University of Montana budget cuts $5 million, but avoids cutting tenured faculty - KEILA SZPALLER, the Missoulian

The University of Montana has a plan to lose 58 faculty and cut $5 million by 2021 — but it will do so without having to cut tenured faculty. Wednesday, Provost Jon Harbor said UM will drop an estimated 12 percent of its faculty full time equivalents with instructor departures and hires. Although challenges remain for UM, he said the campus can begin to shift its energy to implementing budget plans, "telling the story of the university," and growing enrollment. "We're at a point where that hard work has been done, and it was hard, difficult, soul-searching work for many of our units to go through this planning process," Harbor said. "… I think people are now relieved that the hard decisions have been made." https://missoulian.com/news/local/university-of-montana-budget-cuts-million-but-avoids-cutting-tenured/article_33f60447-8f5e-56d0-b2c8-a59df5b526db.html