The University of Colorado Boulder's (CU) provost asked each of his deans to find ways to cut around 5% of each college's budget to make up for funding shortfalls due to the pandemic. The university is operating on a nearly $100 million deficit during the pandemic. Faculty salaries make up 90% of the college of arts and science's budget, so CU started there to reach the 5%. Interim Dean James White proposed cutting 50 tenure-track professor positions, a move that would save the college about $6 million.
