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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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taking into consideration all hospitals in the country, there were seventy-three personnel employed per one hundred patients. By 1965 this had virtually doubled — to one hundred thirty-nine." Inasmuch as the sharp increase in hospital income promises to make the necessary budget increase possible without additional tax funds, it seems both feasible and equitable that the full increase requested for the Research and Educational Hospitals for 1967-69 be approved.

B7. N E W PROGRAMS AND M A J O R IMPROVEMENTS $1 934 550

7a. Chicago Circle Campus $861 050 (1) New Graduate Programs ($727$50). This incremental request represents costs to be incurred upon the initiation of graduate study at the Chicago Circle campus, over and beyond those to be met from funds derived from the enrollment-increase formula. T w o types of costs are represented in this request: (a) those related to the Office of the Graduate College; (b) those related to the departments offering new graduate programs. T h e funds requested by the Graduate College total $344,000 and include the following items on a biennial basis: (a) academic staff, $22,000; (b) nonacademic staff, $35,000; (c) graduate fellowships, $60,000; (d) faculty summer fellowships, $27,000 (for junior faculty members, mainly in the social sciences and humanities) ; (e) funds for research grants to faculty members, $185,000; (f) expense and equipment funds, $15,000. T h e incremental requests for the departments expected to be offering graduate study during the 1967-69 biennium have been carefully analyzed so as to eliminate any overlap with the funds derived from the enrollment-increase formula. The total requested is $383,550 for the biennium, and this figure represents mainly the costs of the teaching staff required to offer an adequate program of graduate courses in each field. T h e incremental request includes funds for the salaries of instructors in excess of those provided by the budget formula, at an average salary of $12,000 per instructor. Incremental items are included for expense and equipment only in the case of the science and engineering departments which require laboratory supplies. (2) Three New Departments ($133,500). These funds are requested for administrative salaries, secretarial salaries, wages, expense, and equipment. The three departments and the biennial amounts requested are as follows: Anthropology, $56,000; Slavic Languages, $54,000; Classics, $23,500. (The first two departments would be in operation throughout the 1967-69 biennium, while the Classics Department would not be organized until 1968-69.) 7b. Medical Center Campus $197 000 (1) Improvement of Programs in Associated Medical Sciences ($67,000). W h e n the School of Associated Medical Sciences was established in 1963, insufficient funds were made available for the several curricula administered by that unit (especially Medical Record Administration and Occupational Therapy). Enrollments are small and the funds yielded by the budget formula are quite inadequate to provide the staff needed for a full curriculum in each specialty. There is heavy overloading at the present time, and the funds requested would provide additional teaching and clerical staff, together with a small amount for wages, expense, and equipment. (2) Improvement of Two Non-Clinical Departments in the College of Medicine ($130,000). The Department of Biochemistry and the Department of P r e ventive Medicine and Community Health both are undergoing major changes in program direction and leadership. A new head has just been appointed for the latter department, while a search is now in progress for a head for Biochemistry. In the latter case, individuals who have visited the Department have emphasized the need for at least one additional staff member and a clerical position, together with funds for expense and equipment. P a r t of the requested total can be secured from enrollment-increase funds, but an additional sum of $49,000 on a biennial basis is needed. The newly-created Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health will be expanded to include teaching, research, and service in the fields of nutrition, human genetics, and clinical preventive medicine (including rehabilita-