NDUS Budget Cuts (changed name to be system-wide)

[andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!!]

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/12/14/ndsu-cutting-equestrian-club-team-coachadvisor-budget-cuts/

 

[CMSioux]

7 minutes ago, andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! said:

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/12/14/ndsu-cutting-equestrian-club-team-coachadvisor-budget-cuts/

 

Nice to see they have started a petition that is so effective with bean counters.

[90siouxfan]

were they on their horses?

[nodak651]

Wow thats a lot of signatures.  What prong does NDSU use to satisfy the NCAA again?

[The Sicatoka]

2 hours ago, andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! said:

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/12/14/ndsu-cutting-equestrian-club-team-coachadvisor-budget-cuts/

 

Dare I say that's a drop in a $10.5 million bucket. 

[homer]

These NDSU cuts will be really interesting to follow.  Going to be tough to get to what’s needed if you fold every time signatures are gathered.  New president is in a very tough spot.  
 

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/12/14/ndsu-cutting-equestrian-club-team-coachadvisor-budget-cuts/

[JohnboyND7]

Spent five years on campus and had no idea we had an equestrian team

[jdub27]

1 hour ago, homer said:

These NDSU cuts will be really interesting to follow.  Going to be tough to get to what’s needed if you fold every time signatures are gathered.  New president is in a very tough spot.  
 

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/12/14/ndsu-cutting-equestrian-club-team-coachadvisor-budget-cuts/

Pretty telling that they didn't mention how it would be funding going forward, meaning there wasn't external funds raised. Just signatures. And we all know how good NDSU is at putting those together....

[homer]

59 minutes ago, jdub27 said:

Pretty telling that they didn't mention how it would be funding going forward, meaning there wasn't external funds raised. Just signatures. And we all know how good NDSU is at putting those together....

That is what I was thinking.  Eventually it will come down to “we can keep it, but it will cost us”.  

[SIOUXFAN97]

On 10/27/2022 at 4:31 PM, Green Banner said:

I remember there was alot of people upset a few years back when UND was tearing down old buildings. I was one of them. Granted there was a void in areas for a few years but the campus is almost unrecognizable now. That's a compliment. 

couldn't the two old "creamy colored" buidlings (corwin larimore and the other one) have been into condos/apartments like the brick building on university and 20th?

[forksandspoons]

When can we expect announcements of NDSU cuts?

[The Sicatoka]

5 minutes ago, forksandspoons said:

When can we expect announcements of NDSU cuts?

After the equine team debacle, if you're holding your breath awaiting that news release, you're in trouble.

[forksandspoons]

On 1/6/2023 at 11:17 AM, The Sicatoka said:

After the equine team debacle, if you're holding your breath awaiting that news release, you're in trouble.

So ndsu is not cutting programs? 

[The Sicatoka]

NDSU is working on budgets now and as the legislature meets. Don’t expect details before March. What say you @Teeder11.

And NDSU bad news seldom gets deep media coverage for some reason.

[iramurphy]

21 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

NDSU is working on budgets now and as the legislature meets. Don’t expect details before March. What say you @Teeder11.

And NDSU bad news seldom gets deep media coverage for some reason.

I think Burgum, Fargo legislators and the western legislators will try to minimize damage. Lots of NDSU supporters. Some of the anti higher ed folks out west might complicate things though. 

[gfhockey]

34 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

NDSU is working on budgets now and as the legislature meets. Don’t expect details before March. What say you @Teeder11.

And NDSU bad news seldom gets deep media coverage for some reason.

Like when they didn’t cover their actual attendance numbers for the year

[The Sicatoka]

3 hours ago, iramurphy said:

I think Burgum, Fargo legislators and the western legislators will try to minimize damage. Lots of NDSU supporters. Some of the anti higher ed folks out west might complicate things though. 

They will, but power this session has shifted west. NDSU’s decline in enrollment will not work in its favor. 

[SWSiouxMN]

Haven't heard much about UND, I know they trimmed a lot already in previous years... but could more be coming?

[The Sicatoka]

4 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said:

Haven't heard much about UND, I know they trimmed a lot already in previous years... but could more be coming?

UND did its heavy lifting under Schafer and Kennedy.

[SWSiouxMN]

2 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

UND did its heavy lifting under Schafer and Kennedy.

We owe a lot to those two.  They made a lot of unpopular choices at the time... but they were proven right in the long term.

[The Sicatoka]

I’ve had an NDSU insider tell me they are in need of their “Schafer and Kennedy”. Not sure they exist.

[jdub27]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

I’ve had an NDSU insider tell me they are in need of their “Schafer and Kennedy”. Not sure they exist.

It's fine, the Forum made sure was a nice article about the new president enjoying his trip to Frisco. 

Though I'm not sure how Caillou makes this comment accurately. Pretty sure they didn't cancel the D2 and D3 championships. 

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This year, he’s one of four college presidents who will be part of a national championship football game. Georgia and TCU will play for the FBS title on Monday. Asked if that thought has sunk in yet, his response was one of awe.

 

[The Sicatoka]

8 hours ago, jdub27 said:

Pretty sure they didn't cancel the D2 and D3 championships. 

The NAIA would like a word also. 

[The Sicatoka]

And thus the pain begins at NDSU.
(They should've dealt with it back in 2016 like UND did.)

NDSU president Cook sent this out to faculty and students earlier today:

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Dear NDSU Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni and Friends,

I’m writing today to share progress being made regarding continuing transformation efforts for North Dakota State University.  Since my arrival last spring, my leadership team and I have worked to assess the university’s fiscal situation and determine how best to proceed. This process began on my first day and continues to this moment. Through it all, we have engaged as many of our stakeholders as possible for feedback, input and recommendations for NDSU’s future. We’ve attempted to be as transparent as possible through many meetings, coffees, lunches, and other gatherings, to reflect and share openly about what we’re faced with. Thank you for your contributions, care and concern for our future; without question, it’s been a difficult process for us to first, acknowledge the significance of our reality, and second, to do something about it. I’m grateful and appreciative of the hard work of our leaders – particularly by our Interim Provost and Deans – to navigate these challenging times and provide direction for our future.

In this process, we are guided by our five strategic priorities:

• Enhancing enrollment, retention and student success
• Prioritizing NDSU’s Research-1 Carnegie classification status as a top research institution
• Investing in the well-being of the people across the NDSU community
• Building a stronger culture of diversity, inclusion and respect
• Embracing NDSU’s critical role as a land-grant university

Three key strategies for our transformation include:

• Right-sizing operations through college mergers and academic program efficiencies,  
• Strategic investing in opportunities that will enhance our academic enterprise and improve retention and enrollment, and
• Modernizing our financial infrastructure through an incentivized budget model for colleges and reorganizing how financial services are delivered.  

Earlier today, the plan for college mergers and proposed plans for academic program efficiencies and strategic investments was presented to the Campus Leadership Assembly.  A copy of the presentation can be found here.  In the coming weeks, I will continue to socialize this plan through various campus forums and engagements. More detail is provided below.

College Mergers:  Towards the end of last semester, we sought input from all of you by proposing plans involving potential college mergers.  I want to thank everyone who provided comments, especially our Interim Provost and Deans who worked together to finalize the new structure. 

Based on that feedback, we are reducing the number of colleges from seven to five, outlined below:

• College of Agriculture
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Engineering
• College of Health Professions and Human Sciences

Creating administrative efficiencies, while supporting education, research, outreach for workforce and economic development needs of North Dakota were at the forefront of our decision-making. The locations of all departments within these colleges can be found here.  A copy of feedback received over the past few months is available here.

Strategic Reductions:  At the end of last semester, we also indicated that we would be providing a plan that would outline additional strategic reductions in academic and non-academic programming.  While implementing cuts is a difficult process, the reality is that our operational structures have not kept pace with the marketplace reality and resulting enrollment declines; hard decisions are necessary.

Proposed efficiencies and reductions can be found at slides 6-10 of the presentation here.  I’m looking for input and feedback from the NDSU community on these reductions by February 15 via this survey.  After reviewing this feedback, I will finalize and report my decisions by late February. I want to again thank our Interim Provost and Deans, who worked to propose a number of difficult academic reductions, along with a range of other NDSU leaders who identified reductions in non-academic areas. 

NDSU would continue to provide students who are enrolled in academic programs mentioned in this email with an opportunity to complete their degrees or to change their majors if they would prefer.  Every student impacted by these reductions has already been contacted outlining their options. 

Some of these proposed changes may result in reductions of faculty and staff.  Every faculty and staff member whose job is potentially impacted by these changes has already been communicated with about their situation and ongoing outreach will continue.

Strategic Investments:  It is also necessary to make strategic investments in key areas to turn around our financial situation and position NDSU to better serve our students, faculty, staff and our state.  This means investing in new high-demand academic areas, improving our student experience, growing our research output, investing in the well-being of our people, and continuing to build a culture that embraces diversity and our historical mission as North Dakota’s 1862 Land Grant institution.

A detailed copy of the proposed investments can be found at slides 11-17 here.  We are asking for your input on these investments by February 15 via this survey.

Budget Model and Financial Services: Finally, we are nearly complete with the process of creating a new incentivized budget model for academic units and structure for the delivery of financial services.  This new model will improve our academic budgeting process and create incentives for colleges to grow enrollment and nurture retention efforts.  To be clear, this model will not have a direct impact on non-academic units’ budgeting efforts.  Over the past 5-6 months, we offered numerous opportunities for campus input, and we will be providing information about this structure by the end of February. 

Thank you again to everyone for helping traverse these challenges times.  Continuing to work together to identify strategic opportunities, while guided by a deep commitment to the institution, will make NDSU a stronger university moving forward.  I look forward to hearing all your feedback by February 15 via this survey.

 

When it says "link" it's this: https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/president/images/President_Cook/draft_ideas_NDSU_Format-1.25.23_Final__003_.pdf 

[The Sicatoka]

Follow above link, slide 11, sub-bullet 3. That may slow down some athletics aspirations.