University of Virginia Library

Appropriations Short

The University is name as one of 28
state-supported institutions with "standstill
state appropriations." The association has
calculated the need for an average annual
increase of 10 per cent in a university's
operating budget to maintain a current level of
service. This figure takes into account factors of
inflation and increasing enrollment. The
University's state appropriations have increased
by only 9.15 per cent.

Although included among those institutions
failing to receive state appropriations calculated
as essential, the University was not named
among those with operating budgets below the
required per cent increase.

The study concludes that "state
appropriations - the chief source of public
university revenue-are becoming increasingly
stringent. Slim operating budgets, often related
to reductions in state appropriations, also
foretell a deepening fiscal crisis." The effects of
the Nixon Administration anti-inflation
campaign have not yet been measured,
according to the association.