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UNIVEKSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The University of Illinois' share of the cost of the System is regularly included in the appropriations to the University. It is computed on an actuarial basis. The amount of this item for the current biennium is $1,976,432. Because of an increased scale of compensation and the larger number of persons on retirement, additional funds of $303,868 for two years are required. V. To Meet Anticipated Increase in Enrollment, Activate New Areas, and Provide For Growth and Development A. Enrollment As already indicated, it is necessary to provide for the increases in enrollment which have been predicted for 1953-55 on the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago Undergraduate Division campuses. This item will include funds to continue positions which have been added to the current budget, on a temporary basis, to meet the unexpected increase in enrollment during the current year. The following enrollment data show the principal changes that have taken place: 1947-48 1952-53 Postwar as of Peak October 4 1950-51 1951-52 Urbana-Champaign 19 391 15 145 15 464 17 162 Chicago Undergraduate Division 4 547 3 800 3 363 3 46r Galesburg Undergraduate Division . . . 1 683 Sub-total (25 621) (20 623) (18 508) (19 264) Chicago Professional Colleges 1 556 1 627 1 597 1 54° Total Resident Enrollment 27 177 22 250 20 105 20 804 These figures indicate that there was a downward trend at the beginning of the current biennium. This fact was anticipated in the appropriations for the current biennium, and an allowance for reductions was based on this expectation. Such reductions were made in 1951-52 to the extent of $1,469,591 per year, and in 1952-53 to the extent of $881,283 per year. (These reductions were more than offset by increases necessary at other points, viz., costs of supplies and equipment, and salary and wage increases. T h e net result was an increase in total appropriations.) Instead of a small decrease in enrollment such as was anticipated in the budget reductions for 1951-53, there has been an increase in enrollment in 1952-53. For the biennium 1953-55, an enrollment at Urbana-Champaign and at the Chicago Undergraduate Divisions of 19,600 to 20,000 students is anticipated. By the beginning of the second year of the biennium, additional facilities will be available at the Chicago Professional Colleges. These facilities will increase the enrollments in Dentistry and Pharmacy. As soon as necessary remodeling can be done in vacated quarters in present buildings, the enrollment in the College of Medicine will also increase. Consequently, the budget for the 1953-55 biennium must make due allowance for these prospective enrollment figures. B. New Areas The East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building, for which $5,540,000 was appropriated by the Sixty-seventh General Assembly, is scheduled for occupancy in September, 1954. This will permit an annual increase of 50 new freshmen in Pharmacy, 10 new freshmen in Dentistry, and 50 new students in Nursing. In 1955, an annual increase of 24 new freshmen in Medicine can be made. Funds are requested for a minimum budget for only a part of the biennium in accordance with the circumstances noted earlier. The major appropriation for increased enrollment in the Professional Colleges will be deferred until the 1955-57 biennium. Larger entering classes will have a cumulative effect on budgets during this period. The sum of $350,000 is requested for these purposes for the 1953-55 biennium. C, Growth and Development It is important that the University keep pace with the demands upon it in at least areas most heavily in demand by providing additional funds for growth and development. The Deans and Directors requested an annual increase of $4,685,701 per year for these purposes, including funds for increased enrollment and the operation of new areas.