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Looking beyond the implementation of the president’s policies, however, several troubling occurrences within the world of education this year have roused far too little attention. In Utah, for instance, a senator faced with the understandably daunting task of closing Utah’s large budget gap proposed making 12th grade optional in order to save the state around $60 million. Although we understand the magnitude of the financial pressures confronting Utah and other states, making the final year of high school nonobligatory sends the wrong message. It further devalues schooling in an age when public opinion...
...related note, we were also concerned to learn that the University of the Pacific’s Distinctive Candidate Application affords students the opportunity to apply to college using a pre-filled application with no essay or candidate profile requirement. Again, in an age when the budget crisis has only fanned the flames of anti-intellectualism in the United States, this method of applying to institutions of higher education is disturbingly detached. After all, is a signature the only item an admissions office needs to cast a value judgment on a candidate? For the same reasons, the new practice...
With recent budget cuts restricting the number of searches authorized across FAS, the school has had to rethink its approach to fostering Harvard’s future faculty—such as a one-time retirement package for older faculty members and a mentorship program for younger faculty...
...even as Smith successfully trims a daunting budget deficit, his approach has struck a nervous chord among faculty members who benefit from the incongruent academic and spending methods of the school. Led by affiliates of some of the traditionally independent FAS centers, they have voiced concerns that an overarching financial mission could intrude into their own academic priorities...
Facing a monumental $220 million budget deficit in the wake of a 30 percent drop in the endowment at the end of 2008, Smith began a multi-year plan to find additional funds and cut back in certain areas, asking units to surrender some of their institutional independence in service of a common financial goal...