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Appendix B
Budget Plan for Colleges and Cooperative Extension 2008
January 8, 2008
DRAFT
1. As we did last year, we will consider most ongoing (e.g., tenure stream,
continuing contract) E&G positions for permission to fill in late Spring. A very
small number of positions will be considered in December, if the college can
show that they can take at least a 5% base budget cut even if they fill the
position.
2. If a negative difference between the cost of university operation and
available resources (e.g., the combination of the state appropriation and
tuition) requires a budget cut, as often happens, a percent cut will be equally
prorated across the entire campus, including non academic areas. Exceptions will
be made for a few areas, such as financial aid, that are critical to managing
enrollment. Deans will be asked to develop plans for how they will absorb their
planned cuts.
3. In years (not the current one) when cuts are within normal ranges, a
small additional assessment rate will be equally applied across the Colleges to
build a pool for reallocation. The reallocation pool will total $400,000 -
$800,000. Half will go to enrollment adjustment. That is, half will go to those
programs with the relatively high and growing enrollment and student credit hour
production. The second half will go to cross college big initiatives that will
advance the campus. The focus of these initiatives will be new cross
disciplinary academic programs that will meet identified needs in the state’s
economy. When funds for such initiatives are possible, the committee will
develop a specific request for proposal that will be widely distributed across
campus.
4. Academic Deans will develop budget plans explaining how they will apply
cuts in a way that advances the strategic directions of the university while
minimizing negative impact on (a) credit hour production, (b) time to degree for
current students, (c) accreditation and certification, (d) impact on graduate
students and programs, (e) research and creative productivity, and (f) service
to the state. These plans will include what faculty positions they would like
permission to fill and how each position contributes to minimizing the negative
impact of the cut as noted in a-e. Cooperative Extension will develop a similar
document with a focus on minimizing the impact on (a) Maine business, and (b)
their citizen consumer groups (e.g., senior citizens, youth, and businesses).
Deans are asked to provide the
following additional information.
- Describe the process used in the college to develop
budget cut plans and prioritize positions to be filled. Please include
discussion of processes for input from chairs and faculty.
- Please list and prioritize those faculty positions
that you have the funds to fill and request permission to fill. For these
positions, please describe how they meet the above criteria.
- Please list all faculty positions lost and not filled
or planned for search as a result of this budget cut and the two previous
years’ cuts.
- Please list all positions that have been filled during
this same time or are in active search processes.
5. The Academic Affairs Budget Advisory Team (AABAT), which includes
administrators and faculty, representing each college and the Senate, will meet
regularly to review institutional data and college and research unit annual
reports. The group will also review and provide feedback on each of the Dean’s
budget plans and will advise the Provost on how to apply the reallocation pool,
when present, in order to accommodate student enrollment patterns, address the
most pressing accreditation issues, and develop new programs to better meet the
needs of the state’s economy.
6. The Provost will make recommendations to the President based on Dean’s
plans and AABAT input. The President will make final decisions. The Provost will
report on allocations to AABAT and the Senate Executive Committee.
Note. This process applies only to E&G funded
positions.
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