Students and faculty members harshly criticized University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins on Thursday over a $240 million budget shortfall that has sparked suggestions for cuts to student scholarships and instructor salaries. The angry complaints about the financial miscalculation consumed most of the first hour of a gathering of the board of regents in Tucson, Arizona. News of the shortfall was announced two weeks ago and quickly led to calls for an external audit and accountability by university leadership. “I do not trust the university with my well-being anymore," Megan Wong, a student senator in the pharmacy college, told the crowded meeting. "The university has made it loud and clear that they do not care about us.”
