The UC San Diego vice chancellor for Resource Management and Planning and the vice chancellor for Business Affairs together implement policies, oversee sponsored programs and business functions, and acquire and manage the financial, physical, and intellectual resources of the university.

Over the next ten years, UC San Diego will see unprecedent-ed growth in its student body, faculty ranks, and staff rolls. The campus has planned for this growth, and is excited by the opportunity it provides to build on its proven ability to leverage limited resources. Nevertheless, there will be challenges as the campus attempts to remain efficient and effective in its operations.

Operating Budget
UC San Diego's operating budget-now $1.4 billion annually-will continue to be met from a variety of sources, including state of California allocations, federal research contracts and grants, UCSD Medical Center income, private gifts and grants, and tuition and fees. Although core support comes from the state, these funds represent only 20 percent of UC San Diego's operating budget. Therefore, the campus strives for maximum leverage of every dollar it receives. The state budget reductions of the early 1990s taught the university to do more with less and the campus continues to seek ways to support its teaching and research programs as effectively as possible without compromising quality.

As an example, it is estimated that a new on-campus energy cogeneration plant, currently under construction, will reduce UC San Diego utility expenses by over $1 million per year beginning in FY 2002. The campus also strives to develop partnerships with others when mutual benefits and/or cost savings can be achieved. In this vein, the campus is expanding its program with the renowned Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, its partnership with the award-winning La Jolla Playhouse for the Performing Arts, and the construction of a new fMRI research facility to be shared with the Salk Institute and other biomedical institutes in San Diego. The challenge will be to continue to find ways to leverage each dollar that comes to the campus.

Providing Facilities
To accommodate the enrollment growth and provide the facilities needed for its expanding research programs, the campus anticipates the construction of 4.4 million gross square feet of new space - a 37 percent increase - at a cost of approximately $1 billion (current dollars) over the next decade. This expansion will provide buildings and equipment for instruction and research, on-campus student housing, and recreational facilities.

Despite a substantial state of California contribution to UC San Diego's capital program, the campus will need significant help from private foundations and the donor community to fully meet its growing needs.

Still, the campus continues to search for ways to contain the costs of new facilities. In an effort to balance programmatic, aesthetic, and financial obligations, all capital projects are subjected to a rigorous peer-reviewed value-engineering process. In addition, the campus uses a variety of construction-delivery approaches to manage cost and timelines.

Even as new facilities are constructed, the campus pays heed to the rising cost of deferred maintenance, making maintenance and upgrade of existing capital infrastructure a critical component of planning.

Accessing the Campus
Approximately 35 percent of UC San Diego commuters used an alternative form of transportation rather than a single-occupancy vehicle last year. However, to ensure access and minimize traffic congestion caused by the growing numbers of faculty, staff, students, and visitors, the campus will expand its alternative transportation programs.

The Transportation and Parking Services division will continue to work closely with local transportation agencies to address traffic and parking problems in and around the La Jolla campus and the UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest. Additionally, in collaboration with the San Diego and North County transit agencies, the campus is exploring options to increase the frequency and convenience of bus service to the university. Joint planning with the Metropolitan Transit Development Board is under way to advance trolley service to UC San Diego at the earliest possible date. These steps, in con-junction with the expansion of on-campus student housing, will mitigate traffic impacts expected to occur with the planned growth.

Responsible Stewardship
In an effort to ensure that UC San Diego resources are man-aged effectively and the risk of regulatory noncompliance is mini-mized, the campus has embarked on aggressive education programs in the areas of internal controls, business-process self-assessment, and accountability initiatives, including the implementation of an anonymous campus fraud hotline. Where appropriate, the campus employs national award-winning techniques and adopts some of the best practices of other organizations, thereby ensuring that administrative processes continue to improve. Finally, in order to redirect staff resources to increasingly complex research, analytical, and problem-solving activities, the campus will continue to use technology to carry out the more routine parts of the administra-tive mission.