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Committee Will Not Consider Restructuring Proposal
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Michigan Tech's budget reduction committee will not consider the proposed reorganization for academic areas at the university. Provost Kent Wray, who made the reorganization proposal, agrees with the decision.
Wray said it has become obvious that budget reductions and reorganization will need different timetables. He said that budget reductions must occur before the fiscal year begins on July 1 and that it be very difficult to reach consensus on a reorganization plan by then.
The Budget Reduction Advisory Committee voted unanimously to not consider the current reorganization plan. "Priority should be given to budget reduction planning," the motion said. "Any reorganization discussion must take place in a deliberate fashion."
Committee members made clear that this action does not preclude considering other reorganization plans, but that they are on a tight timetable to develop a budget reduction plan.
Proposals that were made as part of budget units' 10 percent cuts are still under consideration, including eliminating the School of Technology and ending the mining engineering program.
The committee was formed to give the university president a recommendation on both budget reductions and tuition increases for 2003-04. The proposed state budget includes a 10 percent cut in appropriations to the university. The committee will hold an open forum on April 16 and have a first draft report completed by May 1. After another time period for comments, the final report is due June 3.
For more information, see www.mtu.edu/budget
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