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BOARD OF

TRUSTEES

[December 17

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

Current Annual FY 1983 Tuition . . . . $ 822 978 . . , 1 080 2 340 .... 1 680

Current Quarterly Tuition $274 326 360 780 560

Additional Quarterly Increase $50 50 50 50 50

RevUed Quarterly Tuition $324 376 410 830 610

1 The rate increase in Chicago will change to $67 per quarter effective in the fall of 1983. The rate increase in Urbana-Champaign will continue at $100 ner semester. ID both cases, the rate increase on an annual basis is equivalent to $200 per year.

I further recommend that the University administration be authorized to waive, in part or in whole, the $100 midyear tuition increase to Current recipients of Illinois State Scholarship Commission monetary awards. Such authority is requested for the balance of FY 1983 only. Appropriation by the General Assembly of the funds collected as the result of this tuition increase will be required. I therefore recommend that a supplemental FY 1983 appropriation be sought from the University Income Fund commensurate with funds to be collected from the midyear tuition increase.

I n recognition of the emergency nature of the subject matter and the short time for response, President Ikenberry called upon each chancellor to recount campus consultations on the proposed action. They reported that there was general agreement that, under the circumstances, the recommendations appeared to embody the best possible reaction to mandated cuts. This report was confirmed by spokesmen from the campus senates and student government representatives, who, with the student trustees, expressed support for the recommendation, with some concern for its effect on further projected tuition increases and with a desire that students be consulted on possible program cuts to come. I n the course of the trustees' discussion, the following points were made by individual trustees: the present situation in which the University finds itself is not of its making, but the result of actions by State and Federal governments; further problems can be expected and the increase in tuition is a heavy load . . . higher education has not shared equally in the State's progress but is now asked to share in budget cuts . . . at times in the past, tuition had not kept pace with increased costs, but in the present circumstances, the University should seek a larger share of the higher education b u d g e t . . . there is some indication for optimism in the declining levels of inflation . . . the University and its employees are suffering disproportionately from untimely and unwise changes in the State's tax revenue base . . . in this crisis the higher education community must work together to mitigate damage to quality. O n motion of Dr. Donoghue, the recommendation of the president