FaSBAC Minutes
March 2, 2009
Attending: Andrews, Crawford, Farrell, Floyd, Frank, Goldsmith, Haley, Ikuenobe, Janson, Kandel, Kolbe,
Lilly, Martin, Milam, Rubin, Schierhorn, Schneider, Serpe, Taft, Tyner, Zapytowski, Zelko
1. Update on University Budget
Bob and Gregg gave an update on the information currently known about the University budget.
A. All information can change as the budget bill continues to work through the state legislature,
the current assumptions are:
 State appropriations will rise 6%
 A cap on tuition is likely
 State funding formula will change
o 15th day enrollment will be replaced with a formula based upon the number of students
completing a class with “D” or better and the number of students graduating (currently
Success Challenge is only for undergraduate students)
 Enrollment planning assumptions on the Kent Campus
o 100+ growth in undergraduate students
o 100+ growth in graduate student
o 144+ growth in combined international and bandwidth
B. The University had been operating in a deficit for the past few years and unrealized investment
market gains were used to balance the budget. The University made the decision to address
the structural deficit and instituted a $5.5 million cut, with $3.55 million coming from Academic
Affairs. The cuts were apportioned to the percent of budget for each area. Cuts were made
with the least impact on jobs, student services and RCM principles and mostly included vacant
positions and faculty professional leaves.
C. We are likely to have more cuts for this coming year; however, the Governor and the
Chancellor have been very supportive to higher education and want to keep it a priority. At
this point we do not know if or how much an additional cut would be. We don’t want to cut
too much causing an unnecessary negative impact.
D. Despite the budget situation, the University should continue to invest in itself, particularly
through quality academic programs and facilities. Gregg would like to be sure that we have a
fund set aside for facilities as the deferred maintenance on campus could be approximately
$400 - $500 million. A current study of our deferred maintenance issue is underway.
2. Non-academic subvention
Sally reported that in the FaSBAC charter, we are to review subvention needs for areas outside of
academic affairs. There are no subvention requests from non-academic areas at this time. The
Academic Affairs Advisory Committee for RCM (AAA-RCM) reviews subvention requests for Academic
Affairs.
3. Update of Service and Support Recommendation
Sally reported that the first draft of the recommendation for a service and support review process was
submitted to the sub-committee of FaSBAC over the weekend. A meeting will be held in the coming
month to review the recommendation. The status of this sub-committee will be reported on at the next
FaSBAC meeting.
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