Section 1: Introduction, Organization, and Principles

1.10 Faculty Role in Budget Making

Faculty judgments about their academic program have significant bearing on the shape of the budget, and budgetary decisions affect the shape of the academic programs. Both administrative and non-administrative faculty shall be asked to participate in establishing major institutional priorities in several ways. Curriculum councils give approval for establishing new programs and for terminating existing ones. Administrative judgments about the costs of these programs inform this deliberation and in turn are affected by the judgments of the faculty as to the pedagogical and intellectual soundness of such proposals. Deans, department chairs, the provost, and the president have a responsibility to consult with appropriate faculty groups at their respective levels concerning the general fiscal implications of decisions about the curriculum, enrollment, class-size, and admission policies.