Facing budget deficit, Yale Divinity School dean postpones plans - ALEKSANDRA GJORGIEVSKA, Yale Daily News

The Yale Divinity School’s $800,000 budget deficit has forced Divinity School Dean Gregory Sterling to put some of his plans for the school on hold. Sterling, who came to the Divinity School in August 2012 after serving as dean of the University of Notre Dame’s Graduate School, has been restructuring the school’s administration in an effort to make it operate in a more cost-effective way and has postponed some of his initial plans to focus on the deficit. The school’s budget deficit has hovered around $800,000 for the past three years after growing significantly following the onset of the recession in 2008. Though Sterling said he has discussed the budget deficit with top University administrators including President-elect Peter Salovey and Provost Benjamin Polak, the Divinity School will have to remedy its financial situation primarily on its own because it is a self-supporting institution that does not depend on the University for funding. http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/04/11/facing-budget-deficit-div-school-dean-postpones-plans/