Spring Break
University budget discussed
Annette Andre
Issue date: 2/21/06 Section: News
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San Jose State University President Don Kassing and four division vice presidents led a forum Monday discussing issues and answering questions pertaining to the SJSU 2005-2006 budget.
"Our purpose today is to create a better understanding of the budget," Kassing said.
The main source of revenue for the budget comes from taxpayers and student fees and tuition.
The $472 million budget covers SJSU's expenses, Kassing said.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Carmen Sigler, Vice President for Student Affairs Veril Phillips, Vice President for Administration and Finance Rose Lee and Fred Najjar, interim vice president for advancement, all discussed their division budgets and answered questions regarding present and future expenditures.
Lee outlined the Administration and Finance Division's budget through its six service areas: Administrative Systems and Finance, Facilities Development and Operations, Human Resources, University Computing and Telecommunications, University Police Department and Spartan Shops.
The two major funding sources for the University's Administration and Finance Division come from general funds and trust funds. The largest portion of the division's $26 million budget is used to pay $20 million in salaries.
Most of the core services provided by Lee's division are focused on improving the campus work environment and infrastructure.
The University has formed a partnership with the City of San Jose in which each organization has provided $500,000 to assist new faculty in purchasing new homes.
"The program is a pilot program and we've just defined it be offered to tenure tract full-time faculty that we are trying to recruit," Lee said. "The funding, on the University's side, comes from Spartan Shops."
"The half-a-million coming from (Spartan Shops) is a result of four Victorian buildings that we bought from the city for $1 five or six years ago," Lee said. "The city is allowing us to withdraw the equity from these buildings. … It's not the money Spartan Shops is making from selling food to students or for selling books either."
"Our purpose today is to create a better understanding of the budget," Kassing said.
The main source of revenue for the budget comes from taxpayers and student fees and tuition.
The $472 million budget covers SJSU's expenses, Kassing said.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Carmen Sigler, Vice President for Student Affairs Veril Phillips, Vice President for Administration and Finance Rose Lee and Fred Najjar, interim vice president for advancement, all discussed their division budgets and answered questions regarding present and future expenditures.
Lee outlined the Administration and Finance Division's budget through its six service areas: Administrative Systems and Finance, Facilities Development and Operations, Human Resources, University Computing and Telecommunications, University Police Department and Spartan Shops.
The two major funding sources for the University's Administration and Finance Division come from general funds and trust funds. The largest portion of the division's $26 million budget is used to pay $20 million in salaries.
Most of the core services provided by Lee's division are focused on improving the campus work environment and infrastructure.
The University has formed a partnership with the City of San Jose in which each organization has provided $500,000 to assist new faculty in purchasing new homes.
"The program is a pilot program and we've just defined it be offered to tenure tract full-time faculty that we are trying to recruit," Lee said. "The funding, on the University's side, comes from Spartan Shops."
"The half-a-million coming from (Spartan Shops) is a result of four Victorian buildings that we bought from the city for $1 five or six years ago," Lee said. "The city is allowing us to withdraw the equity from these buildings. … It's not the money Spartan Shops is making from selling food to students or for selling books either."
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