University of Illinois trustees on Thursday approved the university's budgets through 2010, increasing money for faculty and staff raises as well as for utilities and other areas.
The university's 2010 budget asks for $113 million more for the year ending June 30, 2010. The bulk of the increase is for strengthening the UI's academic quality, including salary raises that would average 3 percent for faculty and staff and boosting the amount of money available for recruitment, retention and filling in the salary gaps between pay for new hires and longer-term employees.
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