{"id":26749,"date":"2009-04-15T09:34:12","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T16:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=26749"},"modified":"2013-09-18T09:37:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T16:37:09","slug":"following-large-cuts-nau-looks-revenue-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/following-large-cuts-nau-looks-revenue-enhancements\/","title":{"rendered":"Following large cuts, NAU looks to revenue enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Haeger listens to NAU student Brandon Rabidou’s question.
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The university\u2019s budget difficulties may be mitigated by federal stimulus dollars and other revenue enhancements, but important budget questions remain unanswered.<\/p>\n

Northern Arizona University President\u00a0John Haeger<\/strong>\u00a0solicited input Monday on how the university should use money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help offset NAU\u2019s $21.3 million FY09 budget reduction and any cuts to the upcoming FY10 budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, all stimulus money is one time and will run out,\u201d Haeger reminded the audience. \u201cWe need to decide what to do with the money with that in mind.\u201d He added that the amount of stimulus money the university will receive is still unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Seeking budget ideas
\n<\/strong>President John Haeger is seeking input on the budget. Send suggestions, comments and questions to\u00a0budgetinfo@nau.edu<\/a>. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to visit the budget web site.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Speaking during a\u00a0campus forum<\/a>\u00a0at the High Country Conference Center, Haeger listed some\u00a0potential ways<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>the money could be used, such as mitigating the effects of furloughs or to purchase software that would enhance productivity and create a near-paperless campus.<\/p>\n

Haeger scheduled the forum to update campus on the university budget, including the cuts already made to contend with the budget reduction, which could grow worse in FY10.<\/p>\n

In addition to the recent cuts made by all\u00a0vice presidential areas<\/a>, including\u00a0Academic Affairs<\/a>, the president outlined some revenue enhancements, which he said are necessary to continue to deliver a high-quality experience for students.<\/p>\n

NAU has proposed to add a\u00a0$175-a-semseter tuition surcharge<\/a>\u00a0for students who are not already in the Pledge tuition guarantee program. It also will ask the Arizona Board of Regents to approve an IT fee increase to $36 a semester.<\/p>\n

An additional revenue source will be a new fee that will partially offset charges credit card companies levy against the university when students use charge cards for payments.<\/p>\n

Haeger praised a budget plan from Gov. Jan Brewer that would mix cuts with temporary tax revenues and a budget modernization plan. He also praised an \u201cexcellent\u201d report from the\u00a0Fiscal Alternative Choices Team<\/a>, which included\u00a0Marc Chopin<\/strong>, dean of The W.A. Franke College of Business, and NAU economic professor\u00a0Ronald Gunderson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

FACT is a team of experts from Arizona’s universities and the Arizona Board of Regents, created at the request of legislative leadership, who identified alternative strategies that could address both the short-term deficit and also long-term structural budget issues.<\/p>\n

Amid continuing stress on state and university budgets, the president also discussed methods for educating more students at less cost per baccalaureate and in a shorter amount of time. He added that graduating more students with baccalaureate degrees cannot be done by sacrificing quality.<\/p>\n

He explained that Northern Arizona University could embark on creating \u201cregional universities\u201d that would be developed in coordination with community colleges and the local communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would build a strong regional partnership, using existing faculty, staff and buildings,\u201d Haeger said. \u201cWe also would seek broad regional support\u2014communities would need to come up with funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the\u00a0characteristics of a regional university<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>include structured programs, fewer electives and a hybrid delivery system blending onsite with online.<\/p>\n

Haeger cited NAU partnerships in Yuma and Yavapai County as examples of where a regional institution could develop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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