UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 13, Page 1
December 5, 1991
Proposed cuts for 1992-93 outlined at Senate meeting

     The University Budget Council has proposed $8.4 million in
budget cuts, including the elimination of 76 positions, for
1992-93, University Provost R. Byron Pipes announced at Monday's
Faculty Senate meeting.
     In keeping with procedures established by the senate, Pipes
said he earlier presented the Budget Council's proposal for
eliminating positions, 40 of which are now vacant, to two
committees of the Faculty Senate. Those committees will now review
how the cuts are to be made.
     Across the campus, proposed cuts include a 4.5 percent
reduction in administrative budgets, a 3.2 percent reduction in
academic support, a 3.2 percent reduction in the total budget for
the 10 colleges and a 5.6 percent reduction in miscellaneous
expenses.
     "Working with the Budget Council, the Faculty Senate
committees are the best source of advice on how these budget
reductions can be made," Pipes said.
     The 36 occupied positions that are being eliminated include 20
positions in the colleges, Pipes said, and the remaining positions
are from the ranks of professional and salaried staff.
     Pipes also said the Budget Council has accepted a proposal
from the theatre department, which will allow that department to
continue operating. Elimination of the program had been proposed
earlier. The Medical Technology, Interior Design, American Studies,
Cognitive Science and Neuroscience programs are still under review,
Pipes said.
     Over the last two years, including fiscal 1990-91 and 1991-92,
the University has reduced its operating budget by $15.9 million,
and 195 positions have been eliminated, he said.
     In addition to Pipes, the Budget Council is composed of David
E. Hollowell, senior vice president for administration; Robert R.
Harrison, University treasurer; Margaret Andersen, associate
provost for academic affairs; Ronald F. Whittington, assistant to
the president; Jeffrey J. Quirico, assistant provost for academic
budget planning; Michael F. Middaugh, director of institutional
research and planning; Carol Rylee, director of budget control; D.
Heyward Brock, associate dean of the College of Arts and Science;
Donald L. Sparks, chairperson of the plant and soil science; and
Jack D. Ellis, chairperson of the history department.
     In his remarks before the Faculty Senate Monday, Pipes also
discussed the University Parallel Program and the University's
involvement in a statewide program at the Higher Education Building
on the Delaware Technical and Community College's Georgetown
campus.
     "The University is committed to providing higher education to
the citizens of southern Delaware through the University Parallel
Program and programs in the new Higher Education Building," Pipes
said.
                                        - Stephen M. Steenkamer