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58 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [September 18
LIMITATIONS ON REGISTRATION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
WHO ARE UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES
(5) Present University regulations specify the amount of graduate work which
teaching and research assistants are permitted to take. This schedule was adopted
by the Board of Trustees many years ago and has, in general, been satisfactory.
During and after World War II, research assistants were granted overloads in
thesis credit where their thesis work and their research work as assistants were
virtually identical. This practice resulted in some inequities between research and
teaching assistants and the latter were then also permitted to register for overloads
in research.
The need for more teaching assistants to service the increase in enrollments
has produced a demand for continuing to allow some students to take more graduate
work than the standard schedule. The Graduate College supports the present
regulations, but favors having formal authorization of reasonable exceptions, to
be approved by the Dean, in order to encourage qualified assistants to continue
teaching and working as research assistants. They thus are able to reduce the total
time required to complete their graduate studies while working.
The Executive Faculty of the Graduate College and the University Council
have recommended that the following policy be authorized until September I, 1959:
The Dean of the Graduate College is authorized to approve registration for
graduate work by University employees according to the following schedule:
Present Statu- Proposed Discre-
Terms of Employment tory Maximum tionary Maximum
Full time I unit 2 units
Three-quarters time 2 units 2^ units
Half-time 3 units $}i units
One-quarter time 4 units \}i units
Maximum registration during the summer session shall be one-half of the above.
The proposed discretionary maxima shall not supersede the present statutory
restrictions, but shall be considered a privilege to be granted or withheld at the
discretion of the Dean of the Graduate College. In granting permission for registration
in excess of the statutory maxima, the Dean shall be guided by (a) the extent
of the student's progress toward the completion of degree requirements;
(b) the caliber of the graduate work completed; (c) the nature of the teaching,
research, or other employment in which the student is engaged; and (d) such
other considerations as seem pertinent to the Dean.
I have authorized the implementation of this policy as an administrative
measure effective September, 1956, and request confirmation.
On motion of Mr. Williamson, the President's action was confirmed.
REAPPROPRIATION OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES
AS OF JUNE 30, 1956
(6) The Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the following balances
in appropriations for special services and projects not completed on June 30,
1956, be reappropriated for the fiscal year beginning July I," 1956, in accordance
with usual policy.
In addition to the appropriations listed below, unexpended balances on June
30, 1956, in departmental appropriations, up to 5 per cent of the original appropriation,
were carried forward and will be available in 1956-57 to the various departments
concerned.
I concur.
Urbana-Champaign
General administration and expense $ 11 292
Agriculture 5 457
Engineering 3 944
Fine and Applied Arts 12 043
Graduate College 270
Law 1 565
Liberal Arts and Sciences 2 423
Veterinary Medicine 355