The poor economic state of the country is a major issue in state funding. But cutting the budget of universities only hinders the ability of institutions to provide quality educations for students. As our own chancellor has acknowledged, society benefits when students receive a proper education: The need for budget cuts is understandable, but education is not where these cuts should be made.
The University has suffered a loss of $37.3 million in budget cuts and mandates and has had to eliminate over 200 positions. These losses hurt the University, students and the state.
