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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[June 21

T h e curriculum here proposed is wholly new, a baccalaureate degree program in nursing of the "integrated" or "correlated" type. It is meant to replace the so-called Affiliation Program entered into by the University in 1949, and which is to be discontinued with the expiration of commitments made in current published material. This type of program differs from the conventional and traditional hospitalschool nursing program in that students do not work their way through by giving hospital service, and in that the faculty and quality of instruction and instructional facilities are of collegiate grade. It aims, in addition to preparing the student nurse to render skilled physical care to patients, to give the grounding in science and in medicine needed to prepare her for the increasing responsibilities of modern nursing, to instruct her as to the place of nursing in the health services of the community, to prepare her to take responsibilities in administration, teaching, and in the advancement of the profession. T h e University of Illinois began studies aimed at setting up a collegiate program of nursing in 194S, then deviated from this purpose with the Affiliation Program of 1949. With the present curriculum it returns to its original aim, and has profited by the substantial literature on collegiate nursing program appearing in the last few years. With this curriculum, and our own staff and facilities, the University will have a program that should take its place among the best in America. The complete outline of specific course requirements in the preprofessional and professional areas of this curriculum has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record and has been supplied to the University officers concerned. I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, this recommendation was approved.

REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC (12) T h e University Senate recommends the following changes in the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music: addition of a required new course, Basic Music Literature, two h o u r s ; dropping of two courses in Analysis of Musical F o r m ; and increasing the total number of semester hours in the curriculum from 130 to 132 semester hours. T h e purpose of these changes is to improve the offerings in the history of music and is in line with the curricula of other schools of music. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Hickman, this recommendation was approved.

PROFESSIONAL C U R R I C U L U M FOR DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (13) On July 16, 1952, the President of the University recommended and the Board approved the establishment of a Graduate School of Business Administration "as an integral part of the College" (College of Commerce and Business Administration). It was stated in the presentation that the new curriculum required for the program would call for consideration by the University Senate and later action by the Board. Temporary approval of the admission of students in the fall of 1952 was given by the President pending the approval of the curriculum. This proposal had not been reviewed by all University administrative and academic parties concerned. T h e Executive Faculty of the Graduate College, in November, 1952, passed and transmitted to the President a resolution voicing objection to the establishment of such a graduate program "distinct from the Graduate College of the University" and leading to a graduate degree. It requested reconsideration of the subject so that "the jurisdiction for this program be placed in the Graduate College." On taking office in September, 1953, I found this question still unresolved and no formal action taken on a curriculum. Temporary approval for admission of students in the fall of 1953 was continued in anticipation of the approval of a curriculum. ( T h e curriculum had been submitted in July, 1953, but had not yet been acted upon.) Discussions were immediately initiated with the Dean ot the College of Commerce and Business Administration, the Dean of the Graduate College, and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Educational Policy