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Revenue Enhancement Task Force

Message from the Chair

D.J. Trela The Strategic Planning task force on revenue enhancement will look into ways and means that the University can increase "third stream" revenue. The first and second "streams" are tuition and fee payments by students and state-based support. As we all know, tuition has been rising as state support has declined. We also anticipate further cuts in state support in future years. It's important that the University aggressively seek to expand funding it receives from donors, foundations, corporations and government grants, to name four. These forms of funding already provide us with endowed scholarships, infrastructure improvements in the form of remodeled classrooms, and means of engaging in outreach activities to the community. Increasing funding from these areas will reduce on dependence on state support and allow us to moderate tuition increases.

D.J. Trela
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Task Force Starting Ideas

  • Evaluate current revenue enhancement strategies and culture.
  • Identify new funding possibilities for academic and non-academic areas of the University, including, for example-
    • Expansion of instruction
    • Capturing grants and support for research
    • increasing endowment funds.
  • Identify opportunities for an entrepreneurial approach to enhancing revenue through, for example, partnerships with external organizations and rental of campus facilities.

Revenue Enhancement Task Force Roster

Committee Member Affiliation
Dean D.J. Trela, Chair College of Arts and Sciences
Scott Bertschy Development and Alumni Relations
Dale Tuttle School of Management
Terry Van Allen Office of Research
Matthew Wyneken School of Education