The board, which will meet at the SIU School of Medicine in Springfield, will decide on several fee increases including funding for athletics.

In order to fund intercollegiate athletics, SIUC President John Guyon proposed a fee increase of $8 per semester. The increase would raise the athletic fee from $38 to $46 for full-time students. If approved, the increase would start this fall.

Guyon had proposed raising the fee to $53 per semester by fall 1996, and told the board’s finance committee last month he would ask for additional increases in the future, including a $6 increase over fiscal years 1998, 1999 and 2000.

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The Illinois Board of Higher Education recommended that all public universities stop using state money to support athletics without raising student fees to compensate for the loss.

SIU Chancellor James Brown said the athletics program is valuable to the University.

I’m sure there will be some resolution on how to fund intercollegiate athletics, Brown said. It will require some sort of funding.

On April 10, SIUC students voted down a referendum to support an athletic fee increase during the Undergraduate Student Government elections.

The board will also vote on a $25 mass transit fee increase to fund a city and campus-wide system.

The system is scheduled for next fall.

Other increases to be voted on:n A campus housing activity fee increase of $1.50 for single student resident halls effective next fall n A $3 student medical benefits fee increase, which would fund new programs such as HIV testing and psychological services

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n A 75-cent student-to-student grant program fee increase, which makes more aid available to students

The board’s finance committee will vote on the increases. If approved by the committee, the items will be recommended for action by the full board.

Thursday’s meeting will be the next-to-last meeting for Brown; he retires June 30 when the new chancellor, Ted Sanders, will take office.