Budget cuts are made at the bottom, but the message is crafted up top - Alan Perez, Northwestern Daily

To top administrators and undergraduate students alike, the budget deficit was a surprise. When Provost Jonathan Holloway informed Faculty Senate of the budget shortfall in January, some senators were puzzled. “Everything financial always seemed pretty rosy,” Feinberg Prof. Lois Hedman said at the time. Students were anticipating an ambitious plan to renovate and construct new residence halls. Now, those plans are on hold. And certainly, no one expected the layoffs that ultimately came in July — Provost Holloway had been telling employees for months that he did not plan to make cuts that drastic. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/11/30/lateststories/budget-cuts-are-made-at-the-bottom-but-the-message-is-crafted-up-top/