Budget cuts raise questions about University ideals - Raisa Chowdhury, Duke Chronicle

Budget cuts to the Duke Center for Civic Engagement have raised questions about the direction of “knowledge in the service of society” at the University. The DCCE will receive only 40 percent of its initial budget request, said Bob Korstad, interim director of the DCCE and co-director of the program on history, public policy and social change. The future of the DCCE remains uncertain, as administrators decide how to reorganize the center. “We have from the provost that DCCE is not going to go out of existence,” Korstad said. “[The center is] going to retain its mission [though] it may be a little bit more limited because of the budget restrictions.” http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2013/05/23/budget-cuts-raise-questions-about-university-ideals