Provost calls for individual colleges to make cuts - Heather Guenther, Michigan State News

A key university official in discussions surrounding MSU’s budget reductions erased any lingering doubts about the severity of MSU’s situation on Tuesday. Provost Kim Wilcox led a question-and-answer session at the first Academic Council meeting of the semester to address questions about MSU’s budget and the university’s direction. His message: MSU officials expect to cut operating budgets between 15 and 20 percent — or as much as a total of about $80 million — in the next three years. “Departments will have to change, colleges will have to change and the relationship among the colleges will have to change,” Wilcox said