Impact of USI cuts unknown - Mark Wilson, Evansville Courier-Press

University of Southern Indiana officials found out Tuesday that not only will they be losing nearly $4 million in funding in the next 18 months, but that $1 million of that will come directly from its general fund. The cuts amount to about 4.7 percent of USI’s budget for that period, said Cynthia Brinker, USI’s vice president of government and university relations, and were recommended by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. They are part of a $150 million cut in state higher education spending over the remaining 18 months of the state’s two-year budget cycle ordered by Gov. Mitch Daniels because tax revenues are below previous projections.