Budget cuts have N.C. State in triage mode - JAY PRICE, News Observer

A year after it began a campuswide reorganization to cope with annual budget cuts, N.C. State is deep in the throes of merging divisions, departments and offices, and a task force is poring over freshly generated data on more than 260 academic programs that might be eliminated, shrunk or boosted. University leaders also are planning tweaks to help students graduate on time, something that has become harder as five consecutive years of state funding cuts have forced the university to slash the number of classes and classroom seats available. Provost Warwick Arden told university trustees that NCSU plans to make more high-demand courses available during the summer to help students who may have struggled to get the ones they need during the spring and fall.