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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Honorary Degrees, Chicago, University Center

(13) T h e senate at the University Center, Chicago campus, has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at Commencement Exercises on June 10, 1984: EARL B. DICKERSON, lawyer, executive, and civil libertarian — the degree of Doctor of Laws. RUTH PAGE, dancer and choreographer — the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts. DANIEL J. TERRA, executive and arts patron — the degree of Doctor of Fine Arti. T h e chancellor concurs in the recommendations of the senate. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . S t o n e , t h e s e d e g r e e s w e r e a u t h o r i z e d a s r e c o m mended.

Tuition Increases for Fiscal Year 1985

(14) On March 15, 1984, the Board of Trustees received a presentation regarding Fiscal Year 1985 budget recommendations for the University of Illinois and reviewed background material related to current tuition levels and to the need for additional tuition increases in the coming year. The presentation stressed that although incremental operating funds of approximately $25 million are recommended for the University in FY 1985, overall funding will be insufficient to provide for essential growth in University programs and for the maintenance of existing base operations. Without additional revenue in FY 1985, critical support for targeted academic programs will be severely restricted, University salaries will slip farther behind in the market, and the annualization of salary increases given in FY 1984 would have to be financed through base budget reductions. Consistent with the presentation to the board in March, the following table displays tuition increases proposed for FY 1985 which would generate additional funds to permit at least minimal progress in academic-program development efforts and the continuation of current operations and services. The plan recommended increases both lower- and upper-division undergraduate tuition by 13 percent. Onehalf (a 6.5-percent increase) is already contained in the Governor's budget recommendations. T h e other half represents additional tuition to meet urgent needs. Increases recommended for graduate and professional programs range from 20 to 25 percent and reflect, in part, the fact that tuitions in these areas at the University of Illinois are relatively low compared with those at similar institutions. In accord with the presentation in March, summarized in the table, I recommend that the Board of Trustees act to establish tuition levels for FY 1985 as follows : 1. Approve a tuition increase of 6.5 percent of the FY 1984 tuition rate for all student levels. 2. Approve an additional increase, beyond the 6.5 percent general increase, as follows: a. $72 for lower-division students b. $86 for upper-division students C $199 for graduate students d. $296 for students in Law e. $426 for students in Medicine f. $303 for students in Dentistry g. $350 for students in Veterinary Medicine 3. Approve proportional increases, as appropriate, for part-time students, for nonresident students, and for correspondence and extramural courses to continue policies that now exist.