UA budget underscores advising, deferred maintenance
November 3, 2011
The approved an overall budget request for the next fiscal year that emphasizes more
and better student advising and a continuation of the tough battle to reduce deferred
maintenance across the 16-campus UA System.
The FY13 operating budget, which now goes to Gov. Sean Parnell for his consideration,
focuses on high-demand job training in engineering, health and biomedical fields,
teacher education, and workforce development.
The operating budget for UA reflects a number of internal cost-control measures taken
in recent months, including a $7 million cost avoidance in the employee health-care
plan, reductions in certain fixed costs and an effort to hold down utility cost increases
as much as possible.
鈥淚 really think the administration is doing a pretty good job of containing costs,鈥
said Regent Tim Brady of Anchorage.
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