'Bloat' criticism could hurt university at Capitol - Kyle Potter, Associated Press

State budget leaders have a message for the University of Minnesota: The money won't come easy. The university was already facing a difficult outlook at the Capitol, where legislative leaders confront a $1.1 billion deficit, before The Wall Street Journal last month made the university a case study of administrative bloat at American universities. The paper reported the university's administration grew almost twice as fast as its student body in the last decade. Chairs of the House and Senate higher education finance committees and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, have all called for more scrutiny of the school's administrative costs before making funding decisions. http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/253625/group/homepage/