NIU to cut budget amid state funding concerns - Kelly Bauer, Northern Star

NIU will look to make up a potential $11.6 million funding cut from the state by “increas[ing] our efficiencies and our processes,” said NIU President Doug Baker. The 12.5 percent funding cut is not certain, but it would be the result if legislators don’t accept the state budget Gov. Pat Quinn proposed during a Wednesday speech. Quinn recommended the continuation of an income tax increase to avoid such cuts, but the university can’t wait on a final decision from the Legislature as NIU develops its FY2015 budget. “We just don’t know what’s actually going to happen, but we will in a couple months,” Baker said. http://northernstar.info/campus/article_f8b4f31c-b877-11e3-82ca-001a4bcf6878.html