AGENDA
Urbana-Champaign Senate
March 9, 1998; 3:10 p.m.
Foellinger Auditorium

(Admission of persons who are not Senate members will be by pass only. Three types of pass will be issued: (1) Visitor Passes (for students, faculty, staff, and the general public), (2) Administrator Passes, and (3) Press Cards. All such Passes may be obtained from the Senate Office during regular hours (8 AM-12 Noon; 1-5 PM) during the week of March 2-6. The number of Visitor Passes will be limited to the number of seats in the balcony (835), where holders of such Passes will sit during the meeting.)

I. Approval of the January 21 and February 9, 1998, Minutes

II. Senate Council Report—Richard Schacht, Chair

III. Chancellor's Remarks

IV. Questions/Discussion

V. Consent Agenda

Proposal to Increase the Foreign Language Requirement for Undergraduate students in CBA
Educational Policy, (R. Linn Belford, Chair), EP.98.13

Proposal from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science to Establish an Undergraduate Minor in Information Studies
Educational Policy, EP.98.05

Proposal to Eliminate the B. Sc. Degree in Metallurgical Engineering
Educational Policy, EP.98.12

Proposal for the Dissolution of the Institute for Research on Human Development
Educational Policy, EP.98.14

VI. Proposals for Action
Note: Items under this rubric whose consideration has not concluded by 4:30 p.m. may be deferred.

Nominations for Membership on Standing Committees of the Senate
Committee on Committees, (Nancy O'Brien, Chair), CC.98.12

Senate Approval for Selection of Athletic Board Nominees
Committee on Committees, CC.98.13

Senate Approval of Additional Nominations for the Athletic Board
Committee on Committees, CC.98.11

Action in Support of FY1999 IBHE Operating Budget Recommendations
Budget, (James L. Robinson, Chair), BG.98.05

2000-2001 Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar, (John Hill, Chair), AC.98.01

Resolution to Retire Chief Illiniwek
Equal Opportunity, (Heidi Von Gunden, Chair), EQ.97.04

VII. Reports for Information/Discussion

Tenure Issues
Senate Council

CBOC Proposal
Senate Council, SC.98.14

VIII. Reports of the Proceedings of Other Meetings

FAC/IBHE, January 23, 1998, W. McMahon, HE.98.05

IX. New Business
Matters not included on the agenda may not be presented to the Senate without the concurrence of at least two-thirds of the members present and voting.

X. Adjournment