Chair:
Bert Wachsmuth, chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Members:
Jonathan Engel, associate professor, Center for Public Service
Roger Demareski, assistant vice president, Finance and Technology
Craig Becker, assistant vice president, Finance and Technology
Gregory Burton, associate dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Mary Boutilier, professor, Department of Political Science
Therese Chidiac, training and development administrator, Human Resources
Craig Allen, director, Housing and Residence Life
Vivienne Carr, director, Academic Projects and Events
Paul Fisher, associate director, Teaching Learning and Technology Center

Charge:

• Examine the physical, financial and electronic resources that support academic excellence, mission and goals at Seton Hall University. Specifically, the group will review the financing and budgeting processes, physical plant and information technology.
  
  
• The chair of the Department Mathematics and Computer Science, who has been heavily involved in the information technology transformation, will chair the study group and it includes faculty and administrators with experience in resources and resource allocation.
  
  
• The group will work closely with the Office of the Vice President for Finance and Technology, who has responsibility for these areas.
  
  
• Examine documentation from the University-wide budget committee and the annual financial statements and auditors comments.
  
  
• Examine the processes by which physical plant projects were chosen since the 1994 evaluation.
  
  
• Utilize documentation provided by the Division of Information Technology to assess the effectiveness of the information technology transformation in enhancing academic excellence and in responding to the mission and goals of the University.
  
  
• The study group will assess Institutional Resources while responding to the following hypotheses:

1. Financial and physical resources are efficiently utilized to support the mission and goals.
2. Safeguards are in place to ensure that assets are allocated in a rational and consistent fashion and these safeguards are effectively implemented.
3. The budgeting process ensures that there are adequate faculty, staff and administration to support the mission and goals.
4. Planning and assessment processes and documents drive the budget.
5. A master plan for facilities and infrastructure ensures adequate support for all educational programs and resources and it is consistent with the mission and goals.
6. The planning process for educational equipment replacement and renewal ensures that all educational programs have up to date and operational equipment.
7. Rational and consistent policies for asset allocation exist and they provide adequate control of financial, administrative and auxiliary operations.
8. An annual auditing procedure that confirms financial responsibility is performed and the recommendations of the auditors have been consistently implemented.
9. Seton Hall regularly assesses and reviews institutional budgeting practices and processes.
10. Seton Hall uses systematic approaches to improve efficiency, contain costs, re-direct resources and develop new revenue streams, in support of the mission and goals.
11. The significant investment of resources in information technology has yielded the anticipated positive returns in academic and administrative excellence.