Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1988
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236 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [April 9 AMELIA MANQAY MAOLACAS, chief scientist for nursing, World Health Organization — the degree of Doctor of Science. ETTA MOTEN BABKETT, concert singer and actress — the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts. The chancellor concurs in the recommendation of the senate. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r s . Gravenhorst, these degrees w e r e authorized as recommended. Tuition Increases for Fiscal Year 1988 (7) In March, the Board of Trustees reviewed background information on tuition rates and alternative increases for Fiscal Year 1988. Undergraduate and graduate tuition and mandatory fee charges at the University now stand at third place among public universities in the Big Ten, although they remain behind the first two institutions by sizeable amounts. Tuition and fee charges for professional schools generally rank somewhat lower. The Illinois Board of Higher Education has recommended a 4 percent tuition increase for FY 1988 at all public universities in Illinois. Funds generated by such an increase have been included in that board's budget recommendations and are contained in the allocation of the governor's budget for higher education for FY 1988 as well. Tuition increase alternatives reviewed in March differed in the increases for lower division and upper division undergraduates. Applying a 4 percent increase to current tuition charges results in an increase in the dollar differential between lower and upper division students. Recognizing student concerns about the undergraduate differential, the increases now recommended for FY 1988 keep the differential at its present dollar amount (and reduce it slightly in percentage) by applying the same dollar increases for lower and upper division students, as displayed in the accompanying table. Recommended increases for other student levels follow the 4 percent guideline, with very slight adjustments to permit equalization of charges at both campuses. I recommend that the Board of Trustees establish tuition levels for FY 1988 as outlined in the accompanying table. Proposed PC 1988 Tuition Increases1 FY 1987 Tuition' $1 1 1 2 4 3 3 406 652 960 522 599 027 522 Proposed Increase $ 64 64 80 102 186 123 142 Proposed FY 1988 Tuition $1 1 2 2 4 3 3 470 716 040 624 785 150 664 Percent Increase 4.55 3.87 4.08 4.04 4.04 4.06 4.03 Level Undergraduate Lower Division Upper Division Graduate Law Medicine Dentistry Veterinary Medicine 1 Proportional increases are proposed, as appropriate, for part-time students, for nonresidents, {or students in the Doctor of Pharmacy Continuation curriculum, and for correspondence ana extramural courses to continue policies that now exist. * FY 1987 amounts may differ by $1 between the campuses. On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, this recommendation was approved. (Student Trustee Filip, expressing his view that many students at Urbana continue to be in opposition to differential tuition, indicated that he
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