What has NMC done to live within its means?

1. What has NMC done to live within its means? • Belt-tightening cost reductions have included: • Energy and utility conservation and retrofitting measures resulting in utilities savings of over 33% since 2010 • Water and power conservation directives • LED lighting upgrades on Saipan and Rota campuses (Tinian in progress) – federally funded • Air conditioning retrofits for all three campuses ongoing – federally funded • CREES-NMC partnership for deep-well potable reverse osmosis system – federally funded • Deferral of maintenance • Deferral of hiring resulting in $125k in savings in FY 2014 alone • Elimination of positions from a peak of 218 FTEs in FY 2006 to 117 FTEs in FY 2014 • In the Student Services area alone a total of six positions were removed and duties consolidated and reassigned resulting in a savings of $186k in FY 2014 • Cost sharing FTEs through grant funding resulting in a savings of $330k in FY 2014 • Academic program consolidations • Larger class sizes • Implemented minimum class size of 10 based on break-even analysis • Ongoing facilities renovations to expand classroom sizes • Fewer class sections offered • Only one session of summer classes offered for FY 2014