Chancellor's Report

to the Board of Trustees

November 9, 2000

BUDGET REQUEST

Thank you, Chairman Gould. I want to begin with a few words on the 2001/2002 budget request, which this board approved last month.

This budget would increase our state appropriation by $380.9 million - an 11.7 % increase over the current year. Along with projected enrollment revenue, it would bring the total CSU base budget to nearly $3.65 billion.

The budget will go a long way toward helping us develop our priority areas:

• Ensuring student access;
• Maintaining high quality by recruiting and retaining the best faculty and staff, and continuing to close the faculty salary gap;
• Improving student academic preparation by working with the K-12 schools;
• Building California's workforce by investing in key academic programs.

This budget reflects a 6 percent increase for faculty and staff compensation: 4 percent within the partnership agreement plus an additional 2 percent.

This increase would reduce the faculty salary lag to 0.6 percent - down from 13 percent in 1996-97.

I want to thank Governor Davis for the important partnership agreement that allows us to provide California's students with the high-quality education that they deserve. Thanks also to Richard West and our budget team.

WANG FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP

I want to echo Chairman Gould in thanking Trustee Wang and his family for the generous contribution that will enable us to create the Wang Family Scholarship.

This scholarship will provide an important opportunity for students to prepare for a role in the international business world.

It will be especially meaningful to those students whose financial situations might have prevented them from being able to study abroad.

It was a pleasure to join Stanley and Larry in Taiwan, where we visited the Taiwanese universities in this scholarship program. We were able to see the outstanding opportunities available for our students and faculty members.

Trustee Wang has shown a great deal of wisdom and foresight in recognizing the increasing importance of international education.

Incidentally, this is the second major gift that the Wang family has given the CSU - the first being the Wang Family Excellence Awards for CSU faculty and administrators.

I thank Trustee Wang and his family for their generosity and commitment to the CSU.

ENROLLMENT DEMAND

I want to thank Warren Fox of the California Postsecondary Education Commission for attending our meeting yesterday.

Meeting future enrollment demand continues to be one of our top priorities.

The CSU will continue its efforts to build enrollment capacity by:

• Expanding use of existing campus facilities,
• Expanding year-round operations;
• Developing additional off-campus centers;
• Expanding distance education.

CAMPUS VISITS

This fall, I am continuing to make the rounds of the CSU campuses through a series of campus visits.

I have had the pleasure of visiting CSU Stanislaus, CSU San Marcos, and CSU Los Angeles this fall. Thanks to those presidents for hosting me during those visits.

I look forward to visiting Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and CSU San Bernardino soon.

NATIONAL COMMISSION

Last week I was in Washington D.C. for another meeting of the National Commission on the High School Senior Year.

We hope to have a report out by the end of the year.

This commission's attention to the link between K-12 and college points to the continuing importance of our work with K-12 schools.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE

The entire CSU family was saddened this fall by the tragic alcohol-related death of a CSU Chico student.

I believe that we need to do more to discuss alcohol abuse on campus.

I have asked President Welty to chair an ad hoc committee of CSU presidents and student leaders.

I have asked this committee to study this issue, look at our current policies, analyze the programs we have in place, and come up with new ideas for preventing alcohol abuse on campus.

We expect that the committee will have a report to the Board of Trustees in early spring.

MISCELLANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congratulations to President Bob Maxson, who was named CEO of the year by District VII of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). He follows President Welty, who was the winner of last year's award.

Congratulations to President Milton Gordon, who was named by the Orange County National Conference for Community and Justice as a "Humanitarian of the Year."

Congratulations to Vice Chancellor Jackie McClain, who won the Kathryn G. Hansen Publication Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). She won the award for writing "A Guide to Legal Issues for Human Resources Professionals in Colleges and Universities." This is the second year in a row she has won the award.

I'd also like to recognize Executive Vice Chancellor Dave Spence for his work in the classroom. This fall, he is working with a business professor at CSU Bakersfield to "team teach" a graduate management class.

BAKERSFIELD ANNIVERSARY

Last, I would like to ask President Arciniega, Chairman Gould, and Trustee Fallgatter to join me up front.

This year CSU Bakersfield is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

President Arciniega, on behalf of the CSU system, we want to present you with this resolution congratulating your university on 30 years of outstanding service.

Mr. Chairman, that concludes my report.