Approval of Previous Minutes —

Agenda approved unanimously.

Unfinished Business —

Vice Provost Hornberger presented an overview, including:

• Five year plan, so goal is no budget cuts for those five years, and to grow our way out of the our structural deficit
• Competitive pay
• Updating campus master plan which is 10+ years old
• Putting together a 5 year IT plan
• Jayhawk Welcome Center to open in January 2023 – 100% funded – no debt going on balance sheet –
• 11th and Mississippi project is really CFO’s office
• Legislative request for 2023 session in progress
• All funds budgeting – not sweeping or reaching in – encouraging to use
• Budget model options – how to balance complexity and usefulness

Acting AIRE Director Corinne Bannon added:

• Competitive pay initiative is ongoing, with a commitment from Provost’s office to long-term rectify the situation

Discussion from the committee members, including:

• Operational costs for welcome center (~$580,000/year – which can be used as an event space in the evenings and weekends)
• Salary compression – both levels and merit/retention incentives
• Regressivity of across the board proportional raises
• Annual budgeting process with the legislature
• Involvement of faculty experts (including Professor Donna Ginther on salaries and Professor Ted Juhl on equity market projections)
• All funds budgeting being described at the school levels as a multi-year cash cut

Acting AIRE Director Corinne Bannon discussed enrollment trends, including:

• First year class up 8.2%
• Overall enrollment static because of COVID classes being smaller
• National trend is substantial decline due to demographics so this is excellent
• Tied for the second highest first year high school GPA on record
• Largest minority population in history (28% of first year class)

Discussion from the committee members, including:

• Attendance levels in classes
• Population growth in Hispanic community in southwestern Kansas• National mismatch between education infrastructure and where future students live

New Business —

• Meet again in December to continue discussion
• Review internal leadership presentation materials at that meeting
• Meet with the CFO in February, primarily to discuss the 11th and Mississippi project