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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1984
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1982] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 111 tect the University, as far as possible, against the continuing fiscal uncertainties during the balance of this academic year. As president of the University, it is my responsibility to advise the Board of Trustees, and through it the people of Illinois, that unless there is a substantial reversal in the rapidly deteriorating fiscal situation of the State of Illinois in the immediately foreseeable future in the form of tax reform, or unless this University can somehow be shielded from the deterioration in the State's fiscal health, it will be necessary to painfully restructure the University of Illinois and to curtail substantially our programs, enrollments, and services to the people of the State. This would be a tragic outcome, and it must be avoided. It would come at precisely the moment at which the University's programs are most crucial in helping Illinois build toward economic recovery and adapt to the apparent long-term changes occurring in the economy and the society. We are prepared to work with public policy leaders to do whatever is necessary to maintain the strength of this and other universities in Illinois. In the short term, however, and to cope with this immediate fiscal emergency, I recommend that the Board of Trustees take the following action: 1. On November 18, 1982, the Board of Trustees approved certain midyear salary increases effective December 21, 1982, for Urbana-Champaign campus personnel, and January 1, 1983, for Chicago campus personnel, as set forth in a document entitled "Academic Personnel 1982-83 Midyear Salary Changes." In the light of the current fiscal circumstances of the State of Illinois and the legislative and gubernatorial actions taken or contemplated as described above, I now recommend that the board modify its November 18, 1982, action by postponing the effective date of these midyear salary increases to March 2 1 , 1983, for Urbana-Champaign campus personnel, and to April 1, 1983, for Chicago campus personnel. I recommend that the budget allocations for each nonacademic group be deferred a n d / o r modified consistent with the above action. 2. I recommend an immediate increase in tuition of $100 per semester charged to resident students for the second semester at UrbanaChampaign; and a comparable increase of $50 per term each for the winter and spring quarters for students in Chicago. Proportional rate increases are recommended as well for the summer session, for part-time students, for nonresidents, and for correspondence and extramural courses, thus continuing policies that now exist for these areas. T h e basic changes in the level of current tuition charges for various student levels are shown in the following table: Illustration of Proposed Midyear Tuition Increase1 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Lower Upper Graduate Law Medicine Veterinary Medicine 1 Current Annual FY 1983 Tuition $ 822 978 1 082 1 192 2 340 1 622 Current Semester Tuition $ 411 489 541 596 1 170 811 Additional Semester Increase $100 100 100 100 100 100 Revised Semester Tuition $ 511 589 641 696 1 270 911 Proportional rate increases will be made for part-time students, for nonresidents, and for correspondence and extramural courses, continuing policies that now exist for these categories.
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