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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 16

Renaming Huff Gymnasium Pool

(18) The Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has approved a recommendation from the College of Applied Life Studies that the pool in Huff Gymnasium be named the "Edwin J. Manley Memorial Pool" for the late Edwin J. Manley who was a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1912 until his retirement in 1955. T h i s a c t i o n is r e p o r t e d for r e c o r d .

Revised Definition of the Academic Term for Purposes of Staff Exemption from Tuition and Fees

(19) On February 21, 1962, the Board of Trustees approved regulations governing the assessment and exemption from fees for staff members. On September 18, 1974, the following revision was approved: For fee assessment purposes, a staff appointment must require service for not less than three-fourths of the academic term, defined as the period between the first day of registration and the last day of final examinations. Specific dates marking the end of three-fourths of the term shall be established by the Chancellor or his designee on each campus. Since the calendars for registration vary substantially among the campuses, and on advice of appropriate admissions and business offices on the campuses, the Vice President for Planning and Allocation has recommended the following changes in the wording of the current policy (deletions are in brackets, and additions are in italics) : For fee assessment purposes, a staff appointment must require service for not less than three-fourths of the academic term[, defined as the period between the first day of registration and the last day of final examinations]. Specific dates marking completion of service for [the end of] three-fourths of the term shall be established by the Chancellor or his designee on each campus. I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Rader, this recommendation was approved. Waiver of the Transcript Fee, Chicago Circle

(20) At the May 15, 1974, meeting the Board of Trustees modified its policy on transcript fees upon the recommendation of the Chancellor at Chicago Circle and the President as follows: The Chancellor at Chicago Circle recommends that the transcript fee at the Chicago Circle campus be waived on a temporary basis for one year beginning July 1, 1974. At the end of that period, an assessment would be made to determine whether cost savings and public relations benefits are sufficient to warrant dropping the fee on a permanent basis. In FY 1974, Chicago Circle processed approximately 32,000 transcript requests yielding $20,579 in transcript fees. T h e campus will have provided approximately 30,000 transcripts during FY 1975 from which no income resulted because of the revised transcript policy. Under the revised policy, Chicago Circle has been able to make transcripts available without delay to students seeking admission to graduate colleges or seeking employment. T h e service has been well received by alumni and currently enrolled students and there have been considerable savings since permanent records