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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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6. Student Personnel Service.—As a result of the appropriations made during the current biennium for the organization of a Student Personnel Bureau, such a bureau has been established and is in operation. Already the spontaneous student demand for the services of this Bureau is reaching beyond the staff and its facilities. The Advisory Committee regards this Bureau as a significant step in the program of the University and recommends an increase in its budget of $12,000 per biennium. 7. College of Medicine.—In its J u n e report, the Advisory Committee had not received exact estimates of the needs of the College of Medicine. Provision was made, however, for the needs as they were then known. F u r t h e r analysis by the College of Medicine shows that the earlier estimates of the Advisory Committee were inadequate by $14,000 per biennium. Since this item is included nowhere else in the budget, the Advisory Committee recommends its inclusion with the above items. 8. Summary of Recommendations.— Amount Requested for the Biennium Freshman-Sophomore Program $ 50 000 Summer Session 36 000 Social Science Curriculum 20 000 Radio Station 12 800 University Extension 18 000 Student Personnel Service 12 000 College of Medicine 14 000

Sub-total $162 800

Amount requested by Deans and Directors (Item G of June Report) 178 270 Total $341 070 Amount recommended by Advisory Committee (Item G ) . . . $250 000 9. General Comments.—In its review of its report of June 21, 1938, and in its further survey of the items considered in the present memorandum, the Advisory Committee has become impressed again with the progress that is being made all over the University in adapting University work to the needs of students. In spite of excessive teaching loads and in spite of retrenchments in equipment and in other facilities for research and teaching, large numbers of persons on the staff, both as individuals and as committees, have been giving serious attention to the programs of the University. T h e College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has established a Personnel Bureau and the spontaneous demand of students for the services of this Bureau already exceeds the budgetary requests made for it. T h e provision that was made for studies on our educational processes under the direction of the Provost has been more than met by the enthusiasm of departmental heads who are undertaking in a serious way to adjust their programs to the needs of students on the one hand and to changed social conditions, on the other. H e r e , too, the staff that was appointed is pressed for time and is inadequate to carry on as large a program as the needs of the University require. T h e Senate Committee on Educational Policy is in the midst of a major survey of the content and integration of all of the courses of the University. T h e results of this survey have already been put to a test in several crucial instances and there can be no question as to the wisdom of the studies. The Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is actively engaged in the reconstruction of the general curriculum of the College in order to find a new and revitalized curriculum adequate to the needs of all of those students who will not profit as greatly as they should from specialized curricula. As these studies are continued, a greater demand will be placed upon members of the staff for the rewriting of the content of basic courses and for individualized and personalized forms of instruction. As stated above, the Advisory Committee in its appraisal of requests for the funds necessary to increase the distinction of the staff, increase maturity and strengthen departments took cognizance not only of increased distinction as