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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Table X . General University Programs: Summary of Increases Requested for Part I of 1969-71 Budget for Operations Annual Increases Biennial Category or Program 1969-70 1970-71 Total Program Expansion and Improvement Extension and Public Service 1. Division of University Extension (enrollment increases) $ 52 677 $ 58 147 $ 163 501 2. Police Training Institute (advanced training) 46 200 16 000 108 400 3. Training program for nonacademic staff 48 465 96 930 Subtotal (147 342) (74 147) (368 831) Total (Program Improvement). . (147 342) (74 147) (368 831) Other Increases 1. Administrative data processing a. Chicago Circle campus 42 620 32 460 117 700 b. Medical Center campus 196 000 13 700 405 700 c. Urbana-Champaign campus. . 144 350 —6 575 282 125 Subtotal (382 970) (39 585) (805 525) 2. Improved programming for instructional television and for public broadcasts a. Chicago Circle campus 311110 - 3 0 4 430 317 790 b. Medical Center campus 394 500 - 3 7 3 500 415 500 c. Urbana-Champaign campus. . 253 000 - 2 4 0 200 265 800 Subtotal (958 610) 1 ( - 9 1 8 130) (999 090) 3. Improved planning and coordination of extension and public-service programs 90 000 180 000 Subtotal (90 000) (180 000) Total (Other Increases) (1 431 580) ( - 8 7 8 545) (1 984 615) Grand Total, General University Programs $1 578 922 J - 8 0 4 398 $2 353 446 the Police Training Institute by offering additional instruction in the following areas: (a) county law-enforcement problems; (b) collection of evidence; (c) enforcement of traffic regulation; (d) operation of chemical-testing devices; (e) advanced instruction in law enforcement. It is estimated that approximately 256 additional officers would be enrolled during 1969-70 in intensive courses in these fields — ranging between two and four weeks in length — and an additional 120 officers in the second year of the biennium. 3. Training Program for Ncmacademic Staff ($96,930). These additional funds are needed to support an expansion of the training courses offered by the Division of University Extension at the three campuses for the purpose of improving the skills of nonacademic employees. Such training is offered particularly for the benefit of employees from "disadvantaged" backgrounds — both to improve efficiency at the time of hiring and to upgrade skills so as to qualify them for promotion. Courses are also offered for the training of supervisors of such employees — in order to improve their effectiveness in directing on-the-job training and in helping to create a favorable job "climate" for the employees supervised. Of the biennial total requested ($96,930), the allocations among the three campuses would be approximately as follows: (a) Chicago Circle, 15 per cent; Medical Center, 27 per cent; Urbana-Champaign, 58 per cent. Other Increases 1. Administrative Data Processing ($805,525). This biennial increase is urgently needed to enable the University to implement its plans for a comprehensive "network" of institutional data-processing operations. For the administration of this network, the Board of Trustees recently approved a reorganization of what

J Of this amount, $915,630 is nonrecurring and is subtracted in the second year.