CA&ES Budget Planning Process
March 2009 - I have been working with my staff, our department chairs, and the Dean’s Council to establish a new committee to help our college take a proactive approach to planning for the future in this environment of budget challenges. Although our college completed an academic plan less than two years ago, the budget situation is much different than it was when that planning was completed.
Professor M.R.C. Greenwood, former chancellor of UC Santa Cruz and professor in our Department of Nutrition, will chair this committee. I also asked the following faculty members to serve on the committee: Chris Benner, Doug Cook, Graham Fogg, Bruce German, Marion Miller, Beth Mitcham, Anita Oberbauer, Jay Rosenheim, Mark Schwartz, and Rich Sexton.
The charge of the committee is to use the foundation of our current academic plan, along with the expected strategic plan from ANR, to help us guide budget decisions that must be made over the next few years. The bottom line is that we want advice regarding what priorities are necessary for the future success of our college and advice regarding what we can de-emphasize in the future.
In their recommendations, the committee will need to place every department and interdepartmental program in the context of how the college can excel under challenging budget conditions. The committee has been asked to provide the report to me by June 1, 2009. Based on the committee report, I will then ask the various constituents of our college — the Dean’s Council, the Academic Senate, the Executive Committee, and others — to advise me regarding the difficult budget decisions that the college will certainly need to make.
As always, I value your feedback. If you have questions or comments, please e-mail me.
Neal
K. Van Alfen
Dean
College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
nkvanalfen@ucdavis.edu
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