Budget and Planning Advisory Committee

Charges

With regard to the budget and planning processes of the University:

• To assure an effective advisory role for the faculty; to encourage the use of faculty expertise; and to keep the Senate informed.
• To review and make recommendations, as needed, with regard to:the budget development process;
  • the budget at preliminary stages;
  • the approved budget;
  • and audits of University operations.
• To review and make recommendations with regard to the long-range implications, for the University’s evolving mission, of current budget issues and alternatives.
• To review and make recommendations with regard to the Master Plan and long- range planning in general.
• To consider questions and issues which may be referred to it by the Faculty Senate or the FSEC.
• To establish study groups, and to conduct forums or workshops, in order to inform the general faculty or to collect their views when instructed to do so by the Senate; or on its own initiative, with the approval of the FSEC.
• To select, from among its elected members, the faculty representatives to the University Budget Committee.