Expansion of unit costs to relate to proposals Land. Component Dormitory component for Asian and U.S. students, at $8,725 per student. Apartment component for United States and Asian scholars, at $20,000 per unit_ Transient room component for short-term trainees and conferees, at $10,000 per unit 5-acre land site. Total instructional facilities (classrooms, library, laboratories, etc.), at $4,000 per student. Total. Pledged by State of Hawaii: Approved bond issue.. $500,000 Balance Proposed as contribution from local funds. Balance proposed as special contribution. -1,000,000 4, 553, 750 -1,553, 750 3,000,000 1 Special contribution as used here means financial support other than or in addition to that which would be supplied by the State and university for this purpose. TABLE II.-Estimates of cost of project support -1,000,000 7,262, 500 -4, 262, 500 3,000,000 TABLE III.-Operational costs—Administrative cost estimates based on admin Mainland (10 trips average; 2 weeks each at $1,000)_. 10, 000 20, 000 Other costs (postage, telephone, telegraph, representation). Total____ 7,500 20,000 8, 500 5,000 2,500 192, 500 TABLE IV.-Operational costs-Estimates of costs of services supporting proposed program for the center (Based on additional student load of at least 100 students 1st year and 200 students in each of the 2 following years of operation] Summary: TABLE V(a).-Cost estimates Asian and U.S. scholarships 1960-61, 100 scholarships at $9,045. 1961-62, 100 scholarships at $10,2101962-63, 100 scholarships at $8,930. Breakdown 1960-61 1 1961-622 1962-63 Total, 3-year period. 1 Expenses this year assume 20-month study grants with off-campus room and board facilities. ? Expenses this year assume 24-month study grants with off-campus room and board facilities. Expenses this year assume 24-month study grants with on-campus room and board facilities. Tuition charges reflect instructional overhead costs of $580 per student per regular academic year and $190 per student per summer session added to regular tuition charges of $170 per academic year and $60 per summer session. TABLE V (b).-Estimates of costs of grants to attract distinguished scholars and scientists from Asian, Pacific, and American countries Unit cost submitted by University of Hawaii to include salary, travel, and living expenses (per year). 30 1-year fellowships for entire 3-year period, at $13,500_- $13,500 405, 000 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONSULTANTS TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, ON THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, JUNE 14, 1961 JUNE 14, 1961. Subject: The Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West. To the Regents of the University of Hawaii: Since its creation in October 1960, the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West (more commonly called the East-West Center) has shown significant progress. Programs and activities have been outlined, and some actively launched. A partial staff has been recruited. The first buildings have been planned, and building bids will be let this month. Inventories of Hawaii's assets for support of the Center program have been made. Almost 100 students from Asia and America are now studying at the University of Hawaii under Center scholarships, and about 150 more are expected to begin studies this fall. These accomplishments testify to the initiative which has gone into development of the Center. The regents were wise, however, to request a review of the organization and program of the Center at this stage of its development. The committee of consultants has now met with representatives of the Center and the university and a number of other interested individuals, has examined the present and proposed structure and programs of the Center in some detail, and makes the following recommendations: CONCEPT 1. The Center is soundly conceived and should be vigorously developed as an important national resource and a contribution to international understanding. An educational center to bring together scholars, students, and technicians from Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the United States will have great value for the individual participants, and for the nations from which they come. Some Asian countries have need for technical training facilities and all countries need greater mutual appreciation of cultures and national problems. AFFILIATION 2. The Center should continue to be affiliated with the University of Hawaii. As an educational program for the training of students, scholars, and technicians, the Center should be closely associated with a university. This association will also serve to emphasize that the Center is a nonpolitical body, not operated by the U.S. Government, a fact which will enhance the Center's effectiveness among many Asian representatives. While the university's major responsibility is to the people of Hawaii and the Center's is to the entire Nation, these are not mutually incompatible. It is essential, however, that the differences be taken fully into account in the organization, administration, and programing of the Center. There can then be no question that the university and the Center will derive strength from one another while each carries out its own purpose. Chancellor GENERAL STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION 3. A new position, that of chancellor, should be established for administration of the Center. The leadership of the Center needs to carry prestige that will be recognized throughout the United States and Asia; hence, the proposal for the title and responsibilities of the position of chancellor. The chancellor should be under the administrative responsibility of the President but should have considerable autonomy in the Center's development and administration. He should have authority in matters directly concerning the Center, and should be held accountable for the Center's results. His duties would include the preparation and control of Center budgets, negotiation of contracts, public relations, and the development of cooperative arrangements with scholars and institutions on the mainland and throughout Asia. 4. Selection of the chancellor should proceed as carefully and rapidly as possible. The chancellor should be an academician with administrative ability. First consideration should be given to candidates in Hawaii. Too often the tendency is to overlook the talent close at hand, and the process of attracting a widely known person from the mainland would be time consuming and perhaps end in frustration. It may prove more fruitful to find a relatively young, vigorous person who is willing to devote his future to the development of the Center. The chancellor's salary range should be high enough to attract a thoroughly qualified person-probably between $20,000 and $30,000 per year. Other important perquisites will be provision for housing, entertainment allowance, and transportation. Advisory council 5. The regents should appoint an advisory council of qualified persons from Asia and the United States to advise the chancellor concerning the program of the Center. The council should be relatively small, with members chosen not as representatives of institutions, countries, or special groups but as individuals able to give sound advice and to help marshall the support and resources of higher education. Because of the Center's national character, the Department of State should be invited to nominate one council member. Appointment should be by the regents on the recommendation of the president and the chancellor. As special projects are undertaken, it will be desirable to establish subject-matter advisory committees with members drawn from Asia |