WWU president won't be offering budget cut ideas - Associated Press

Every two years for at least a decade, the governor and the Legislature have asked public university and college presidents to project what kind of cuts they would make if they have to slash their state budgets. And every time, they groan and figure something out. Not this year. Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard is refusing to play the budget cutting game, after being asked by the state Office of Financial Management for a list of proposed cuts adding up to 15 percent of the university's state budget. "It's idiotic," he told the newspaper this past week. "If we go through this you'll see students start fleeing, faculty taking other jobs. My obligation is to protect the quality of this university, so no, I'm not going along." http://www.komonews.com/news/local/WWU-president-wont-be-offering-budget-cut-ideas-275013571.html