Some recent postings from Ray Schroeder’s “Recession Realities in Higher Education”
- University plans for budget reduction – Catherine Threlkeld, Daily Reveille
Every university in the LSU System is preparing for a 23-percent budget reduction for the 2011-12 fiscal year. Before its meeting Friday, the Board of Supervisors members listened to each chancellor from the system give a detailed plan of how a budget cut this great would affect that particular university. “These projections are all the result of our discussion with the legislature,” LSU System President John Lombardi said. “We’re trying to be very clear to ourselves and our constituents about the consequence of the reduction of state revenues.” - Arizona Universities: More than 2,900 positions eliminated as a result of cuts – Molly Kissler and Sarah Macdonald – Phoenix Business Journal
- Area institutes of higher education plan for deep budget cuts (TX) – Jared Janes, The Monitor
Now the state has asked agencies to trim another 10 percent for the 2012-2013 biennium. The total reduction in state funding is estimated at $21.8 million at UTPA, which will collect $111.6 million in general fund revenue over the next two years - Tuition increases at UT spark talk of accessibility – Megan Boehnke, Knoxnews.com
Tuition keeps rising and the University of Tennessee keeps advertising its lower-than-average comparative sticker price. But when it comes to the everyday family making the median income in the state, UT is less affordable than other public schools across the South. Those families making the median household income of $39,702 would have to fork over 18.5 percent of it to send their child to the state’s flagship college.