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Cost Containment Strategies

Implemented to Accomodate Appropriation Shortfalls

 The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff utilized a variety of cost cutting measures with much attention given to doing so without sacrificing quality as much as possible:

1.  February 12, 2009 – Instituted a hiring freeze (see Attachment I)
2.  October 29, 2009 – Froze all state funded travel (see Attachement II)
3.  January 20, 2010 – Froze all E & G expenditures (see Attachement III)
4.  January 22, 2010 – Froze all spending, vacant positions, supplies, travel (see Attachment IV)
5.  January 22, 2010 – Reduced number of adjunct faculty to be used (see Attachment IV)
6.  Did not increase faculty and non-classified staff salaries.
7.  Assigned additional duties to several administrators.
8.  Implemented energy saving strategies such as installation of light controls and
     multi-building cooling system.
9. The teaching load for all fulltime undergraduate faculty have been increased to 15 hours per semester. Fulltime graduate faculty teaching loads have been increased to 12 hours per semester.
 
These strategies have enabled us to maintain operations; however, further reduction could seriously impact UAPB’s ability to accomplish mission goals.