Proposed supplemental.. Summary of changes Estimated advances and reimbursements_ Estimated reimbursements from non-Federal sources. 1966 total estimated obligations_. 1967 total estimated obligations__ Less increases in reimbursements: Federal sources.. Non-Federal__. Total net change. $10, 982, 000 216, 000 764, 350 9, 663, 183 INCREASES-NEW PROGRAM 1. Accommodation of increased enrollment and the maintenance of quality instruction- gram: c. New personnel in support of qualitative improvements in the pro Data processing and computer center. Center for community studies... Director for the health professions center. d. Educational supplies, expenses, personnel benefits, and equip ment: 72, 400 Total, accommodation of increased enrollment and im- INCREASES-NEW PROGRAM-continued 2. Operation of new facility and rehabilitation of the physical plant: Total...--- 3. Staff benefits: a. Pay cost, for nonteaching employees.. b. Social security expense, additional. c. Improvement in retirement allowances.. d. Increase of contributions for deferred retirement annuities. e. Final stage of program for establishment of within grade salary Howard University, located in the District of Columbia, was chartered by an act of Congress March 2, 1867. The university consists of 10 schools and colleges, offering programs of higher education on the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. Undergraduate students are registered in the college of liberal arts; graduate students seeking the master's and doctor of philosophy degrees are registered in the graduate school; professional students are registered in the graduate school; professional students are registered in the colleges of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, fine arts (including the school of music and the departments of art and drama), and the schools of engineering and architecture, social work, law, and religion. (The school of religion receives no support from Federal funds.) The educational program of the university is conducted in keeping with the democratic purposes of land-grant colleges and State universities, with the low tuition fees and living costs which characterize these institutions, and with an educational program resting upon and permeated by the content and spirit of a general and liberal education. The university admits students of both sexes, from every race, creed, and national origin, but it accepts and undertakes to discharge a special responsibility for the admission and training of Negro students. Enrollment of students During the school year 1964-65, the university served a total of 11,203 students as follows: 8,077 during the regular academic year and 3,126 in the summer session of 1964. The total net enrollment, excluding all duplicates, was 9,401 distributed as follows: liberal arts, 5,151; graduate school, 1,143; engineering and architecture, 719; fine arts, 583; social work, 308; medicine, 388; dentistry, 659; pharmacy, 200; law, 199; and religion, 51. Geographical distribution of students The enrollment of foreign students continues to be significant. During the second semester of the 1964-65 school year, there were 1,431 foreign students constituting 15 percent of the enrollment. The percentage of foreign student enrollment to the total student enrollment at Howard was the highest anywhere in the United States. These 1,431 foreign students came from 77 countries, including Canada; 3 countries in Central America; 6 countries in South America; 17 islands in the West Indies; 24 countries in Africa; 19 countries in Asia and the Pacific Islands; and 7 countries in Europe. In addition, there were students from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. During the course of the school year, there were 7,970 degree seeking students from the United States. These students were distributed as follows: New England States, 335; Mideastern States, 3,720; Great Lakes States, 498; Plains States, 92; Southeastern States, 2,961; Southwestern States, 188; Rocky Mountain States, 29; Far Western States, 136; Alaska, 1; Hawaii, 10. The faculty Of this The full There were 909 teachers serving the university during the school year. number, there were 514 full-time teachers and 395 part-time teachers. time equivalent of the teaching staff was 610.88. Of this full-time equivalent, 546.23 were teaching at the rank of instructor or above. Graduates During the 1964-65 school year, there were 933 graduates from the 10 schools and colleges. These graduates came from 33 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 10 foreign countries, and 9 island possessions of the British, French, and Dutch West Indies. The 933 graduates were distributed among the 10 schools and colleges as follows: Liberal arts, 443; engineering and architecture, 81; fine arts, 37; the graduate school, 107; social work, 66; medicine, 87; dentistry, 48; dental hygiene, 15; pharmacy, 13; law, 29; and religion, 7. In addition, honorary degrees were conferred upon four persons. From the date of its establishment in 1867, Howard has graduated 24,255 persons. The largest number of graduates have entered the field of teaching, especially in the Southern States. In the field of medicine, there have been 3,557 graduates; 2,078 have gone into dentistry and dental hygiene; 1,814 have entered the field of law; 447 have entered the ministry; 1,271 have gone into the fields of engineering and architecture; and 765 have gone into social work. Numerous graduates of the university have engaged in Government service, not only in the United States but in many countries abroad. Significant developments The following significant developments took place during the year 1964-65: 1. A part of the new curriculum for the college of medicine was placed in effect in September of 1964. This program included review sessions for students who received unsatisfactory grades for the previous year and preadmission review sessions for entering students. 2. The department of education initiated a sixth-year program leading to the certificate of advanced graduate study. 3. The school of law was given authorization to grant the degree of master of comparative jurisprudence. 4. A computer laboratory was established in the school of engineering and architecture as an adjunct to the university wide computer and data processing facility. 5. The foreign affairs scholars program, which is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and is designed to prepare Negroes and members of other minority groups for careers in foreign affairs, enrolled 38 students from 28 colleges during the second year of the program. 6. The program for improvement of physical facilities moved forward with these developments-a new classroom building for the social sciences and humanities was completed; plans and specifications are being prepared for a social work building and a new dormitory for men; a women's dormitory, which is now under construction, is scheduled for completion in the spring of 1967; and a contract for plans and specifications for the new university hospital has been awarded. The board of trustees, the president of the university, and members of the university community, consisting of students, teachers, nonteachers and alumni, again wish to express their deep appreciation to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Bureau of the Budget, and the executive and legislative branches of our Government for their continued support of the program. The university is also appreciative of the steps taken by the Government to improve the quality of instruction and education at Howard University in recent years. With such generous support, the university should be able to maintain its place among the outstanding universities of this country. OBJECTIVES OF THE 1967 BUDGET ESTIMATES The appropriation of $10,982,000 for salaries and expenses during the fiscal year 1966 will make it possible to provide instruction for an anticipated increase in the enrollment expected in the liberal arts complex and graduate school through funds for the addition of teachers, supporting personnel, personnel benefits, supplies and equipment; to increase the salaries for members of the instructional staff; to provide a measure of improvement for the instructional program in the college of medicine; to strengthen the staff charged with the responsibility of operating and maintaining the physical plant; to help with financing the centennial celebration program; and to improve the retirement program. A proposed supplemental of $216,000 has also been submitted covering pay increases for nonteaching employees for consideration in fiscal year 1966. The objectives implemented in the fiscal year 1967 budget estimates are similar to those projected for fiscal year 1966. The university continues its efforts to maintain an acceptable student-teacher ratio in each of the schools and colleges; to improve the salaries for members of the teaching and nonteaching staffs; to continue programs for the improvement in library services and book collections, as it touches the general library; and to operate and maintain the physical plant at a high state of efficiency so as to encourage good teaching and research. Special attention is focused on the college of medicine and its needs. A total of $745,710 is being requested in increased appropriated funds for additional teachers, supporting personnel, supplies, contract services and equipment, in order to eliminate some of the deficiencies noted in a recent inspection, conducted by the U.S. Office of Education as a part of its responsibility for review of the education program at the university. Further efforts to improve the quality of instruction at Howard University are evident in our request for support of a center for community studies, the upgrading of the data processing-computer center, and improvements in the instructional program for the school of law. The university is looking forward with anticipation in 1967 to the celebration of 100 years of service in the field of higher education. 1967 APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST Request is respectfully made for an appropriation of $13,344,000 under the title of "Salaries and expenses," as partial support for Howard University, in fiscal year 1967. This request represents an increase of $2,146,000 above the appropriation of $10,982,000, plus $216,000 proposed for supplemental in fiscal year 1966. General administration includes obligations related to executive and administrative offices which serve the university as a whole. It is in this area that educational and management policies are evaluated, promoted and initiated, activities and programs related to these policies are correlated and supervised, and leadership is exercised in the promotion of efficient performance and execution of the educational program. The activity includes three major subactivities, namely general administrative offices, student services, and general institutional expense. SUMMARY OF INCREASES The following is a summary of increase in obligations for general administration: 1. Improvement in retirement program for university employees (a) Supplements to retired allowances for employees who are (b) Increase of university contributions toward purchases of $25,000 1,400 8, 800 2. Final stage of the within-grade salary increase program. 3. Pay increases for nonteaching employees (includes staff benefits $712). 12, 589 4. Social security expense increase__ Total increase, general administration___- 8, 990 56, 779 JUSTIFICATION FOR INCREASES 1. (a) Supplements to retirement allowances for employees who are scheduled to retire, $25,000.-This item is included in the university request for 1967 in order, to continue program designed to secure a partial solution for an acute problem that has developed with respect to members of the teaching and nonteaching staffs who are scheduled for mandatory retirement at age 68. A survey made of the benefits that will be available from Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and social security to approximately 100 members of the teaching, administrative, and nonteaching staff scheduled to retire during the next 10 years, indicated that the range of benefits was from 12.9 to 54.7 percent of current salary. The average of these benefits, as related to current salary, was 37 percent. This situation has developed due to the slow rate of increase in salaries over the past 35 years; the late start made by the university in establishing a funded deferred annuity program (program began in 1931, or 31 years ago, while authorities recommend that an employee should be covered for at least 35 years); and the inadequacy of the 10 percent of salary that is contributed jointly by the university and by the employee for the purchase of deferred annuities, which are available to the retiree at age 68. The university believes, along with a large number of first-rate complex institutions, that an employee should be able to look forward to a guaranteed minimum retirement allowance which will be related to his current salary rate and term of service. To this end, the proposed program which is supported in the 1966 appropriation makes it possible for employees, who have served the university for 18 years to be assured of a minimum retirement allowance equal to 24 percent of average salary for the highest of any 3 years of service multiplied by the number of years of service at the university. The assured minimum retirement allowance is inclusive of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and social security benefits. The difference between combined benefits from TIAA-social security sources and the assured allowance is made up by a university supplement. A total of a retirement allowance, from these sources, may not exceed 55 percent of the 3-year average salary. The $25,000 here requested will provide supplements for employees scheduled to retire in fiscal year 1967. The implementation of this provision continues to make it possible for the university to retire employees at the mandatory retirement age, without obligation to reemploy those retirees who are unable to continue effective service. Likewise, the employee can look forward to retirement without fear of economic dependency. 1. (b) Increase in contributions toward retirement annuities, $1,400.-The university proposed in 1966 to attack the retirement allowance problem on two fronts, namely, to improve retirement allowances for those employees scheduled to retire in the next 10 or 15 years, through a supplement to the retirement allowance, available from TIAA and social security, by the university, and to increase the university's share of contribution toward the purchase of retirement deferred annuities from 5 percent to 10 percent on all salaries in excess of $4,800 (the maximum for contributions to the social security system). At the present time the employee and the university contribute 5 percent to TIAA and 3% percent to social security on salaries over $4,800. This latter low contribution handicaps our employees in the middle and upper salary brackets upon retirement. The total sum of $25,000 here requested will permit the university to continue this second step toward correcting this inequity by moving its contribution to TIAA annuities from 6 percent to 7 percent on salaries in excess of $4,800. To |