During Kennedy’s tenure as president the university system budget was cut by about a third. The budget cuts led to hundreds of jobs lost at the university. The campus itself has also gotten smaller since Kennedy took the helm, with the demolition of more than a dozen buildings since 2016 as the university tries to cut back on its deferred maintenance costs.
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