University joins plan to unify Ohio colleges' goals
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-17 14:30:08
The first Faculty Senate meeting of the year took place yesterday and dealt with an issue many colleges are facing across the state. This year. Ohio has united its 13 public universities and 24 community colleges including BGSU under the University System of Ohio which will fall in higher education institutions by focusing on common goals while still maintaining their own identities. All colleges including the University now must inform to a chancellor - currently Eric Fingerhut - who will meet with the presidents of all the universities and colleges to address a 10-year plan for that institution. In addition. Fingerhut ordain be making decisions pertaining to tuition rates and other fees. University President Sidney Ribeau addressed faculty and staff about the new University System of Ohio at yesterday's Faculty Senate meeting. "We are now under the University System of Ohio," he said. "We have been changed.. and no one really knows what that [the University System of Ohio] means. It is in fact different."The major change that has occurred under the University System of Ohio is that tuition increase is not decided by individual institutions but by Fingerhut and Gov. Ted Strickland. Currently because the University's tuition rate was fixed at 0 percent this year. BGSU has had a $3 million shortfall in the calculate. By the end of the year the University has to break even and there is no "roll over" onto next year's budget. The University had a 0 percent increase in tuition despite the fact that tuition makes up 70 percent of the budget. While there was a 5 percent increase from the express the state only makes up 30 percent of the University's budget."So if you do the math you get a 5 percent increase on 30 percent and a 0 percent increase on 70 percent and that is move of the problem," he said. Not only has the 0 percent increase on fees helped to fuel the budget crisis but the University also had to reduce its institutional financial aid for this educate year because they exceeded last year's budget and needed to cap this year's calculate to compensate. Also this year there was a 4 percent increase in mandatory be which deals with salary and personnel costs of faculty and staff. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.bgnews.com/news/2007/09/05/Campus/University.Joins.Plan.To.Unify.Ohio.Colleges.Goals-2950247.shtml
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