What's the latest news regarding UAA's budget?

UPDATE 4/15/16: The current proposed cut for the University of Alaska (all campuses, not just UAA) is $50 million. More information is available in the latest Capitol Report and at Alaska Dispatch News.

UAA FY17 Budget At the April 7, 2016 Board of Regents meeting, University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen delivered a presentation on university contingency planning based on the pending, but still unknown, FY17 financial support from the state of Alaska. The target reduction for UAA is $19-$28 million. For all the latest news and documents regarding UAA's budget, visit the UAA FY17 Budget website.

Alaska State Legislature The 29th Alaska State Legislature is still in session and has yet to approve the FY17 budget for the state. Stay up-to-date on the current session with the weekly Capitol Report by Chris Christensen, associate vice president for state relations. Subscribe to the mailing list to receive upcoming reports and view the archive at alaska.edu/state/report.

Strategic Pathways The Strategic Pathways framework seeks to strengthen UA's ability to meet the state's high priority needs for post-secondary education by focusing each of our universities on its unique areas of strength all the while providing wide access to cost effectively delivered common courses and services across Alaska. It is part of the plan to meet the university's budget deficit. The draft Strategic Pathways framework can be found at alaska.edu/pathways. UA President Jim Johnsen hosted three open forums at UAA about Strategic Pathways earlier this week. All three forums will soon be available on the UAA Podcasts page.

Feedback Please join the conversation. Ideas, questions and comments regarding UAA's budget may be submitted here (scroll to the bottom, under Your Input is Needed). The university is also soliciting feedback on Strategic Pathways; visit the UA statewide website to contribute.

 

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