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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 14

C. For further replacement of part-time staff by full-time, $100,000, reduced to $50,000 This reduction will definitely retard the program of the administration in increasing the maturity of the staff. D-a. Additional funds for research, $200,000, reduced to $150,000 This reduction will mean that the University must postpone some of its research activities which have been increasing in distinction under the rigid supervision of the Graduate School. D-b. For increase in graduate scholarships and fellowships, $40,000, not reduced $40,000 T h e social obligation of the University adequately to promote the training of highly qualified persons can not be evaded, especially in view of the policy of reducing the number of part-time Assistants. E. Enlargement of the budget of the Summer Session, $40,000, not reduced $40,000 There seems to be no possibility of reducing this item, partly because any increases at all in items A and B will automatically mean an increase in the Summer Session budget and partly because instruction at the graduate level, especially in the College of Education, is not up to graduate standards regarding class size and the supervision of research. F-a. For increased staff of instructional departments, $160,000, reduced to $100,000 This reduction means that the administration will be hindered in its efforts to reduce the size of many classes while at the same time taking care of expected increases in enrollment, and meeting its obligations to retired members of the staff. F-b. For increased staff, including wage adjustments, in Physical Plant, Libraries, and Administrative Departments, $210,000, not reduced $210,000 In view of rising wage scales and other contingencies affecting the administration of the University, it does not seem wise to reduce this amount. G. For development and improvement of the educational program, $250,000, not reduced $250,000 This item will enable the President to command the resources that will be needed to revitalize our existing program and give the University a more realistic relation to the needs of youth on the one hand and the needs of society on the other. In its efforts to keep pace with rapid increases in the quantity of the work it must do, the University has not been able to consolidate, revitalize, and otherwise adapt its programs adequately to the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the people of the State. This item has not been reduced for the reason that the Advisory Committee had before it requests for special projects amounting to more than $340,000, the bulk of which were, in the judgment of the Committee, of major importance. H-a. Additions to expense and equipment, $275,000, reduced to $200,000 Recovery from the marked curtailment in expense and equipment budgets and from postponed repairs in buildings will be delayed in direct proportion as this item is reduced. H-b. Non-recurring special equipment, $200,000, reduced to $100,000

This reduction also means delay in the rate at which the University can recover from preceding retrenchments.