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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 19

University Statutes, T h e Board also reaffirms its commitment to the concept that the principle of tenure is designed, among other things, to insure the attainment of the highest standards of excellence in both teaching and scholarship. T h e Board also commends the faculty members who have developed at the University of Illinois a system of tenure and promotion which is viewed as generally satisfactory and thanks those students and faculty members who have assisted in this study of tenure and promotion policies and procedures. The Board believes that the studies resulting from the resolution of March 19, 1975, have been both useful and productive in focusing attention upon and in enhancing sensitivity to the important area of tenure and promotion policies and procedures. I n r e s p o n s e t o a suggestion f r o m V i c e P r e s i d e n t J o h n s o n ( w i t h r e g a r d t o t h e n e e d to m a k e c l e a r t h a t t h e r e p o r t i m p l i e d a r e a f f i r m a t i o n of a c a d e m i c f r e e d o m a n d of t h e role of p u b l i c service a m o n g t h e c r i t e r i a for faculty a d v a n c e m e n t ) , t h e l a n g u a g e " a m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s " w a s i n s e r t e d (last paragraph). I n t h e c o u r s e of discussion, it w a s m a d e c l e a r t h a t t h e r e p o r t w o u l d b e a c t e d u p o n as p r e s e n t e d a n d a m e n d e d , b u t t h a t a n a d d i t i o n a l s t a t e m e n t f r o m M r . H a h n w o u l d b e i n c l u d e d in t h e r e c o r d : Mr. H a h n expressed concern that, in a period of demand for institutional accountability, it was important for all concerned to realize that indefinite tenure should not be regarded as a "blanket" protection of job security; that faculty who held such status should continue to meet the University's standards of high quality service. He noted that such blanket protection could limit the University's opportunities for allowing younger faculty, as well as women and minorities, to enter the system. He also indicated that the question he was raising had a relationship to budget difficulties. He expressed his view that the Board should not develop policies in these areas, but rather the hope that the question would be considered in the review process by the University Senates Conference. T h e r e p o r t of t h e c o m m i t e e w a s a p p r o v e d w i t h o u t dissent.

REGULAR AGENDA

T h e B o a r d c o n s i d e r e d t h e following r e p o r t s a n d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y . from

Award of Certified Public Accountant Certificates

(1) T h e Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of Certified Public Accountant be awarded to a candidate who passed the standard written examination in November 1975 in Illinois and who has fulfilled all other legal requirements under Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Illinois Accountancy Act of 1943 as amended. T h e name of the candidate is filed with the Secretary. T h e Committee on Accountancy also recommends that the certificate of Certified Public Accountant be awarded, under Section 5 of the Illinois Accountancy Act of 1943 as amended, to three 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. T h e names of the candidates are filed with the Secretary. T h e Committee on Accountancy, pursuant to Rule 16(d) of the Regulations, also recommends that the certificate of Certified Public Accountant be awarded