Increase telecommuting of personnel over the summer and consolidate temporary offices. Make summer session classes online only, as they used to be. Shut down or use economy settings for the HVAC in unused buildings and dormitories.

Sell the unused “Downtown Annex” on Wapping Street.

Eliminate encampment/opening faculty-staff meeting entirely or at least stop paying to bring in external speakers. Replace with meetings with Provost, Deans, and divisional leaders.

Institute energy saving measures for lights and HVAC in all buildings.

Consolidate offices and rent out unused office space to state agencies needing temporary space.

Re-examine the policy of having paid e-books for students.

Instead of exacerbating the salary inequity issue and losing talented underpaid faculty by cutting faculty salaries across-the-board, institute salary caps based upon academic rank by calculating the current median nine-month salary for each rank, then making the median salary the maximum base salary for that rank, adjusted accordingly for twelve-month contracts and accreditation/disciplinary considerations.

For faculty, staff and administrative personnel hired under President Brown, roll back salaries to those of the previous employees holding those positions where current salaries are out of line with the previous salaries. Cut administrative and staff salaries on a sliding scale, starting with 15% for the highest paid positions and going down to zero for the lowest paid. Bring administrators salaries in line with CUPA and stop multiple year contracts.

Increase class size where this will not adversely impact instruction. Hold lectures in auditoriums, using advanced students as peer tutors. Prioritize team-teaching, cross department/unit teaching and resource sharing.

Study the current indirect cost rate to encourage renegotiating or changing our IDC rate so the University can draw more funds for salary, research, operating and maintenance costs from the funded grants.

Incentivize grant writing to generate revenue by providing faculty with a summer stipend to write competitive grants, payment contingent upon submission of grant.

Increase online degree and certificate program offerings. Work with state government offices to see what type of certificate programs would be most useful.