 University research expenditures have grown 15 percent during Staben's tenure, reaching a new high of $109.5 million in FY2017.During Staben's administration, the University of Idaho expanded its law program location in Boise to offer all three years of a juris doctorate education in that city (in addition to a location in Moscow).In fall 2016 the university moved its Boise Law offerings to the newly-renovated Idaho Law and Justice Learning Center at the former Ada County Courthouse.