2009-2011 Institutional Operating Budget Recommendations

The Postsecondary Education Operating Budget Recommendations for 2009-2011 report is an analyses of Nebraska's public higher education institutions' budget requests for the upcoming biennium. It includes information about higher education appropriations, affordability and institutional access and accountability.  This report also discusses statewide funding issues provides recommendations and rationales pertaining to institutional budget requests.

This report is designed to assist institutions as they continue to provide accessible, high-quality postsecondary education in Nebraska.

Report by section:

• Executive Summary
• Table of Contents

Section 1: Introduction

Section 2: How Are We Doing?

This section provides an overview of the current state of higher education in Nebraska and how the biennial budget requests reviewed in this report fit in to the larger state context. Issues highlighted in this section include:

• Nebraska State Appropriations for Higher Education

• Higher Education Affordability

• Higher Education Access

• Higher Education Accountability

Section 3: General Statewide Funding Issues and Initiatives

To address affordability and access of postsecondary education among Nebraska's low-income students and those among minority populations, the Commission has identified three major statewide issues to bring to legislators' attention for the 2009-2011 biennium.  They are:

• Student Financial Aid for Needy Students and Recommendations

• FutureForce Nebraska and the Nebraska Scholars Program and Recommendations

• Access College Early (ACE) for High School Students and Recommendations

Section 4: Institutional Budget Request Recommendations

The Commission has analyzed Nebraska's postsecondary institutions' requested operating budgets and has made its recommendations to the Governor and Legislature in this section. 

• Introduction

• Institutional Requests

• Higher Education Funding

• Continuation Budget Recommendations

• Commission Recommendations on Continuation Budgets

• Operations of New Buildings

• Requested O &M Not Directly Related to Construction Projects

• Commission Recommendations on Additional O&M for New Building Openings

• New and Expanded Requests

• University of Nebraska Sector

• Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis

• State College Sector

• Community College Sector

Section 5: Appendices

• Appendix 1: "Measuring Up 2006" (the State Report Card on Higher Education)

• Appendix 2: State Funding of Higher Education

• Appendix 3: Enrollment Facts

• Appendix 4: College Continuation Rate

• Appendix 5: Nebraska County High School Graduates

• Appendix 6: Expenditures by Category and FTE

• Appendix 7: Federally Financed R&D Expenditures 2005-06, University of Nebraska

• Appendix 8: State Appropriated Dollars per Degree Conferred

• Appendix 9: Community College Academic Transfer Enrollments

• Appendix 10: Average Salaries - University of Nebraska: All Campuses

Archived Reports

2007-2009 Institutional Operating Budget Recommendations

2005-2007 Institutional Operating Budget Recommendations

2003-2005 Institutional Operating Budget Recommendations