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Tag: Budget & Budgeting: Page 2
Faculty & Staff
New Mexico University to Lay-off Staff, Freeze Vacant Posts
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexico State University’s finalized budget will freeze over 90 vacant faculty and staff positions and lay off two personnel. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports university officials said Friday that the moves will close an $8 million gap in the institution’s budget. Administrators say the personnel cuts are much smaller than […]
July 10, 2017
Students
Julia Lopez Opening Doors to College in California
Julia I. Lopez was already retired for three years from her position as senior vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2008 when she received a call from a head hunter who wondered if she might have any interest in serving as the president and CEO of the College Futures Foundation.
July 3, 2017
Faculty & Staff
University of Montana Offering Buyouts
MISSOULA, Mont. — Six University of Montana faculty members have expressed interest in the university’s second round of buyouts. The Missoulian reports the university recently offered early retirement incentives to 100 faculty members to reduce personnel costs due to declining enrollment. Fourteen who were of retirement age expressed interest, along with the six from the […]
July 3, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Illinois Universities in Jeopardy of Losing Accreditation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The state budget impasse could affect the accreditation of Illinois universities, which have seen deep cuts in state funding in the nearly three years lawmakers have failed to agree on a spending plan. The Higher Learning Commission, which accredits schools in the Midwest, recently issued a letter cautioning lawmakers that a lack […]
June 28, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Northern Illinois Trustees Face Lawsuit Over President’s Severance
DEKALB, Ill. — A member of the DeKalb County Board is suing Northern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees in an effort to void a $600,000 severance payment to the school’s departing president. Misty Haji-Sheikh filed the lawsuit Tuesday in DeKalb County Court, claiming trustees violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act when it didn’t post a […]
June 28, 2017
Students
Music School Backers Sue Rider University to Block Potential Sale
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — A New Jersey university’s plan to sell its music college to another institution is now facing a legal challenge. Supporters of Westminster Choir College sued Rider University on Tuesday. They claim any sale that would close the music school or move it from its 23-acre campus in Princeton is illegal and would […]
June 21, 2017
Leadership & Policy
NIU President Stepping Down as Report Shows Mismanagement
DEKALB, Ill. — The president of Northern Illinois University is stepping down in the wake of a state investigation accusing him and other administrators of mismanagement when it comes to hiring consultants. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports Doug Baker leaves June 30. He announced the news at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting. He says the […]
June 15, 2017
News Roundup
AG’s Office Reviewing University of Louisville Foundation Audit
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More information is needed to determine whether the University of Louisville Foundation’s mismanagement — uncovered by a blistering audit – “crossed the line into criminal” activity, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear said Monday. Beshear told reporters that his office is reviewing the audit to determine whether its findings exposed potential violations of […]
June 12, 2017
Students
Senators Take DeVos to Task Over Proposed Budget
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos appeared before a Senate education subcommittee Tuesday to defend a proposed 2018 budget amid charges that it would make college less affordable and increase student debt.
June 6, 2017
Students
University of Puerto Rico Reopening as Students End Protest
After more than 50 days of a sustained strike that suspended campus activities altogether, students at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus voted to end the protest on Monday. Classes are expected to begin again next week.
June 6, 2017
Students
Experts: Trump Budget a Crushing Blow to Low-income Students
Higher education experts were reeling amid the release of President Donald Trump’s newly released budget titled, A New Foundation For American Greatness.
May 23, 2017
Students
Hartle: Trump Education Budget an ‘Assault on College Affordability’
If a news report on a preliminary draft of the Trump administration’s proposed education budget is accurate, the budget represents a “historic assault on college affordability,” says a senior executive for the American Council on Education.
May 18, 2017
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