As yet another budget cut from the state split open the University’s budget this year, top administrators pulled increased tuition money and a donation from LSU Athletics to prevent layoffs and cuts to academic units. “We squeezed our way through with no program closures,” said Interim System President Chancellor and William “Bill” Jenkins.
The legislature dropped its funding for the University by 13.1 percent for the 2011-12 year. Coupled with other yearly reductions, the University faced a $33.5 million budget shortfall, according to the Office of Budget and Planning.
http://www.lsureveille.com/news/funding-shortfalls-tuition-hikes-still-burden-students-faculty-1.2750335
