Former Board of Regents Chancellor William Monat will receive a two-month salary of more than $14,000 to continue a long-term research project on the effects of governing systems in higher education in Illinois.

Monat said he plans to investigate Illinois’ five systems of higher education, which include the Board of Regents, the Board of Governors, Governor State University, Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois.

In his research, Monat said he wants to develop a comprehensive study which evaluates the politics and processes of each governing board in Illinois. His research this summer will begin by looking at the “financing of higher education.”

More specifically, Monat said he will investigate the factors Illinois governing boards consider when allocating money. The allocation of resources is the single most important policy decision, he said.

Illinois has a formula-based process for allocating money which has not proven to be advantageous to NIU, Monat said.

“If we can develop more information and more insight on how the decisions are made, the better able we will be able to develop strategies for the future,” Monat said.

Monat said NIU is a rapidly growing institution and therefore has had to create different types of funding regulations. “The pattern of funding in the system has not been as sensitive to NIU’s changes,” Monat said.

Although the research might take several years, Monat said he plans to release a four-year agenda to the Center for Governmental Studies by August 1987.