Budget update: March 17, 2021
March 17, 2021
— by Dan White, chancellor
In December 2020 I appointed a (BOTF) of faculty and staff that was charged with identifying options for large-
and small-scale budget reductions (e.g., vertical cuts) as well as new revenues. The
BOTF recommendations are serving as an additional set of ideas for consideration this
spring by me, the core leadership team, Chancellor’s Cabinet and the Planning and
Budget Committee.
You can find the . The report outlines the top 10 ideas based on a rubric ranking method. Additionally,
. The committee brought forward a wide range of ideas that focused on areas of resource
reallocation, consolidations, reduction and expansion. Some of the ideas generated
are already being explored.
As a next step, the BOTF committee chair will present the report to the Chancellor’s
Cabinet and provide the report to the Planning and Budget Committee for consideration.
I want to thank the committee members for their efforts in completing this large undertaking
in a very short time frame. I know this was no easy task and appreciate all of the
hard work that went into generating the report.
I also want to make you aware that the expedited administrative management review is still underway. The committee, chaired by former UAF faculty and administrator
Joan Braddock, is looking at administrative management positions across the university.
The committee has requested an extension from the original mid-March deadline to the
end of March for the final report submission. Once I have the final report we will
announce an opportunity for anyone to provide input to me on the report’s recommendations.
Thank you for choosing UAF.