Harper College budget adjusts spending with enrollment dip - Katlyn Smith, Daily Herald

Harper College officials have prepared a 2015 balanced budget that reflects a dip in enrollment and small tuition increase. The board of trustees is expected to approve the proposed spending plan in August. "We're living within our means, and I think we're providing a great educational program and services at affordable prices," said Ron Ally, the college's executive vice president of financial and administrative services. The education fund, which bankrolls faculty salaries, supplies and equipment, is slated to fall roughly .8 percent to $88.3 million. The modest decrease stems in part from enrollment dropping in the last school year, officials say. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140708/news/140708786/