Friday, April 18, 2014

Delta College looking to erase $2.1 million deficit - Jon Becker, Midland Daily News

Delta College officials are brainstorming ways to eliminate a projected $2.1-million budget deficit it’s facing for the 2014-2015 academic year. In announcing the budgetary challenges to the college community last month, President Jean Goodnow said all three of Delta’s funding sources — the state of Michigan, millage revenues and tuition — are being adversely impacted. It’s a perfect storm of budget-stressing factors that has Delta looking at a broad range of ideas and options to reduce expenses. “If just one aspect of the budget were under stress, it would be easier to handle, but that’s not the case this year,” Goodnow said. “The picture of the road has become rather bleak …” http://www.ourmidland.com/news/delta-college-looking-to-erase-million-deficit/article_b51f3486-c8d5-5098-a059-d36f3e419d13.html