UConn Admin and Faculty fighting on budget cuts (link)
by Raoul (2024-04-17 18:18:23)
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UConn may have just won the Men's BBall national championship, but all is not happy in Storrs. The school faces a $70M budget shortfall and Academics say they can't do it. They want the state to help but the Governor is not helping - and UConn is far from alone among Connecticut public colleges saying they need help (Connecticut community colleges say they are facing existential financial risks themselves due to lack of state funding). Not surprisingly, the UConn academics start asking about sports. Grad programs are at risk.

It is not just small privates facing problems.

P.S. Washington State announced it is cutting sports funding by 13% next year due to loss of Pac-12 media funding.



My experience: critical classes needed to graduate will be
by SixShutouts66  (2024-04-17 18:30:15)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

cut. Parents protest, legislature caves in, and magically classes open up.

Tuition then increases, along with student debt and calls for federal relief.

It's a difficult problem, and universities seem too inbred to resolve some of the fundamental issues.