Guilford Budget Fact Sheet
The Office of Communication and Marketing has developed a budget fact sheet which Ty suggested I might share with the community here. It is attached below. Guilford Budget Situation Fact Sheet 3.6.15
Sweet Briar’s woes
Many of you have probably heard that a relatively nearby small liberal arts college, Sweet Briar College, is closing after this year due to declining enrollments and financial problems. If you want a summary, see this article from Inside Higher Ed. This is clearly a drastic solution to this kind of problems, especially as they …
Article on challenges faced by small colleges
Shared by Todd Clark to the cabinet, and I thought it would of interest to faculty. An article in the Chronicle about challenges faced by small colleges, and some of the strategies they’re using to adapt. Survival at Stake, by Lawrence Biemiller, March 2 2015 Chronicle of Higher Education If this link expires, I’ve got …
Article on Budget Cutting at Wooster
An interesting article on a budget cutting process at a college of similar size and scope to ours. Sounds like a very open process. They had the benefit of not being in crisis while they did it, which is unfortunately not our situation. Click below to read: How One Campus United Behind a Budget-Cutting Effort by …
Faculty Budget Forum Slides from Feb. 11, 2015
The slides shown at the faculty budget forum on February 11 are available on the faculty Moodle site here: Faculty Forum Budget Slides (login required)
Notes from Faculty Forum on Budget, February 11
The following are notes from the faculty forum on budget, taken by Sherry Giles (thanks Sherry!). When I spoke, I’m identified; most other speakers are not identified, so read each paragraph as a separate comment or point from a different speaker. Please let me know if you have any questions, and feel free to leave …
Discussion Area for Faculty Forum on Budget, February 11, 2015
Please feel free to comment here on issues relating to budget, budget cutting, and priorities during the budget planning process. If you want to communicate directly to someone, the faculty representatives to the President’s Cabinet are: Darryl Samsell (Chair of Budget Committee) Sherry Giles (Clerk’s Committee) Dave Dobson (Clerk, Budget Committee) Other budget committee representatives are: Gwen …
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Really interesting faculty salary study at Berkeley
Berkeley Salary Study – Inside Higher Ed I’m hoping we can do something like this here, although our small numbers of faculty may make statistical analysis difficult. (Link from Richie Zweigenhaft, commentary by Dave)
Help understanding tuition remission changes
Hi, folks – In light of the changes announced to the tuition remission policy announced today, I’m trying to understand how the tuition remission policy used to work. If anybody out there has used the tuition remission benefit and would be willing to share your experience, please let me know by e-mail (ddobson@guilford.edu) or, if …
Trends in Guilford’s financial picture
Darryl Samsell prepared these slides for our last budget committee meeting, and I though they might be interesting to the community.