Principles and Ground Rules

Guiding Principles  and Ground Rules

 2011-2012 Supplemental Budget Reductions

Guiding Principles

• Continue use of the Strategic Plan and Assessment as a decision tool.
• Adhere to our institutional values statements.
• Involve representatives from campus and community stakeholder groups in the budget development process.
• Maintain regional institutional accreditation.
• Maintain a balance of student FTE generated from each of the college’s primary mission areas.
• Concentrate our educational resources in areas that produce strong results as measured in student academic and employment outcomes.
• Meet legislated enrollment targets if possible.
• Target an enrollment level that we can serve adequately with appropriate support services.
• Keep essential core services functional; not everything is completely scalable.
• Do not neglect the future:  maintain a reasonable commitment to professional development, IT investment, and maintenance of campus buildings and grounds.
• Take reductions sooner in order to avoid deeper ones later.
• Count only the potential revenue offsets to reductions that are capable of being realized.

 Ground Rules for doing our work

• Be respectful.
• We must use good communication to avoid surprises; if a proposal core to your area impacts others, it must be discussed with them.
• Rigorously quantify each proposal before bringing it to the table.
• Adhere to the guiding principles.
• Proposals must be specific.
• Ideas relating to other areas need to have a connection to your area.
• Must be legal – confer with Assistant Attorney General and negotiated agreements when needed.