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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 18

tion systems, urban planning, and the study of health care — all these represent a massive, University-wide effort to assist local communities, the state, and the nation in finding solutions to some of the most critical problems of our time. Another significant trend is the extensive program of expansion of education in the health fields — especially the involvement of all three campuses and regional centers throughout the State in the long-range development of medical education at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate). The following four sections will describe these and other programs in some detail. As already noted, a separate section will be devoted to the proposals for each campus and one to those of University-wide scope. I I I . Chicago Circle Campus Several types of considerations underlie the requests for special support of programs at the Chicago Circle campus during 1969-71: (a) the extraordinarily rapid growth in enrollment, with a shifting "mix" of students towards upper-division and graduate levels of study; (b) the need to expand and intensify efforts to recruit and encourage "disadvantaged" students from the Chicago area; (c) the need to expand research and developmental studies of urban problems, with particular reference to urban education; (d) the proposed addition of seven new doctoral programs, both to provide additional opportunities for advanced study to Chicago-area residents and to increase the supply of college teachers; (e) serious deficiencies in the resources available for the development of the Library and for the support of computer facilities for instruction and research. The nature and the magnitude of all these needs are such that it would simply be impossible to meet them from the funds provided under the budget formulae relating to enrollment and price increases. A list of the proposals submitted for the Chicago Circle campus is presented in Table II — classified under the four budget categories being used for Part I of the 1969-71 budget request. In the case of "New Programs" and "Program Expansion and Improvement," the projects are further grouped under the headings "instruction" and "research." The total of $7,194,914 represents a sharp reduction from the aggregate of original departmental proposals amounting to more than double the funds presently requested. Screening at various campus administrative levels reduced the askings submitted first by the Chancellor to total slightly more than $9,000,000. The further reduction to the level shown in Table I I has been made partly by further review at campus level and partly upon recommendation of the University Budget Committee. O p e r a t i n g Costs of N e w Buildings a n d O t h e r Space The funds needed for the operation and maintenance of new buildings at the Chicago Circle campus — and for the rental of space for a program administered from the Urbana-Champaign campus — are listed in Table I I I . A total of $2,423,082 for the biennium is requested. The amounts for the maintenance of the four new buildings to be occupied during 1969-71 have been determined in accordance with procedures outlined in the budget instructions issued by the Office of the Board of Higher Education. A standard rate of $1.50 per gross square foot per year has been defined to be the "norm" for such costs, based partly upon data derived from the cost studies conducted under the aegis of the staff of the Board of Higher Education. Careful studies by the Physical Plant Department at the Chicago Circle campus have shown, however, that it would not be possible to operate and maintain the four buildings listed in Table I I I at this rate. Accordingly, the higher rates shown in the third column of Table I I I have been determined in accordance with procedures established by Task Force 4 — a subcommittee of the Budget Formula Committee, which is advisory to the staff of the Board of Higher Education. The item of $6,800 for the biennium shown in Table I I I would provide funds for the lease of space needed for a new program to be administered by the UrbanaChampaign Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations. Since the program would be conducted mainly in the Chicago area, arrangements for the lease of space would be made through the Physical Plant Department at the Chicago Circle campus. N e w Programs Instruction 1. New Doctoral Programs ($698,900). Four programs leading to the Ph.D. degree have already been established at the Chicago Circle campus in the following fields : chemistry, history, mathematics, and philosophy.