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I I , -4- to receive no applica.tions for neli admissions to the ELI or Undercraduate Faculty for the aecond semeater of this current year, lUltil such time .0.8 the po.ition of the University vi.a-a­vis tal¥' 160 is clearer .. E. That the Uoard ot' 'trustees requost thB University Senate .: through its P1annina Co:mnittee. in cooperAtion with The Board at Trustoes ~nd the Middle Bast SUIvey Committee! to develop detailed studies (aholOin& program, ne(Jd~ in atafJ'in'h f'acilities and financ:l.al Sl1pport .. eto.) ltithroference to the following alternativeSl 1) Continuation essentially as nt present, i.mproving and strengthening program and organization .:In the wa.ys indicated in the 1958 statement on NATURE, PURPOSES AND PROGR».[ as modified by tho curr"nt p_lsnning dooum~ntB, '!his study should £l3swne a 8at1sfactol"Y resolution of the problem of the independence of the University versus the control oP the government, and continuation, therefore. under a satisfactory education 1.8'17 within the Ministry of Education. • :) Continuation 8S a Un:i.vel~8ity with t'10 major faculties (elim:t.nat:t.nc all other functions), namely, the Faculty of Graduate S4;udies and Research.. and the Paeal ty of Adul t Education. This study shoul.d d!scribe theldnd of program that could be continued either as a University (assuming a satisfactory resolution o~ the relations problem, a. above) within the Ministry of Education, or as an American Xnstitute for Hisher Studies and Adult Education, under La, ... 1418 of the 3) Continuation wi.th only the Undergraduate Pacu1ty of Arts and Soiences, eliminating all other functions. This pro(;ram. could be co-educational, or for l10men only (prefer .... ably the latter) and could develop as a high quality "prestige" institution. To accomplish this, the present building plans for the sciences and the student serv~cea would be executed. This study t,ill alao need to aaSllJRe a satiafactoI"y resolu-tion of the oontrol problem,. uith the eovernment. "' 4) Closing of the Univcrsit, in Egypt and using all 1'''_ sources to establish a School of Middle Eastorn Studies in connection "ith a chosen University in Amet'ica. This Btudy should be developod a. an altern~tive that could be ... ,ployed immediately or Ilt any later time that it should become impossible',· to continue in the U. A. R. ~ a) The alternllti,'e of locating in SOOle other Middle Eastern or North Afriran country hlla been considered, and abandoned, by tIle facultl~ groupu: studying th