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BOARD O F TRUSTEES

[June 19

Appointments of Resident Associates and Resident Fellows Upon the recommendation of the Director of the Center for Advanced Study and with the concurrence of the Acting Dean of the Graduate College and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Chancellor at Urbana has recommended the following appointments of Resident Associates and Resident Fellows in the Center for Advanced Study for the academic year 1974-75 and for the related programs of research or study as indicated in each case. The Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concurs. I recommend approval. HANNA, BRUCE P., Research Associate in the Center for Advanced Computation, Resident Fellow, to investigate incentives, procedures, and organizations for dealing with multijurisdictional problems. OLSON, ROBERT L., Lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Resident Fellow, to carry out problem-oriented research on interrelated societal problems. STAW, BARRY M., Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Administration, Resident Fellow, to study organizational resistance to change. TABER, MERLIN A., Professor of Social Work and Associate Director of the Jane Addams School of Social Work, Resident Associate, to investigate incentives, procedures, and organizations for dealing with multiagency delivery of human services.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, these appointments were approved.

REORGANIZATION OF THE S C H O O L OF PHYSICAL E D U C A T I O N . CHICAGO CIRCLE

(13) On April 25, 1974, the Chicago Circle Senate approved a proposal for the reorganization of the School of Physical Education into a college, with a Department of Physical Education and Divisions of Intercollegiate Athletics and University-Community Recreation. The reorganized unit would be designated the "College of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation." Restructuring the unit, with a dean as chief executive officer, will enhance the development of knowledge and service in health, physical education, and recreation. The combination of the present Divisions of Physical Education for Men and Physical Education for Women into a single Department will facilitate the best possible utilization of men and women faculty in a cooperative venture wherein faculty merit is judged on the basis of academic excellence relating directly to the major area of responsibility. The inclusion of intercollegiate athletics as a separate division within the new College is consistent with the premise that athletics contribute to e.ducational and physical educational objectives. The College will continue to offer work in recreation education and in health education, which is required in all secondary schools. At a later date a proposal for the establishment of appropriate departments of instruction will be forwarded; the change in name is intended to reflect more accurately the range of activities in which the unit is now involved. The generic scope of the College of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation is concerned with human physical ecology—the mutual physical relations between human beings and their environment. Physical education, health, and recreation represent a triad of knowledge which has as its collective focus healthful living in the dimensions of fact and form. The Chancellor at Chicago Circle and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination recommend approval. The University Senates Conference has advised that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I concur, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

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

REVISION O F REQUIREMENTS FOR " L E A V E S OF A B S E N C E " FOR H O L D E R S OF STATUTORY T U I T I O N WAIVERS

(14) Statutory tuition waivers are now limited to four years, except for those who obtain leaves of absence as a result of applications made before leaving the University. Leaves can be granted because of illness, military service, or for the purpose of earning funds to defray educational expenses.