Colleges push back against budget cuts - Joan McGuire, Oregon Business

This is the time of year when prospective college students are mulling over their admissions offers. Graduate students are repeating the process. I was admitted to all five graduate programs to which I applied, but without funding. The debt at every one of them would exceed my expected starting salary. I called each program to explain I didn’t have the money. They responded, “Neither do we.” The budgets at each of these state schools, including the University of Oregon, have been slashed year after year. They petitioned me to join their departments, but explained they had no flexibility in their department funding. Other schools in the Oregon university system are no exception. https://www.oregonbusiness.com/article/education/item/18698-colleges-push-back-against-budget-cuts