University of Florida to Cut CISE Dept Budget Drastically

[Guest]

The total salary in the Dean’s Office in UF College of Engineering (CoE) jump to 5.1 million in 2011 from 3.6 million in 2010. The FTE (Full Time Equivalent) in CoE Dean’s Office jumps from 55.42 to 72.43 FTE. From 2010 to 2011, several staffs in CoE Dean’s Office received double digits increase in salary. Some examples,

Name & Title Salary 2010-03 Salary 2011-10 % increase

MOORE TERRY 72,000 91,237.4 26.72%
DICKRELL PAMELA 79,350 96,265.04 21.32%
HEITMAN WILLIAM 150,000 180,147 20.1%
NORTON DAVID 208,000 240,323.2 15.54%
SANDER ERIK 139,302.75 153,581.14 10.25%

In the meanwhile, they don't have enough money to support researching faculties and teaching assistants? Cut CS department to save $1.4M? WTF

 

[digitalgriffin]

[citation][nom]lolflorida[/nom]Money isnt being shifted to their sports department. Their sports department is independently funded and basically operates as it's own division. The defunding of CISE is because the state itself defunded the school 30%. You can blame the Florida state governor for this. The only tragedy is that if the school cared, they could share some of their sports budget with other departments to keep them operational.[/citation]

Students do not have the right to an education at a higher level.

You have the oportunity and privilege only.

Likewise, Universities don't have the right to jack tuition way beyond inflation indefinitely and beg the legislature each year (especially during the recession) for money above inflation. That is tax payers money. It is not an endless cookies jar.

The Universities need pricing correction like anything else.