Budget update: April 16
April 16, 2019
On April 11, President Jim Johnsen requested that chancellors provide a strategy for their university to meet a portion of approximately $40 million in possible statewide reallocations and reductions. Accompanying the charge was direction to increase the student-to-faculty ratio at each university. According to statewide calculations, 蜜桃影像 currently has a student to faculty ratio of 10:1, and we have been asked to increase that by two, to a 12:1 ratio. By working to increase student enrollment through the work of strategic enrollment planning, I expect to minimize reductions of faculty positions. If faculty reductions are required, we will look first to employ a targeted early retirement program.
In my , I charged the 蜜桃影像 provost and vice chancellors to gather feedback on strategies to meet the president鈥檚 proposed budget scenario. As we find out more about the budget, I will share details of our plans to navigate through possible changes. Please continue to submit your big ideas to my website under the 鈥,鈥 and as always, thank you for your continued advocacy.