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increased efficiency.
He said Chancellor James
Moeser's 1996 reallocation plan
enhanced efficiency by “taxing”
each department 4 percent of its
budget and using the revenue to
enhance and improve designated
programs.
Edwards said UNL wanted to
explore ways to increase its revenue
from sources other than the state or
tuition.
He said the Pepsi contract,
which will provide UNL with $24
million over the next decade, along
with an increased effort to recruit
out-of-state and international stu
dents, would increase UNL’s income
without raising tuition or going to
the state for more money.
Regents also discussed a possi
ble “performance-based” budgeting
process, where colleges or depart
ments would be financed according
to their “output.”
Edwards said the “Florida
Bank” program, which was pio
neered by the University of Florida
in Gainesville, was a way for the
university to measure a college’s
contribution to the university's mis
sion.
“This would create enormous
incentives for deans and department
chairs to be entrepreneurial and
economizing,” Edwards said.
He said the plan also would
allow UNL to compare its perfor
mance with peer institutions.
Regent Rosemary Skrupa of
Omaha said talks about budgets
based on performance worried her,
particularly within a university.
Benjamin’s plan recommc ! 1
five changes for U S. colleges ana
universities:
■ Political leaders should direct
public funds in a manner that
reflects the “growing importance of
education to the economic prosperi
ty and social stability of the United
States.”
■ Institutions should change
their governing systems so they can
better evaluate academic depart
ments, and make necessary eco
nomic changes.
■ Colleges and universities
should “pursue greater mission dif
ferentiation,” and serve the needs of
the public.
■ Regent Charles Wilson of
Lincoln said he thought the four
campuses were invading on each
others’ missions.
■ “(The University of Nebraska
at Kearney) wants to be (the
University of Nebraska at Omaha,)
and UNO wants to be UNL,” he
said. “ Everyone wants to be a doc
toral, research institution, but this
state cannot support two or three
doctoral institutions.”
■ Other regents said “expen
sive” doctoral programs needed to
be evaluated, and perhaps cut. Some
also said not all campuses had to
offer all classes, and some classes
that were duplicated across campus
es could be eliminated.
■ Colleges and universities
should share certain programs or
departments to improve efficiency.
Regent Don Blank of McCook
said the NU system could cooperate
with other state universities, form
ing shared colleges. Although he
said colleges that were “vital to
Nebraska’s economic develop
ment,” such as engineering and
technology, should not be shared.
Regent Chuck Hassebrook of
Walthill warned against catering to
large businesses. “We can’t be all
things to all people,” Hassebrook
said, “but neither can we be all
things to the biggest businesses in
the state.”
■ I he level ol education
deemed “appropriate” for those in
the workforce needs to be re-exam
ined. Benjamin's plan stated that
“All citizens planning to enter the
work force should be encouraged to
pursue - as a minimum - some form
of post-secondary education or
training.”
UNL Academic Senate
President Jim Ford questioned
whether any of the recommenda
tions, if implemented, would ensure
educational quality.
He said he w'as worried that, in
some ways, the report called for a
“minimum necessary education.”
Instead, Ford said, continuing
Moeser’s plan of increased academ
ic and admissions standards would
ensure quality.
“The American model of educa
tion is that there be equality of
opportunity, but not an insurance of
results,” Ford said. “That is inher
ently inefficient, but the best way.”
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