Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978
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254 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [April 20 fined in 1 above, from such colleges and universities is accepted only on a deferred basis to be validated by satisfactory completion of additional work in residence. Validation through satisfactory work in residence may be accomplished by earning in the University of Illinois, or another fully accredited1 college or university, at least a 3.0 (A = 5.0) grade-point average (higher if prescribed by the curriculum the student wishes to enter) in the first 12 to 30 semester (18 to 45 quarter) hours completed following transfer. 4. Credit, as specified in 1 above, transferred from an approved1 community or junior college is limited only by the provision that the student must earn at least 60 semester or 90 quarter hours required for the degree at the University or at any other approved1 four-year college or university after attaining junior standing, except that the student must meet the residence requirements that apply to all students for a degree from the University. When a school or college within the University requires three years of preprofessional college credit for admission, at least the last 30 semester or 45 quarter hours must be taken in an approved1 four-year collegiate institution. 5. In all cases, the precise amount of transfer credit which is applicable toward a particular degree will be determined by the University college and department concerned. The Vice President for Academic Affairs concurs. I recommend approval. On motion of Mr. Velasquez, this recommendation was approved. University Policy on Recombinant DNA Research (10) In the light of the controversies and hazards attendant to recombinant DNA research (sometimes referred to as a forerunner of genetic engineering),' the University's graduate faculties are taking steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are observed whenever such research is undertaken. On March 31, 1977, the University Council on Graduate Education and Research recommended to the President adoption of the following resolution: The University of Illinois has adopted the NIH (National Institutes of Health) "Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Activities" as University policy for all proposed recombinant DNA research whether externally or internally funded. With the support of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, I recommend that the Board of Trustees adopt this resolution as University policy, with the understanding that steps are under way on each campus to develop and to approve implementing and monitoring procedures which will ensure strict compliance with the N I H guidelines. The Graduate College at Urbana has developed compliance procedures which will be published in the immediate future. Similar action soon will be taken at the Medical Center and Chicago Circle campuses. On motion of Mr. Livingston, this recommendation was approved. Amoco Foundation Awards for Undergraduate Instruction, Urbana (11) In 1976 the Board of Trustees approved a total of ten projects, involving eleven faculty members, for support during the summer of 1976 under the Urbana'Champaign program of Undergraduate Instructional Awards. These awards generally provided a full-time salary for two months to the recipients for work on projects designed to improve the quality of undergraduate instruction. The Amoco Foundation again has provided funds to reward "excellence in Colleges and universities which meet one or more of the specifications as listed in 2 above. The technique seeks to study the working of heredity bv taking genes — composed of DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid — from the cells of complex organisms and inserting them into simple 'bacteria, where their functioning can be studied in a less complicated environment. 1 1
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