state funding

[carbonpoke]

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Our problem isnt the state. Our budget problem lies within tuition cost and enrollment numbers..

Growth is what wyoming needs more than anything.

 

[Hayduke]

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/21/state-appropriations-higher-education-31-states-report-says

Our problem isnt the state. Our budget problem lies within tuition cost and enrollment numbers..

Growth is what wyoming needs more than anything.

The UW statewide system is insanely efficient when compared to other states. UW consistently finished in the top of the rankings for best universities for their cost versus return. I think the best measures of a state university are if they serve the state's population, are affordable, and are keeping up and contributing to the selected fields of education they represent.

Obviously, I am very pro-UW in regards to these areas. Sometimes though, I wonder about the actual physical infrastructure on the campus. Some of the buildings appear to need renovation. I am also a bit concerned with innovation. Is the university staying on top of technology and applying it to both the research function and to student training.

Just my :twocents:

 

[Cowboy Junky]

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/21/state-appropriations-higher-education-31-states-report-says

Our problem isnt the state. Our budget problem lies within tuition cost and enrollment numbers..

Growth is what wyoming needs more than anything.

The UW statewide system is insanely efficient when compared to other states. UW consistently finished in the top of the rankings for best universities for their cost versus return. I think the best measures of a state university are if they serve the state's population, are affordable, and are keeping up and contributing to the selected fields of education they represent.

Obviously, I am very pro-UW in regards to these areas. Sometimes though, I wonder about the actual physical infrastructure on the campus. Some of the buildings appear to need renovation. I am also a bit concerned with innovation. Is the university staying on top of technology and applying it to both the research function and to student training.

Just my :twocents:

I don't know many(if any) facilities on the UW campus that haven't been renovated in the last ten years. I agree the campus needed a ton of work ten years ago, but we're coming to the end of a massive facilities campaign that transformed the campus. I think we've got the physical infrastructure. Now we just need some more money to fill it with people that want to be the best.

CarbonPoke is right. The state does support UW like no other state in America. However, they do it to keep the tuition as low as possible. There needs to be a little bit of give on tuition. We sure could use a minimum increase to tuition to pay for great professors and maybe an increase to student fees to pay for the athletics budget. Increasing enrollment would help.

For athletics we absolutely must have new revenue sources and it looks like the likely sources are:

1. Season ticket holders
2. Ticket prices
3. Aggressive scheduling
4. Student fees
5. Tuition increase
6. Increased state support
7. Increased enrollment
8. Revenue generating facilities

I don't think we'll get more state support, although I would like to see an increase in support to all Wyoming staff along with the state employees. The tuition won't increase. Enrollment likely wont change enough to matter.

If we're likely to increase the budget the revenue will come from the remaining sources and most of those are the fans.

 

[HR_Poke]

I have petitioned my senator and house rep to push the CO legislature for more funding to the University of Wyoming. I expect to hear back soon on how they plan to implement this. I'll keep you all posted.

 

[PokeOLoco]

Me too!

 

[Cowboy Junky]

I know Matt Mead is pressing hard for increased salary for state employees. I hear it's going to be merit based. It would be nice if they include UW's coaches as state employees. That would be an additional pool of money to increase coaches salaries.

 

[HR_Poke]

I know Matt Mead is pressing hard for increased salary for state employees. I hear it's going to be merit based. It would be nice if they include UW's coaches as state employees. That would be an additional pool of money to increase coaches salaries.

Good luck getting that past the legislature when they think a 1 billion dollar surplus is a budget deficit year.

 

[Cowboy Junky]

I know Matt Mead is pressing hard for increased salary for state employees. I hear it's going to be merit based. It would be nice if they include UW's coaches as state employees. That would be an additional pool of money to increase coaches salaries.

Good luck getting that past the legislature when they think a 1 billion dollar surplus is a budget deficit year.

Yep. There's a reason why state employees haven't got a raise in over five years, while running surpluses almost every year. The state is cheap.

Still, with the record cold this winter and the natural gas price shooting up, Wyoming is going to have a big surplus during the next session. It's a good time to think we might get state employee raises.

I think they would have to include Wyoming coaches as Wyoming professors and admin are state employees. If that's the case they'll just increase the amount they allocate to UW by a small percent and UW will have to decide what to do with it.