UND releases 12 percent budget cut proposals - Andrew Haffner, Forum News Service

The University of North Dakota released on Friday draft proposals submitted by the heads of campus units to reduce budgets by 12 percent across the board. Much of the reduction plans submitted by UND’s academic colleges highlight decreases in personnel costs brought on by the recent round of voluntary separations, along with suggested closures of vacant tenure-track faculty lines. UND President Mark Kennedy said the final impact of voluntary separations and phased retirement programs -- which drew a combined total of 119 staff and faculty applicants earlier this winter -- won’t be fully known for more than a month. http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/und-releases-percent-budget-cut-proposals/article_070e4fbb-ee08-5ab4-bc25-270857ed4903.html