Board of Trustees review funds for task forces Raising quality for students is main focus of board, members say By Erin Munger staff reporter The Board of Trustees reviewed the 250-plus recommendations from the task forces of the Commission on the Future of TCU at their retreat Sept. 14 and 15, and now they will concentrate on those that need new funds. Additional scholarship funding, program upgrades and facility additions and improvements are areas which will need new funds, said Larry Lauer, vice chancellor of marketing and communications and director of the commission. Don Mills, vice chancellor of student affairs, said now the focus of the board is on what needs to be done to raise the overall qualityof the universityfor the students. Mills said in order to have a first-rate program, TCU needs to have new facilities,more creative teaching areas and more laboratories. TCU also needs more areas geared toward specific areas of study, he said.
Mills also acts as the mediator between the board and the student government.
Another focal point is the growth of the student body, Mills said. TCU needs to catch up with the number of people at TCU, especially in respect to student and guest parking, he said. Lauer said the board will probably not know which programs and facilities will be at the top of the list until their meeting in November. However, he said the renovation of the Student Center, new technological facilities, classrooms and laboratories are all considerations. Chancellor Michael Ferrari may reveal more insight to these issues in his printed release at the trustees' luncheon on Oct. 10, Lauer said.