IU trustees approve funding requestEmphasis on university-wide informatics school | ||
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The Trustees of Indiana University approved a 2001-03 operating appropriations request in June that was submitted to the state in August for eventual consideration by the Indiana General Assembly.
The request includes funding for all IU campuses for support of ongoing operations, with special emphasis on funding for the new IU School of Informatics, with programs to be offered by all IU campuses. The proposal also requests new funds to enhance stud ent success, expand access to on-line library resources, and fund new degree programs that meet state and local needs. IU is seeking nearly an 18 percent increase, or $77 million, in new funding over the biennium. In addition to increases in operating funding to keep pace with inflation, the budget request includes funding in four priority areas: $16 million to support the IU School of Informatics; $3 million for the IU Link initiative to extend digital library res ources to all IU campuses; $4 million for programs to help students from under-represented populations (those from rural and urban areas, and members of economically disadvantaged groups) succeed at whatever IU campus they attend; and $12 million for new degree programs on various campuses which meet state and local economic needs. The funding proposal has been sent to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and other state reviewing agencies, which is the same process followed by all of Indiana’s public post-secondary educational institutions. The format of the requests and the review schedule are determined by the reviewing agencies. The General Assembly will receive the request in January as state lawmakers consider biennial funding for all state government operations. Appropriations approved by the General Assembly will then be sent to the governor for final action. | |
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