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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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This estimate is based on the assumption that all public and private institutions will take their proportionate share of the increase in enrollment. To show this in more detail, Table 1 presents data supplied by the Bureau of Institutional Research of the University of Illinois showing the estimates of the size of population of youth of college age in the State of Illinois for alternate years from 1953-54 to 1971-72. These numbers are based on actual births occurring through August 1953, with births for the remainder of that calendar year being estimated. In succeeding columns of this Table, the proportion of the college age group which can be expected to attend institutions of higher learning and which can be expected to attend the University of Illinois is shown. In simplest statement, the data indicate that in the next twenty-year period it is anticipated that the number of young people seeking admission to institutions of higher education, including the University of Illinois, will be approximately doubled. The Committee considers these data basic in any consideration of planning for future expansion of the University. Table 1 Estimated Increase in College Age Population and College Enrollments in Illinois, 1953 to 1971* Regular Session Enrollments Population All Higher University of Illinois'0 No. of Youth of Educational UrbanaYear College Age Institutions Champaign Navy Pier Total 1953-54 4 6 3,700 114,000° i5,797 d 3,825 d I9,622 d !955-56 483,200 117,800 16,500 4,000 20,500 !957"5 8 501,000 124,200 17,300 4,200 21,500 1959-60 532,300 134,600 18,600 4,500 23,100 1961-62 602,000 156,300 21,600 5,250 26,850 1963-64 620,900 163,600 22,800 5,525 28,325 1965-66 664,600 180,100 25,100 6,000 31,100 1967-68 738,200 203,900 27,700 6,700 34,4°° 1969-70 747,700 209,900 28,000 6,800 34,Boo 1971-72 781,900 223,100 30,800 7,500 38,300 '•" Estimates are based on actual occurrence births through August 1953, and projection for the balance of this calendar year. "" Assumes continuation of a two-year division of the University at Navy Pier. <c) The approximate percentage distribution of this 1953-54 enrollment by class of institution is: Six major private institutions in Chicago, 33; all other private institutions in the State, 28; public State colleges (including Chicago Teachers College), 11; junior colleges, 9; University of Illinois, 19. (d> Actual enrollment. NOTE: Data for the University of Illinois are the number of persons who can be expected to seek enrollment in the University if (1) the proportion of college age youth going to college conforms to the trend of the past several decades, (2) there are no major changes in the requirements for admission to the University, and (3) a similar proportion of the estimated number of youth of college age seeks admission to the University at the two campuses as at the present time. Although the Committee's primary concern is with the University of Illinois, it feels that it is necessary to call attention to the significance of these data for all higher educational institutions in the State. While no one can know events which may occur, it would appear that the safest expectancy is that both public and private institutions will be faced during the next twenty years with a continual increase in the number of students seeking admission. Not only will the number of youth of high school and college age double, but also it is the hope of many public-spirited citizens that something can be done to provide financial aid to superior high school graduates, so that they may all have the opportunity of attending college. Numerous studies, made during the past decade, show that two-fifths of the top quartile students who graduate from