The September minutes were approved. The General Assembly has approved its budget. UNCW and the UNC system did well. One-half of this will come from state appropriations and the rest from tuition and fees. This money will basically maintain the status quo and will not be any help for the distance-learning programs.
More money needs to be spent on developing technology.
The UNC system says that by 2008 UNCW should have an enrollment of 15,500. By 2006 the Chancellor thinks that 12,500 should be the realistic enrollment. The University needs to spread its reach beyond Board of Trustees to promote itself beyond a small Southeastern, North Carolina delegation to help identify additional sources of revenue. UNCW was part of the 1898 Foundation. There was a two-day affair on campus where John Hope Franklin Spoke.