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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978
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306 BOARD OF TRUSTEES (June 15 Department of Textiles and Interior Design Undergraduate programs include apparel design, interior design, retailing of clothing and home furnishings, and textiles and clothing. Graduate programs include an M.S. in textiles and clothing. Each department will be organized with a head who will report to the director of the school. The faculty and staff of the school will be assigned to the appropriate departments. Course offerings are to be assigned to the corresponding department and given a course rubric reflecting the departmental name. It is not deemed necessary to establish separate degrees within each department at this time; therefore, the bachelor, master, and doctor of philosophy degrees in home economics will be redesignated degrees in human resources and family studies. The existing school budget will be allocated among the four departments and the school office; no additional funds will be required for this reorganization, nor is the campus projecting any funding increases in the future because of the reorganization. There will be no change in enrollment projections and no net increase in administrative and clerical costs because of the current divisional organization of the school. Departmentalization of the school will facilitate the development and improvement of the programs. Because of the diversity of the subject matter, graduate programs, and research, departmentalization will benefit students and faculty by uniting those with common interests. Further, the demand for specialists with doctoral degrees exceeds the supply, and the establishment of departments is expected to increase the school's ability to recruit new staff. The chancellor and the vice president for academic affairs concur in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. O n m o t i o n of Mrs. R a d e r , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved. Student Health Insurance Contracts (19) Bids have been received for student health insurance for all campuses for the 1977-78 academic year, with the right reserved to continue such insurance annually thereafter upon mutual agreement between the insurer and the University. The University will not incur liability for additional premiums should the claim payments exceed the premium paid. The current program includes $1,000 accidental death and dismemberment coverage for students. However, the quotation submitted by the low bidder on the health insurance coverage (Illinois Hospital and Health Service, Inc.) was judged to be substantially higher than the cost through other available markets. Therefore, it is recommended that an award for this coverage not be made at this time and that competitive bids be requested for this coverage for board action in July. The insurance premiums in parentheses are the base rates paid to the insurance company. The balance of the fee is for administration of the program and for the estimated premium for accidental death and dismemberment. Current Program —1976-77 Urbana per Semester $15 00 <$13 92) 40 00 ( 37 03) 25 00 ( 2 2 18) Medical Center per Quarter $16 00 ($14 17) 42 00 ( 4 0 68) 26 00 ( 2 5 47) Chicago Circle per Quarter $17 00 ($15 50) 45 00 ( 44 46) 29 00 ( 27 84) Student Spouse Child
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