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BRANDON UNIVERSITY

General Faculty Council September 20, 2013

• 1. Call to Order
• 2. Approval of Agenda: September 20, 2013
• 3. Approval of Minutes: September 7, 2012

• 4. Introduction of New Faculty and Staff
• Dean of Arts, Dr. Bruce Strang
• Dean of Education, Dr. Heather Duncan
• Dean of Health Studies, Dr. Dean Care
• Dean of Science, Dr. Andrew Egan
• Acting Dean, School of Music, William Gordon
• Vice-President (Administration and Finance), Scott Lamont
• President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Deborah Poff
• Vice-President (Academic and Provost), Dr. Gervan Fearon

• 5. New Business:

a) Election of Vice-Chair b) Election of Secretary

Order of Felis rufus The Order of Felis rufus is an honour society that recognizes those individuals whose distinguished work helps promote the quality and excellence of Brandon University.

Order of Felis rufus

Presentation by Dr. Heather Duncan Dean, Faculty of Education:

• Donna Forsyth, Teacher Education
• Daryle McCannell, Physical Education

Presentation by Dr. Andrew Egan Dean, Faculty of Science:

• William Gallaway, Biology
• Betty Peloquin, Dean of Science Office

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION UPDATES

a) Family Housing (D. Poff) b) Internal Fundraising Campaign (D. Poff) c) Budget Presentation to COPSE (D. Poff/S. Lamont/G. Fearon) d) Program Review (G. Fearon)

• Last year we shared our accomplishments as we entered

the 3rd year of our strategic plan BUILD (Brandon University: Innovation, Leadership and Development);

• This year, we did an update on what we have accomplished

so far and what we have still to do;

• We shared this update with the BU Community, our Board
• f Governors, our Alumni through Alumni News and more

broadly to all of our various stakeholders;

• We included the midpoint update with you in the budget

estimates document that was sent to you on Friday. We are proud of our accomplishments to date which were achieved with very limited resources.

Protecting the Core Advancing the Mission

• Our planning exercise assumed the 3rd year of 5% increase

to our base budget that the provincial government committed to the post-secondary system, plus CPI increase to tuition;

• The 2.5% increase that we actually received created an

approximate $1 million problem in balancing our budget;

• Our unfunded pension liability payment came in much lower

than we had anticipated making available approximately $1 million.

As part of the context to consider for this year’s budget cycle, we would to briefly remind you about what happened last year

We were able to survive intact with little ability to be creative but with the ability to PROTECT THE CORE of Brandon University’s fundamental services, including curriculum and critical teaching needs, and continue to implement some elements of our BUILD plan.

The Consequences

By “protecting the core” we mean that our fundamental challenge in this budget cycle and the subsequent two years is not to erode the central mandate of Brandon University as an institution with a strong liberal education foundation in sciences, social sciences, humanities, fine and creative arts and professional programs. By “advancing the mission” we mean continuing on our path of development according to our BUILD plan which includes the establishment of new graduate and undergraduate degrees. We believe that we will face significant challenges in both

• f these areas in the next three year budget cycle.

Protecting the Core Advancing the Mission

Among this year’s budget tasks, we have been asked by COPSE to provide:

• “a detailed assessment of the impact (including number
• f programs, teaching and non-teaching staff, and

enrollments) of holding the 2014/15 to 2016/17 grants to post-secondary institutions at the 2013/14 levels”; and

• “plans to reallocate resources within the institution to

higher priority programs and/or services”.

Going Forward: Creating “a sustainable, accountable” plan for Brandon University as part of Manitoba’s post-secondary education system

While clearly we intend to address all of the other items addressed to Brandon University, we would like to focus on these two items because they pose such a critical challenge for us. As well, we would like to address questions raised in a complementary letter on three year program plans because the challenges in that document work synergistically with our budget letter.

We quote the following:

• “…where both new funding for programs and increases to

base operating grants are limited and the demographics indicate low or flat growth in enrolments, the value of considering program expansion in isolation is problematic.”

• “a more comprehensive view…is being introduced to allow

institutions to include plans that will/could involve targeted program growth as well as contraction and termination of program areas.”

• “we are entering into a time of potential program adjustment.”

It notes that this is happening across the country.

Multi-Year (3 Year) Program Planning

• “COPSE will be considering program proposals that

include contractions and terminations in addition to those for new or expanded programs.”

• “new targeted funding may become available…no

guarantee”

• “institutions will need to continue or, in some cases

develop, alternative resourcing strategies which may include reallocation of funds which become available through the discontinuation of other programs”

• Approximately 90 percent of our budget is dedicated to staff

and faculty despite a very marginal level of staff in a number

• f areas;
• Our BUFA Collective Agreement requires a lengthy time

horizon to contract or eliminate programs with commitments to members that extend beyond program offerings;

• Our unfunded pension liability consumes approximately 8 to

10 percent of our budget.

Brandon University’s Particular Challenges

• We balanced the budget the last three years through a three

year plan of utilizing what has become a significantly reduced surplus and by leaving key administrative and faculty positions unfilled. We cannot continue to use one- time monies to address ongoing financial issues;

• As well, we recently filled some key leadership positions but

still have some critical vacancies (e.g. Associate VP Research and Dean of Graduate Studies);

• We recently restructured in order to provide leadership and

enhance our student success and student recruitment both nationally and internationally.

We are being creative, but even the status quo is a challenge…

Accountability – New Programs Approved: Masters in Psychiatric Nursing

• In January 2011, we admitted the first students to this program –

12 part-time students

• Fall 2011, the program had 2 full-time and 15 part-time students
• Fall 2012, the program had 6 full-time and 15 part-time students
• Fall 2013, the program has 5 full-time and 15 part-time students

Masters of Science in Environmental and Life Sciences

• The implementation is currently under development. Additional

faculty and part-time support staff are being recruited. First intake of students will be for September 2014 New Program Submitted:

• BU recently submitted a full program proposal for a new

undergraduate program in Métis Studies to COPSE

Academic Activity - 2012/13

External Program Reviews - Initiated or Completed in 2013

• Chemistry
• Environmental Science
• Master of Rural Development

External Program Reviews - Scheduled in 2014

• Anthropology
• Gender & Women’s Studies
• History
• Library Services (Unit Review)
• Master of Education
• Psychiatric Nursing
• Rural Development Institute (Unit Review)

Accountability – Program Review

In moving forward with strategic academic planning, we intend to explore new potential areas of programming. We share a preliminary list of potential subject areas of focus:

• Faculties Planning Program Growth and Renewal
• Potential Professional and Career Oriented Degree Programs
• Program Renewal and Alignment

Planned – Academic Programming

• Graduate Studies
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Health Studies
• Faculty of Science
• Professional Studies and Continuing Education
• Partnerships
• Assiniboine Community College

Areas of Consideration for Planned Program Growth

• Exploration Geophysics
• Métis Studies

Other Potential Areas for Development: At the undergraduate level:

• Bachelor of Business Administration – expansion of majors/areas
• f concentration within the existing degree
• Counseling and Addiction Studies
• Information Technology Management

At the graduate level:

• MA in Management and Leadership
• MA in Interdisciplinary Community Health
• Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Other Further Developments:

• Professional Studies and Continuing Education

Potential Degree Program Growth 2014/2015 to 2017/2018

This year, BU will develop a multi-year strategic academic plan to be approved by Senate with implementation to begin in the 2014- 2015 academic year.

• Consistent with COPSE’s request, this plan will include a

comprehensive program review process to enhance program and university sustainability, accountability, and relevance relative to student and societal needs.

• Further this process will include extensive consultation

with students, faculty, staff, communities and stakeholders.

Academic Agenda

Highlights:

• NSERC Discovery Grant
• Canada Research Chair
• SSHRC Insight Grant
• Manitoba Graduate Scholarships
• SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Research

$- $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $4,000,000 $5,000,000 $6,000,000 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013

Total Research Funding by Fiscal Year

STUDENT CREDIT HOURS AND TUITION FEES

(November 1, all courses)

0.00 500.00 1000.00 1500.00 2000.00 2500.00 3000.00 3500.00 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17

Credit hours Tuition fees

credit hours +39% in 7 yrs

• 16% in 7yrs

Project

GRANT INCREASES REQUIRED

• Required 2014-2015 grant increase 12.6%
• Required 2015-2016 grant increase 3.5%
• Required 2016-2017 grant increase 3.8%
• Assumes annual tuition increases of 1.5%

• Pension Special Payments $3,100,000 or 7.2% of 2013-2014
• perating budget;
• Collective bargaining for 2015-2016 with BUFA;
• Collective bargaining for 2016-2017 with support staff;
• Impact on enrolment since last labour disruption;
• Over 90% of operating budget is salaries and benefits including the

Pension Plan special payments;

• Almost 70% of previous budget adjustments are temporary because

most of budget is salaries in 3 and 4 person departments.

Questions?