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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 15

Individual Plans of Study, Urbana

(16) In June 1971 the Board of Trustees approved a recommendation for the establishment of a "Curricula Experiment — Individual Plans for Study" in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) at Urbana, the program leading to a baccalaureate degree under the Sciences and Letters Curriculum. The proposal provided for the program to begin in September 1971 and to continue experimentally for a period of five years. Under the program, students must meet the standard LAS degree requirements in rhetoric, foreign language, general education, and advanced hours, but flexibility is permitted in such areas as hours outside the college, hours of independent study, and hours in a concentration. A five-year evaluation has been completed by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences which now recommends that final approval be given to the program. The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the recommendation, and the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign and the vice president for academic affairs concur. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . Livingston, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved.

Contract with Newbury House, Urbana

(17) The Midwest Organization for Materials Development (MOMD) of the College of Education at Urbana has for some time received support from the United States Office of Education to produce a series of publications to be used for the training of teachers and other professionals in the bilingual field. The MOMD now has a manuscript ready for publication. Among the potential publishers, Newbury House (of Rowley, Massachusetts) has been identified as the one best able to provide the publishing and distribution services needed, based on the following criteria: early delivery date; quality of publisher — recognized as a leader in the field of bilingual materials; and $2,000 advance against royalties to cover reprint fees. The proposed contract with Newbury House provides that: 1. The publisher will be granted an exclusive right to the work; 2. The publisher will copyright the work in the name of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois; and 3. The publisher will pay royalties, based on net sale price, of 8 percent — first 1,000 copies, 10 percent — second 1,000 copies, and 12 percent of all over 2,000 copies. The Office of Education grant provided that the United States government receive one-half of net royalties received by the University from the publisher and be granted a royalty-free, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, or have reproduced, used, or published, without charge, all or any part of the work for United States government purposes. The University Copyright Committee has recommended that Newbury House be awarded a contract to publish this manuscript, subject to the rights of the United States government. I concur and further recommend that the comptroller and the secretary be granted authority to execute a contract with Newbury House and that royalties be shared with the Office of Education as stated. A recommendation will be submitted in due course regarding the distribution of royalty income to the authors.

On motion of Mr. Velasquez, these recommendations were approved, and authority was given as recommended.