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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e overall gain for the 1969-71 biennium over the actual enrollment for the current year (1968-69) is as follows, for each of the three campuses and for the University as a whole: Chicago Circle campus, 3,883 (27.4 per c e n t ) ; Medical Center campus, 373 (13.9 per c e n t ) ; Urbana-Champaign campus, 875 (2.7 per c e n t ) ; all campuses, 5,131 (10.5 per cent). In the case of the Urbana-Champaign campus, such a comparison is misleading, since it tends to obscure the marked "overenrollment" for 1968-69 (i.e., that in excess of the original budget projection). If measured in terms of the latter, the 1970-71 projection of 32,725 students represents a biennial increase of 2,525 (8.4 per cent). T h e overenrollment for the current fall semester occurred because of the decision to admit a larger number of undergraduates than originally projected, in the expectation that the enrollment of graduate students would be markedly lower this year due to selective-service inductions; but the expected drop in graduate enrollment did not occur. As already noted, the budget formulae developed by the staff of the Board of Higher Education and its Committee have been used in calculating the amounts requested for increased enrollment. The distribution of funds by the two years of the biennium, and for the three campuses, is as follows: Annual Increases Biennial 1969-70 1970-71 Total Chicago Circle campus $3 497 663 $2 700 629 $ 9 695 955 Medical Center campus 1 3 8 3 171 853 079 3 619 421 Urbana-Champaign campus 2 399 986 1 139 544 5 939 516 Total $7 280 820 $4 693 252 $19 254 892

PRICE INCREASES $2 656 950

The United States Department of Commerce's Survey of Current Business reports price trends for purchases of goods and services by state and local governments — showing an average annual increase of 4.2 per cent for the period 1966 to 1968. This percentage becomes the formula for price-increase requests for the following biennium. The goods and services purchased by the University, to which the formula applies, include contractual services, commodities, travel, equipment, stationery and printing, workmen's compensation, artificial appliances, and hospital-medical services. (The latter two categories apply to the Division of Services for Crippled Children.) The percentage value 4.2 has been applied to the 1968-69 budget total for these items, giving the increase requested for 1969-70 ($873,425); and the same percentage value has been applied to the corresponding 1969-70 budget total for these goods and services, to derive the increase requested for 1970-71 ($910,100).

REFUNDS $479 300

State statutes require that all tuition collected from students be deposited in the state treasury. If a student withdraws or receives a tuition-waiver scholarship, he is entitled to a refund of tuition which must be charged against the appropriation from the Income Fund. With larger enrollments and higher fees, the amount of such refunds will increase. The requested increase in the budget is to provide the funds with which to meet the expected increase in refunds. COUNTY EXTENSION BUDGET FROM AGRICULTURAL PREMIUM FUND (2) In 1967-69 the General Assembly appropriated the sum of $1,370,000 from the Agricultural Premium Fund to provide a portion of the salaries of Assistant Farm and H o m e Advisers and County Extension Secretaries, as well as travel expenses. After consultation with the appropriate administrative officers, I recommend that the University submit to the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Department of Finance a biennial budget request of $1,694,908 from the Agricultural Premium Fund. The budget will provide for salary increases comparable to those recommended for other University personnel, for contributions to the Universities Retirement System, and for increased costs of travel in accordance with the budget formula allowance. T h e budget represents an increase of $130,410 in the first year of the biennium and an additional increase