July 2018
Funds Redirected to Support a Portion of 2018-19 Enrollment Growth at UC
(In Thousands)
| Redirections From UCOP | |
| UCOP's administrative budget | |
| Reduce contingency budget | $2,827 |
| Reduce professional services budget | 572 |
| Reduce maintenance of Chancellor's House | 510 |
| Reduce travel and meetings budget | 507 |
| Use savings from unpaid merit awards | 500 |
| Eliminate administrative fund for campus chancellors | 442 |
| Use savings from Star Award Policy change | 300 |
| Reduce outreach and membership activities | 200 |
| Reduce administrative fund | 90 |
| Other reductions | 66 |
| Subtotal | ($6,014) |
| Presidential initiatives | |
| Reduce Global Food Initiative (80 percent) | $1,000 |
| Reduce Carbon Neutrality Initiative (40 percent) | 600 |
| Reduce Public Service Law Fellowships (13 percent) | 580 |
| Reduce UC-Mexico Initiative (21 percent) | 210 |
| Eliminate Smoke and Tobacco Free Fellowships | 174 |
| Eliminate Cuba Matching Funds | 20 |
| Reduce Presidential Public Service Fellowships (0.6 percent) | 1 |
| Increase National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement (130 percent) | -565a |
| Subtotal | ($2,019) |
| Other programs | |
| Eliminate Health Initiatives of the Americas | $310 |
| Eliminate U.S.-Mexico double taxation program | 187 |
| Eliminate Graduate Fellows Program | 54 |
| Subtotal | ($551) |
| Total UCOP Redirections | $8,570 |
| Redirections From Within Campus Budgets | |
| Growth in Lottery funds | $3,000 |
| Smaller COLA to certain programsb | |
| Agricultural Experimental Stations | $1,400 |
| Neuropsychiatric Institutes | 456 |
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography | 360 |
| Mental Health Teaching Support | 189 |
| Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute | 52 |
| Subtotal | ($2,457) |
| Eliminate California Program on Access to Care | $935 |
| Total Campus Redirections | $6,392 |
| Grand Total | $14,962c |
| a UC is reducing spending on the other presidential initiatives by $2.6 million. Of that amount, $2 million will be redirected for enrollment growth and $565,000 will be redirected to augment this presidential initiative. | |
| b Reflects savings from providing programs a 1.25 percent augmentation, rather than a 2.5 percent augmentation the university originally planned to provide. | |
| c In addition to these redirections, the budget provides $5 million General Fund for enrollment growth. The combined $20 million supports growth of 2,000 (1.1 percent) resident undergraduate students in 2018-19. | |
| UCOP = UC Office of the President; COLA = cost-of-living adjustment. | |