VCU has lots of infrastructure needs and we should put all of them on the table for evaluation and review. Dr. Gottfredson mentioned that many institutions fund this with undergraduate enrollment dollars. Dr. McDavis stated we need to continue having these discussions, however, we are not in a position to make a decision today. Dr. Macrina commented that VCU doesn't have many NIH training grants, only five out of 1,000 nationwide, and suggested a link between training grants, diversifying and out of state students. Dr. McDavis concluded the discussion, emphasizing VCU is changing from being an urban institution to priorities in science, technology, and engineering.
Technology is our direction.
Agenda for next meeting. Mr. Blanks commented that Budget Call items would be shared with all EBC members and each vice president will prioritize the items under their executive levels. Information will be sent out prior to the next meeting. Other items to be distributed and discussed include university fee and other fee budget requests. Mr. Messplay will provide a snapshot of the preliminary 2000-2002 base budget.