The Board of Trustees is expected to review and approve the proposed Fiscal Year 2015 internal budget Thursday.The Board of Trustees will meet 9 a.m. in Altgeld Hall, Room 315, to give its final approval for the FY 2015 budget, which plans for $426.5...
NIU President Doug Baker says there was “a lot of misinformation” on the salaries of two members of his senior administration members this summer.At a University Council meeting Wednesday, Baker said he was frustrated about stories with inaccurate...
NIU has built an expected enrollment decline of 700 students representing more than $8 million in potential revenue into its proposed Fiscal Year 2015 budget.The decline would mark the fifth fall in a row NIU has had fewer students than it had the year...
NIU expects a drop in total enrollment of up to 800 students for the 2014-2015 academic year, during which potential state budget cuts could place a higher burden on tuition, fees and room and board for revenue.Tuition, fees and room and board made up...
Correction: In an earlier version of this story, Brad Hoey, director of University Marketing, said NIU's tuition stays at a constant for students for six years. Hoey later contacted the Northern Star to clarify that NIU's tuition stays at a constant for...
NIU welcomed CIO Brett Coryell in the same breath as it announced two vice presidents would no longer work at NIU, the news coming in a Friday address from NIU President Doug Baker.The changes are part of Baker’s efforts to root out inefficiencies to...
Faculty Senate approved a motion to send a statement of budget priorities to the University Council Wednesday.Interim financial officer Nancy Suttenfield and Lisa Freeman, interim executive vice president and provost, presented a PowerPoint concerning...
Plans for a student grievance procedure were shown at the University Council meeting on Wednesday alongside the formal introduction of NIU’s interim chief financial officer.Student grievance policyBill Pitney, University Affairs committee chair, gave...
To help make financial decisions, NIU is conducting a national search for its first chief financial officer.A CFO is responsible for managing the financial risks and decisions of a corporation or university. After Doug Baker started as NIU’s president...
Doug Baker’s inaugural speech’s frankness was refreshing: Yes, NIU does face declining funding and enrollment, and its graduates are seeing fewer job prospects.NIU is at a turning point, and this is a critical time for higher education in the United...
NIU President Doug Baker has named an interim chief financial officer to oversee the university’s financial and budget matters while the university undertakes a national search for a CFO.Baker chose Nancy Suttenfield for the newly created position,...
