1 Faculty of Business Administration Budget Submission

2 #1 - ‘Mission Critical’ Requests FACULTY POSITIONS - REPLACEMENTS 1 Fill 2 vacant faculty positions (Position # 024 and #026) $0 FACULTY POSITIONS - NEW 2 3 New faculty positions (2-yr term positions) $195,000 BASE FUNDING FOR APT POSITIONS 3 Undergraduate Academic Advisor (APT-4: #063) – base funded $50,000 4 Event Coordinator (APT-3: #056) – base funded $45,000 5 Levene Manager (APT-6; #041) – base funded $75,000 BASE FUNDING FOR CUPE POSITION 6 CUPE support staff position – base funded $35,000 TOTAL ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED IN BASE FUNDING: $400,000

3 To fund the above requests… 3 additional faculty term positions ($195,000) –Funded through assigning 100% of tuition for new MBA International Program to the Faculty of Business Administration APT and CUPE staff positions ($205,000) –Funded through a $10 per credit hour increase in undergraduate course fees. –$10 per credit hour x 25,000 credit hours = $250,000

4 U of R vs. U of S – Tuition Comparison U of RU of S U of S vs. U of R PROGRAM Tuition & Course Fee per Credit Hour Tuition & Course Fee per Credit HourPercent Bachelor of Arts$151.60$ % Bachelor of Business Admin / Commerce$161.05$ % Bachelor of Education$156.35$ % Bachelor of Engineering$161.05$ % Bachelor of Fine Arts$161.05$ % Bachelor of Science$161.05$ %

5 #2 – Capital Expenditures Capital Budget Requests (in order of priority):Amount: 1Office space for 6 new faculty members through Levene Centre renovation Renovate 1,000 sq. ft. space at $80/square foot. Furnish & equip 6 offices at $12,000/office $80,000 $72,000 2Block painting & murals to create more professional premises $38,000 TOTAL:$190,000

6 #3 – Potential 5% Base Cut REDUCED # COURSE SECTIONS TOTAL SAVINGS 1.Cut three term Lecturer positions (3 $65,000 7 courses per position) 21 sections($195,000) 2.Cut 6 sections of courses taught by Sessional Lecturers ($5,800 x 6) 6 sections($34,800) TOTAL27 sections($229,800) NOTE: Result would be inability to provide class seats for 27 sections x average of 40 students per section = 1,080 course registrations lost

7 Historical Funding Inequity

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9 Major Growth in Students… But no growth in resources! Business Administration * ** UNDERGRAD GRADUATE TOTAL * was the first year of the Executive MBA program, where the incoming cohort was twice the size of the usual graduate course ** was the first year of Direct Entry for High School Students into the Bachelor of Business Administration program.

Student Count as of Last Week of Fall Classes: Undergraduates in Eight Faculties

11 Business Administration has Largest Average Class Sizes Course Level Business Administration Average Class Size 200-level54.7 students 300-level43.1 students 400-level30.7 students GBUS / EMBA24.9 students

12 Budget per Student in each Faculty & per Credit Hour Taught Fiscal Year Budget Net of Recoveries # Students Registered (Fall 2009) Budget per student Total Faculty Teaching Credits Budget per Credit Hour Arts$14,145,4222,048 $6,907 63,230 $224 Bus. Admin. $4,658,6961,528 $3,049 25,393 $183 Education $7,143,4421,239 $5,765 26,342 $271 Engineering $5,494, $7,415 12,521 $439 Fine Arts $5,066, $14,154 10,610 $478 Kinesiology$3,018, $7,901 11,842 $255 Science$11,363, $16,613 35,037 $324 Social Work $2,379, $3,123 11,958 $199

13 Faculty earns Revenue for U of R… Course Type Credit Hours Taught: Spr/Su’09, Fall’09, Winter’10 Estimated Tuition per Credit Hour* Total BUS23,608$166$3,800,888 EMBA753$805$606,165 GBUS1,032$633$653,256 TOTAL:25,393$5,060,309 * NOTE: Does not take into account higher tuition fees charged to International Students.

14 Tuition Earned vs. Budget Fiscal Year Faculty Teaching Credits Tuition rate & Course fee (per credit hour) Tuition Earned Budget net of Recoveries Budget % vs. Tuition Earned Arts63,230$140 + $11.60$9,585,668$14,145, % Bus. Admin.25,393$199 weighted$5,060,309$4,658,696 92% Education26,342$140 + $16.35$4,118,572$7,143, % Engineering12,521$140 + $21.05$2,016,507$5,494, % Fine Arts10,610$140 + $21.05$1,708,740$5,066, % Kinesiology11,842$140 + $21.05$1,907,154$3,018, % Science35,037$140 + $21.05$5,642,709$11,363, % Social Work11,958$140 + $16.35$1,869,633$2,379, %

15 Growing Debt Historical funding inequity has left Faculty with insufficient funds to manage its teaching loads, in spite of largest average class sizes YearInitial Debt Annual Deficit Year-End Debt $0$111, $111,459$51,901$163, $163,360$85,640$249,000 Debt will continue to grow due to structural deficit.

16 Key Message: Total funding for Faculty of Business Administration should be raised to a minimum of $5.1 million to enable the Faculty to serve its students in a fair and equitable manner. This means a $400,000 increase in base budget.

17 Thanks for listening…