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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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the project and its distribution to public officials) would be sufficient action on the part of the University and that no further action in opposition would be required. Language of "Neutral Gender" in University Usage Mr. Cosgrove noted that President Neal had commented at the March meeting that the University might consider the merit of official usage without regard to sex (e.g., as in "chairman," " h e , " "she," etc.), and offered the following motion: That all University printed materials be worded in such a manner that the language used is gender neutral and does not discriminate or distinguish on the basis of sex. This would include job descriptions at all levels of the University — catalogues, memos, titles, etc. All these changes should be made immediately! Background materials would be all materials printed by the University as well as action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Constitution. Mr. Neal reported the receipt of a letter from the Secretary on this point, indicating that the Board's By-Laws and a variety of other official University documents would require revision and that this would require formal action by a number of bodies, including the Board of Trustees. In the light of the complexity of the matter and in anticipation of differences of view on this matter, Mr. Neal referred the subject and the motion to the General Policy Committee for its consideration. REGULAR AGENDA T h e Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. Award of Certified Public Accountant Certificates (1) The Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of Certified Public Accountant be awarded, under Section 5 of the Illinois Accountancy Act of 1943, as amended, to ten candidates who have presented evidence that they are holders of valid and unrevoked Certified Public Accountant certificates obtained by passing a standard written examination in another state or territory of the United States and who qualify in all other respects under this provision of the law. The names of the candidates are filed with the Secretary of the Board. I concur. O n motion of M r . Forsyth, these certificates were awarded. Appointment to the University of Illinois Citizens Committee (2) I submit the following nomination for appointment to the University of Illinois Citizens Committee for a period of three years ending January 1, 1977. (This nomination is in addition to those approved by the Board on March 19.) JOSEPH M. CRONIN, State Superintendent of Education, Illinois Office of Education, Springfield, Illinois O n motion of M r . Forsyth, this appointment was approved.