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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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1970-71 Amount $42060 33 600 10 000 $85 600 Biennial Total $154000 100 800 60 000 $314 800

Academic staff Nonacademic staff Expense Total

FTE ..4.0 6.0

1969-70 Amount $56000 33 600 25 000 $114 600

FTE 3.0 6.0

2. Academic Advisers in the College of Medicine ($128,000). Several changes in curriculum and related arrangements have increased markedly the work load of the basic-science departments in the College of Medicine. In the effort to stimulate independent learning among medical students, an Independent Study Program has been established and a t o t a l o f 5.0 F T E academic advisers (32 individuals) will be required by the time the program is fully implemented (by 1971). In addition, a program for disadvantaged students will begin in 1969. These students will require special attention, and again the increased load will fall on the faculty of the basic-science departments of the College of Medicine. Funds are requested only for the salaries of the academic advisers —3.0 F T E appointees for 1969-70 and two additional appointees for 1970-71, all at the rate of $16,000 per year. , 3. Instructional Television ($140,000). Beginning in 1968-69, the instructional television office will move into enlarged quarters in the addition to the East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building. It will then be possible to expand the unit's activities beyond the limited program that has hitherto been possible. This expansion will be particularly important for instruction in the College of Medicine, with the assumed addition of color television as discussed elsewhere in this document. The total of $140,000 would provide for 4.0 F T E nonacademic staff members for two full years in the next biennium and two additional staff members for 1970-71 — together with a biennial increase of $54,000 for expenses. Research 1. Staff for the Medical Research Laboratory ($54,100)] An addition to the Medical Research Laboratory is now under construction which will add 31,241 net square feet to the space available for housing animals and for experimentation. This will more than double the size of the present building, and additional personnel will be needed to assure continuity of service for a seven-day work week. E x panded research programs iri genetics, organ transplantation, and surgical techniques will add to the requirements for supporting personnel in the Laboratory. Funds are requested for the second year of the biennium only (1970-71), in the total amount of $54,100. This would provide salaries for 3.0 F T E academic and 2.0 F T E nonacademic staff members. Other Increases 1. Research and Educational Hospitals ($952,670). In 1967, the General Assembly authorized the retention of income from the Research and Educational Hospitals in the University treasury to be used for the support of the Hospitals. A reduction was made in the University's request for a budget increase during 1967-69, on the assumption that the retention of income would provide sufficient funds to offset existing deficiencies and to meet the rising costs of operation of the Hospitals. (The General-Revenue portion of the Hospitals' budget was reduced by the amount of the income originally estimated to be available for the University Income Fund.) Unfortunately, operating costs of the Hospitals will rise more rapidly than the increase in state appropriations provided by the formula allotments. These additional costs could be met from increased hospital rates if all the patients paid the full amount billed. However, the Research and Educational Hospitals have traditionally been available primarily to persons unable to pay for the full cost of hospital care, and approximately 39 per cent of the charges are not paid by patients. The University is therefore requesting state funds to offset the increase in uncollectible income, as follows : Total Increase in Estimated Estimated Uncollected Uncollected Billings Collections Amount Amount 1968-69 $8 032 350 $4 899 720 $3 132 630 1969-70 . . . 8 987 500 5 482 370 3 505 130 $372 500 1970-71 9 520 000 5 807 200 3 712 800 207 670