Please note that the members of the APC are faculty, staff, students, and administrators, selected to represent the academic community here at UNL. When the Chancellor invokes the procedures for significant budget reallocation or reduction, the Academic Planning Committee's purview is to collect and synthesize feedback from the University community on the proposed budget reduction plan made by the Chancellor. Our recommendations to the Chancellor are advisory only. For further information on the process see Procedures to be Invoked for Significant Budget Reallocation and Reductions.
A critical part of the budget reduction process is the opportunity for affected units and the broader university community to respond to the proposal. This is provided for in Procedures to be Invoked for Significant Budget Reallocations and Reductions, available on the Academic Planning Committee website. Public responses will be gathered in two ways:
- Via an online comment system through the APC website (Closed) Form. This will be open to anyone in the community who wishes to comment on the proposal. The online comment portal will be open from September 15th to October 13th.
- Via a hearing with the Academic Planning Committee starting October 1st through October 10th. To minimize the potential for disruption and to ensure that the hearing is a place for respectful and thoughtful dialogue, the hearing will not be open to the public but will be livestreamed so that anyone in the community can watch. Affected units will determine who will speak on their behalf at this hearing. Hearing dates for each of the affected units and links to the livestream will be listed below when they become available.
Hearing Information and Webinar Links
ACADEMIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE
FALL 2025
| DATE | TIME | DEPARTMENT | LIVE STREAM LINK |
| Wednesday, October 1 | 3:00 – 4:00 | Community & Regional Planning | Link to recordings |
| Wednesday, October 1 | 4:30 – 5:30 | Landscape Architecture | Link to recordings |
| Thursday, October 2 | 3:00 – 4:00 | Entomology | Link to recordings |
| Thursday, October 2 | 4:30 – 5:30 | Plant Pathology | Link to recordings |
| Friday, October 3 | 3:00 – 4:00 | Agricultural Economics | Link to recordings |
| Friday, October 3 | 4:30 – 5:30 | Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications | Link to recordings |
| Wednesday, October 8 | 3:00 – 4:00 | Glenn Korff School of Music* | Link to recordings |
| 4:30 – 5:30 | Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film* | Link to recordings | |
| Thursday, October 9 | 3:00 – 4:00 | Educational Administration | Link to recordings |
| Thursday, October 9 | 4:30 – 5:30 | Textiles, Merchandising, & Fashion Design | Link to recordings |
| Friday, October 10 | 3:00 – 4:00 | Statistics | Link to recordings |
| Friday, October 10 | 4:30 – 5:30 | Earth & Atmospheric Sciences | Link to recordings |
*In addition to hearings on the proposed eliminations and reorganizations of academic programs announced on Sept. 12th, the APC will also be conducting public hearings for the proposed administrative reorganization of the Schools of Music and Theatre & Film: "The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film & the Glenn Korff School of Music will be led by a single director charged with advancing interdisciplinary collaborations and facilitating innovative new programs to grow enrollments and support student career success in music, dance, theatre, film, design technology, and emerging media arts. Each school will have a dedicated associate director. The two schools will be supported by a shared facilities manager, administrative assistant, chief of staff/operations manager, and several theatrical production staff members. Current degree pathways offered by the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film & the Glenn Korff School of Music will continue to be offered. Budget savings ($350,000) will be realized through the streamlining of administration and staffing across the two schools."
Anyone wishing to submit comments is encouraged to carefully review the criteria outlined in Section V of the Procedures to be Invoked for Significant Budget Reallocations and Reductions document, which guide the evaluation of programs during this process. The purpose of this period of public feedback is to provide substantive arguments and evidence regarding the impacts of this proposal on the mission of the University in research, teaching, extension, and service.