(07-12-2017 03:06 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  While we are happy there is budget, in an effort to compromise the budget for public education is nowhere near where it used to be. So we still need to operate under the fact that we have to play major "catch up" with a much smaller budget regardless of the state budget being passed.

"much smaller budget" is inaccurate sky-is-falling language. The state-portion of our overall budget will be 10% less.

Of the positions cut or left unfilled during the upheaval, you have to hope that we we're smart enough to not refill the most useless 10-20% thereof. That would actually be a nice fat-trimming outcome of all of this (and maybe give the heave hoe to our new 185k diversity czar in the mix, notice that that bloated/unnecessary hire is never griped about in the press )

(07-11-2017 08:59 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  The school is broke. Record low student enrollment in the last ten years. People getting laid off. We cannot even fill our old stadium.
Let us keep our priorities in order.

Is there a link that tracks year to year enrollment? One article last year said lowest enrollment since 1982.

(07-12-2017 03:40 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:06 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  While we are happy there is budget, in an effort to compromise the budget for public education is nowhere near where it used to be. So we still need to operate under the fact that we have to play major "catch up" with a much smaller budget regardless of the state budget being passed.

"much smaller budget" is inaccurate sky-is-falling language. The state-portion of our overall budget will be 10% less.

Of the positions cut or left unfilled during the upheaval, you have to hope that we we're smart enough to not refill the most useless 10-20% thereof. That would actually be a nice fat-trimming outcome of all of this (and maybe give the heave hoe to our new 185k diversity czar in the mix, notice that that bloated/unnecessary hire is never griped about in the press )

+1

And I hope that doesn't offend anyone that may be:

White....yellow...brown...black...tourquoise...LGBT...BLT...TWA...Trans-gender...Trans-fat...Trans-portation...Left-handed...Right-handed...or swings both ways and takes it to the opposite field.

(07-12-2017 05:12 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:40 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:06 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  While we are happy there is budget, in an effort to compromise the budget for public education is nowhere near where it used to be. So we still need to operate under the fact that we have to play major "catch up" with a much smaller budget regardless of the state budget being passed.

"much smaller budget" is inaccurate sky-is-falling language. The state-portion of our overall budget will be 10% less.

Of the positions cut or left unfilled during the upheaval, you have to hope that we we're smart enough to not refill the most useless 10-20% thereof. That would actually be a nice fat-trimming outcome of all of this (and maybe give the heave hoe to our new 185k diversity czar in the mix, notice that that bloated/unnecessary hire is never griped about in the press )

+1

And I hope that doesn't offend anyone that may be:

White....yellow...brown...black...tourquoise...LGBT...BLT...TWA...Trans-gender...Trans-fat...Trans-portation...Left-handed...Right-handed...or swings both ways and takes it to the opposite field.

You forgot to add "child" which clearly you are.

she's not even in the top 35 most compensated employees at NIU.

(07-12-2017 05:25 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:12 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:40 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:06 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  While we are happy there is budget, in an effort to compromise the budget for public education is nowhere near where it used to be. So we still need to operate under the fact that we have to play major "catch up" with a much smaller budget regardless of the state budget being passed.

"much smaller budget" is inaccurate sky-is-falling language. The state-portion of our overall budget will be 10% less.

Of the positions cut or left unfilled during the upheaval, you have to hope that we we're smart enough to not refill the most useless 10-20% thereof. That would actually be a nice fat-trimming outcome of all of this (and maybe give the heave hoe to our new 185k diversity czar in the mix, notice that that bloated/unnecessary hire is never griped about in the press )

+1

And I hope that doesn't offend anyone that may be:

White....yellow...brown...black...tourquoise...LGBT...BLT...TWA...Trans-gender...Trans-fat...Trans-portation...Left-handed...Right-handed...or swings both ways and takes it to the opposite field.

You forgot to add "child" which clearly you are.

she's not even in the top 35 most compensated employees at NIU.

I'm sorry, but schools with diversity officers making close to $200K (or more), such as NIU, UIC, and U of I, are already so well integrated with excellent minority and foreign student programs, and they have been for a long time. At the U of I, over 55% of grad students are from China. UIC also has a large Asian and Muslim student population. They also have a large African-American student population, with excellent academic and financial assistance programs (such as TRIO and CHANCE). Again, there are excellent programs and assistance at these schools. Having a diversity officer is, IMO, unnecessary and a waste of state funds.

(07-12-2017 07:10 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:25 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:12 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:40 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:06 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  While we are happy there is budget, in an effort to compromise the budget for public education is nowhere near where it used to be. So we still need to operate under the fact that we have to play major "catch up" with a much smaller budget regardless of the state budget being passed.

"much smaller budget" is inaccurate sky-is-falling language. The state-portion of our overall budget will be 10% less.

Of the positions cut or left unfilled during the upheaval, you have to hope that we we're smart enough to not refill the most useless 10-20% thereof. That would actually be a nice fat-trimming outcome of all of this (and maybe give the heave hoe to our new 185k diversity czar in the mix, notice that that bloated/unnecessary hire is never griped about in the press )

+1

And I hope that doesn't offend anyone that may be:

White....yellow...brown...black...tourquoise...LGBT...BLT...TWA...Trans-gender...Trans-fat...Trans-portation...Left-handed...Right-handed...or swings both ways and takes it to the opposite field.

You forgot to add "child" which clearly you are.

she's not even in the top 35 most compensated employees at NIU.

I'm sorry, but schools with diversity officers making close to $200K (or more), such as NIU, UIC, and U of I, are already so well integrated with excellent minority and foreign student programs, and they have been for a long time. At the U of I, over 55% of grad students are from China. UIC also has a large Asian and Muslim student population. They also have a large African-American student population, with excellent academic and financial assistance programs (such as TRIO and CHANCE). Again, there are excellent programs and assistance at these schools. Having a diversity officer is, IMO, unnecessary and a waste of state funds.

Not sure why you wouldn't be proud to be a university that has an Office of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. I can take a guess as to why you're not, but you should be.

(07-12-2017 07:13 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 07:10 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:25 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:12 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:40 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  "much smaller budget" is inaccurate sky-is-falling language. The state-portion of our overall budget will be 10% less.

Of the positions cut or left unfilled during the upheaval, you have to hope that we we're smart enough to not refill the most useless 10-20% thereof. That would actually be a nice fat-trimming outcome of all of this (and maybe give the heave hoe to our new 185k diversity czar in the mix, notice that that bloated/unnecessary hire is never griped about in the press )

+1

And I hope that doesn't offend anyone that may be:

White....yellow...brown...black...tourquoise...LGBT...BLT...TWA...Trans-gender...Trans-fat...Trans-portation...Left-handed...Right-handed...or swings both ways and takes it to the opposite field.

You forgot to add "child" which clearly you are.

she's not even in the top 35 most compensated employees at NIU.

I'm sorry, but schools with diversity officers making close to $200K (or more), such as NIU, UIC, and U of I, are already so well integrated with excellent minority and foreign student programs, and they have been for a long time. At the U of I, over 55% of grad students are from China. UIC also has a large Asian and Muslim student population. They also have a large African-American student population, with excellent academic and financial assistance programs (such as TRIO and CHANCE). Again, there are excellent programs and assistance at these schools. Having a diversity officer is, IMO, unnecessary and a waste of state funds.

Not sure why you wouldn't be proud to be a university that has an Office of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. I can take a guess as to why you're not, but you should be.

I am proud of universities that are superbly integrated with outstanding programs and anti-discrimination policies and rules. I am not proud of spending money on an unnecessary position, especially during trying economic times.

(07-12-2017 07:21 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 07:13 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 07:10 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:25 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:12 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  +1

And I hope that doesn't offend anyone that may be:

White....yellow...brown...black...tourquoise...LGBT...BLT...TWA...Trans-gender...Trans-fat...Trans-portation...Left-handed...Right-handed...or swings both ways and takes it to the opposite field.

You forgot to add "child" which clearly you are.

she's not even in the top 35 most compensated employees at NIU.

I'm sorry, but schools with diversity officers making close to $200K (or more), such as NIU, UIC, and U of I, are already so well integrated with excellent minority and foreign student programs, and they have been for a long time. At the U of I, over 55% of grad students are from China. UIC also has a large Asian and Muslim student population. They also have a large African-American student population, with excellent academic and financial assistance programs (such as TRIO and CHANCE). Again, there are excellent programs and assistance at these schools. Having a diversity officer is, IMO, unnecessary and a waste of state funds.

Not sure why you wouldn't be proud to be a university that has an Office of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. I can take a guess as to why you're not, but you should be.

I am proud of universities that are superbly integrated with outstanding programs and anti-discrimination policies and rules. I am not proud of spending money on an unnecessary position, especially during trying economic times.

Well, that's your opinion, there are DOZENS of other ways to cut back.

(07-12-2017 04:10 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 08:59 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  The school is broke. Record low student enrollment in the last ten years. People getting laid off. We cannot even fill our old stadium.
Let us keep our priorities in order.

Is there a link that tracks year to year enrollment? One article last year said lowest enrollment since 1982.

http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/09/0...t/aj9zyes/

DC states: Total enrollment was counted at 19,015 on the 10th day of classes this year, down 5.5 percent from fall 2015, according to data released by university officials.

Fall of 2016. Total undergraduate enrollment declined to 14,079, down 6.2 percent from 2015, according to data provided by NIU. Graduate school enrollment fell 3.7 percent to 4,672. Enrollment at the law school increased 4.3 percent to 264.

This is the seventh consecutive year that enrollment has declined at NIU, which had an enrollment of 25,313 in fall 2006 and once had a goal of reaching 30,000 enrollment by fall 2020.

At Illinois State University in Normal, enrollment increased 1.1 percent to 21,039.


So we are down 6000 students in 10 years. The average student pays around $500 for athletic fees. That is about 3 million dollars the athletic department is not getting to spend. Who knows what that figure is over the last ten years. So much for the Orange Bowl bounce.

ISU can figure out how to play the enrollment game but NIU fails miserably. Who would every believe that ISU has more students than NIU.

(07-12-2017 05:25 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:12 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:40 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:06 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  While we are happy there is budget, in an effort to compromise the budget for public education is nowhere near where it used to be. So we still need to operate under the fact that we have to play major "catch up" with a much smaller budget regardless of the state budget being passed.

"much smaller budget" is inaccurate sky-is-falling language. The state-portion of our overall budget will be 10% less.

Of the positions cut or left unfilled during the upheaval, you have to hope that we we're smart enough to not refill the most useless 10-20% thereof. That would actually be a nice fat-trimming outcome of all of this (and maybe give the heave hoe to our new 185k diversity czar in the mix, notice that that bloated/unnecessary hire is never griped about in the press )

+1

And I hope that doesn't offend anyone that may be:

White....yellow...brown...black...tourquoise...LGBT...BLT...TWA...Trans-gender...Trans-fat...Trans-portation...Left-handed...Right-handed...or swings both ways and takes it to the opposite field.

You forgot to add "child" which clearly you are.

she's not even in the top 35 most compensated employees at NIU.

Bottom line is her duties whatever those are used to be handled by a committee of staff members, now we are burning 185,000/year on an unnecessary full-time position while roofs leak and important positions remain unfilled. Ridiculous.

(07-12-2017 03:06 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  While we are happy there is budget, in an effort to compromise the budget for public education is nowhere near where it used to be. So we still need to operate under the fact that we have to play major "catch up" with a much smaller budget regardless of the state budget being passed.

Funding for higher education under the new budget will be 90% of what it was in 2015. Hopefully they put the extra funding towards the students and not try and restock the shelf with administrative staff. Would you prefer to spend on offering scholarships to prospective students or hire folks to ease the burden in the ticket office. Decisions a new President will have to make.

(07-12-2017 07:37 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:25 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:12 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:40 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:06 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  While we are happy there is budget, in an effort to compromise the budget for public education is nowhere near where it used to be. So we still need to operate under the fact that we have to play major "catch up" with a much smaller budget regardless of the state budget being passed.

"much smaller budget" is inaccurate sky-is-falling language. The state-portion of our overall budget will be 10% less.

Of the positions cut or left unfilled during the upheaval, you have to hope that we we're smart enough to not refill the most useless 10-20% thereof. That would actually be a nice fat-trimming outcome of all of this (and maybe give the heave hoe to our new 185k diversity czar in the mix, notice that that bloated/unnecessary hire is never griped about in the press )

+1

And I hope that doesn't offend anyone that may be:

White....yellow...brown...black...tourquoise...LGBT...BLT...TWA...Trans-gender...Trans-fat...Trans-portation...Left-handed...Right-handed...or swings both ways and takes it to the opposite field.

You forgot to add "child" which clearly you are.

she's not even in the top 35 most compensated employees at NIU.

Bottom line is her duties whatever those are used to be handled by a committee of staff members, now we are burning 185,000/year on an unnecessary full-time position while roofs leak and important positions remain unfilled. Ridiculous.

Someone making $185,00 always has a secretary.
So add another $35,000.

(07-12-2017 08:57 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 07:37 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:25 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:12 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:40 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  "much smaller budget" is inaccurate sky-is-falling language. The state-portion of our overall budget will be 10% less.

Of the positions cut or left unfilled during the upheaval, you have to hope that we we're smart enough to not refill the most useless 10-20% thereof. That would actually be a nice fat-trimming outcome of all of this (and maybe give the heave hoe to our new 185k diversity czar in the mix, notice that that bloated/unnecessary hire is never griped about in the press )

+1

And I hope that doesn't offend anyone that may be:

White....yellow...brown...black...tourquoise...LGBT...BLT...TWA...Trans-gender...Trans-fat...Trans-portation...Left-handed...Right-handed...or swings both ways and takes it to the opposite field.

You forgot to add "child" which clearly you are.

she's not even in the top 35 most compensated employees at NIU.

Bottom line is her duties whatever those are used to be handled by a committee of staff members, now we are burning 185,000/year on an unnecessary full-time position while roofs leak and important positions remain unfilled. Ridiculous.

Someone making $185,00 always has a secretary.
So add another $35,000.

You guys are embarrassing yourselves. That you point out the one position that has to do with diversity and inclusion and the woman who runs it is black is not lost on me. Now, go ahead and tell me I'm wrong, i'm sure you have a great speech ready.

I for one am proud we have a highly qualified DOCTOR running a division of our university that should not only be celebrated on our campus, but should be part of every campus in America.

I'm sure the 185K is really holding NIU back...give me a break....

Diversity czar.....stupid. Cut the position.

(07-12-2017 09:41 PM)prairiedawg Wrote:  Diversity czar.....stupid. Cut the position.

That's not the name of the position, it's what these Tucker Carlson fanboys have called it

(07-12-2017 09:19 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 08:57 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 07:37 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:25 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 05:12 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  +1

And I hope that doesn't offend anyone that may be:

White....yellow...brown...black...tourquoise...LGBT...BLT...TWA...Trans-gender...Trans-fat...Trans-portation...Left-handed...Right-handed...or swings both ways and takes it to the opposite field.

You forgot to add "child" which clearly you are.

she's not even in the top 35 most compensated employees at NIU.

Bottom line is her duties whatever those are used to be handled by a committee of staff members, now we are burning 185,000/year on an unnecessary full-time position while roofs leak and important positions remain unfilled. Ridiculous.

Someone making $185,00 always has a secretary.
So add another $35,000.

You guys are embarrassing yourselves. That you point out the one position that has to do with diversity and inclusion and the woman who runs it is black is not lost on me. Now, go ahead and tell me I'm wrong, i'm sure you have a great speech ready.

I for one am proud we have a highly qualified DOCTOR running a division of our university that should not only be celebrated on our campus, but should be part of every campus in America.

I'm sure the 185K is really holding NIU back...give me a break....

There is a medical doctor...nice. Students need healthcare.

Background:
http://niu.edu/diversity/about/index.shtml

Salary database:
http://salarysearch.ibhe.org/search.aspx

Click on NIU then click on Search
To see highest to lowest, click on Base Salary twice

Click on name to see details

(07-12-2017 09:42 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 09:41 PM)prairiedawg Wrote:  Diversity czar.....stupid. Cut the position.

That's not the name of the position, it's what these Tucker Carlson fanboys have called it

This.

Tried to get back to this board, but stupidity of our
Alumnus and fans is so discouraging. You forgot medical
and pension costs for the idiotic Diversity officer position
Good luck to you all.

(07-13-2017 05:39 PM)HuskieJ Wrote:  Tried to get back to this board, but stupidity of our
Alumnus and fans is so discouraging. You forgot medical
and pension costs for the idiotic Diversity officer position
Good luck to you all.