For every dollar that the state of California invests in UC San Diego, the university generates four more to enable it to conduct its mission of research, teaching, and public service to the people of California..That achievement is largely the result of the dream of the late Roger Revelle, the great oceanographer who inspired UC San Diego in the 1950s. He set about building a university from the top down. And since then the campus has brought to San Diego many of the greatest researchers, scholars, and teachers in a wide variety of disciplines throughout the world. These scholars—many of them the best available minds in their respective fields—are now conducting world-class research which, in its turn, continues to attract the best and brightest students eager to share in the excitement of mind-shattering discoveries.
Moreover, many of these discoveries have a direct bearing on the quality of life of the city and county of San Diego, the state of California, and the people of the United States. UC San Diego is proud to be a partner with many major companies providing high-tech goods and services in many countries throughout the world.
To maintain these standards of excellence and to ensure that trust which the people of California have placed in UC San Diego, the campus has developed a system of government that is shared by faculty and administration. Together they administer the university’s funds, recruit the required staff, manage the physical plant, and conduct the annual and day-to-day business of a great campus.
UC San Diego had revenues of $1.214 billion in fiscal 1998, and expenditures of $1.112 billion. This was the fifth year in a row that revenues exceeded $1 billion.
Although state of California support for UC San Diego has wavered over the years and has increased by just 18 percent since 1989, the actual expenditures of the campus have increased by 59.9 percent.
For every dollar that the state of California invests in UC San Diego, the university generates four more to enable it to conduct its mission of research, teaching, and public service to the people of California..
For 1998-99 the entire University of California was allocated $2.519 billion in general state funds, an increase of $340 million, or 15.5 percent, over the previous year. The new budget will enable the amount spent on the university’s outreach programs to be doubled; it will support the enrollment of 6,000 more UC students than were previously state-funded; and it will enable student fees to be reduced by 5 percent.
Marsha A. Chandler, a former dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at the University of Toronto and a scholar of comparative public policy, was appointed senior vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Charles F. Kennel, a former executive vice chancellor of UCLA and fundamental plasma physics researcher, was appointed director of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, vice chancellor for marine sciences, and dean of the graduate school of marine sciences.
James M. Langley, a former vice president for external affairs at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, was appointed vice chancellor for external relations.
In the wake of an intense debate over the feasibility of establishing a model charter school at UC San Diego, the chancellor appointed a task force to explore the wider question of preparing a greater number of disadvantaged students for higher education.
In September 1997 the task force issued a report, in response to which the chancellor and the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate announced the establishment of CREATE, a Center for Research in Educational Equity, Assessment and Teacher Excellence, with five integral parts each closely linked and depending on the other. They involve reinforcing outreach programs for disadvantaged students; promoting partnerships with public schools and the community; conducting research on educational issues; expanding teacher education programs on campus; and establishing a model school. All these programs are well under way and the model school is expected to open in fall 1999.
In June 1998 the chancellor announced a ten-point action plan that reinforces the commitment of the entire campus to welcoming and fostering diversity.
The Sanford I. Berman Chair in Language and Human Communication established by Sanford I. Berman. Currently vacant.
The Callaway Golf Chair in Structural Mechanics established by Callaway Golf Company. Currently vacant.
The Kazuo Iwama Chair in Material Science established by Sony, Inc. Currently vacant.
The Sokwanlok Chair in Chinese International Affairs established with a gift from Marion and Kwan So. Chair filled by economist Barry Naughton, July 1, 1998.
Academic chairs at UC San Diego can be endowed in perpetuity with donations of $500,000 or more.
During the past financial year, contracts and grants totaling $351.4 million were awarded to UC San Diego for research and development to be conducted in current and subsequent years.
An additional $11.8 million in gifts was received from the UC San Diego Foundation. As of June 30, 1998, UC San Diego had approximately 3,680 active gifts, grants, and contracts from private and federal sources. General state support is not included in this category.
Over the past ten years alone, the capitalized value of campus assets more than doubled to $2.218 billion from $1.007 billion in 1989, and, over the past twenty years, more than octupled from $260 million in 1978.
Within the past ten years the value of campus buildings alone increased to $1.303 billion from $504 million; the value of equipment rose to $558 million from $252 million; and the value of library collections rose to $277 million from $174 million.
Over the past twelve years, more than $800 million has been invested in major capital improvements at UC San Diego and there are plans to spend another $223 million on capital improvements over the next five years to accommodate a 25 percent enrollment growth to 19,400 students.
The Physical Plant Department realized savings of $1.2 million in purchased utilities through an energy-management program, and received an award of $130,000 from the state of California for a plastic-recycling program. A recently signed agreement with the City of San Diego to purchase reclaimed water will result in further savings to the people of San Diego and the UC San Diego campus.
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Major Projects Capitalized In Fiscal 1998 include the following:
UCSDMC North Annex Seismic Replacement, $5.7 million (primarily state funds)
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An online, user-friendly, computerized program that replaces a manual system for processing staff merit awards was given the National Association of College and University Business Officers Higher Education Program Award.
The office also received an Excellence in Human Resource Management Award from the College and University Personnel Association for a program that combines an efficient retrieval system with an interactive voice-response system to match and refer job applicants to vacancies.
To improve customer service, UCSD Healthcare chief executive officer Kent Sherwood initiated Project Access to identify and address customer satisfaction and implement procedural changes. Faculty and staff are now undergoing strenuous training in the new procedures.
With revenues of $21 million in fiscal 1998, the UCSD Bookstore now ranks among the top twenty larger college stores serving research universities. It is 9th in sales per student, 11th in general book sales, 11th in computer sales and 15th in overall sales. Among the fifteen universities with the largest college bookstores in the nation, all but two have higher enrollments than UC San Diego, and all have NCAA Division I athletic programs.
During the past year, the bookstore’s management has taken calculated steps to improve operating efficiencies, form partnerships and reduce costs—all with a view to providing a better service at a lower cost to its customers.
A breakdown of total revenues for fiscal 1998 shows the store had computer-related sales of $6.5 million, textbook sales of $5.5 million, nonrequired book sales of $4.5 million, and supplies and general merchandise sales of $3.5 million. The bookstore at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography had sales of $1 million.