SLU’s Latest Budget Cuts Show that the First isn’t Always the Deepest - Tannock Blair, SLU University News

At the beginning of April, all of SLU’s deans were issued budget cuts by the provost, Chet Gillis. The college of arts and sciences was issued the biggest number, that of $4.1 million. In addition to $1.6 million that the college still has left in “academic reinvention” that they have to complete in spring, this functionally rounds out to about 10 percent of the college’s budget. Most of the college’s budget goes toward personnel, so the options left to Dean Duncan are to cut adjunct spending, graduate assistantships and faculty. Communication Department Chair April Trees expressed her confidence in the dean despite the difficult circumstances, “I know the dean is committed to minimizing the impact on students.” This isn’t the first time the University has experienced budget cuts of this scale. https://unewsonline.com/2019/05/02/slus-latest-budget-cuts-show-that-the-first-isnt-always-the-deepest/