Correspondingly, a comprehensive, longitudinal database of graduate applicant information will be put into place with the cohort seeking graduate admission for the 1999 Fall semester. Data should be preserved and will be gathered by November 1, 1999. It is anticipated that in the future, the web-based application system will be the primary vehicle to collect this data. Sigma Xi Research Day is scheduled for April 29, 1999. Last week, Dean Triggle and Sean Sullivan met with representatives from SUNY Administration in Albany concerning enrollment and budget issues.
Severe constraints exist in the budget process.
As the student base of a campus changes, tax support to that campus will increase or decrease, but there will likely not be an infusion of new funds to the system, just a shifting of existing monies. Another issue involves the funding of university hospitals. UB s lack of a university hospital has resulted in disproportionately low funding to our campus for medical education. The differential tuition option was also discussed. This is a delicate matter for negotiation, but could lead to some imaginative uses of tuition as an enrollment tool.