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I I .. 5 .. AUC continues to have an international and varied faculty. This is illustrated by the following figures on nationality. Among our professional staff 53 are U.S. nationals, 72 are UAR nationals, 13 are from Europe and 6 from Asia. C. STUDENTS. Last year as a result of the war \'Ie had an approximately 10% decline in our total student body. This was to some extent the result of institutional uncertainty at the beginning of the academic year; even more so it was the result of our inability to provide I adequate scholarship assistance. (We are nO\l1 back to our pre-war scholarship program.) This year we have allowed our student body to grow so that we have made up the 10% decline which occurred last year and 1n addition have added the normal growth planned for this year. AUC is therefore back on the growth schedule anticipated before the war. Our student body consists of approximately 1100 students, 780 undergraduates, 220 accepted graduates and 100 special status graduates. Please note the category "special status" graduates. These are graduate students making up pre-requisites, mainly in the English language. The problem that \'Ie are encounteri ng in the growth of our graduate program is not the dirth of applications or the absence of facilities for accepting students but the obstacle that English as a language of instruction sets for many excellent potential students. This year the problem was more acute than it has ever been. Our English Language Institute is being stretched to add special programs for graduatE' students. I~e wi 11 soon be running an Eng1 ish Language Institute for graduate students paralleling our English Language Institute for undergraduate students. • •• /.