During the past three years, WSU Libraries has canceled 1,300 journal subscriptions due to inflating costs and a tight budget. This spring, the WSU Libraries is asking for faculty assistance in determining which journals should be canceled next. The deadline for deciding the final cancellation list for 2007 is Sept. 1, 2006. Previously, the libraries […]
House and Senate conferees released their compromise budget on Tuesday, March 7. The proposal will be up for a vote this morning and is expected to pass. Highlights for WSU are as follows:CAPITAL BUDGET WSU can begin construction of the life sciences research laboratory and instructional facility in Pullman with an appropriation $10 million in funding […]
Following is a quick recap of how President Bush’s proposed federal budget of $2.77-trillion for the 2007 fiscal year would affect higher education: (For details, go to The Chronicle of Higher Education articles linked in each section.)— $12.7-billion would be added to Pell Grants, enabling an additional 59,000 students to receive Pell Grants this year. […]
Washington State University’s proposed 2005-07 budget will go up for final approval at its Nov. 16 Board of Regents meeting in Seattle. “Major budget priorities identified in the strategic plan and addressed in the budget allocations, include competitive salaries, additional faculty positions, graduate education, and lower division programs at WSU Vancouver and WSU Tri-Cities,” said […]
Washington State University Spokane has named WSU alumnus James Dalton to the position of director of finance and budget.As WSU Spokane’s chief financial officer, Dalton will be responsible for overseeing strategic and operating budgets on the campus, as well as developing and implementing funding strategies to support growth initiatives and community partnership opportunities.Dalton has more […]
You might say that the 2005-06 year will be President V. Lane Rawlins’ golden year at Washington State University. Rawlins, who will turn 68 on Nov. 30, began work at the university in ’68 as a faculty member in the Department of Economics. No, he hasn’t been at WSU the entire time. He left in […]
Washington State University President V. Lane Rawlins, in his Update for Faculty/Staff, announced May 17 that the university:* will not make any across-the-board cuts at the beginning of the biennium on July 1. * will add to the state’s 3.2 percent increase in the salary pool. Through use of local funds the university will bring the […]
Here is a summary regarding salary increases for employees at WSU as funded by the Legislature for 2005-2007. Faculty, administrative/professional staff and graduate assistants:The state has funded salary increases averaging 3.2% beginning Sept. 1, 2005, and averaging 1.6% beginning Sept. 1, 2006. We are doing a full analysis of the budget, but intend to follow through with our […]
Although the university’s top capital budget item — a $57.1 million Biotechnology/Life Sciences Building in Pullman — failed to gain legislative approval, the state did provide funding for several other major projects in its final compromise capital construction budget, approved on April 21. Plus, there appears to be strong support for the project in next session or biennium. Lack of funding for the Biotech/Life Science building […]
WSU Today recently asked Karl Boehmke, the university’s executive director of planning and budget, what the three state proposed budgets — from Gov. Christine Gregoire, the House and Senate — provided for funding in regards to salary increases. Boehmke outlined the proposed salary funding as follows (please note, this might change in the final state operating budget): […]