Budget Advisory Committee
Teaming Up to Handle the Budget Crisis
The UC Riverside Budget Advisory Committee is charged with ensuring inclusion of the broad campus community in the process of handling pending budget reductions.
The goals of the committee are to:
- Identify priority areas to be maintained or enhanced for future strength.
- Identify efficiencies and recommend more effective alternatives.
- Preserve human capital whenever possible.
- Manage enrollment growth consistent with the availability of funds.
- Ensure that each organization operates within its budget.
- Down-size or eliminate non-critical activities.
The committee is chaired by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Dallas Rabenstein and is made up of:
- Organization heads, including deans and vice chancellors.
- Chair of the UCR Academic Senate.
- A faculty representative from each school/college.
See a complete list of committee membership.
Subcommittee Information
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is a working group that will develop recommendations to be taken to the entire committee for discussion and approval. It is comprised of two faculty, two deans and two vice chancellors, with EVC Dallas Rabenstein serving as the committee chair. See the steering committee membership.
Academic Senate Planning & Budget and Budget Advisory Committee Subcommittee
Made up of several members of the Academic Senate Planning & Budget Committee and of the Budget Advisory Committee, this subcommittee has been charged with analyzing campus spending on administration. It is co-chaired by Mary Gauvain, professor of psychology and chair of the senate's P&B committee, and Vice Chancellor of Planning and Budget Gretchen Bolar. They are focusing on administrative growth between 2003 and the present. See the subcommittee membership.