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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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enrollment-increase funds requested for the 1967 and 1968 summer sessions would provide funds for the full summer quarter for the additional students.) (6) Deficiency in Funds for Wages, Expense, and Equipment, Chicago Circle Campus ($932,000). The funds needed for the operation of the Chicago Circle campus during the biennium 1965-67 have been far below a minimally satisfactory level, and the shortage has been acutely felt in two main a r e a s : (a) the departmental budgets for wages, expense, and equipment; (b) funds for library acquisitions. The shortage in the first category stems partly from the serious inadequacies of expense and equipment budgets of all departments at Navy Pier — even for the lower-division programs offered there. With the move to Chicago Circle and the establishment of some twenty-five new departments, the level of costs increased enormously without commensurate increase in budgets. Temporary funds had to be used to meet the emergency, and the biennial budget for 1965-67 did not include sufficient incremental increases t o offset the new cost levels. A prominent example of an extraordinary increase in expense is found in the telephone c h a r g e s : $63,346 in 1964-65 vs. $247,963 in 1965-66. This increase alone accounts for about 40 per cent of the amount requested as an annual budget increase for 1967-69. During 1965-66, it was necessary to provide some $300,000 in supplemental, nonrecurring funds for the Chicago Circle campus, and even with this additional support there was a residual deficiency at the end of the fiscal year amounting to $194,556. (7) Expansion of the Teacher-Education Program, Chicago Circle Campus ($203^00). These funds are needed to support several types of changes planned for the Division of Education and the teacher-education program at Chicago Circle during the coming biennium. The Division of Education probably will be reorganized into a College of Education, with a new curriculum in elementary education to provide junior-senior instruction for the several hundred students now enrolled in this program at freshman-sophomore level. For these reasons, and in order to remedy serious existing deficiencies, the practice-teaching program needs a very substantial increase in support which can not be secured from the regular enrollment-increase allotment under the budget formula. Among the new positions needed are the following: assistant dean, .5 F T E ; coordinator of programs for the Council on Teacher Education, 1.0 F T E ; practice-teaching supervisors, 3.33 F T E in 1967-68 and 5.0 F T E in 1968-69; cooperating teachers (in the public schools), a budget item of $10,800; nonacademic staff, 1.0 F T E ; wages, expense, and equipment, $5,000. (8) Library Improvement at the Chicago Circle Campus ($1,235^00). The principal need is for a total of $755,900 for library acquisitions for the biennium, including funds for books, binding, processing staff, expense, and equipment. With this sum, it would be possible in time to overcome the woeful inadequacies of the basic library collection, stemming from the very low level of support available throughout the entire period at Navy Pier. With the extraordinary expansion of programs, both in number and in level, and especially with the proposed initiation of graduate study in 1967-68, it is imperative that the level of support for acquistions be increased as recommended. The remainder of the increase would be for the improvement of library services, especially for staff increases to remedy deficiencies that have existed ever since the move from Navy Pier. The total requested for increases in operating funds is $479,400 for the biennium. After this addition, it should be possible to meet the needs arising from increased enrollment from funds provided under the enrollment-increase formula. (9) Internal Institutional Studies, Chicago Circle Campus ($220,000). The increasing demand for institutional studies, generated internally as well as from requests from outside agencies, makes it essential that additional staff be provided to certain key offices at the Chicago Circle campus during the coming biennium. The existing staff of the main administrative offices does not have the time or the training, as a rule, to undertake the specialized types of studies required. Hence it is proposed to put six individuals in key offices at Chicago Circle in 1967-68, with primary responsibility for collecting data for internal studies, codification of the data, and the preparation of reports. Four nonacademic positions would be provided, together with funds for wages, expense, and