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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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This recommendation is based on the judgment of the Committee on Educational Policy, concurred in by the Senate, that only students with excellent records can be successfully placed in the professional field for which the EngineeringPhysics Curriculum is the appropriate preparation. I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mr. McKelvey, this recommendation was adopted.

C U R R I C U L U M IN RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT (5) T h e Illinois State Restaurant Association and a number of students have requested the University to establish a curriculum for training in restaurant management. This request was presented in conferences between officials of the Illinois State Restaurant Association and of the University. T h e request was considered in the first instance by the Provost, the Director of University Extension, the Head of the Department of H o m e Economics, the Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture, and the President of the University. T h e Provost made a study of such programs at other universities and surveyed all courses offered at the University of Illinois to select those which could be included in a restaurant management curriculum, and prepared a proposal as a basis for further study. This was then presented to the Senate Committee on Educational Policy for study and report to the Senate. While the Committee did not reach a final judgment on the exact composition of a curriculum, it recommended that the Senate authorize acceptance of responsibility for training in restaurant management by the University. T h e University Senate recommends to the Board of Trustees that training in restaurant management be offered and that a curriculum composed largely of existing courses, following the design of a curriculum proposed by the Senate Committee on Educational Policy, be established. T h e recommendation of the Senate does not authorize a curriculum in final form but recommends that the college to which the curriculum is allocated initiate a curriculum of its own and submit it to the Senate and Board of Trustees for final approval.

On motion of Mr. Fornof, this recommendation was adopted.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS (6) T h e University of Illinois awards annually ten undergraduate scholarships each covering a period of four years to students from foreign countries. They were originally established by the Board at the request of the Department of State to encourage students from Central and South America to come to the United States as a part of the Department's good neighbor policy. During World W a r II there were not enough applicants from those countries to use up all of these scholarships and the Board authorized awarding the scholarships to students from any countries friendly to the United States. T h e r e is a great demand for scholarship aid to foreign students in all areas and at all levels. The Faculty Committee on Fees and Scholarships has recommended that the Board of Trustees increase the number of scholarships to foreign students to 25 in 1046 and to 50 in 1947. Consideration was given by the Committee to the public reaction to offering inducements in the form of scholarships to foreign students to attend the University of Illinois while at the same time the University faces the problem of restricting enrollment because of the housing deficiency and other limiting factors. T h e Committee feels that the reception of as many foreign students as possible is justified and is a genuine contribution to international relations. Dr. George D. Stoddard, President-elect of the University, was consulted about this problem. It is his judgment that it would not be good to have too many foreign students on the campus even from friendly countries if public reaction was too strong. H e suggests that the increase in scholarships for foreign students be deferred until 1947 and that recommendations for 1048 be submitted later.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, action on this matter was deferred until 1947.