The Coordinating Board works from self-reporting of expenditures, and expenditures lag behind funding awards. The UNT Research Office prepares a monthly report that includes gifts, federal awards, and other funding. Part II of the report looks at credit hour generation and correlates this with federal awards. Part IV looks at the history of federal funding and how that affected UNT as well as HEAF funding. Part V looks at the other Texas institutions and how they report their research funds.
Federal agencies are now interested in funding consortia rather than single institution projects.
Deans and department chairs will meet to discuss with the Chancellor what our goals should be. A University-wide discussion on these issues will continue into the fall of 1999. I flagship institutions and Carnegie classification seems to be the terminology being used. The Commission on 21 st Century Colleges and Universities will look at the organization of higher education in Texas. Report of the Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs - Dr. David Kesterson reported the Music Dean Search Committee met and a position announcement will be publicized shortly.