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Provost talks budget at
Occupy lecture forum
Hanlon reaffirms
University's
commitment to
affordability
By MOLLY BLOCK
Daily NewsEditor
Armed with a PowerPoint
presentation before an open
forum of about 50 students, Uni-
versity Provost Philip Hanlon
and Martha Pollack, the Univer-
sity's vice provost for academic
and budgetary affairs, delved
into the details of University
financing as part of a newly
launched lecture series based on
the Occupy movement.
In the presentation, which
was part of the University's
"Equity, Justice and Social
Change: The Michigan Tradi-
tion of Activism and Educa-
tional Opportunity" program,
Hanlon and Pollack discussed
how budgetary priorities range
from ensuring student access to
financial aid, fostering innova-
tion in research and garnering
strong faculty at the University.
Specifically, they addressed the
role tuition costs play in the
budget.
According to Hanlon, tuition
and fees constitute 68.7 per-
cent of the University's revenue,
state appropriation constitutes
16.9 percent and indirect cost
recovery constitutes 13.8 per-
cent. University schools and
colleges receive 57.4 percent of
the budget from those areas of
revenue. Hanlon used these fig-
ures to explain why tuition has
increased.
"What drove us to the actual
tuition increases was loss in
state appropriation and invest-
ment in financial aid," Hanlon
said.
Tuition at the University
has grown at an annual rate of
5.56 percent due to reductions
in state appropriation, invest-
ments in financial aid and
annual cost increases, Hanlon
explained.
To maintain costs, Hanlon
said the University has under-
taken several initiatives to
combat the decrease in state
appropriations, which amounts
to approximately 10 percent less
than the annual appropriations
received in 2002.
While Hanlon described a
variety of University initiatives,
such as eliminating lower pri-
ority services and activities, he
added that cost-saving mecha-
nisms take time to make an
impact.
"All of these initiatives take
a long time to execute," Han-
lon said. "So from the day
you say, 'Okay, I want to put a
regional chiller serving these
five buildings' until it's actually
constructed in the ground and
operating is two to three years."
Hanlon also addressed Presi-
dent Barack Obama's shared
responsibility framework for
public universities, a topic
Obama discussed during his
speech at Al Glick Field House
on Jan. 27. This system relies on
a partnership between the fed-
eral government, the state gov-
ernment and public universities.
If Obama's framework is
implemented, the relationship
could provide more money from
the state, according to Han-
lon, who is hopeful for a budget
increase that could allow the
University to further invest in
financial aid and hire more fac-
ulty members.
"Universities are all about
people," Hanlon said. "What
makes a great university is great
faculty, great students and great
staff, so the budget priorities
are really about trying to get the
best people here and help them
succeed."
Currently, the University
invests in financial aid through
a raise in tuition costs. After the
presentation, students partici-
pated in a question and answer
session, where they specifically
addressed this policy.
Hanlon supported the prac-
tice, explaining that financial
aid is necessary to increase
socioeconomic diversity at the
University and emphasizing
that there is an inherent trad-
eoff between lowering costs and
maintaining academic excel-
lence with both students and
faculty.
"At the University of Michi-
gan, the chief academic officer
is the chief budget officer, and I
think that's one of the strengths
we have here because the com-
bination ensures that academics
get the highest priority when
the budget is allocated," Hanlon
said.
According to Hanlon, the
University competes for fac-
ulty with Harvard University;
Stanford University; the Uni-
versity of California, Berkley;
University of Texas at Austin
and the University of Chicago.
This competitive environment
ultimately leads to higher costs
to keep great educators, and
recruiting and retaining out-
standing faculty is a necessary
factor to function as a success-
ful academic institution, Han-
lon added.
Both Hanlon and Pollack will
be teaching a one-credit UC
course in fall 2012 regarding the
University's budget.
This Friday, Hanlon and Pol-
lack will further discuss how
the University is funded at 5:15
'p.m. in the Kalamazoo Room of
the Michigan League, in a dis-
cussion open to students.
MICHIGAN
From Page 1A
The Wolverines were among
the last names to be called, sim-
ply because the Midwest brack-
et was the last region unveiled
during the selection show. That
meant the team had a good idea
of where it was likely to end up
in the first round as other sites
filled up.
Leading up to Sunday eve-
ning, most analysts and brack-
etologists pegged Michigan as a
No. 3 seed in Columbus, the sec-
ond and third round site closest
to Ann Arbor. Thus, it could've
been a slight disappointment to
instead end up on a lower seed
line and in a location further
away.
But players said they weren't
keeping up with all of the pro-
jections and didn't feel slighted
in the least. Michigan coach
John Beilein, for his part, said
he was just enjoying watching
the show.
"You just don't get over the
moment where you see your
name up there, and then the
suspense of who you're going
to play, and then who you'd play
if you're fortunate enough to
advance," Beilein said. "There's
a lot that goes through our
minds. Our kids are all thrilled.
With the loss (to Ohio State on
Saturday), we're eager to get
back to work."
The team will have quite a bit
of work to do, considering how
poorly the Wolverines played in
the 77-55 loss to the Buckeyes in
the Big Ten Tournament semi-
final, and given that Michigan
does not know much about its
second round opponent.
13-seed Ohio wasn't the best
team in the Mid-American
Conference, finishing in third
place in the East division. But
the Bobcats got hot at the right
time. They won three games in
three days to take the confer-
ence tournament championship,
defeating Akron, who finished
with the best record in the
MAC, by one point in the finals.
Ohio faced just one team
from the six power conferences
this season, falling to then-No.
7 Louisville by five points back
in November. The team faces
long odds in trying to topple
Michigan, but it's pulled an
upset before - the last time the
Bobcats made the NCAA Tour-
nament, they defeated George-
town in 2010 as a No. 14-seed in
their first game.
Other than a couple con-
nections to individual players
on Ohio, the Wolverines don't
know anything about their foe
besides what they've gleaned
from occasionally watching the
Bobcats on television. Beilein,
though, is familiar with coach
John Groce. Groce was an assis-
tant for Thad Matta at Xavier
when Beilein was also in the
Atlantic 10 at Richmond, and
Groce also assisted Matta at
Ohio State before taking the
Ohio job.
"He's done a great job,"
Beilein said. "I believe he's a
very good friend, a close friend,
of (assistant coach) Jeff Meyer
as well. I haven't seen him alot,
(but) you can bet your paycheck
I'm going to be watching a lot
of (his team) the next couple of
days."
The only bright side of Michi-
gan's blowout loss to Ohio State
is that it didn't end the team's
season. Players said that the
defeat will help refocus and
remotivate them heading into
the NCAA Tournament.
The Wolverines are looking
to take another step forward
in the Big Dance, having only
made it to the third round in
the two times they've made the
tourney under Beilein. Michi-
gan hasn't made it to the Sweet
16 since 1994, when members of
the Fab 5 were still patrolling
the court.
"Our kids love this time of the
year, and they really liked their
experience last year, and I'm
sure every one of them would
want to play right until the
end," Beilein said. "And hope-
fully we'll get victory, after vic-
tory, after victory. Just got to get
number one first."
DEMOCRATS
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funding from the state of Mich-
igan was also important for the
growth of the University, say-
ing that in the 1970s, 75 percent
of the University's academic
funding came from the state.
Today, he said about 25 percent
of the general fund is from the
state.
"While it's essential for the
University and the region to
aggressively advocate for fund-
ing for public universities, we
need to (be able to) realistically
assume that this source of fund-
ing needs to be stable," Bern-
stein said.
University alum Shauna
Ryder Diggs, a Grosse Pointe
dermatologist, was unavailable
for comment.
In the Supreme Court
endorsement, the Democratic
Party press release stated that
the party was dissatisfied with
the current Republican-majori-
ty court and its rulings.
"Under the current Supreme
Court, Michigan families have
been under assault with robo-
foreclosures, taxing senior pen-
sions and allowing polluters to
pollute and the taxpayers paying
the cleanup bill," the statement
read. "We need a Supreme Court
that will work to make our com-
munities safe, and where middle
class families can be protected."
Law Prof. Bridget McCor-
mack was also unavailable for
comment.
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