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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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THOMAS H. GUBACK, professor of journalism and research professor in the Institute of Communications Research, for the academic year, to make an institutional analysis of the economic structure and behavior of the American film industry. FRANK B. KNIOHT, professor of mathematics, for the academic year, to develop a mathematical model for the prediction process. PBTAR V. KOKOTOVIC, professor of electrical engineering and research professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, for one semester, to develop a methodology for strategies based on different models of the same complex system. JORDAN KONISKY, associate professor of microbiology, for one semester, to use novel genetic techniques to elucidate the problem of cell resistance to colicins. DONALD Q. LAMB, JR., associate professor of physics, for the academic year, to pursue theoretical studies of cosmic x-ray sources. MIROSLAV MARCOVICH, professor of the classics, for one semester, to complete a critical edition of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of the Philosophers. JAMES R. MILLAR, professor of economics, for one semester, to initiate a study of the evolution of Soviet economic thought since 1917. WOLFGANG J. POPPELBAUM, professor of computer science and of electrical engineering, for the academic year, to coauthor a book describing key elements of computer hardware design and their implications for the future. SUSAN SENSEMANN, assistant professor of art, for the academic year, to continue the conceptual, formal, and technical development of her paintings. CHARLES C. STEWART, associate professor of history and acting director of the African Studies Program, for one semester, to complete a critical review of nineteenth century Nigerian history. MARGARET UROFF, associate professor of English, for one semester, to begin a study of the influence of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land on five American poets. ROBERT S. WYER, JR., professor of psychology, for one semester, to study the psychological processes by which persons store and use information in making judgments about themselves and others. O n m o t i o n of M r . Overstreet, these a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e approved.

Sabbatical Leave of Absence, 1977-78, Urbana

(7) On motion of Mr. Neal, a sabbatical leave of absence recommended by the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign was granted. This leave will be included in an annual compilation of 1977-78 sabbatical leaves of absence to be made a part of the board Proceedings in March 1978.

President's Report on Actions of the Senates Revision of Major in Spanish and Curriculum in Teaching of Spanish, Chicago Circle

(8) The Chicago Circle Senate has approved a recommendation from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that the minimum number of hours required for these majors be raised from 52 to 56 quarter hours. The Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese is in the process of extensive revision of its course offerings and has developed new literature and conversation and composition series which are expected better to prepare both native and non-native students for advanced course work. The new core requirement is expected to respond more realistically to the ability of students who have completed the basic courses in Spanish. The advanced core courses will avoid the "survey" approach, focusing on the reading of complete works against the background of their historical and social content.