NIU President disagrees with 25 program resource allocations

President Doug Baker speaks about what Program Prioritization will look like for faculty, staff and students at a Town Hall meeting last spring in the Holmes Student Center. Baker’s decisions will begin to be implemented as a result of his report which was released today.

By Northern Star staff
November 28, 2016

DeKALB | President Doug Baker disagreed with 25 of 236 task force recommendations which determine each administrative programs’ resource allocation.

The report can be viewed here. Baker released the President’s Progress Report at about 3:15 p.m. today via NIU-affiliated email announcing his decisions on how NIU’s resources will be allocated.

Baker’s recommendations are final, unless it involves NIU’s budget, which will then need approval from the Board of Trustees, according to a Nov. 21 Northern Star article. According to the report, 42 programs still have a pending decision.

Freeman said where Baker disagrees with the task force recommendations, the task force didn’t have all the knowledge necessary to know the recommendations wouldn’t work, according to the article.