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Office of the Chancellor, Administrative Budget Files 1976-77 Office of the Chancellor FY78 Archived Files…1 Box 197 1977-78 General Subject Files Academic Affairs Office of the Vice President for (GUA) Position notice for two positions as Assistant to the VP for Academic Affairs, one oriented strongly toward academic program development & coordination, & the other toward academic fiscal planning & review, & the extension & improvement of the performance of units reporting to the VPAA Academic Calendar Revised Academic Calendars for AY 1977-78 (not attached), which reflects the extended dates for election of the Credit-No Credit Grading Option. Instructions for conducting summer session final examinations & for recording & reporting grades Draft report, Changes in the Academic Calendar, a report by the Academic Calendar Comm, U-C Senate. This report looks at the proposal for a 14-week semester & other alternatives. Requesting comments from those on the attached list. Comments from the Comm on Revised Registration Carolyn G Burrell’s comments on the proposal for a calendar based on a 14-week semester Proposed Calendar for 1979-80, for comments by Nov 16, 1977 Academic Council, University Two items to be entered into the “early notification” system: 1) possible proposal from Physics in response to an NSF RFP for development of an Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2) Possible recommendation for the establishment of an Institute for Nutritional Science from a Graduate College Committee which has been studying this & will soon issue a report Agenda for the Jun 27, 1977 mtg. Report on one aspect of intercampus studies, draft - Student Tuition, Fees, & Service for Intercampus & Interinstitutional Programs: Proposed General Principles, by E E Oliver Requesting confirmation of dates for scheduling mtgs. of the Academic Council immediately following a mtg. of the Planning Council for attendance by the Vice Chancellors & VP Yankwich. VC Hake reply Summary & materials from the Sep 26, 1977 mtg. Notice of earlier starting times for Planning/Academic Council mtgs. Summary & materials from the Oct 24, 1977 mtg. Summary & materials from the Nov 28, 1977 mtg. Summary & materials from the Dec 15, 1977 mtg. Summary & materials from the Jan 23, 1978 mtg. Summary & materials from the Feb 27, 1978 mtg. Summary & materials from the Mar 27, 1978 mtg. Summary & materials from the Apr 24, 1978 mtg. Summary & materials from the May 22, 1978 mtg. Accountancy, Comm on Correspondence concerning the establishment of an Extra Help rate of pay for CPA monitors New policy to allow extra time for handicapped persons taking the CPA examination Office of the Chancellor FY78 Archived Files…2 Board of Trustees item approved May 24, 1978 - Revision, University Rules Regulations, RE: CPA Examination. Revisions concerning a downward revision of the fee schedule, election of both a chairman & vice chairman by the Board of Examiners, & increase in honoraria for the chairman, vice chairman, & other members Accrediting Accreditation of McKinley Hospital is extended until the next survey in Jul 1977 The American Library Assoc. accepts the UI Library’s annual report as a request to continue the accredited status of the program Approval of request to pay a dinner bill from the Dept of Art & Design account. The dinner was for the visiting accreditation team from the National Assoc. of Schools of Art. Thanks to Morton Weir & Harold Hake for meeting w/the team Copy of “Accreditation & the AAU - The Walton Report” Oct 26, 1977 Comments solicited on the accreditation process from units under review & submitted to the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA) for their peer review of the ten accrediting agencies which had submitted applications for recognition by COPA. Copy of the official report Materials for the site visit of the National Recreation & Park Assoc. team May 10-12, 1978 for the Dept of Leisure Studies NASULGC sends copy of a report, The Assoc. for Academic Health Centers - Statement on Accreditation of Educational Programs in Allied Health w/Recommendations Regarding Physical Therapy The National Education Development Comm of the American Institute of Planners has voted to continue recognition of the bachelor’s & master’s programs in Urban Planning Administrative Calendar Administrative Calendar, 1977-78 Administrative Calendar, 1978-79 Administrative Evaluation Results of the faculty evaluation of dept heads carried out at the request of Peter E Yankwich in the UIUC depts. of German, Sociology, & Dairy Sciences, & in the Chicago Circle dept of Accountancy (not attached to cover letter) Copy of the instrument being used to evaluate administrators & the questionnaire for deans at UIUC sent to Donald G Sargeant at the U of Minnesota (instrument & questionnaire not attached to cover letter) Letter from Peter E Yankwich requesting permission to reproduce the attached material, which consists of paraphrased comments of certain individuals for summaries to be incorporated into his final report on administrator evaluations on campus Draft proposal for administrator evaluations at UIUC Materials from the Office of Planning & Evaluation for consideration in developing plans for administrator evaluation Morton W Weir comments on LAS Dean Robert W Rogers’ proposed plan for evaluation of administrators under the revised Statutes (attached) Administrative Information System & Services, U-C Office of Office of the Chancellor FY78 Archived Files…3 Listing of problems/issues/on-going projects which need attention of shepherd’s work, needing the support of the VC for Administrative Affairs Review of Urbana AISS, Fall 1977 John B McManus’ proposal for the allocation of AISS development & maintenance resources Copy of John B McManus’ comments on the AISS Report on Excessive Overtime, which states that these individuals are employees at the Chicago Circle campus (not attached) Confirmation of understandings reached at the Jan 4, 1978 mtg. on the subject of word processing centers Document that represents the completion of Phase 1 development activities, w/a description of the phases of development, for comments, corrections Vendor proposal request that describes the need for a turnkey system for the Division of Housing at UIUC Administrative Organization - General Eldon L Johnson advises the three chancellors that the Office of Academic Affairs is now responsible for facilitating compliance w/the procedures outlined by President Corbally in Jun 1973 to the Board of Trustees for appointment to major administrative positions, & Victor Stone will be the person handling this matter for that office. Copy of the President’s Report from the Jun 20, 1973 BOT mtg. President Corbally’s report on his views about the selection processes for major administrative officers Acting Chancellor Weir reports on the major administrative searches in progress at UIUC as of Dec 23, 1977 Periodic status report to President Corbally on compliance w/selection procedures for major administrative positions on the three campuses Jan 5, 1978 Administrative Studies, Office of Correspondence concerning VC Weir’s dissatisfaction w/the campus data systems John Muffo’s comments about affirmative action data collection & maintenance List of Fall 1977 reports related to student data delivered to the Chancellor’s office Nov 23, 1977 Proposed changes in the assembly of teaching & non-teaching (T & NT) activity data Printout - Head Count & FTE of U-C Academic Employees, By Title, as of Dec 1, 1977 Printout - Listing of countries & persons claiming citizenship for each of regular academic employees (excluding graduate assistants) on the Nov 1977 Payroll Request for data for a Work Force Analysis for the Office of VCAA/Director of Academic Affirmative Action Fall 1977 Enrollment at Selected Institutions in the U S & Enrollment Projections in Illinois for the 1980’s, University Office for Planning, Apr 1978 Information bulletin w/instructions for the Academic Statistical Report John Terwilliger’s suggestion for two studies: a “who registers” study for curriculum major courses, & study focusing on the pattern of courses taken by students in a particular curriculum major Admissions & Records (2 folders) Undergraduate Open/Closed List - Fall 1977 Two items approved b y the U-C Senate & forwarded to President Corbally: Clarification of Enrollment Categories proposal, & a revision of the subject matter patterns required for admissions of freshmen, neither of which require Board of Trustees action Office of the Chancellor FY78 Archived Files…4 Appointment by Chancellor Peltason of a task force in Jun 1977 to study recommendations 2 & 3 of the Chancellor’s Hearing Panel as outlined in a May 2, 1977 letter. This panel had met in Mar 1977 to consider the case of a student who wished the withdrawal notation on his transcript removed from all copies for extramural use. Report of the task force Jul 28, 1977. Chancellor Peltason approved the recommendations before he left & asked task force chairman Roger Martin to take steps to implement them, & Acting Chancellor Weir also approved them Board of Trustees item approved Sep 21, 1977, Reorganization of Admission/Enrollment Categories, Chicago Circle & Urbana Copy of a summary of the School of Life Sciences undergraduate majors or concentrators form the years 1969-1977. Also J R Larsen’s thoughts about the implications of increase enrollments on the job market & the need for space Copy of brochure, The Relevance of Race in Admissions, a Summary of the position of the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education as Reported in “Selective
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