Realize. It starts with you. The Operating Grant and Shifting Patterns of Student Demand Implications for Academic Planning Thomas Chase Provost and Vice-President (Academic) University of Regina Senate 3 June 2015

Credit Hours taught, by Faculty (excluding CCE teaching) 2

University Expenses Operating Budget ($m) 4

University Revenue Operating Budget ($m) 5

Operating grant: historic % increases 6 Annual Percentage Increase

The New Normal? If 2% or less annual increase in the operating grant is the “new normal,” what are the implications for our operations? 7

8 Tuition increases  Undergraduate tuition rates rise by 3.8%, same as  Graduate tuition increases vary from 0% to 3.9%.  Average overall increase is 3.59%.  For an Arts student taking a 4-course load, tuition will be $87 higher than last fall.  In , U of R Arts students paid tuition and fees less than at 41 of 59 English-language Canadian universities.  Tuition and fees will fund 36% of the operating budget.  Tuition/fee rate increases provide $2.0m additional revenue.  Scholarship expenditures will increase by $1.23m, returning 61% of tuition/fee increases.

Notable items  Searches approved for 8 faculty positions plus continued recruitment for Nursing  Student financial assistance increase includes $550k more for PhD scholarships  Other new support for research activities exceeds $1.2m  Executive Lead for Indigenization and Director of Alumni Affairs are now base-funded  Library acquisitions budget maintained  CCE targeted to contribute over $7.8m to the operating budgets of other units, an increase of $500k  $1.5m savings to be achieved in admin units and central services 9

Tenure-track appointments 10 YearNumber

Term appointments 11 YearNumber

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Opportunities and challenges  Student recruitment and retention – academic advising changes, threshold course support for students, new residences, etc.  New programs, markets, revenue sources – mid-career, professional, partial-degree learners  Revitalization and revision of older programs, structures  Cost control and efficiencies (e.g., Print Optimization) 13

Thank You All budget materials and presentations available online atwww.uregina.ca/orp/budget/ budget.htmlwww.uregina.ca/orp/budget/ budget.html Comments welcome at 14