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Board of Regents Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0001

Scope and Contents

This collection was reprossed in August and September 2023.

Executive Director's Report of the Illinois Board of Regents (1969-1995). The executive director's report contains budget information, new programs, staff analysis of university reports, legal information, and background data for Board meetings. Chancellor's Reports of the Illinois Board of Regents (1984-1995). The chancellor's reports contain budget information, new programs, staff analysis of university reports, legal information, and background data for Board meetings.

Proceedings and minutes of the Illinois Board of Regents (1967-1995), the governing body of NIU, ISU, and SSU; annual published volumes are compilations of the minutes including agenda for 1980-1982. This series contains budget appropriations requests, admissions committee (draft policies), agendas and background meetings, affirmative action report, member directories and listings, bidding and procurement, governing policy and by-laws of the BOR. Also included is the Report of the Joint University Advisory Committee on Governing Policies revisions (known widely as the Shuman report). NEPR reviews, presidential search committee, position descriptions for BOR staff, the report of the Board of Regents' visit to SSU, and the annual report from the Regency University System.

The Board of Regents Regulations File consists of copies of administrative regulations issued in notebook form, memoranda, users guide, index and superseded pages. Regulation subjects include: Board Committees, Freedom of Information Act, Programs and their approval, Long-range planning, faculty and administrative appointments, and financial affairs. Superseded pages have been kept for the Regulations notebook. Memoranda are from the Secretary of the Board of Regents to Board members and NIU Controller. Memoranda also includes a Sick Leave Benefits Summary from SSU Personnel Director to the university community. The user's Guide and Index includes Governance policies and the Regency Universities Act.

There were items that were never included in this collection. They may be found at other institutions.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1967-1995

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois-Springfield (UIS)

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by UIS

History

The Illinois Board of Regents started operations in July of 1970 after being created as a governing board by the 75th General Assembly for the then unnamed Sangamon State University, Illinois State University and Northern Illinois University. The first chair of the board was Norris L. Brookens. The Board of Regents continued operations until 1995 when governor Jim Edgar signed a bill that would abolish the Board of Regents and would merge Sangamon State University into the University of Illinois System, making it the University of Illinois Springfield. Today, the public universities of Illinois fall under the Illinois Public Higher Education Cooperative (IPHEC).

Extent

10.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

State Government; Illinois Board of Regents. Executive Directors Report donated August 17, 1986

Property Rights

UIS owns the property rights to this collection.

Title
Finding Aid to the Board of Regents Records
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520