Summary of Fiscal Year 2008 Student Technology Fee Allocations
Item
Amount
Allocated
Base Allocation
to Colleges/Schools
$2.8M
Project Requests
from Colleges, Schools and other Units
$600K
Base Allocation
to other Units (Libraries, EITS, Instruction, Extended Campus,
Graduate School, External Affairs, Honors Program, Student
Affairs, International Education)
$1.2M
Core Infrastructure
(Software Licenses, Network, Wireless, Miller Learning Center,
eLearning Commons, Portal)
$2.9M
Learning
Technology Grants Program
$150K
Overview of the UGA Student Technology Fee Allocation Process
The plan for allocating Student Technology Fee revenue at the University
of Georgia is prepared annually by the Student Technology Fee Subcommittee
of the Committee for Academic and Instructional Technologies (CAIT).
The Subcommittee is chaired by the Student Affairs representative to
CAIT and includes five additional members of CAIT as well as six students.
The student membership of the Subcommittee includes undergraduate, graduate,
and professional students. The Student Government Association, the Graduate
Student Association, and Housing are asked to identify student members
for the Subcommittee and additional student representatives are drawn
from students employed in technology-related activities.
The development of the allocation plan begins each year with a memorandum
from the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to the unit heads requesting
the following:
A three year plan identifying the unit’s technology initiatives
specifically directed at students
Identification of, in priority order, one-time projects for which
Student Technology Fee funds are requested
Identification of special needs for which Student Technology Fee
funds are requested.
This memorandum also informs the deans that each of the colleges and
schools will receive a base allocation of Student Technology Fee funds
determined by the unit’s enrollment and credit hour production. This
base allocation is to support the ongoing needs of the unit and is in
addition to any funds requested for one-time projects or special needs.
The units are also provided the Board of Regents guidelines for use of
Student Technology Fee funds.
The base allocation to the Colleges and Schools totals 2.4 million annually. Half
of this amount is allocated using percent of total enrollment and the
remaining half is allocated based on percent of total credit hour production. Additional
base allocations of 400,000 are provided annually to both Enterprise
Information Technology Services (EITS) and University Libraries. The
Subcommittee reviews the three year plans of all units receiving base
allocations to verify that ongoing expenditures of Student Technology
Fee funds are consistent with Board of Regents guidelines. Other
ongoing needs appropriate for Student Technology Fee funding are identified
annually by the CIO and considered by the Subcommittee for inclusion
in the allocation plan. The plan for implementation of a Student
Technology Fee submitted to the Board of Regents by the University of
Georgia indicated that 80% of this fee revenue would be allocated to
academic and student support units on a predictable basis. The
base allocations and allocations for other ongoing needs address this
commitment.
The remaining 20% of the revenue from the Student Technology Fee is
allocated annually to projects and special needs. Utilizing the
Board of Regents guidelines, the Subcommittee reviews the projects and
special needs requests from each unit and identifies those to be included
in the allocation plan. The plan (including base, project, and special
needs allocations) is then prepared and submitted to CAIT for approval. Following
review and approval by CAIT, the plan is submitted to the CIO for review
and final approval by the CIO and the provost.
Units receiving the CIO’s
Memorandum requesting Student Technology Fee proposals:
Schools and Colleges
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Terry College of Business
College of Education
College of Environment and Design
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
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