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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Table II. Chicago Circle Campus: Summary of Increases Requested for Part I of 1960-71 Budget for Operations Annual Increases Biennial Category and Program 1969-70 1970-71 Total Operating Costs of New Buildings and Other Space $ 887 399 $ 648 284 $2 423 082 Total (New Buildings) (887 399) (648 284) (2 423 082) New Programs Instruction 1. Doctoral programs 356 400 — 13 900 698 900 2. Special education (teacher training) 50 000 30 000 130 000 3. Teacher education (community colleges) 29 500 18 000 77 000 4. Two new departments 56 400 112 800 Research Urban education 277 500 280 500 835 500 Total (New Programs) (769 800) (314 600) (1 854 200) Program Expansion and Improvement Instruction 1. Graduate College (fellowships, other student aid) 70 800 141 600 2. Department of Chemistry (supplement to NSF grant) 40 000 20 000 100 000 3. Undergraduate advisement 83 000 166 000 4. Undergraduate honors programs... 109 450 13 500 232 400 5. Supervision of teacher education. . . 51 379 38 584 141 342 6. Criminal justice (technology laboratory) 41 000 82 000 Research Center for Urban Studies 181 300 75 600 438 200 Total (Program Improvement).... (576 929) (147 684) (1301542) Other Increases 1. Educational assistance to disadvantaged students 302 269 49 452 653 990 2. Library acquisitions and services. . . 210 000 420 000 3. Computer Center (instruction and research services) 239 500 479 000 4. Personnel Services Office 31 550 63 100 Total (Other Increases) (783 319) (49 452) (1 616 090) Grand Total, Chicago Circle Campus $3 017 447 J l 160 020 $7 194 914 Proposals for the establishment of seven additional Ph.D. programs have already received faculty approval. One of them has been approved by the Board of Trustees and is now under review by the Board of Higher Education (engineering — solids and fluids). Five others will be presented to the Board of Higher Education during the present academic year: biology, German, physics, psychology, and sociology. These departments are believed clearly to meet the standards of quality established for the programs already approved, and it is hoped that they can be initiated in September, 1969. The seventh program, a doctorate in English, is being planned for initiation in 1970, These new doctoral programs will serve several important purposes: (a) help to meet the growing shortage of college teachers; (b) provide the only opportunities available to students in the Chicago area for advanced graduate study in a public university; (c) supply the junior academic staff needed to assist senior faculty members in teaching the rapidly expanding enrollment; (d) facilitate the addition and retention of faculty of high quality, thus enhancing the University's capability for contributing to the intellectual, economic, and cultural development of the Chicago metropolitan area. In order to offer these advanced programs, it will be necessary to have special funds for staff, expense, and equipment beyond the amounts provided by the enrollment-increase formula. A sound graduate program requires that both faculty and