Wednesday, March 25, 2015

CSCU’s projected budget shortfall jumps - JACQUELINE RABE THOMAS, CT Mirror

The projected budget deficit facing the state’s community colleges and regional Connecticut State Universities is growing. The $38 million shortfall projected two weeks ago has grown to $48 million – a 4 percent structural deficit from what is needed to continue providing existing programs and staffing levels, school leaders said. “Our budget has gotten substantially worse,” Gregory Gray, president of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) told the legislature’s budget-writing committee Monday. And that shortfall could easily grow. http://ctmirror.org/2015/03/11/deficit-swells-at-connecticut-state-universities-community-colleges/