Boise State University Budget Model

A Budget Model that fits Boise State

The university launched a university-wide budget modernization initiative initially announced by Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs John Buckwalter and Chief Financial and Operating Officer and Vice President for Finance and Operations Alicia Estey in 2023. It is now sponsored by Interim Provost Zeynep Hansen and Interim Chief Financial Officer Stacy Pearson.

Activities and committee members for each phase of the Initiative are listed under “History of the Budget Modernization Initiative.”

Values and Guiding Principles

UBM Governance Principles

• One University perspective: Prioritize decisions that benefit the University as a whole and support the University’s mission and strategic goals;.
• Transparency: Implement open UBM policies and processes that are widely available;
• University-wide engagement: Incorporate representative and relevant campus participation across academic, administrative, and auxiliary units and positions; 
• Clear and consistent communication: Foster continued clear communication channels across the campus community to ensure accuracy and consistency;
• Predictability: Apply rules and policies in a consistent manner that enable reasonably accurate predictions of the consequences of operational and investment decisions;
• Information rich decision-making: Engage in decision-making that is informed by data and the subject matter expertise of campus stakeholders at all levels;
• Sustainability: Adopt a sustainable approach that includes some measure of flexibility to address changes in external realities and support the long-term success of the University and its units;
• Mitigation: Reduce potential negative impacts, through perverse incentives or unintended consequences, on students’ success, academic quality and rigor, and research and creative activity endeavors.