Mission Driven Budget Case Study

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Discussion: With a mission driven budget there will be an effort to calculate needs and what do the tuition and fees cover. We may get less from the UMaine System if raising more on this campus.
Claire said it’s a fair statement.
President Hunter stated the model has been approved but will now be fine-tuned. There will be peer institutions and a case will be made based on research, outreach, etc. Peer institutions will be different on the UMaine campus than the other seven campuses.
There will be a budget presentation in October 26

Academic Affairs – Michael Grillo
There will be a committee meeting next Wednesday, 3:00 pm in Lord Hall. The issues on the agenda are; UMSystem plan for One University, UMaine and UMaine Machias partnership, question …show more content…

Is Financial Aid prorated for the difference between 14 and 15 credit hour equivalent?
A. Provost Hecker believed it’s less than the cost of a credit hour. Hope students will look at that and use May or summer term.

Q. What do you expect for hiring new faculty?
A. Currently working with Claire Strickland on the budget. We’re slightly above credit hours budgeted right now, looking to see what can be anticipated for next year and if any raise in tuition rates. This year should be comparable to last year, centrally funded positions will be clearer in November.

Q. You mention Merit Aid, regarding financial aid, but what about scholarships from endowment?
A. Those are different, not institutional funds.
Q. What about students that do internships, those students aren’t getting 15 credit hours for that? Will this affect recruitment?
A. We’ve become consistent with other institutions so don’t see recruitment hurt. They can apply their aid to May or summer term.

Q. Back to funding faculty positions centrally, do you ever see a time where reinvestment in colleges?
A. Centrally funded positions are about the institutions priorities. Once funds go to colleges it becomes salary a line in the college.

Q. Do lines remain in the college if someone retires?
A.

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