University of Hawaii Not Alone in Budget Shortfalls - Tiffany Hill, Honolulu Magazine

The ten University of Hawaii campuses across the state have witnessed double-digit budget cuts in the last two years, of which UH Manoa has bore the brunt of. But our state’s only public university is not alone; universities on the Mainland and abroad are also receiving less funding because of the recession. Over in the beehive state, Michael Young, the president of the University of Utah, said public funding for the school has dwindled for more than two decades. To make up the difference, the university, with a student body of 29,000, created a fund raising campaign that has brought in an astounding $1.2 billion. Still, he doesn’t want the university to veer from its education mission. “I think it is possible to thrive in this environment,” he said, during the conference. “But what is the cost of that?”