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1978]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Student Service Fee Increase, Chicago Circle, Medical Center, and Urbana

(8) Recommendations are submitted herewith for increases in the student service fee at each campus, beginning with the 1978-79 academic year. These proposed increases may be divided into two components. The first is the additional funding required by the campus facilities and programs to meet the effects of inflation. The second component is the funding necessary to eliminate tuition retention previously required by the student fee support facilities at the Urbana and Medical Center campuses. At the March 1978 meeting, the board endorsed the elimination of tuition retention. The proposed student service fee increase for each campus,1 beginning with the 1978-79 academic year, is as follows: Operating Percent Elimination Current Requireof of Tuition Proposed Amount ments Increase Retention Amount Chicago Circle (per quarter) $47 00 $5 00 10.6 $5 00 $57 00 Medical Center (perquarter) 77 00 5 00 6.5 5 00 87 00 Urbana-Champaign (persemester) 65 00 6 50 10.0 7 50 79 00 (The figures above represent the fee for full-time students and, therefore, would be prorated for part-time students.) Chicago Circle — Operating Requirements The increase recominended is based on the need to adjust for cost escalation of current services and programs since the last fee increase in 1975. Specific operations supported by the service fee include: student activities, intramural sports and recreation, intercollegiate athletics, the Chicago Circle Center, and the Health Service. The proposed increase was approved by the chancellor upon recommendation of the vice chancellor for administration. Medical Center — Operating Requirements The proposed increase is required to cover the cost escalation of salaries, utilities, and general commodities in maintaining the current level of services and programs. The service fee supports the operations of the Chicago Illini Union; Second Unit, Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building; campus programs; student activities; campus recreation; and student government. The proposed service fee increase was approved by the chancellor upon the review and recommendation of the Chicago Illini Union Board and the Medical Center Executive Student Council. Urbana-Champaign — Operating Requirements Of the proposed increase, $2 will provide for cost escalation of salaries, utilities, and general commodities in maintaining the current levels of service and programs in the Assembly Hall, Illini Union, McKinley Health Center, Intramural-Physical Education Building, and Student Services Building operations. Four dollars and fifty cents of the fee is being allocated to the Illini Union to reduce the working capital deficit associated with maintaining required inventory levels, primarily in the bookstore operations. The increases were approved by the chancellor and the vice chancellor for campus affairs upon the recommendation of a Service Fee Advisory Committee.

1 Historical Summary of Student Service Fee • • The following summary reflects the student — service fee (excluding the hospital-medical-surgical fee) for the last three academic years and the proposed fee for 1978-79: 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1979-79 Chicago Circle (per quarter) $47 $47 $47 $57 Medical Center (per quarter) 67 73 77 87 Urbana-Champaign (per semester) 58 63 65 79