SIUE interim chief offers lesson in Illinomics - Belleville Daily News

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville interim chancellor Stephen Hansen this past week spoke of the state of the university in terms of the state that our state is in, and the picture is not rosy as we hit Illinois Held Hostage: Day 109. Early retirement will be offered at SIUE. That is rarely a good thing at a university, where depth of knowledge and teaching ability usually improves over the years. Hansen is assembling a group from across the university to put a hold on 9 percent of the budget in anticipation of whatever cuts may come when the state legislature eventually passes a 2016 budget. “We cannot afford to fiddle while Springfield burns,” he said. http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article39294462.html