Minutes of the University Budget Committee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5241 N. Maple, M/S TA 43
Fresno, California 93740-8027

Office of the Academic Senate
Ext. 8-2743

May 4, 2011

Members Present:            J. Constable, J. Kus, J. Parks, A. Parham, P. Newell, E. Junn (by phone)

Members Absent:

Visitors:                              Ms. C. Teniente-Matson,Dr. K. Johnson, Dr. Y. Doub, Dr. C. Golston, Dr. S. Jimenez-Sandoval, Dr. P. Trueblood, Dr. A. Hoff, Dr.                                                 P. Amaral

The meeting was called to order by Chair Constable at 3:30 p.m. in TA room #117.

  1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 4/27/11.
  2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
    Added to today’s agenda is a first review of the budget of the new independent Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT).
    Drs. P. Amaral and J. Constable have been elected to serve three-year terms in the University Budget Committee starting in the Fall 2011 semester.
  4. New Business.
    Dr. L. Gonzalez, Dr. Victor Torres and Dr. Carlos Perez will visit the committee on May 11 to address budget aspects of the proposed BA in Latin American Studies.
  5. Ms. C. Teniente-Matson presented the rational for changing the student IRA fee.
    The UBC clarified that they were interested in the budgetary aspects of the proposed program including:
    Ms. Matson presented on the need to increase the IRA fee to aid in funding athletics. As part of the transition to the Mountain West Conference (MWC) an analysis of athletics income relative to other MWC schools suggests CSU Fresno student fee payments to athletics are below those of other schools justifying a fee elevation. Furthermore, funding athletics appropriately requires additional funds that would otherwise be subtracted funds currently used to support academics. Four possible increase scenarios for the IRA were presented. In each case $10 went to fund instructional support services with the balance going to athletics, possible total IRA fee increases were (1) no change; (2) increase of $25; (3) increase of $55 and (4) increase of $70. Discussion centered on the various options recognizing the need for additionalfunds, the IRA mechanism for raising funds and the consultative process with students. Overall, concerns centered on the fact that fees were being increased; the partitioning of earned funds between athletics and instructional support; and the potential drain on academic services caused by athletics.
  1. Discussion of the previously proposed MA in Spanish Linguistics with Dr. Keith Johnson.
    The proposed MA in Spanish Linguistics was re-presented to the UBC and the potential costs of the program were presented using the Budget Analysis Guidelines.
    The proposal seeks to formalize an existing informal option and streamline an existing demand for the linguistics option. The Departments of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures and Linguistics both presented strong cooperative support for the program.
    MSC to approve the program as discussed based on the potential budget implications and re-review the programs progress in three years.
  2. Dr. Trueblood and Dr. Hoff presented the latest developments in the formation of a new independent doctorate of physical therapy driven by changes in state regulations. Note: Dr. Junn was present via speaker phone for the discussion. Discussion started with the new state requirement that all practicing physical therapists have a doctorate (DPT) rather than a Masters of Physical Therapy (MPT). Therefore, this program will displace both the existing MPT and the existing Joint Doctorate program.
    The CSU Fresno DPT will be one of several within the CSU system including Sacramento, San Diego, Long Beach and Northridge.
    During the transition to the DPT the goal is to reduce the teaching load to 9 WTU per semester. Funds for the change in teaching assignments will originate from within the College as well as supplementary funds from the Provost and the President until the program is fully populated.
    The UBC did note that there was a discrepancy between the number of WTU for which students needed to be enrolled (e.g. 127 for the first cohort) and the instructional funding (e.g., 90 WTU being taught for the first cohort). It was recognized that the cause for this discrepancy will be identified at the next meeting of the UBC.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.

Agenda for Wednesday 11 May 2011.

  1. Approval of minutes of 4 May 2011
  2. Approval of agenda for 11 May 2011
  3. Communications and Announcements
  4. New Business
  5. Discussion of the proposed independent DPT with Dr. P. Trueblood
  6. Discussion of the Proposed BA in Latin American Studies with Dr. L. Gonzalez, Dr. V. Torres, and Dr. C. Perez.
  7. Elect UBC Chair for the 2011-2012 Academic year

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