Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Enrollment increase coupled with faculty wage freeze, 10 percent Ph.D. cut - Joy Resmovits, Columbia Spectator

Increased enrollment in Columbia College is just a drop in the bucket of money-saving initiatives, which also include a 10-percent decrease in the number of Ph.D. students and a faculty wage freeze.... The overall strategy for cuts seems to be boosting the money making opportunities—such as potentially expanding the Post-Baccalaureate program and filling the dormitories for summer classes—while pulling back on more expensive initiatives.