UI provost: Budget hole too big for just cuts -Julie Wurth, The News-Gazette

The numbers are big: $70 million in budget cuts and a $190 million hole left to fill. That's too much for the University of Illinois' flagship campus to absorb by slashing spending alone, interim Provost Ed Feser says. The campus has to grow its way out of the state budget crisis and reduce its reliance on iffy state funding — by as much as half over the next decade, Feser said Thursday. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-09-23/ui-provost-budget-hole-too-big-just-cuts.html