Stanford Report, May 25, 2011

Provost to discuss 2012 budget plan at Thursday's Faculty Senate meeting

Provost John Etchemendy will discuss the budget plan for fiscal year 2012, which begins Sept 1. Karen Cook, vice provost for faculty development and diversity, will lead a panel discussion on professorial gains, losses and composition in 2009/10.

At Thursday's Faculty Senate meeting, Provost John Etchemendy, the university's chief academic and budget officer, will present the Budget Plan 2011/12. The plan includes the consolidated budget for operations, which comprises all of Stanford's anticipated operating revenues and expenses for next year, and the capital budget, which includes next year's expenditures on major construction projects.

Also during the meeting a panel will present the annual Report on the Faculty: Professorial Gains, Losses and Composition, which provides a demographic breakdown of the faculty by gender, race/ethnicity, school and faculty line. The report covers the 2009/10 academic year. The panelists are:

  • Karen Cook, vice provost for faculty development and diversity, and the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor in sociology.
  • Albert Camarillo, Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Diversity in charge of the Faculty Development Initiative of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, a professor of American history and the Miriam and Peter Haas Centennial Professor in Public Service.
  • Richard Saller, dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, and the Kleinheinz Family Professor of European Studies.
  • Deborah Stipek, professor of education and outgoing dean of the School of Education.

The meeting will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Room 180 of the Law School. Discussion is limited to members of the senate, but members of the Stanford community may request to attend by contacting Assistant Academic Secretary Trish DelPozzo at 723-4992 or at [email protected].

Before the meeting, the senate's steering committee will convene from 2:10 to 3  p.m. in administrative session to hear recommendations for renewal of degree-nominating authority for six interdisciplinary degree programs: Master of Liberal Arts; East Asian Studies; Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies; African Studies; Latin American Studies; and International Relations.