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University of Georgia President Michael F. Adams gave members of University Council an update on UGA’s budget Thursday, Dec. 4 in wake of recent actions by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents to help meet an anticipated directive from state officials to increase the budget cut to 8 percent from the current 6 percent.
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President Michael F. Adams presented the following material to the joint Higher Education Committees of the Georgia Senate and Georgia House of Representatives on Feb. 12 and repeated the presentation on campus for members of the university community on Feb. 17.

The tape will air Friday (2/20) night at 8 p.m., Sat. (2/21) & Sun. (2/22) at 5 p.m. and again on Mon. (2/23) & Tuesday (2/24) at 8 p.m.

What is Georgia’s return on its UGA investment?
UGA has been ranked among the top 20 public research universities by U.S. News & World Report for the past four consecutive years.

• UGA has been ranked among the top 20 public research universities by U.S. News & World Report for the past four consecutive years.

• UGA is a top-20 public university today in large part because of the commitment of this body.

• From 1993 through 1999, state support for the University of Georgia remained relatively constant. Combined with the HOPE Scholarship, this support laid the groundwork for UGA’s rise into the upper echelon of American public universities.

• However, many of the factors that U.S. News uses in its ranking are directly affected by the reduction in UGA’s state budget, including faculty resources such as class size, salary and the percentage of full-time faculty; graduation and retention rates; student quality; and the institution’s financial resources.
The high-school core curriculum GPA of this year’s freshman class was 3.66 and the average SAT score for that class was 1212, up from 1138 in 1991 and almost 200 points above the national average of 1026.

• Georgia first expects UGA to teach its best students, and to teach them well.

• The high-school core curriculum GPA of this year’s freshman class was 3.66 and the average SAT score for that class was 1212, up from 1150 in 1991 and almost 200 points above the national average of 1026.

• UGA students have received four Rhodes Scholarships in the past eight years, and last year UGA students won the Rhodes, Marshall, Truman and Goldwater scholarships, an honor shared with only Harvard, Yale and Brown.

UGA ranks 22nd in total research expenditures.
• Better students, however, place increased demands on our faculty and the institution as a whole: technology, facilities, curriculum—all of which have financial implications.

• Research is one of the missions of a land-grant, flagship institution. UGA is charged with conducting research in the public good, and today that research ranges from agricultural practices to biomedical advances to classics, art, music and dance. UGA ranks 22nd in total research expenditures.

• At this moment, UGA researchers are investigating the cellular processes that signal the development of cancer cells. They are searching for ways to maintain the quality of Georgia’s water supply. They are deeply involved in efforts to develop Georgia’s biotechnology/bioinformatics industry through research.

During FY03, external funding for research at UGA grew to just under $150 million—an increase of more than 64 percent over the past five years.

• They are working to prepare the pharmaceutical and medical community for the aftermath of a terrorist attack on a major city such as Atlanta. They have worked over the past two summers to contain West Nile virus. They are ensuring the safety of our food supply.

• The list, literally, goes on and on.

• External funding for research—from federal agencies, private companies and other organizations—allows us to conduct a wide range of research programs beyond the scope of what the state provides for UGA’s research activities.

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