University of Montana president to announce “next steps” in budget cuts - MTN News

University of Montana President Sheila Stearns has called a press conference for Thursday to discuss a special committee's conclusions on academic programs and likely budget cuts. Over the past few days, a special committee has been going over all of the university’s programs and forming what’s called an “Academic Program and Administrative Services Prioritization”. That’s basically a list ranking more than 400 different class offerings and programs, rating them from “strong” to “not suitable”. Stearns appointed the panel and gave them less than a week to review the programs list and come up with the ranking. http://www.ktvq.com/story/36800025/university-of-montana-president-to-announce-next-steps-in-budget-cuts