The latest issue of UNCA’s student newspaper is impressive. One of the lead stories tells how the university complied with the state’s requirement that it cut its budget 8%. It followed the advice of the John Locke Foundation and eliminated a couple non-educational centers and left some bureaucrats behind. The university’s Environmental Quality Institute and Mossbauer Data Center bit the dust. In addition:
UNCA saved $1.3 million through management flex reduction, which included eliminating middle management positions, facilities personnel, arboretum positions, realigning funding sources and general campus administration.
The director of media services, community relations, prospect research or fundraising and the assistant director of the N.C. Center for Creative Retirement made up most of the eliminated management positions.
The irony is that the school’s newspaper and SGA hosted a budget forum in the name of transparency and democracy; but it was attended by few other than hosts and presenters.
The issue also includes a commentary calling attention to US Senators’ refusal to adopt measures that would remove wickedness from healthcare reform proposals.
