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1977]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Revisions in the Major in Music and the Teaching Minor in Communication and Theatre, Chicago Circle

The Chicago Circle Senate has approved proposed revisions in the major in music and the teaching minor in communication and theatre. The revisions in both cases involved the reduction in the number of required 100-level courses and a strengthening of requirements for upper-division course work. For the major in music, the changes are designed to better prepare the student for entry into professional music activity. The changes in the teaching minor in communication and theatre are designed to improve the depth of preparation of beginning teachers.

This report was received for record.

Tuition Waivers for Academic Professional Personnel

(5) For a number of years, provisions for tuition waivers for staff members have been part of University policy. In its final report in May 1975, the special Committee on Professional Personnel, chaired by Professor Melvin Rothbaum, noting that the existing policy had the unintended effect of providing a benefit to parttime employees which is not available to full-time employees, recommended that such benefits be provided to the "academic professional" staff. To that end, I recommend the adoption of the following policy: Tuition, for full-time University employees whose appointments are not prescribed by Article X, Section 1, of the University Statutes or for whom the rules of the University Civil Service System are inapplicable, is waived for course work related to their responsibilities to the University. Guidelines concerning the determination of the nature and number of courses to be taken shall be developed by each chancellor for campus personnel and by the president for University-level personnel to ensure that such course work benefits the University. (This is in addition to present tuition waiver benefits.) T h e chancellors at the three campuses and the vice presidents for academic affairs and administration concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . L e n z , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Policies and Procedures Regarding Institution of Litigation to Collect Debts Owed to the University

(6) The vice president for administration has the responsibility for the collection of debts owed to the University. The use of services outside the University to assist in the collection of debts has been handled in a number of ways in prior years. The enactment by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare of the Student Loan Collection Procedures in November 1976 under the National Defense Student Loan Program contains a section regarding "Collection Procedures." Under this section (144.45) of the rules and regulations for the program, the University shall utilize the services of a collection agency or perform such collection activities with its own personnel or shall resort to litigation if the institution is still unable to obtain payment from a borrower after performing prescribed collection activities. It is therefore recommended by the vice president for administration that the following policies and procedures be adopted regarding the use of outside collection agencies and the institution of litigation to collect debts owed to the University. I concur.