Aquinas College, run by the Dominican sisters of the Roman Catholic Church, will be scaling back its faculty and programs in order to focus on its bread-and-butter programs, such as nursing. The small Catholic college saw that by expanding its programs, faculty and residence halls, it was running a budget deficit.
Topic: budget cuts
College Bureaucracies Grew 15% during the Great Recession, while Budgets and Tuition Rose
From The Hechinger Report: Even if some system offices are finally taking over functions once left to the campuses, any widespread savings — as measured by collective reductions in positions and spending — have yet…
Enrollment Doesn’t Really Matter, say Western Illinois Faculty
Western Illinois University is going to cut at least four disciplines due to state budget cuts, but some faculty worry that it won’t create well-rounded students.
Missouri GOP Candidates for Governor Pledge to Cut Funding to Mizzou
Wow, but what’s interesting is that one candidate said he’d restore funding if the university severed ties to Planned Parenthood: At a gubernatorial debate Thursday night, all but one of the Republican candidates endorsed cuts…
Morehead State President Blames Budget Cuts for Mandated Furloughs
Kentucky lawmakers are probably not on the Morehead State University president‘s friends list: President Wayne Andrews of Morehead State University is blaming budget cuts that have yet to be passed by the state legislature for…
North Carolina Cuts Three Liberal “Advocacy Centers”, Upsets Leftist Professors
The North Carolina legislature, led by a Republican majority, cut three advocacy centers in the University of North Carolina system. Professors were outraged, but recent discoveries showed they were extremely political and partisan in their…
Wisconsin Professor Offers Extra Credit for Attending anti-Scott Walker Rally
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater English professor Beth Lueck offered extra credit for students to protest at an anti-Walker rally. There was no mention of going to any pro-Walker rally.
Scott Walker’s Higher Ed Budget Cuts are a Good Thing
Here’s an op-ed written by a University of Wisconsin scholar about why the budget cuts aren’t as bad as the university and faculty are saying it is. Short answer: The faculty’s salaries aren’t getting cut…
Scott Walker’s Budget Cuts are headed to Legislature, making U of Wisconsin Nervous
Walker proposed $300 million in budget cuts for the University of Wisconsin system, which is not a lot considering their large budget.
Scott Walker’s Smart Higher Ed Proposal
The governor of Wisconsin has provoked the ire of the higher education establishment in the state by suggesting that professors on the state payroll spend less and work more. “In the future, by not having…
Book Review
Book Review: America, Guns, and Freedom
As gun rights and gun control advocates, political surrogates, spokespeople, and groups contend over the future of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, Dr. Miguel Faria, Jr., M.D. published a book that gives extensive background,…
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