tuition fee." 2. The tuition fee for residents of Illinois shall be increased by $5 a semester. 3. The resident tuition fee for the several undergraduate colleges and divisions on the Urbana campus shall remain uniform. 4. T h e resident tuition fee shall remain uniform for the four undergraduate years. 5. The resident tuition fee in the College of Law shall be increased $5 a semester. 6. The resident tuition fee in the Graduate School shall be increased $5 a semester. 7. The tuition fee for non-residents of Illinois in all undergraduate colleges and divisions on the Urbana campus shall be double the resident fee. 8. T h e tuition fee for non-residents of Illinois in all graduate colleges and divisions on the Urbana campus shall be increased $7.50 a semester. 9. T h e tuition fee charged graduate students enrolled for not more than two units of work shall be $10 a unit for residents of Illinois and $20 a unit for non-residents, in all divisions of the Graduate School.

LABORATORY FEES

1. In the undergraduate classes in Urbana the present policy of charging course laboratory fees shall be continued. (The faculty committee will consider the problems involved and make definite recommendations on a uniform laboratory and library fee at a future time.) 2. For the next year, graduate laboratory fees shall be charged in the Urbana divisions as at present. ( T h e faculty committee is not satisfied with this arrangement as a permanent procedure and recommends that further studies be made next year on this subject in cooperation with the Executive Faculty of the Graduate School. It proposes to explore the possibilities of substituting a higher tuition fee for graduate students and the elimination of all laboratory fees in graduate courses.)

S U M M E R SESSION F E E S *

(Effective June I, 1941) 1. The resident tuition fee in all colleges and divisions on the Urbana campus shall be increased by $5, making the general tuition fee $25. 2. T h e non-resident tuition fee in all colleges and divisions on the Urbana campus shall be $50. •As amended January 22, 1941 (Minutes, page 169).