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Caption: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950)
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Major Problems of the Period One-fifth of all the degrees earned by students of the University of Illinois during its 82 years have been granted in the last four years. The grand total is 105,959 — 21,868 being awarded between July 1, 1946, and June 30, 1950. The 4,720 graduate degrees given during the same period represent one-fourth of all the University's advanced degrees. In June, 1950, the number of graduate students (4,162) exceeded the total enrollment in the University in 1914. During the war period the University of Illinois was among the leaders of the nation in its training programs for the armed forces. The "re-conversion" indicated above was possible because the University staff, the Board of Trustees, the General Asscmbh. and the Governor of the state were united in believing that Illinois should meet its postwar educational obligations. Particularly they were agreed upon a policy that was almost an article of faith, namely, that no returning veteran should be denied a chance to study at hi State University if he could profit by college work. Between September, 1945, and September, 1946, student enrollment more than doubled. The number of freshmen entering in IP 16 — a total of 12,000 — exceeded the total enrollment of the University a year before. In the fall of 1947, nearly 16,000 veterans entered the University at its various campuses. The great bulge in enrollment called lor a crystallization of policy and for action on many levels. These problems wen* faced To recruit (IK- size and quality of staff needed tor these young poop! and to retain this staff under highly competitive conditions, T o develop the eampnses {)\' (he Universit) SO as to take eaie of as many students as possible! without saeiifieim: he-h quality, T o serine and equip Other Campuses when it 1 versity to h a n d l e the i i ted enrollment, aino a p p a r e n t that emergency expansion at Urbana-Champaign would not permit the I 16
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