EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

GREENVILLE, N. C. 27854

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT June 24, 1969

Dr. Henry Ferrell
Department of History
East Carolina University

Dear Doctor Ferrell:

I am in complete agreement with the aspirations of the East
Carolina AAUP Chapter to make the Summer School more nearly

a part of our regular academic program. I have presented

these aspirations in terms of money requirements to the Budget
Advisory Commission and to the Budget Committees of the General
Assembly. When the appropriations bill is ratified some fruit
of our arguments will be reflected in the budget in time for
next summer.

I have reviewed your correspondence with the Provost and I
believe his statement is a fair statement of the present
situation. Although there will be greater flexibility next
summer, it is not possible to hold out great hope for fixed
contracts since the funds voted will not allow operation of
the Summer School apart from budget consideration of enrollment.
It seems quite obvious that we cannot, with only limited budg-
etary supplements, raise the salary maximum, cut the size of
classes, cut the teaching load and offer firm and early con-
tracts with salaries fixed by formula on the basis of rising
nine months salary in the face of uncertain summer enrollments.
We have never realized a surplus from the Summer School opera-
tion, but we do have a legal prohibition against operating it
at a deficit.

We have, however, made considerable progress. Over the past
several years we have managed to raise the maximum three times,
honor almost all of our tentative commitments and decrease the
size of most classes. With increases of the budget supplement,
we hope to accomplish more.

Sincerely,

or

Leo W. Jenkins