RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The University of California, Riverside is one of the best stewards of its financial resources among the nation’s leading universities, according to a report by a conservative government watchdog organization.
UCR was one of 20 leading public and private universities, out of 198 examined by the Phoenix, Ariz.-based Goldwater Institute, where the number of administrators per 100 students declined between 1993 and 2007. Nationally, the number of administrators increased 39.3 percent in that 14-year period. At UC Riverside, the ratio of administrators to students decreased by 2.5 percent.
At the same time, the ratio of full-time employees to students declined by 27.3 percent – a period when enrollment nearly doubled – the ratio of spending to enrollment decreased by 21 percent.
That these efficiencies were occurring before the California Legislature cut the University of California budget by $813 million in 2009-10 – a 20 percent reduction in spending systemwide that resulted in layoffs and furloughs – is further testament to UCR’s
UCR was one of 20 leading public and private universities, out of 198 examined by the Phoenix, Ariz.-based Goldwater Institute, where the number of administrators per 100 students declined between 1993 and 2007. Nationally, the number of administrators increased 39.3 percent in that 14-year period. At UC Riverside, the ratio of administrators to students decreased by 2.5 percent.
At the same time, the ratio of full-time employees to students declined by 27.3 percent – a period when enrollment nearly doubled – the ratio of spending to enrollment decreased by 21 percent.
That these efficiencies were occurring before the California Legislature cut the University of California budget by $813 million in 2009-10 – a 20 percent reduction in spending systemwide that resulted in layoffs and furloughs – is further testament to UCR’s