USM must balance its budget before tackling larger issues - Christopher Quint, Portland Press Herald

The most pressing result of USM’s decline in enrollment is more administrators, faculty, staff and academic programs than the university can afford for its current student body size. The 15 percent enrollment decline over the last five years has left USM with a structural budget gap of $16 million for our next fiscal year that cannot be ignored and must be addressed now. http://www.pressherald.com/2014/10/25/another-view-usm-must-balance-its-budget-before-tackling-larger-issues/