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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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BIENNIAL BUDGET REQUEST FOR OPERATIONS, 1 9 6 7 - 6 9 I. Summary of Biennial Budget Request for Operations, 1967-69 Objectives The request of the University of Illinois for increases in appropriations for 1967-69 reflects several major needs and objectives : 1. T o continue ongoing programs and commitments at the higher cost levels expected in 1967-69. Especially important will be the improvement of faculty salaries so as to bring them closer to parity with the salary scales of universities comparable in national stature and competitive with the University of Illinois for the limited supply of outstanding teachers and scholars. 2. To increase enrollment at all three campuses to the limits dictated by the facilities and other available resources — with increasing emphasis upon juniorsenior, graduate, and professional levels. A biennial increase of some 5,000 students is projected. 3. T o make critically-needed improvements in several areas that have been chronically handicapped by inadequate support. 4. T o inaugurate graduate study at the Chicago Circle campus — with a view particularly to increasing the supply of college teachers and of other professional graduates. 5. To expand existing educational and research programs — and to add new ones — focused upon important state, national, and international problems — such as urban improvement, teacher education, health care, and Asian studies. 6. T o expand certain research and public-service programs for which the University acts for the state as an administrative agency. P r o c e d u r e in t h e P r e p a r a t i o n of t h e Biennial B u d g e t R e q u e s t In developing estimates of the funds needed to meet the objectives outlined above, the format and the classification system recommended by the staff of the Illinois Board of Higher Education have been followed. Furthermore, the guidelines and formulae developed by the Board's staff in consultation with the Budget Formula Committee (composed of representatives of the several state universities) have been used in calculating the major portion of the increases requested, including funds for the Retirement System, salary adjustments, increased enrollments, operating costs of new buildings, and price increases. In the case of salary adjustments, supplemental funds are requested for the special reasons stated in a later section of this document. The guidelines and formulae were reviewed by the University Budget Committee, and it was concluded that with the exception just noted the Universitycould use these procedures in the preparation of its 1967-69 budget request — with the understanding that a careful evaluation of the adequacy of the support levels provided would be made during the coming biennium and that changes would be recommended as experience might dictate. In addition to the increases noted above, departments and other administrative units were invited to submit estimates of budget increases needed for the following purposes: organized research, extension and public service, funds to offset deficiencies in support for current operations, major improvements in existing programs, and new programs. These requests were reviewed carefully by the University Budget Committee, and a selected list of high-priority items was recommended to the President for inclusion in the 1967-69 budget request. In accordance with the University's Statutes, the University Council was consulted by the President concerning the budget proposals included in this document, and the Council gave its approval to them. Biennial Budget Request for O p e r a t i o n s , 1967-69 (Schedule A ) A summary of the biennial appropriations requested for 1967-69 is shown in Schedule A on the following page. The first section shows the biennial appropriation for 1965-67, totaling $214,463,662 — with a break-down by sources of funds and for the two years of the biennium. The next section (Section B) shows the budget increases requested to meet higher costs of operations anticipated in 1967-69. T h e total for such increases is $56,479,592. T o this figure must be added the sum of $10,805,182 — described as "Biennial Overlap" in Schedule A — in order to derive the total amount by