January 15, 2026-Academic Planning and Budget Committee (APBC)-Minutes

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Date:  Thursday, January 15, 2026
Location:  Lubar N440

Present:           M. Boehm, T. Boyer, D. Counts, A. Follmer, T. Freiburger, P. Hinow, P. Klajbor, R. Jens, T. Nation, H. Ouali, J. Roberts, G. Rodger, D. Romain Dagenhardt, K. Woodward, J. Wilcoxen

Absent:             J. Kibicho, M. Newman

Guests:             A. Daire, D. Clark

  1. Call to order-The meeting was called to order at 9:05 a.m.
  2. Approval of the minutes from December 18, 2025 meeting-The minutes were approved as submitted via auto consent.
  3. Chairs’ Update-There was no chair’s update.
  4. Provost’s Update-The Provost was in attendance to update the committee.
    1. Enrollment numbers are looking good for Spring semester with an overall increase of 7.9%.  Academic Affairs is continuing to work on increasing graduate student enrollments as international students are down overall and that is a concern. 
    2. Retention efforts continue to be a focus to help offset any enrollment changes UWM sees.
    3. The Budget Transparency meeting was helpful.  The provost’s office hopes to hold another in the future to help campus understand the budget process.  The committee felt holding several in a town hall format may be helpful for the campus.  The committee discussed the slideshow presentation and offered suggestions on how to improve the slides.
    4. The committee also discussed Program Array Review and updates to the review process.  The committee felt that information more often would help with the planning and review process.
    5. D. Clark updated the committee on the low enrolled program for Spring 2026. 
  5. Adjournment-The meeting was adjourned at 10:24 a.m.