Meeting Date: 
May 8, 2023
Date: 
05/08/2023 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: 
Zoom Meeting
Agenda: 
  1. Program Proposal
    • Marine Mammal Graduate Certificate, #803 – New Graduate Certificate
    • Public Policy Analysis Graduate Certificate, #827 – New Graduate Certificate
  1. Discussion
    • Response from originator regarding:
      • Engineering Management Graduate Certificate, Key #257
      • Engineering Management Graduate Major, Key #711
  1. Report Back from University Budget Advisory Committee
  1. Other
Minutes: 

Voting members present: Frank Chaplen, Ashton Cummings, Mary Gardner, Natasha Gaspar, Jeff Luck, Shawn Tucker
Voting members absent: Filix Maisch, Joseph Page  
Guests present: Yvette Spitz

 

Program Proposal

  • Marine Mammal Graduate Certificate, #803 – New Graduate Certificate
    • Totals show they’re in the negative every year
    • Two budgets listed – one for Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Sciences and it is negative.
      • The negative revenue is not addressed in the narrative.

Action: Motion to send back and request explanation of the negative revenue stream; seconded. The motion passed with 5 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

  • Public Policy Analysis Graduate Certificate, #827 – New Graduate Certificate
    • The numbers presented in the Budget Narrative do not reconcile with the Budget Spreadsheet.
    • More specifically, Personnel and OPE on the spreadsheet do not match what is on the narrative.
    • Where are the funds coming from after the Ecampus grant ends?
    • E&G funds can be interpreted in a lot of ways.

Action: Motion to send back and request stronger linkage between per course revenue and budget number that was provided and request that they meet with the chair to discuss expectations; seconded. Motion passed with 5 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

Discussion

  • Response from originator regarding:
    • Engineering Management Graduate Certificate, Key #257
    • Engineering Management Graduate Major, Key #711
      • They responded but not yet resubmitted through CIM

Report Back from University Budget Advisory Committee

  • Sherm Bloomer started his new position at OSU-Cascades on May 1. Interim VP Toni Doolen is traveling and was unavailable to attend the most recent meeting.
  • Report from contribution margin workgroup – Nicki Dolan did a cost accounting allocation report for every college.
    • Tuition times Credit Hours Taught = Revenue
    • Calculated state support for each college
    • Calculated other support (differential tuition, etc.) to each college
      • Create E&G model
  • Direct expenses in allocation model are fairly comparable to the current budget model.
  • Do they make a difference between Ecampus and On-campus?
    • No, it goes to the college
  • In the new model – are the Gen Ed revisions being taken into account?
    • Not currently being taken into account.
    • Credit hours are averaged over the previous three years.

Other

  • No other business