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The establishment of the degree has also been approved by the Board of
Higher Education based on the University’s budget request document for FY 1980.
Institute for the Humanities, Chicago Circle
(22) The Chicago Circle Senate has approved the establishment of an Institute for
the Humanities within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at that campus. The
major objectives of the Institute will be to promote interdisciplinary research; to
support curricular and programmatic changes; and to bring the humanities more
directly to the public service - all important components of Chicago Circle’s
overall urban mission.
Members of the humanities faculties have obtained research grants in excess
of $600,000 in the past year. Federal and private funds are more readily available
to institutions that have established both a scholarly record in the humanities (as
Chicago Circle has done) and a record of internal financial support for organized
multi- and inter-disciplinary research which includes the humanities. Creation of
the Institute and its support by the state should attract substantial external funding.
Ten research fellows will be selected annually from among the full-time faculty;
and up to five associate fellows will be selected each year from business, professions,
and community colleges. In these and other ways, the Institute will develop linkage
between the humanities and business, the professions, labor, and the community
college system.
The expertise of the humanities faculty and its success in winning external
research support provide the necessary core for significant leadership in research
in the humanities. It is anticipated that many of the Institute’s activities will be-
come self-supporting, although it will require incremental support of approximately
$58,000.
The Institute will have a director and an executive committee, reporting to
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Among the disciplines to be involved
are the classics, English, French, German, history, philosophy, Slavic languages,
and Spanish.
The chancellor and the vice president for academic affairs have recommended
approval. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate
jurisdiction is involved.
I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of
Higher Education.
Policy for the Acceptance of Nontraditional Transfer Credit
for Admissions Purposes
(23) On April 20, 1977, the Board of Trustees adopted a restatement of University
policies for the acceptance of transfer credit based on traditional classroom ex-
periences. Transcripts describing varieties of nontraditional experiences now are
being received for evaluation from transfer applicants. Credit for such experiences
is based on examinations, military service, education in the armed forces, experi-
ential learning, and academic courses sponsored by business, industry, and labor.
The following newly developed policy statement establishes criteria for the
acceptance of credit awarded on a basis other than collegiate classroom experiences
for transfer admissions purposes. The statement has been approved by the Senate
Admissions Committees at Chicago Circle and Urbana-Champaign, by the Uni-
versity Committee on Admissions, and by the three Senates. The University Senates
Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved.
The vice president for academic affairs concurs.
I recommend approval effective for transfer students entering the University
in the second semester or winter quarter of 1980-81.