Budget, Finances, and Load

Administration has begun meeting with budget heads this week to begin making specific plans for the 2011 budget. These meetings follow on the planning meetings administration held in fall quarter, in which budget heads examined possible ways to cut 10 percent from their budgets.

The planning in December was responsive to actual results for the first 6 months of the year. As you know, we are further along, and now have close-to-actual results for Winter to add to the mix, as well as projections for Springs. All indications are that the shortfall for the year will be greater than we thought in November and December.

Your leaders in Senate are working with Administration to ensure that the Administration works fairly, appropriately, and with the best interests of the faculty and students in mind. We are also working to ensure that everyone follows the appropriate rules, procedures, and norms of our policies and the principles of constitutional and shared governance, and of the AAUP.