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6e. Other Specific Items $7 509 376 (1) Rental and Operation of Newly-Leased Space ($414,516). T h e space in question is located both in Urbana-Champaign and in Chicago, and it represents areas occupied since July 1, 1966, or soon to be occupied. Except for the rental of a theatre for use by the Department of Speech and Theatre at Chicago Circle for instructional purposes, all of the space would be used as offices for faculty members or by administrative units. All of the space is critically needed, and the rental plus operating cost seems modest in relation to the total capital and operating costs of an equivalent amount of space in permanent University buildings. (2) Unfunded Costs of the Architectural Division of the Physical Plant Department ($987,360). Heretofore, the costs of this Division, except for the director's salary, have been met mainly from charges for services assessed against the budgets of building and remodeling projects and of departments requiring architectural and engineering services. T h e Illinois Building Authority has recently ruled that no such charges may be made after July 1, 1967, against the project budgets for buildings being financed through that agency, even though University architects and engineers have been involved in the preliminary planning of such structures and would participate in the supervision of construction. The funds requested represent the anticipated costs of these activities in Chicago and in Urbana-Champaign for the 1967-69 biennium — based on detailed estimates of the actual time that would be required on the part of the several categories of personnel, plus indirect costs such as the following: vacations, leaves, and holidays ; travel; equipment, supplies, and blueprints ; miscellaneous expenses. The Physical Plant Department has conducted a detailed study of the practices at other institutions concerning the financing of internal architectural and engineering services. In the light of this study, it appears that the cost levels projected are reasonable in relation to the total volume of construction involved. Hence, if this necessary work is to be done, an appropriation in the amount indicated will have to be provided. (3) Student Loan Matching Funds ($67^00). This sum is estimated to be needed to match expected increases in federal grants to the University for loans to students. (4) Moving Expenses for New Faculty Members ($416,500). Heretofore, the University has paid part of the moving costs of selected new members of the faculty, but has not been able to institute a University-wide, uniform policy concerning moving expenses. The competition from other institutions has grown so rapidly during the past year or two, however, that it now seems virtually certain that the University will have to pay a substantial part of such costs to the majority of faculty members recruited. T h e alternatives would be either to pay higher starting salaries (which is undesirable, since such a cost is recurring) or to become reconciled to appointments at lower than desired quality. In order to meet these changed conditions, an additional appropriation for moving expenses of new faculty members is needed. In arriving at an estimate of the amount required, an average of $500 per eligible individual has been assumed as a basis for calculation. The estimated number of reimbursements has been derived by considering two categories of new appointees. The first includes individuals added to fill newly-created positions required for increased enrollment. It has been assumed that only the number of such individuals required to teach upper-division and graduate students would be reimbursed. (Individuals who come to the University for their first job are not usually reimbursed in any amount for moving expenses.) The second category consists of individuals needed to fill vacancies arising within the existing staff due to resignations, retirements, and deaths. This number is assumed to be 6 per cent of the teaching faculty. (5) Deficiency in Funds for a Full Summer Quarter at Chicago Circle ($440,000). The Chicago Circle budget for 1965-67 was based on a summer session of half a semester in length. Beginning with the summer of 1966, the length of the term was increased to a full quarter, representing a 50 per cent increase in length of time and a like increase in teaching-salary costs. The amount requested ($220,000 per summer session for the next biennium) represents the unbudgeted salary component of the summer session costs for 1966. (The