{"id":9673,"date":"2013-02-15T08:16:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T15:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=9673"},"modified":"2018-01-19T10:04:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T17:04:54","slug":"cu-advocates-to-learn-inside-story-of-cu-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=9673","title":{"rendered":"CU Advocates to learn inside story of CU budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Burnett, vice chancellor, Administration and Finance, likes to quiz audiences unfamiliar with the CU budget about the level of state support they believe the university receives.<\/p>\n

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The answers \u2013 often in the 30 to 50 percent range \u2013 usually draw a wishful smile before the explanation begins.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerceptions and reality haven\u2019t kept up,\u201d Burnett said recently. \u201cWe have to do a better job of explaining to the public how the university is funded and the changing role of who pays for the cost of post-secondary education in our state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burnett and Todd Saliman, vice president and chief financial officer for the CU System, will explain the CU budget to a group of university alumni and friends beginning at 4 p.m. Feb. 27 in University Center 116. The event is open to faculty and staff.<\/p>\n

Recently, Burnett shared the results of his doctoral dissertation tracing the history of state funding for higher education in Colorado with a reporter from the Wall Street Journal<\/i>. The reporter used the data to tell the story of CU\u2019s funding and the shift from 1985 when 37 percent of the university\u2019s budget came from the State of Colorado to 5 percent this year. In 1970, Colorado was sixth in the nation for funding of higher education. In 2012, Colorado ranked 48 of 50 states in per capita state higher education funding.<\/p>\n

Sharing the message about CU\u2019s budget, and encouraging community leaders to share it with elected officials, is the goal of the CU Advocates Program, the sponsor of the Feb. 27 event. Saliman is expected to provide insight on Colorado\u2019s and CU\u2019s fiscal forecast as well as funding trends for public higher education. Both Saliman and Burnett will share how CU spends its money and efforts to keep the university running efficiently and remain affordable for students.<\/p>\n

For more information about the CU Advocates, visit http:\/\/cuadvocates.cu.edu<\/a>. To attend the event, contact Michele McKinney,\u00a0 Office of the President, (303) 860-5622<\/span> or michele.mckinney@cu.edu<\/a>. Online registration is available at https:\/\/www.cusys.edu\/cuadvocates\/2013_02-27_uccs-funding-in-focus.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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