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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Nixon's Executive Order of August 15, 1971, the Committee discussed the implications for University operations. On motion of Mr. Swain, seconded by Mr. Pogue, the following general directive to the administration was approved: That the implementation of any action of the Board of Trustees be carried out in full compliance with the President's Executive Order; and that implementation be subject to such clarification of the Executive Order as is provided.

C H A N G E S IN T U I T I O N A N D F E E S S T R U C T U R E , M E D I C A L C E N T E R

(8) T h e present tuition and fees structure for the College of Dentistry and the College of Medicine includes a student tuition charge which is identical to that for other educational programs within the University and a service fee which is higher than that for students in other programs. The higher service fee has been necessary to meet the obligations under the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy Revenue Bonds of 1951 and the Medical Center Bonds of 1964, and to maintain approximate parity with other similar state-supported dental and medical schools insofar as total tuition and fees are concerned. The present expansion of the College of Medicine to include students at the Urbana-Champaign campus, Peoria, and Rockford now requires a restructuring of the tuition and fees schedule in order to establish uniform tuition payments by medical students regardless of the location of study. The Chancellor at the Medical Center recommends that tuition in the College of Dentistry be set at $228 per quarter for full-time resident students and that tuition in the College of Medicine be set at $261 per quarter for full-time resident students. Under the proposed schedule, tuition charges will be identical for all students enrolled in the College of Medicine regardless of location of study. Service fees at the Medical Center campus for dental and medical students will be reduced to the same level as for all other students at that campus. Service fees for students in the College of Medicine enrolled at the Urbana-Champaign campus will be the same as those paid by other students at that campus. Service fees for students in the College of Medicine enrolled at Peoria or Rockford will be recommended after actual student services at those locations have been denned. The service fee at the Medical Center is pledged to meet the operating expenses and debt service requirements of the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy Revenue Bonds of 1951 and the Medical Center Bonds of 1964. With the shift of funds from the service fee to tuition in Medicine and Dentistry, it will be necessary to withhold additional tuition equal to the amount so transferred. The University is authorized by statute to withhold general student tuition to the extent necessary to support revenue bond projects. Accordingly, the Chancellor at the Medical Center, the Executive Vice President and Provost, and the Vice President and Comptroller recommend that, in addition to the $60,000 in general student tuition authorized to be withheld under the Medical Center Bond Resolution of 1964, that portion of tuition collected from students in the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry which is in excess of the amount collected from students in other colleges at the Medical Center be withheld to support the operations covered by the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy Revenue Bonds of 1951 and the Medical Center Bonds of 1964, such amounts to be included in the Medical Center budget each year. For 1971-72, the additional amount is estimated at $450,000, bringing the total amount of tuitions to be withheld to $510,000. In order to meet rising costs of operations, the Chancellor at the Medical Center recommends that the service fee at the Medical Center be set at $50 per quarter for full time students, $35 for Range II students, $20 for Range I I I students, and $10 for Range I V students. (In the light of subsequent clarification of the Executive Order of the President of the United States, it was determined that the recommendations as presented would be implemented as approved, with the exception of the $4 increase in the service fee, implementation of which was deferred.) The University Committee on Fees 1 has reviewed the proposal and concurs.

1 Lyle H. Lanier, Executive Vice President and Provost, Chairman- Joseph S. Begando, Chancellor at the Medical Center campus; Herbert O. Farber, Vice President and Comptroller; E. Eugene Oliver, Director of the University Office of School and College Relations; Norman A. Parker, Chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus; J. W. Peltason, Chancellor at the UrbanaChampaign campus.