Budget: News from UC Davis
2009
- Campus reduces closure dates (Dateline. 10.16.09)
- Updated campus closure plan (Letter from Chancellor Katehi, 10.14.09)
- Budget crisis leads to major reorganization (Dateline. 10.2.09)
- Protesters target UC cutbacks (Dateline. 10.2.09)
- Hundreds voice their fear of losing 'our university' (Dateline, 9.25.09)
- Union staff notified of furlough alternatives (Dateline, 9.18.09)
- Furlough alternatives for represented employees (Dateline, 9.18.09)
- Provost Pitts' open letter to the faculty (Dateline, 9.11.09)
- Provost Lavernia's letter regarding potential faculty walkout (Dateline, 9.11.09)
- Regents to discuss midyear fee increase; campus leaders outline budget-saving moves (Dateline, 9.11.09)
- Stimulus funds total $37.2M: Budgetary boost for research during tough financial times (Dateline, 9.11.09)
- Furlough plan takes effect systemwide (Dateline, 9.4.09)
- Budget update: 11 campus closure days, $10.3 million more in cuts (Dateline, 8.28.09)
- Budget letter from the chancellor and provost (Dateline, 8.28.09) Attachment 1 (PDF), Attachment 2 and 3 (PDF)
- Campus closure days (Dateline, 8.28.09)
- FAQ: Furlough-salary reduction plan (Dateline, 8.28.09)
- Campus shifts administrative resources (Dateline, 8.28.09)
- $32.6M in stimulus funds awarded to UC Davis (Dateline, 8.27.09)
- UC decides against faculty furloughs on instructional days (Dateline, 8.21.09)
- Furlough schedule weighed; Academic Senate backs the use of teaching days for campus closures (Dateline, 8.7.09)
- Budget challenge: about $33.5 million to go (Dateline, 7.31.09)
- UC president calls for shared sacrifice, innovation (Dateline, 7.31.09)
- Budget anxiety: HR can help (Dateline, 7.24.09)
- Learn about the Voluntary Separation Program (7.24.09)
- Furloughs start Sept. 1, by order of the regents (Dateline, 7.17.09)
- Fight back for UC (Dateline, 7.17.09)
- UC president proposes plan to address fiscal crisis (Dateline, 7.10.09)
- Open letter: Fight for UC (Dateline, 7.10.09)
- Forum addresses HR questions (Dateline, 7.10.09)
- Survey: UC Davis employees support furloughs over other options (PDF, Staff Voice, 7.8.09)
- Yudof's video letter on furloughs-pay cuts; furlough-pay cut information translated into Spanish; UC Davis staff forum set for July 9 (Dateline, 6.26.09)
- Yudof declares financial emergency (Dateline, 6.19.09)
- UCOP Q&A on furlough-salary reduction options (Dateline, 6.19.09)
- UC Davis budget Q&A (Dateline, 6.19.09)
- Chancellor and provost give budget update to campus (Dateline, 6.19.09)
- Voluntary separations offered (Dateline, 6.12.09)
- UC president emphasizes: No decisions on furloughs, pay cuts (Dateline, 6.12.09)
- Hypothetical savings from furloughs (Dateline, 6.12.09)
- UC at crossroads on budget cutbacks (Dateline, 6.5.09)
- Top execs take a 5 percent pay cut (Dateline, 5.29.09)
- Provost: Furloughs, pay cuts may be needed t o balance budget (Dateline, 5.29.09)
- Voters no help for UC: Yudof says additional cuts bode ‘dramatic change’ in quality, accessibility (Dateline, 5.22.09)
- $19M more in cuts loom for ’09-10 (Dateline, 4.3.09)
- Chief financial officer of the UC system hired (Dateline, 4.3.09)
- 2009-10 and 2010-11 Budget Planning Memo (Provost Enrique Lavernia, 3.20.09 PDF)
- State cuts funds for retirement program (Dateline, 2.27.09)
- Budget Process Overview (2.12.09, PDF)
- Budget Update and 2008-09 Mid-year Reduction Letter (Provost Enrique Lavernia, 2.10.09, PDF)
- 2009 advisory committee and subcommittees
- Budget Process Overview (Long Range Planning Committee, 2.10.09, PDF)
- Regents to consider a smaller freshman class and a freeze on senior management pay (Dateline, 1.9.09)
2008
- Budget planning intensifies: Campus leaders to prepare for midyear cuts, 'systemic change' (Dateline, 11.21.08)
- Campus starts new budget planning framework (Offices of the Chancellor and Provost PDF, 11.14.08)
- UC may see more state cuts (Dateline, 11.13.08)
- Campus hit with $5M more in cuts (Dateline UC Davis, 10.24.08)
- Regents defer pay raises to alleviate program cuts (Dateline UC Davis, 10.24.08)
- 2008-09 Mid-year Budget Cuts (Interim Provost Barbara Horwitz, PDF, 10.24.08)
- Budget troubles continue (Dateline UC Davis, 10.17.08)
- Preliminary 2008-09 Operating Budget Decisions (Interim Provost Barbara Horwitz, PDF, 7.28.08)
- Summaries of 2008-09 Budget Reduction Plans cover letter (Office of Resource Management and Planning, PDF, 6.6.08)
- Administrative units (PDF, 6.6.08)
- Academic units (PDF, 6.6.08)
- Department Chair Briefings, Spring 2008 (PDF, 6.6.08)
- Provost’s 2008-09 Budget Update (Interim Provost Barbara Horwitz, PDF, 5.02.08)
- Higher ed leaders warn about budget cuts (Dateline, 5.02.08)
- Additional budget planning information for 2008-09 and attachment (Interim Provost Barbara Howitz, PDFs, 3.24.08)
- Staff input sought at 2 budget forums (Dateline, 3.14.08)
- Chancellor: Campus will persevere, prosper (Dateline, 2.29.08)
- UC Davis in good shape despite budget struggle (text from Chancellor Vanderhoef's “State of the Campus” address) (Dateline, 2.29.08)
- Horwitz issues budget plan to address state cuts (Interim Provost Barbara Howitz, PDF, 2.26.08)
- Interim provost updates budget process (Interim Provost Barbara Horwitz, 2.22.08)
- State budget shortfall looms large (Dateline, 2.22.08)
- Budget office offers historical context for financial cuts (Office of Resource Planning and Budget, PDF, 2.22.08)
- UC Davis leads UC gains in freshman applications (Dateline, 2.8.08)
- Lockyer talks about UC funding problems (Dateline, 2.8.08)
- Enrollment applications for fall 2008 jump 15 percent, (Dateline, 2.1.08)
- Horwitz issues budget task force charge (Offices of the Chancellor and Provost, PDF, 1.14.08)
- Interim Provost’s task force to study ‘very challenging’ state budget (Offices of the Chancellor and Provost, 1.11.08)
- Governor’s 2008-09 budget: 10% cut for UC (UC Office of the President, 1.10.08)
2007
- Regents approve 2008-09 budget proposal (UC Office of the President, 11.15.07)
- Forum: Student fees, centennial, nursing school (Dateline, 10.12.07)
- Faculty pay, professional student fees increased (Dateline, 9.28.07)
- UC budget for ‘07-‘08 includes salary increase (Dateline, 9.21.07)
- President Dynes steps down: Top UC official stabilized budget funding (Dateline, 8.17.07)
- Retirement funding delayed (Dateline 5.25.07)
- May revise protects UC budget (Dateline 5.18.07)
- Regents consider student fee increases, compensation issues, stem cell research (Dateline 3.16.07)
- Chancellor talks budget, faculty, grad rates, labor (Dateline 3.9.07)
- Some faculty hiring ‘paused’ (Dateline 2.16.07)
- Rising fees threaten public law schools, dean says (Dateline 2.2.07)
- Faculty allocation letter from Provost Virginia Hinshaw (1.30.07)
- UC Davis in Our Next Century: A Conversation
- Faculty FTE authority and allocations (1.30.07)
- Governor’s budget supports student enrollment growth (1.10.07)
2006
- UC releases salary data for more than 233,000 employees (Dateline 11.17.06)
- Understanding the UC Retirement Plan changes (Dateline 11.9.06)
- Financial experts take different views on UC Retirement Plan (Dateline 11.9.06)
- ’06-07 state budget boosts UC, education (Dateline 7.7.06)
- Staff Assembly receives update on pension plan (Dateline 6.23.06)
- Fee and tuition buy-down for extramurally supported graduate student researchers (UC Davis directive 6.6.06)
- Little change in state budget (Dateline, 5.19.06)
- Economic impact tops $3B annually (Dateline, 5.05.06)
- Graduate student improvements set (Dateline, 2.17.06)
- Budget news mostly good for campus (Dateline, 1.20.06)
2005
- Letter to deans on faculty FTE proposal decisions (Provost Virginia Hinshaw, 9.16.05) pdf document
- 2005-06 FTE allocations (9.16.05) pdf
- Provost’s summer letter (Provost, 6.15.05)
- May revise preserves UC budget (Dateline, 5.27.05)
- Cross-college faculty requests (Provost, 4.19.05) pdf
- Call for faculty-position proposals (Provost, 4.18.05) pdf
- Faculty retirement (Provost, 4.18.05) pdf
- 2005-06 preliminary budget and enrollment planning letter (Provost, 3.08.05) New faculty allocation process (Provost, 3.7.05) pdf pdf
- 2005-06 Preliminary Budget Planning Guidelines (Provost, 3.15.05) pdf
- Compact preserved in state budget; outreach funding withdrawn (Dateline 1.14.05)
2004
- Health system’s priorities, challenges outlined (Dateline 10.29.04)
- Research awards exceed $420 million (Dateline 10.29.04)
- Private gifts top $70M for fifth year (Dateline 10.22.04)
- Health system announces bonus leave, salary increases (Dateline 10.1.04)
- Non-resident graduate tuition policy takes effect (Dateline 10.1.04)
- Proposed plant sciences department takes shape; four CA&ES units merged (Dateline 9.17.04)
- State budget restores some funding (Dateline 8.6.04)
- Compact called step toward stability at budget meeting (Dateline 6.11.04)
- Giving on pace to match last year’s $72M total ( Dateline 6.11.04)
- Student fees on rise, access better protected (Dateline 5.21.04)
- Budget assessed; saving staff positions a priority (Dateline 5.21.04)
- UC campuses unite to seek budget relief (Dateline 4.30.04)
- Maintenance suffers under fiscal crunch (Dateline 4.30.04)
- Budget cuts, fee hikes eyed at Senate Majority Caucus forum (Dateline 4.23.04)
- Outreach options weighed in light of budget (Dateline 4.16.04)
- Units assigned 6 percent cuts to apply strategically (Dateline 4.2.04)
- Passage of Prop 55 clears way for $113M in improvements (Dateline UC Davis, 3.12.04)
- Chason eyes challenges ahead (UC Davis Health System) (Dateline UC Davis, 3.5.04)
- Yearly campus economic impact tops $2.7 billion (Dateline UC Davis, 3.5.04)
- Chancellor predicts trials, triumphs (Dateline UC Davis, 2.27.04)
- Chancellor examines budget, campaign, campus-community relations (Dateline UC Davis, 2.20.04)
- DBS faces budgetary difficulties; sizeable research grant income bolsters optimism (Dateline UC Davis, 1.23.04)
- From the provost: Planning will help minimize additional fiscal sacrifices (Dateline UC Davis, 1.23.04)
- UC appraises proposed budget, stresses lobbying ((Dateline UC Davis, 1.16.04)
- An overview of proposed program cuts...(Dateline UC Davis, 1.16.04)
- Staff hears fiscal analysis from UCOP official (Dateline UC Davis, 1.16.04)
- K-12 outreach advocates rally at state Capitol (Dateline UC Davis, 1.16.04)
- Outreach cuts protested (Dateline, 1.8.04)
2003
- Campus task force formed on outreach issues (12.16.03)
- Bonds, budgets, and outreach in 2004 (Aggie Advocate, 12.15. 03 )
- Provost Hinshaw’s December update on the budget (12.4.03)
- Vet med defers hires to ease cuts (Dateline, 11.21.03)
- Cuts spur Engineering to reorganize (Dateline, 10.24.03)
- Budget, bylaws reviewed at Staff Assembly meeting (Dateline, 10.24.03)
- Libraries trade print for online as prices rise (Dateline, 10.17.03)
- Libraries absorb reductions (Dateline, 10.10.03)
- Letters and Science tackles budget contraints (Dateline, 10.3.03)
- Regents view options for ’04-05 budget (Dateline, 9.26.03)
- Ag & Environmental Sciences eyes cuts, consolidation to weather state budget crisis (Dateline, 9.17.03)
- Budget puts focus on education (Dateline, 8.18.03)
- Atkinson clarifies UC stance on early retirements (Dateline, 8.18.03)
- Fee hikes, enrollment caps eyed; vice chancellor optimistic wage reductions won’t occur (Dateline, 7.11.03)
- Employees welcome voluntary time cutbacks (Dateline, 7.11.03)
- Regents to discuss fees, race-based ceremonies (Dateline, 7.11.03)
- Budget proposals assessed (Dateline, 6.13.03)
- Time-reduction plan starts (Dateline, 5.30.03)
- Severance pay policies reviewed (Dateline, 5.9.03)
- Regents to examine possible fee increases, Los Alamos lab, admissions (Dateline, 5.9.03)
- Unfunded mandates keep campus, UC walking fine line (Dateline, 4.11.03)
- Planning, staff programs ease budget tension: Cuts to UC Davis estimated at $35 million (Dateline, 3.14.03)
- Time reductions of 10 percent to 50 percent set (Dateline, 3.14.03)
- 2003-04 Budget Call Letter from Provost Virginia Hinshaw (3.10.03) (To view this pdf file, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, available from Adobe)
- Proposed sources and uses of new permanent funds (Resource Management and Planning, 3.10.03) (To view this pdf file, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, available from Adobe)
- Budget reduction planning targets (Resource Management and Planning, 3.10.03) (To view this pdf file, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, available from Adobe)
- Budget dominates UC Day discussion (Dateline, 3.7.03)
- Proposed budget cuts bring UC shortfall to $1 billion (Dateline, 1.17.03)
- 2003-04 reductions preserve enrollment target areas hit in ’02 (Dateline, 1.17.03)
- Chancellor offers answers about student fees (Dateline, 1.17.03)
- $6 million in mid-year budget reductions assigned at UC Davis (Dateline, 1.10.03)
- Chancellor Vanderhoef advises students and parents about how the state budget is affecting UC (Aggie Family Pack Web site, 1.6.03)
2002
- Protocol regarding hiring restrictions (Deans and Vice Chancellors’ memo, 12.23.02)
- State budget’s impacts on hiring, fees assessed (Dateline, 12.13.02)
- Shimek to lead efforts to lessen budget impacts (Dateline 11.22.02)
- Students mull ballot initiatives (Dateline,11.1.02)
- Budget work group to eye priorities (Dateline,10.25.02)
- Provost appoints budget planning work group (10.9.02)
- Campus braces for cuts in state research funding (Dateline, 6.28.02).
- Provost seeks to delay, offset state budget impacts (Dateline, 5.31.02)
- Campus response to governor’s budget revision (5.29.02)
- Revised budget impacts studied (Dateline, 5.24.02)
- Provost provides budget planning parameters for 2002-03 (4.30.2002)
- Davis holds to consultation ideals (Dateline 4.5.02)
- Regents eye AB540, budget (Dateline 1.25.02)
- State spending proposal leaves regents uneasy (Dateline 1.25.02)
2001
- Salary Overview Q&A from Human Resources (12.27.01)
- Capital Accumulation Provision instituted again (Dateline 12.14.2.01)
- Budget Q&A with Provost Virginia Hinshaw (Dateline 12.7.01)
- Budget cut principles outlined (Dateline 11.30.01)
- Regents assess budget cuts, admissions (Dateline 10.26.01)
- Letter from Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef (10.31.2001)
- Salary increase set for Oct. 1 (Dateline 9.21.01)
Last updated Oct. 21, 2009
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