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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 12

MARIE L. JOHNSON, associate dean of student affairs since September 1, 1971, has requested leave for the period January 1 through April 30, 1979. She plans to use the leave to improve her skills in statistics and research and to learn more about computers in order to conduct an evaluation of the student affairs functions at Chicago Circle.

Urbana-Champaign

MILDRED W. BARKSDALE, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since August 1973, has requested leave for the period August 20 through December 19, 1978. She intends to study the working relationships between academic assistant deans and counselors in university counseling centers in the delivery of services to students. HARLAND N. HENSON, director of Study Abroad Office in the Office of International Programs and Studies and in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since August 1973, has requested leave for the period July 1 through October 31, 1978. He plans to complete for publication a study of motivations and attitudes of undergraduates regarding foreign study and foreign reactions to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students on host campuses in Great Britain. Part of this leave time will be spent at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and part in Great Britain. SANDRA NORRIS, assistant dean of the Office of Student Services since August 1971, has requested leave for the period June 5 through September 30, 1978. She proposes to examine career counseling in the high schools, to investigate career trends, and to obtain information on hiring practices among employers in the state of Illinois. Her work will be centered primarily in the metropolitan Chicago area. (Subsequently resigned and leave was cancelled.) DAVID OPPERMAN, assistant dean of the College of Engineering since August 1956, has requested leave for the period January 14 through April 21, 1979, in order to experience one full recruiting cycle from the employer's point of view to learn how manpower targets and employment decisions are made in industry. His work will be undertaken at the Hewlett-Packard Corporation headquarters in Palo Alto, California. He has been selected to receive a grant for expenses related to this leave by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. EMILY PECK, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since August 1973, has requested leave for the period January 1 through April 30, 1979. She plans to study the problems of transfer students who enter the physical science and mathematics curricula and to profile their progress at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through statistical studies. CLARENCE SHELLEY, dean in the office of student services since June 1974, has requested leave for the periods September 1 through November 30, 1978, and January 1 through January 31, 1979. He plans to develop strategies to improve the level of usage of campus affairs services by minority and low income students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The proposed leaves have been reviewed by the committee on administrative leaves which recommends approval. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . V e l a s q u e z , these leaves were granted as r e c o m mended.

Sabbatical Leaves of Absence, 1978-79, Urbana

(7) On motion of Mr. Neal, six sabbatical leaves of absence recommended by the chancellor at Urbana-Champaign were granted. These leaves will be included in an annual compilation of 1978-79 sabbatical leaves of absence to be made a part of the board Proceedings in March 1979.