Outcomes of the Strategic Budget Reduction and Investment Process

Affected Programs and Services

As the College develops plans for its Fiscal 2011 budget, decisions on expense reductions and additional revenue sources will be highlighted on this page.

A number of steps were taken to reduce expenditures as a result of the Fiscal 2010 budget reconciliation process, announced on Feb. 9, 2009. The broad actions taken were outlined in a "Summary of Actions taken by the College" in February 2009, and the "Financial Update" sent to the Community in June 2009.

Other actions taken and areas affected, prior to November, 2009, included:

• Modem Pool: The computer modem pool, which some faculty and staff used to get Internet access from their homes or while travelling, was closed down in June.
• College Operator: The College Operator was replaced by an auto-attendant service for callers to the College’s main phone number, upon the retirement of the College Operator.
• Café North: Café North dining facility ceased full-service dining in June. 
• Courtyard Café: Courtyard Café in the Hopkins Center is closed during summer months, when expenses exceed revenues.
• Athletic Facilities: Dartmouth Athletics reviewed usage of its facilities during current hours of operation in order to make decisions on possible cutbacks in hours.
• Green Print: The $40 per term Green Print subsidy for student printing was reduced to $20 in September 2009.
• Viets Cottage: The College will sell Viets Cottage in East Boothbay, Maine (a seasonal rental property available to College employees), as maintenance costs exceed rental revenue. 
• Admissions and Financial Aid: Shift to "paperless" admissions process; reduction in travel and increased use of electronic communications for admissions outreach
• The Libraries: Strategic reductions in acquisitions, identifying less critical purchases; availability of some newspapers and general-interest magazines in digital form only.
• Hood Museum of Art: Reorganization of education and collections departments; reductions in publications budget and acquisition funds.
• Hopkins Center for the Arts: Increase in ticket prices for some student ensemble performances.
• Office of Planning, Design, and Construction: Downsized to meet projected workload needs.
• Institutional Research: Elimination of a survey, production of Fact Book in digital format only, reduction in travel, no additional staff for Dartmouth's reaccreditation.
• Tucker Foundation: Restructuring of business and support areas.
• Dickey Center: Redirection of some funds to other areas of the College.
• Ethics Institute: Reduction of programs and support staff during the summer.
• Institutional Diversity and Equity: Reduction in travel, conferences, supplies, and program budgets. Dartmouth remains committed to providing a solid diversity program and appropriate Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action support.
• Dean of the College area: Reductions in staff in several areas, including a merger of the First Year and Upperclass Deans offices. Reductions in travel, professional development, discretionary budgets and funds to support student programs.

If you have an affected program or service that should be included, please send details to financial.administration@dartmouth.edu.