Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976
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488 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January '21 BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President's Reports: Study of Tenure and Promotion Policies I am pleased to provide you with a brief update on the progress of the study of tenure and promotion policies. At the request of the University Senates Conference, each of the three campuses, through an appropriate committee of the campus Senate, is providing an opportunity for nontenured and non-full professor members of the faculty to comment upon tenure and promotion policies and procedures. Campus reports upon the results of these inquiries will be provided to the University Senates Conference which will prepare a summary report for submission to the Board. Under the general leadership of the three student members of the Board, a nine-member student committee (three from each campus) is gathering student opinion concerning tenure and promotion policies and procedures. A report from this committee will be provided to me for submission to the Board. I anticipate that I will present to you a final report in response to your request for a study at the April meeting of the Board. Method of Selection of Nonvoting Student Trustees On September 12, 1973, pursuant to new State legislation, the Board of Trustees approved a plan by which students on each of our campuses could through referenda choose the method which would be used on each campus to select nonvoting student members of the Board of Trustees. Subsequently, the Board received reports from each campus concerning the selection methods chosen and approved the use of those methods for the 1973-74 and 1974-75 student member terms. On April 16, 1975, the Board approved the use of these methods "until further action by the Board." Following a review of the selection processes with the Chancellors and with the other members of the University Policy Council (General Officers) and pursuant to your actions cited above, I have confirmed the continuation of the selection methods now in use. It seems clear that recommendations to the Board of Trustees to change current selection methods are expected to be initiated by students rather than by the administration of the University or of its campuses. The Trustees approved the report by common consent. Summary Report, Master Plan IV Hearings, Board of Higher Education President Corbally asked Mr. Stephen Rugg, a staff member from his office who had attended the several hearings on the Plan, to summarize briefly the issues and comment presented. Mr. Rugg indicated that, apart from local issues (i.e., issues related to individual campuses and institutions other than the University of Illinois), the main lines of discussion at each
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