The best way to reduce administration cost that can be done by having only having two campuses where the administration would be anchored at. Both UAF and UAA will continue their campus identities. Seawolves and Nanooks. Fairbanks would be north administration and Anchorage would be south administration. UAS would be downgraded to Juneau Community College due to population of the region and enrollment. All the community colleges in Valdez, Kenai Peninsula, Mat-Su College, Kodiak College as well as Juneau the newest community college students will have the option to take university class at their campus or take their classes online through a computer. Other places will also have the option of taking classes online through the two universities in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Sports Teams
The south and north campus will have their sports teams no need to consolidate these in any way. Most athletic programs are self sufficient and can pay for themselves.
Reducing or selling buildings on each campus
This can get complicated because some of these buildings are monthly endowments to the University of Alaska. Example the Alaska Airlines Center. Alaska Airlines pays UAA money each month to keep their name on that building. Sell that building you lose that endowment. Endowments are another way colleges and universities make income this income can help a college survive over public funding.
Consolidated administrations work my Alumni the Community Colleges of Spokane has been doing it between two local community colleges since 1968 between two campus Spokane Falls Community College and Spokane Community College it has worked very well. They only have one sports team called the Sasquatch. Spokane Falls is west administration and Spokane Community is east administration. Main office is on Greene Street.
This restructure will help the university and keep it functioning for future generations
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