Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976 [PAGE 66]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

1974]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

55

Reorganization and Renaming of the Department of Educational Administration and Supervision, Urbana

(16) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended that the Department of Educational Administration and Supervision be reorganized and renamed the Department of Administration, Higher, and Continuing Education effective immediately. The faculty and staff in the Division of Higher Education and in Continuing Education within the Department of Secondary Education will be transferred to the Department of Educational Administration and Supervision and that department renamed to reflect the reorganization. T h e proposed realignment will bring together three units which have developed increasingly related programs in recent years. The consolidation will provide professional and graduate education for persons who wish to pursue careers as practicing administrators at the elementary, secondary, or post-secondary levels; as staff in educational coordinating and planning agencies at the state and federal levels; as staff members in the legislative or executive branches of local, state, and national governments; and as researchers and scholars in these areas. T h e programs in higher education and continuing education will develop the competencies to assist other departments and units within the University in the improvement of college administration and a wide range of continuing education service activities. The Chancellor 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.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved. Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy Analysis, Chicago Circle

(17) T h e Chicago Circle Senate has recommended the establishment of a program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy Analysis. On May 17, 1972, the Board of Trustees approved, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, a curriculum leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science at Chicago Circle. Since that time, the College of Urban Sciences has begun operations and is in the second year of its program leading to the Master's degree in Urban Planning and Policy. The Department of Economics of the College of Business Administration has also implemented its curriculum leading to the Master's degree in Urban and Quantitative Economics. Following discussions with the staff of the Board of Higher Education, the Graduate College has recommended the substitution of the multidisciplinary doctoral curriculum now proposed as an appropriate adaptation of the original political science proposal within the Board of Higher Education guidelines for new doctoral programs. The new program requires satisfactory completion of 144 quarter hours, including thesis research, beyond the baccalaureate, or 96 quarter hours beyond the Master's degree. Within the components of the program design, plans of study will be adapted to academic and professional backgrounds and to career goals. The program will give advanced training for students seeking professional careers as policy analysts in various types of public agencies and for those who wish to pursue academic careers. T h e program components include a generic core curriculum, focusing on theory and methodology for the study of public policy, and applied policy studies. Initially, six major areas of specialization will be available related to policy in human resources, physical resources, economics, the law, the citizen, and urban affairs. Each candidate will receive intensive career training through internships