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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES. URBANA

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(17) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended the establishment of a School of Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, effective August 1, 1973. The proposed School will consist of the following existing departments: Classics, English, French, Germanic Languages and Literatures, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Speech, the Program in Comparative Literature, and the Program in Religious Studies. The faculty of the School will consist of all staff members holding regular academic appointment with the rank of instructor or lecturer and above in the School or in any of its constituent units. The School of Humanities will permit coordination of the work of the individual units and will contribute to effective long-range educational planning at the level closest to the units most directly affected. The departments constituting the new School form a fairly homogeneous academic system. Effective administration of them can lead to better utilization of existing resources. Leadership at the school level can work towards improvement in the overall quality of the various programs and promote interdisciplinary activities amongthem. The concentrated administration proposed for the School should lead to desirable efficiencies and economies, while improving opportunities for expanded funding and for reallocating resources in accordance with actual needs. Experience with the School of Life Sciences and the School of Chemical Sciences supports the view that such objectives can in fact be accomplished. The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Chancellor, and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the State Board of Higher Education.

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

ADDITION O F T H E ALLIED AGENCIES CENTER TO THE DOCUMENT OF AFFILIATION, PEORIA S C H O O L OF MEDICINE

(18) On June 16, 1971, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois approved an affiliation agreement with the Peoria Board of Medical Education, Inc., and five established health care institutions in the Peoria community. The agreement anticipated the interweaving of the resources of the University with the resources in the Peoria community to achieve the common goals of conducting programs of medical education, improving the quality and delivery of health care, conducting research in health related fields, and responding to the health needs of the community. In accordance with the agreement, medical education programs have been developed in Peoria, utilizing the clinical and educational resources already in existence there. The Dean of the Peoria School of Medicine, with the concurrence of the Peoria Board for Medical Education and the five health care institutions, has recommended that the affiliation agreement be amended to include the "Allied Agencies Center." The Center, an Illinois not-for-profit organization, is a combination of health related agencies dedicated to serving the handicapped. The Executive Dean of the College of Medicine, the Chancellor at the Medical Center, and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur in the recommendation. I recommend approval.

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

CHANGE IN NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH. URBANA

(19) On April 3, 1973, the State Board of Higher Education approved the establishment of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science on the Urbana-Champaign campus. The Department of Speech and Hearing Science will be formed by dividing the existing Department of Speech into two separate components. The new department will be composed of those faculty and instructional units related to speech pathology, audiology, and speech and hearing science.