MSU will work as a community to decide where money will be saved. The University needs to handle it's own affairs, rather than wait to receive adequate funding from the university. Sources of additional income include recruitment and retention of students and private fund raising. Annual Planning and Budgeting Cycle - President Gamble and Assistant Vice President Roloff. Most elements of the plan already exist and just need to be connected.
Funding needs to be linked to planning.
One significant new element, the University Planning, Budget and Analysis Committee, will be added. Budget recommendations are sent to the President for endorsement. The LRPC will meet with SPBC to discuss these priorities. Strategic Initiative Teams may do the work of developing the specific plans. Priorities and strategic initiatives will come from SPBC, the strategic initiative teams, deans, vps, and other major university divisions.