Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1940 [PAGE 119]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 17

and B ) is $300,000 per year, which is only about 6 per cent of the total salary budget of the University at the present time. C. For further replacement of part-time staff by full-time $100 000 Considerable progress has been made on this problem during the current biennium, but additional funds are needed to rectify this situation and to provide for additional maturity in the staff by replacing present young and inexperienced teachers. D-a. Additional funds for research $200 coo Many important areas of investigation and promising fields of research now cannot be adequately covered. A few examples are indicated on page 15 of the committee report (Exhibit I I I ) , but many others could be cited, particularly in the Chicago departments. Adequate funds for research are a part of the provision needed to attract and hold men of scholarly distinction, and the reputation of the University and its service to the State are enhanced particularly by expenditures of this kind. D-b. For increase in graduate scholarships and fellowships $ 40 000 This is closely related to the replacement of part-time by full-time staff, since, if part-time teaching positions for graduate students are withdrawn, opportunities for scholarships and fellowships must be increased in order to maintain a training reservoir of future teachers. Provision for such scholarships is so extensive in other leading institutions that the University must be in a position to compete with them for younger men from which it can draw its future faculty. Furthermore, positions of this kind are essential to the retention of scholarly men who are active in these fields of service. E. Enlargement of the budget of the Summer Session $ 40 000 Increase of the general salary scale automatically increases the Summer Session. Furthermore, the Summer Session has been growing at the graduate level and the demands upon it now by public school teachers are greatly in excess of the service that can be provided in an adequate manner by its present staff and budget. This is particularly necessary because of the excessive size of present graduate classes and insufficient funds for Summer Session faculty in the upper ranks to take care of such classes satisfactorily. It seems clear that this pressure will continue for at least several years to come. T h e University should make larger and more effective use of its plant during the summer. One way in which this can be accomplished is by making its summer session more attractive. F-a. For increased staff of instructional departments $160 000 T h e enrollment of the University probably will reach 14,200 students during the present year. This is 300 students more than the estimates submitted to the General Assembly at the time the last budget was considered. For the coming biennium a further increase of 400 students is predicted. Additional staff is necessary for this increase, and additions are needed at certain points to lighten present excessive loads. F-b. For increased staff in Physical Plant, libraries, and administrative departments $210 000 In connection with the budget of the last biennium the necessity for a material increase in the staff of the Library was emphasized. Only partial development has been possible during the present biennium. F u r t h e r increases are urgently needed to make it possible for the Library, the heart of the University, to render the service required of it. Many problems of wage scales and conditions of employment exist in the Physical Plant and Agricultural departments. New buildings soon to be erected will require an increased force for operation and maintenance. T h e growth of the University and its activities necessitates further staff additions in the Business Office and other administrative offices. G. For expansion and revision of educational program $250 coo In many activities the University needs to revise, improve, and enlarge its educational programs. Among the most important of these are reorganization of the freshman-sophomore instructional program, student welfare adminis-