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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 22

2. New Undergraduate Divisions. T o take care of the greatly increased enrollment, two new undergraduate divisions have been established at Chicago and Galesburg. As already authorized by the Board, additional emergency appropriations for the second year of the current biennium will be requested when the General Assembly convenes. For 1947-1949 it will be necessary to place these appropriations on a biennial basis. Students in the new divisions are in the freshman and sophomore classes only. We plan to provide for 4,000 students at Navy Pier and 2,000 at Galesburg. During the next biennium provision must be made for serving many of these students in the upper classes of the University at Urbana. This will result in an increase in the average cost per student on the Urbana campus. T h e amount requested annually for the new undergraduate divisions is $3,837,372, or for the biennium — $7,674,744. 3. Chicago Professional Colleges. While the enrollment of the Chicago professional colleges is relatively stable at about 1,500 students, a considerable increase in the budget is necessary to carry out an adequate program and maintain personnel. A major increase is needed in the budget of the Research and Educational Hospitals to enable the hospitals to serve patients satisfactorily and provide adequate material for research and instructional purposes. An annual increase of $946,694 is requested, or for the biennium — $1,893,388. 4. Increased Operating Expenses. T h e added student load, additional new buildings being erected, and increased wage scales and cost of supplies necessitate major increases in the budgets of the Library, the Physical Plant, and administrative offices. In the Physical Plant there is also the problem of deferred maintenance and rehabilitation costs resulting from the fact that material and labor have not been available in recent years to keep the plant as a whole in a satisfactory condition of repair. A considerable addition to the item of contributions to the Retirement System also is necessary to cover the increased number of retirement annuities and increased costs due to larger University staff and payroll. An annual increase of $1,886,791 is requested, or for the biennium — $3,773,582. 5. Salary and Wage Scales. Salaries of academic staff in the University have not kept pace with the increase in living costs in recent years. Also they are inadequate to meet competition from industrial, governmental, and professional, as well as other institutional employment. T o maintain the high level of morale in the faculty, a major increase in salaries for the coming biennium is essential. The Board has already received petitions from the faculty which have been referred to the President and by him to the University Council for study and recommendation. The Council recommends the following increases which are included in the budget estimates submitted herewith: (a) Cost of living adjustment in 1946-1947 salaries: 30% of the first $4,000 of each salary. 20% of the next $1,000. 10% of the next 1,000. No adjustment on the portion of any salary which is above $6,000. (b) Deans, directors, and general administrative officers shall be authorized to recommend such reductions in the above schedule as are appropriate in the salaries of those staff members who have been added to the staff during the current year at higher than the usual rates or whose salaries have been especially adjusted to meet unusual circumstances. (c) New minimum salaries for full-time service during the regular academic year beginning in September and ending in June for the various ranks are recommended as follows: Present Proposed Rank Minimum Minimum Full-time assistant $1 800 $2 400 Instructor 2 000 3 000 Assistant professor 3 000 4 000 Associate professor 3 800 5 000 Professor 4 600 6 000