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The University Conundrum
10 hours ago ago from Denzil Coulson
Lord Mandelson crudely chose 3 days before Christmas to bury bad news by announcing slashing cuts to teaching staff at universities . The consequences will be far-reaching and damaging to our UK tertiary sector. The cuts are as much as £135 million and universities were already ordered to find £180 million of cuts over 18 months earlier this year. So - for general election purposes - schools were given immunity from budget cuts in the ...
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20 hours ago ago from middletowneye
In a brief school board meeting on Tuesday night, Superintendent Michael Frechette presented his recommendations for a $68,033,807 budget for the 2010-2011 school year ( available on the web ). Describing it as the "lowest budget I've ever put together", Frechette's proposes just a 1.28% increase over the current year, or $859,520 more in expenses, while keeping all existing staff and programs. Typically, a budget would include a higher ...
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4 hours ago ago from occasional links & commentary
In a scenario being played out across the country, students and faculty at the University of Southern Maine turned to an independent accountant to contest the university's claim of a budget crisis. According to Inside Higher Ed , Administrators say we’re broke? That’s not what our accountant tells us. Such is the sentiment at the University of Maine, where a recently completed audit challenges the notion that the university is in ...
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8 hours ago ago from Top Stories Wichita
BY DION LEFLER The Wichita Eagle Running on $34 million less than expected in state funding, the Wichita school district has ordered a freeze on hiring, travel, and furniture and equipment purchases. The news went out to district employees late Monday in an e-mail from Superintendent John Allison. As you know, the spring semester will bring many significant challenges to our district, not the least of which is how we will respond ...
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9 hours ago ago from Kim
The latest information from the labour camp RE. The budget and specifically how it relates to higher education funding really does highlight that they are a bunch of utter prats. Background document: Mandelson's letter to the HEFCE: http://www.bis.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/publications/Mandelson-Letter-to-HEFCE-Dec09.pdf (And the summarised version in the BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8427546.stm ) The big point here ...
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