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Academic Affairs UpdateFebruary 28. 2011

+Objectives

Give a balanced view of current situation

Update on the roller coaster ride

Describe our budget for major budget cuts

Describe internal analyses to identify other opportunities

Answer questions/address rumors

+Roller Coaster Continues

Final decisions on budget will likely be made in late April

Legislative options are all over the map

More talk about governor’s cut level being middle or best case scenario

Why not wait until April? Bottom up decision making All hands on deck Open budget review process will

begin in March

+Roller Coaster Continues

Olympia need grant work study base funding

DC Stimulus protections

ending Pell grants may be

reduced

+Roller Coaster Continues

Tuition rates being discussed in Olympia 7% + 7% 11% + 11% 15-20% 21% + 21% (Governor’s cut level)

Unlikely increases in financial aid

+Budget Process in Academic Division

Colleges: 3% Proposals from colleges 5% Proposals developed by Planning Unit Leaders

Equivalent to: Program elimination, merger, and restructure Confidential Vetted in May

1% Reallocation within colleges

Academic Units: Two Targets: 5% & 7%

+What We’ve Already Done Some areas took deeper cuts, and some took none

* Credit for $50K in lease cancellation from central administration brings 1.8% reduction up to 2.9%.

Calc Excludes Ben Budget

Division, College/Department

Second Cut % of Total Budget

Third Cut% of Total Budget Adjusted for

2nd Cut

Academic Affairs Provost/Other Programs 4.4% 4.5%Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education 0.9% 6.8%College of Business & Economics 1.2% 2.9%College of Fine & Performing Arts 2.8% * 1.8%College of Humanities & Social Sciences 0.0% 2.9%College of Sciences and Technology 1.3% 2.9%Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies 0.0% 2.9%Huxley College of the Environment 1.9% 2.9%Information/Telecommunication Services 3.9% 3.4%Vice Provost for Research 2.1% 3.0%Wilson Library 2.7% 2.9%Woodring College of Education 1.5% 2.9%

+What We’ve Already Done

Example of a college taking 2.9% reduction

3 departments at 1% or less 2 departments at 1.1% to 2.5% 3 departments between 11% and 16% Administration at over 50%

+What We’ve Already Done

Paused hiring into tenure track faculty lines

Cut 27 FTE Staff Positions

Cut 34 FTE Faculty Positions

Eliminated 16 academic programs

Postponed development of new programs

Operating costs reduced by 4.3% of our operating budget

$506K in Lease Costs

Enrolled 50 additional non-resident freshmen

+We will have fewer financial resourcesCan we figure out how to do less?Can we preserve our brand?.... Or, do least damage to our brand?

+Trying to protect seats in classes

Access New students Commitment to current students

New performance metrics all highlight time to degree

Tuition revenue

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+Questions Before Us

Reduce reporting requirements

Consolidate and improve internal reports

Eliminated programs

Reduced elective options

Reduce size of programs

New pedagogies

Defining ‘core’

Prioritize engagement options

Comprehensive Campaign

Morale/avoid burnout

Do less? Preserve Our Brand?

+Burnout (Mayo Clinic)

Are you cynical or critical at work?

Do you drag yourself to work and have trouble getting started once you arrive?

Have you become irritable or impatient with colleagues, students, etc?

Do you lack the energy to be consistently productive?

Do you lack satisfaction from your achievements?

Do you feel disillusioned about your job?

Are you using food, drugs or alcohol to feel better or to simply not feel?

Have your sleep habits or appetite changed?

Are you troubled by unexplained headaches, backaches or other physical complaints?

+What Causes Burnout? (Mayo Clinic)

Lack of control. inability to influence decisions lack of necessary resources to do your work.

Unclear job expectations. unclear about the degree of authority you have or what your

supervisor or others expect

Dysfunctional workplace dynamics. undermined or micromanaged

Mismatch in values. values differ from those of your employer

Poor job fit. Interests and skills

Extremes of activity. monotony, chaos

+A Reality Check

Revenue Budget = $260 M

State Operating Budget = $133 M Governor’s Cut Level = $37 M Percentage State=28%

Amount State Remaining = $ 96M

Total Revenue Remaining = $ 223M

+A Reality Check

Highest-ranking public, master’s-granting university in the Pacific Northwest (2011 US News & World Report)

56th on Kiplinger’s 100 universities that, “deliver a stellar education at an affordable price.”

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Questions?