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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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bicultural education. The Department of Human Development and Learning will concern itself with human growth and cognitive development, educational psychology, learning theory, and early childhood education. The areas of interest of the Department of Policy Studies will be cultural, historical, and philosophical studies in education, the politics and economics of education, and education and public policy. T h e Department of Special Education will focus on mental retardation and learning disabilities, behavior disorders and hearing impairment, and research and child study in Special Education. The proposal reflects the change in orientation of the College of Education from its past emphasis on elementary education to new directions related to the urban mission of the College. Since its establishment on April 1, 1968, the College has been organized along division lines. The creation of these academic units will provide the appropriate administrative structure for the growth and development of the College. The Chicago Circle Senate has approved this proposal. The Chancellor at Chicago Circle and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur in this recommendation. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. O n motion of M r . Summers, this recommendation was approved. Organization of the Department of Political Science, Urbana (17) Under Article IV, Section 4, of the University Statutes, members of a department of the rank of assistant professor and above may vote to change the form of organization of the department. T h e result of the vote must be transmitted to the Chancellor by the Dean along with his recommendation. The Chancellor must then, if the vote favors a change, transmit this recommendation to the President for recommendation to the Board. The faculty of the Department of Political Science at Urbana-Champaign has voted 15 to 12 in favor of a change in organization from the present headship organization to a chairmanship organization. The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has transmitted the result of this vote to the Chancellor with his recommendation that the organization of the Department not be changed, based on his belief that such change will not strengthen the Department academically. T h e Chancellor endorses the Dean's recommendation. I recommend that the organization of the Department of Political Science at Urbana-Champaign not be changed. I n the course of discussion and explanation of this recommendation, M r . Summers moved that the recommendation be deferred to the October meeting; in effect, a motion to table. O n a call for a roll call, the motion to table was defeated by the following vote: Aye, none; no, M r . H a h n , M r . Howard, M r . Lenz, M r . Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, M r . Velasquez; absent, M r . Forsyth, Governor Walker. Thereupon, on motion of M r . Livingston, the original recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, M r . Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, M r . Velasquez; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Forsyth, Governor Walker.