Friday, March 20, 2009

Boston College freezes pay, cuts costs after endowment plunges - Christine McConville, Boston Herald

Boston College will reduce expenses and freeze some salaries, but try to avoid layoffs and other painful actions, after its endowment plunged 25 percent in the past six months. BC’s president, Father William P. Leahy, yesterday detailed the Jesuit university’s financial challenges in a letter to staff and students.