- ♦  Current Funds are those funds that are earned and expended in the current fiscal year. They include the General Funds and Restricted Funds. Excluded entirely from this report are Non-Current Funds such as Plant Funds, Loan Funds and Endowment Principal.
- ♦  Undesignated General Funds are unrestricted resources available for allocation in support of core instruction, instructional support and related general administrative and physical plant expenditures. The university maintains a separate undesignated general fund for the Uptown campus and one for each of the branches.
- ♦  Designated General Funds are those funds which are internally restricted by Board of Trustee approval for specific activities.
- ♦  Restricted Funds are funds for which the use has been designated by an external agency or individual and limited to support a specific purpose and/or unit.
- ♦  Instructional and Departmental Research includes all direct and applicable allocated expenditures for all activities that are part of the University’s instructional program. It includes expenditures for departmental research and public service that are not separately budgeted.
- ♦  Academic Support includes all funds expended for activities carried out primarily to provide support services that are an integral part of the operations of one of the three primary missions — instruction, research and public service. Included in this category are Academic Affairs Administration, Libraries, Museums & Galleries and the Deans’ offices.
