Board to discuss tuition, budget
Trustees expected to vote on next
year’s agenda
By Kelly Morris
Staff Reporter

The 2002-2003 tuition rate and operating and capital budgets will be the major topics of discussion at the Board of Trustees meeting today, Chancellor Michael Ferrari said.

“We do anticipate Board action on the proposed budget,” Ferrari said. “It is unlikely that any other major policies or decisions will come from this particular session.”

He said the agenda also includes discussion of an anticipated fund-raising campaign.
While the campaign has not been officially unveiled, Bronson Davis, vice chancellor for University Advancement, said the university has already raised $50 million.

Davis said the campaign could be TCU’s largest fund-raising campaign ever.

The Chancellor has asked the Deans of each college to present strategic plans to the Trustees, said Robert Lusch, dean of the M.J. Neeley School of Business.

Lusch said he will present the business school’s plans at the meeting today.
“Our general strategic direction over the next five years is to

significantly grow the size and quality of our (master’s of business administration) program and at the same time reduce the size of the undergraduate program while
increasing the quality of it,” he said.

Today’s meeting is the Board’s second one this school year. The first meeting was in November, and the third meeting is April 12.

Ferrari said he anticipates that the proposed curriculum changes, the Common Undergraduate Experience, will be presented to the Trustees in April, following campus reviews of the proposal.

Ferrari would not comment on the specifics of the agenda prior to today’s meeting.

Kelly Morris
k.l.morris@student.tcu.edu

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