Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976 [PAGE 536]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

1976]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

525

T h e rates currently in effect on the Urbana-Champaign campus compare favorably with those charged by other Big Ten universities; they are slightly below the midpoint of the range. Available information as to increases planned at the other Big Ten campuses for next year indicates that Urbana-Champaign rates should continue to approximate the midpoint of the range. I concur in these recommendations and recommend their approval.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, these recommendations were approved. Additional Hospital Affiliation for the School of Basic Medical Sciences at Urbana-Champaign

(10) On July 23, 1969, the Board of Trustees authorized the College of Medicine to institute organizational and administrative arrangements through which an expanded program in medical education would be developed and conducted. T h e plan was endorsed by the Board of Higher Education on November 4, 1969. T h e Board also authorized the Dean (now Executive Dean) of the College of Medicine to proceed with affiliation negotiations with hospitals and health agencies. At present some twenty-three affiliation agreements have been made. T o expand further the use of existing clinical facilities, the Dean of the School of Basic Medical Sciences at Urbana-Champaign and the Executive Dean of the College of Medicine have recommended the execution of an affiliation agreement 1 with the Fairbury Hospital in Fairbury, Illinois. The agreement will provide additional support for the medical education program of the school at UrbanaChampaign. The Chancellor at the Medical Center and the Vice President for Academic Affairs concur in the recommendation. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recommendation was approved. Agreement for Scholarly Exchange with Boleslaw Bierut University, Wroclaw, Poland, Chicago Circle

(11) For some months negotiations have been carried out between administrators of the Chicago Circle campus and Boleslaw Bierut University of Wroclaw, Poland, in an attempt to develop a program of scholarly exchange between the two institutions. The terms of an agreement have now been developed, and the Chancellor at Chicago Circle campus has recommended approval of the agreement, effective February 18, 1976. Initially involving an exchange of teaching staff members in the humanities and arts, 2 similar cooperation is also envisaged in natural and physical sciences. The program would involve the exchange each year of three to six junior staff members or graduate students for a nine-month period and one or two persons of senior or professorial rank for periods not exceeding three months each. Junior staff members assigned to the Chicago Circle campus by Boleslaw Bierut University will be paid $367 per month plus a housing allowance of $150 per month; analogous rates for senior staff members are $1,300 and $400 per month, respectively. Funds are available for this purpose from the operating budget of the Chicago Circle campus. Funding will be provided by the Polish university for Chicago Circle staff in Poland. I t is expected that four junior staff members from each institution will be exchanged the first year, resulting in a net expenditure of $5,400. Under the proposed agreement, travel expenses for participants are to be as1 A copy of the affiliation agreement has been filed with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees for record. 1 Topics In American and Polish literatures, English and Polish languages, theory of literature, theatrical studies, and joint research in the problems of language and culture of the Polish and Polish-descended population in America.