Fayetteville State University’s academic affairs allocates monies to various schools and colleges housed within the university’s system. The provost allocates a specific amount of money to the Elementary Education Department that is housed in the School of Education. Once the money is released to academic affairs the Dean of the School of Education disperses the allocated money to various departments. The Dean of School of Education relinquishes the money to the Elementary Education Department where the Chair divides the money to address three areas, to include departmental bills, supplies for faculty, and money to professional development and travel for full-time faculty members. Monies part of the budget are used to aid in the functioning of the department. The Elementary …show more content…
Monies must first be used to pay specific bills made by the department, to include telephone bills, copying and printing costs. Faculty members’ supplies to maintain office hours, meeting with advisees and utilizing materials while teaching college courses are also deducted from the budget. Another budget item entailed travel expenses and professional development for tenured and full-time faculty members. Monies are allocated to ensure those who are hired and work in the department can stay abreast of information. After reviewing the budget for the Elementary Education Department I noticed the money allocated from Academic Affairs does not provide a direct line of money for the teacher candidates admitted to the Teacher Education program. It appears that the pre-service teachers can benefit from bills being paid, and supplies purchased to enhance their educational experience. What was denoted was a large sum of money dedicated to tenured