University of Virginia Library

70 Percent Increase

The University's request from the general
fund represents a 70percent increase over
appropriations for the current two year period.

In a separate request the University is asking
for an additional 13,613,720 dollars from the
general fund for its 600-bed teaching hospital.
This request represents a 44.5 per cent increase
over the current biennium appropriation.

This past spring the University filed a
request for 23,631,275 dollars from tax funds
for capital outlay for the 1972-74 biennium.
Capita? Outlay is used for new buildings,
whereas operational cost funds are used for the
maintenance of the University.

Increased enrollment is a major factor in
70 percent increase in the request for funds.
Mr. Shannon told the committee that "the
main factor affecting enrollment is the
admission of women into the College of Arts
and Sciences." This factor automatically
doubles the pool of applicants. In the
undergraduate schools applications have gone
up 40 percent and in the graduate schools they
have gone up 25 percent. Also affecting the
overall size of the University is the quality of
the students. Although the entering class has
increased by only 100 the entire enrollment for
the undergraduate schools has risen by 600. Mr.
Shannon attributed this to the fact that
students are doing well and not failing or
dropping out for personal reasons.

Not only has the entire enrollment of the
undergraduate schools gone up, but the size of
the graduate schools is increasing too. Graduate
and first profession schools, such as Medicine
and Law account for 38 percent of the entire
University enrollment. The total annual
enrollment in these schools has increased 44.3
percent and the number of the degrees they
grant has increased by 74.9 percent.