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for Military Officer Education. These and other recommendations eyolved from discussions with appropriate faculty senate committees and University administrators, and after informal consultation with officials in the Department of the Army. The Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination has reviewed these recommendations and endorses the request that the University now proceed to formal negotiations. I concur and request authority to proceed to final negotiations and to execute the contract following approval by the Board.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, authority was given as requested.

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER CONTRACT, MEDICAL CENTER (8) The University of Illinois, through its College of Medicine, has been awarded a contract by the Bureau of Health Manpower Education, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the development of "area health education centers" in selected areas in Illinois. The contract totals $9,724,026 payable over a five-year period and distributed as follows : , ,. Indirect Overhead Direct Recovery First year $ 789 664 $158 627 Second year 1 014 684 204 831 Third year 2 096 109 422 631 Fourth year 2 096 109 422 631 Fifth year 2 096 109 422 631 Each of the annual amounts shown above, other than for the first year, are subject to the availability of funds from the National Institutes of Health. The concept of the area health education center was described and recommended by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education in a special report entitled Higher Education and the Nation's Health (October 1970). The concept was incorporated into federal legislation and approved through enactment of the Comprehensive Health Manpower Training Act of 1971. A major objective to be achieved under the contract is the gradual evolution and growth of the system of education for a broad spectrum of health professions and occupations in the regions of Illinois associated with the University's developing medical schools. The system of education would build on existing resources, talents, and programs and be developed in collaboration with the clinical facilities and educational institutions in the regions. It will provide education for the health manpower required to meet regional needs, particularly in underserved areas. The specific sites for area health education centers are Peoria (in conjunction with the Peoria School of Medicine), Rockford (in conjunction with the Rockford School of Medicine), Urbana-Champaign (in conjunction with the School of Basic Medical Sciences), and in the Chicago metropolitan area (in conjunction with a group of six hospitals affiliated with the College of Medicine). Following the organizational period the types of health education programs to be developed under the contract are those of several of the allied health professions, undergraduate nursing, graduate nursing, and family practice. The President of the University, after consultation with the appropriate administrative officers, recommends acceptance of the award, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. O n motion of M r . Swain, this recommendation was approved.

RECOMMENDATIONS O F T H E UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE

(9) The University Patent Committee, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the University Research Board, submits the following recommendations relating to patentable inventions by members of the staff. The Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees has examined the disclosure documents and other background materials related to these inventions and recommends approval. I concur in these recommendations.