President Schapiro says the budget deficit was ‘substantially worse’ than he expected - Alan Perez, Daily Northwestern

University President Morton Schapiro said Wednesday that the current fiscal year that began a few weeks ago is expected to run a deficit, prolonging what called the “unexpected” $62.5 million budget shortfall that began earlier this year. During an interview with The Daily, the president lamented the University’s dismissal of 80 staff members in July, adding that at least 80 additional vacant positions were also eliminated. “It was excruciating, it really was,” he said. “And I feel sorry for people who lost their job.” https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/10/04/top-stories/president-schapiro-says-the-budget-deficit-got-substantially-worse-than-he-expected/