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Jossey-Bass Department Chair Leadership Institute
Best Practices in Budgeting,
Resource Management, and
Planning for Results
Don Chu
May 3, 2012
Polls and Chats (Edited to Share Only Useful Materials)
Welcome and Introductions
Note: Questions were responded to verbally, answers can be found in the event recording. [pic]
Event Host - Cally Latchford: Welcome to today's event! Please introduce yourself and tell us what you do and where you are from. There will silence until we get started at 11:30 a.m. (EST) at which point we will do an audio check. Thanks for joining us!
ABYLASH GEORGE [Ramsey, NJ]: Abylash George
ABYLASH GEORGE [Ramsey, NJ]: Eastwick College
John Milligan [Valley Glen, CA]: John Milligan from Los Angeles Valley College. I'm the chair of the department of chemistry and physics.
CHARLIE RANDAZZO [Overland Park, KS]: Electrical Technology Chair/Professor at Johnson County Community College
LINDA MARTIN [Laramie, WY]: Linda Gore Martin, University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy
DEIRDRE GREER [Columbus, GA]: Deirdre Greer from Columbus, GA at Columbus State University. I am Chair of the Teacher Education Department
MICHAEL SUKOWSKI [Chicago, IL]: Michael Sukowski, Director of the Center for Teaching and Research Excellence, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL
MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE [Rochester, NY]: Monroe Community College Rochester NY
DEIRDRE GREER [Columbus, GA]: Will this PowerPoint be sent to participants?
Event Host - Cally Latchford: Yes- it was sent last night as a reminder to all who were registered. You can also download the pdf from the above "slides and handouts" pod
Event Host - Cally Latchford: It will also be available in your event archives on along with the recording & chat transcript!
DEIRDRE GREER [Columbus, GA]: Thanks!
RAY DART [Peterborough, ON]: I think we are BEYOND centralized. Departments here have almost no discretionary budget.
John Milligan [Valley Glen, CA]: We are pretty much the same at my institution.
LINDA MARTIN [Laramie, WY]: Personnel here is controlled by the Upper Administration -- if an opening exists, they take the position (both faculty and staff) at the end of the year. Then we have to fight to get it back; no moving around.
LINDA SPERRY [Terre Haute, IN]: That happens at our institution too.
John Milligan [Valley Glen, CA]: We are a community college with not much change in the budget allocation for faculty. Our budgets are determined by the VP of Administrative Affairs. They cut our spending budget by 66% in the last year without regard to prior expenditures. :(
SHELLEY LUND [Milwaukee, WI]: same here - departments only have control over the supplies and expenses budget
RAY DART [Peterborough, ON]: A question I have is how to convince a Dean to move more towards incentives.
CHARLIE RANDAZZO [Overland Park, KS]: Thank you...very good presentation!
MICHAEL SUKOWSKI [Chicago, IL]: Thank you both!
John Milligan [Valley Glen, CA]: Thanks to everyone.
LINDA MARTIN [Laramie, WY]: Thank you
LINDA SPERRY [Terre Haute, IN]: Thank you
SHELLEY LUND [Milwaukee, WI]: Thanks much - this series has been very helpful
Event Host - Cally Latchford:
Activity 1: Thought questions
A budget calamity hits your school and your dean tells you to develop a 20 percent reduction plan by July 1, 2012. What would you do?
John Milligan [Valley Glen, CA]: We have already done this on our campus. I asked for input from the rest of the department as to what we need to prioritize and got no input from the department.
CHARLIE RANDAZZO [Overland Park, KS]: Evaluate last 2 years budgets to look for potential items to cut for next year
DEIRDRE GREER [Columbus, GA]: Identify the most important areas that impact students, and begin identifying cuts from areas that do not impact student learning.
LINDA MARTIN [Laramie, WY]: Evaluate any non-personnel resources, then evaluate the curriculum (we are only one deep in many areas, so this is difficult; staff is already overloaded)
JOHN SCHUMACHER [Baltimore, MD]: We would likely need to cut the number of sections offered by adjunct faculty.
A budget windfall becomes available. Your dean tells you to spend $30,000 by June 30, 2012. What would you do?
John Milligan [Valley Glen, CA]: There is some equipment that we really could use for our classes and would burn through that 30k pretty fast.
DEIRDRE GREER [Columbus, GA]: Request input from faculty and priortize requests.
CHARLIE RANDAZZO [Overland Park, KS]: Good to have "wishlists" available if this potential situation occurs.
LINDA MARTIN [Laramie, WY]: This is the end of the biennium, we lose any extra money on June 30. We have a couple of open lines --so we are replacing equipment and furnishing that are very old. We have an equipment committee that prioritizes
JOHN SCHUMACHER [Baltimore, MD]: Consider creating research accounts for faculty that they can spend on their own research (but not on salary).
Activity 2: On your campus what is the predominant budget management style?
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Activity 3: Which budgeting model do you operate under?
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Activity 4: How much incentive do you have to make money, create new revenue streams, and save money in your budget?
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Activity 5: Do you think your budget percentages reflect both needs and department priorities?
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Activity 6: Workload Management
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When was your spring term class schedule last reviewed comprehensively?
LINDA MARTIN [Laramie, WY]: We are working on the entire curriculum (courses are only offered once yearly, except the rotations)
John Milligan [Valley Glen, CA]: We don't do a lot of change because we are almost bare bones offerinings.
LINDA SPERRY [Terre Haute, IN]: We have been forced by economic considerations to make those decisions in an ongoing manner.
CHARLIE RANDAZZO [Overland Park, KS]: Working on that right now...I am the new chair this year and it appears the curriculum has not been evaluated in some time.
JAMES HOPPER [Overland Park, KS]: We are currently working on our entire curriculum
JOHN SCHUMACHER [Baltimore, MD]: We're using the PeopleSoft system to do that now
SHELLEY LUND [Milwaukee, WI]: we are constantly reviewing and revising our curriculum
Activity 10: Resource Management
Can you move money from one non-personnel category to another without the dean's permission for every transfer?
RICHARD FORT [Overland Park, KS]: No
JAMES HOPPER [Overland Park, KS]: No
MICHAEL SUKOWSKI [Chicago, IL]: No
CHARLIE RANDAZZO [Overland Park, KS]: No
DEIRDRE GREER [Columbus, GA]: Yes
LINDA SPERRY [Terre Haute, IN]: Yes
John Milligan [Valley Glen, CA]: No, it goes through the budget officer.
LINDA MARTIN [Laramie, WY]: Yes, it is a block allocation
SHELLEY LUND [Milwaukee, WI]: I think so...
Can you move money from personnel to non-personnel department needs (example: from adjunct account to travel) without the dean's permission for every transfer?
SHELLEY LUND [Milwaukee, WI]: no
RICHARD FORT [Overland Park, KS]: No
MICHAEL SUKOWSKI [Chicago, IL]: No
JOHN SCHUMACHER [Baltimore, MD]: Yes, we have total control
John Milligan [Valley Glen, CA]: No.
JAMES HOPPER [Overland Park, KS]: No
CHARLIE RANDAZZO [Overland Park, KS]: No
LINDA SPERRY [Terre Haute, IN]: No
LINDA MARTIN [Laramie, WY]: Yes, until the end of the year
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