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Tag: Budget & Budgeting: Page 3
Leadership & Policy
UC Regents Commit to Audit Recommendations, Praise Napolitano
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents vowed to implement audit recommendations to improve the budgeting practices of the president’s office following a stinging state audit, but took pains to praise President Janet Napolitano and even question the report’s findings. State Auditor Elaine Howle briefed the UC Board of Regents Thursday on […]
May 18, 2017
Leadership & Policy
37 employees, 5 Programs Get Axed at University of Wyoming
LARAMIE, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming will lay off 37 employees next week as the state’s only public, four-year university cuts costs to account for reduced state aid. The jobs to be cut are all non-faculty staff positions. They come after the university has already cut 332 jobs almost entirely by eliminating vacant positions […]
May 14, 2017
Students
Community Colleges Working Around State Budget Cuts
Financial struggles pose a problem for many community colleges, and can be expected to continue for the foreseeable future particularly as a number of states face ongoing budget shortfalls.
May 9, 2017
Students
Trump’s ‘Mixed Bag’ Budget Spares Some Programs, Cuts Others
The 2017 budget bill expected to be sent to President Donald J. Trump this week is a mixed bag when it comes to college access and affordability.
May 1, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Anonymous Donors Pledge $20M Gift to Monmouth College
MONMOUTH, Ill. — An anonymous couple has pledged $20 million to a small liberal arts college in western Illinois. A Monday statement from Monmouth College says it’s the largest such gift in the school’s 164-year-old history. It’ll boost an endowment now at $100 million and will be used, among other things, to increase scholarships. Monmouth […]
April 25, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Audit: University of California Hid $175M in Secret Fund
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s auditor says top University of California administrators hid $175 million from the public and lawmakers in a secret reserve fund even as the UC raised tuition and asked the state for more funding. In a scathing report released Tuesday, Auditor Elaine Howle says the office of UC President Janet Napolitano created […]
April 25, 2017
Students
Education Advocates Uneasily Awaiting Trump Budget
“I’ve been in higher education for a long time, but I’ve not seen this level of uncertainty and unpredictability,” Dr. Judith Eaton, president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, said Monday.
April 24, 2017
Health
Experts: Cut to NIH Funding Would be ‘Devastating’
Experts say the White House’s proposed $5.8 billion cut to the National Institutes of Health would be “devastating to the American people” and a “dramatic setback to medical progress.”
April 19, 2017
Students
University Presidents Seek Restored Funding in New Mexico
A council of university presidents from New Mexico is lobbying to have about $745 million put back in the state’s public colleges and universities coffers.
April 17, 2017
Students
Kentucky Governor Changes Plan for Free 2-year Degrees
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A scholarship program that would have provided free community college for all new high school graduates in Kentucky has been trimmed back to pay for only specialized work certificate programs. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the Work Ready Scholarship program was proposed by House Democrats in the 2016 legislative session and approved […]
April 12, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Former Chancellor Says No Personal Gain in Foundation Deals
MADISON, Wis. — A former University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh chancellor accused of illegally transferring millions of dollars in public money from the university to its foundation says he didn’t personally benefit. The Board of Regents sued former Chancellor Richard Wells and a former vice chancellor earlier this year, alleging they illegally transferred $11.3 million to cover […]
April 9, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Ex-public Schools Chief, Dean Picked for Chicago State Posts
CHICAGO — Board members tapped former Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas Friday for an interim administrator post at Chicago State University, an appointment recommended by Gov. Bruce Rauner. The university’s Board of Trustees also named arts and sciences dean Rachel Lindsey as interim president. Neither Vallas nor Lindsey commented after their appointments. However, the […]
April 9, 2017
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