UConn's President on Budget Cuts: 'Stakes Cannot Be Higher' - Max Reiss, NBC Connecticut

The University of Connecticut's (UConn) President Susan Herbst responded publicly to the Republican budget proposal that passed through the General Assembly with Democrat votes in the early morning last Saturday. She said the university was prepared for some significant cuts, but said the GOP proposal is simply untenable. "Of course, we have to be cut, we would never act like UConn is immune to what is going in the larger economy,” Herbst said. The Republican budget, which unexpectedly passed the General Assembly, essentially tripled the overall cut proposed by Gov. Dannel Malloy and legislative Democrats. http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/UConns-President-on-Budget-Cuts-Stakes-Cannot-Be-Higher-445912503.html