Troubles at Georgia Perimeter College continue, as the school faces additional financial pressures and possible scrutiny from an accreditation agency, the interim president said Monday. Although the college already cut $25 million to cover a budget shortfall discovered last spring, the school learned this month it must trim another $1.6 million to meet an unexpected round of state budget cuts. Interim President Rob Watts told faculty and staff it's too soon to say what will be cut, adding that administrators will go through the budget line by line. Also, the metro Atlanta college could lose 2,500 students — just under 10 percent of its nearly 27,000 students — because new system-wide admissions rules reject applicants who need too much remedial help in English or math. Watts remained hopeful that numbers won't drop much more than that as the college continues registering students.
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