Word: cutbacks
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...University of California Regents, stung by a 20% cutback in state support due to the state budget crisis, are planning to increase student fees another 32%. The U.C. system must chop $637 million out of its budget this year following the agreement between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the legislature on how to close California's massive $26 billion shortfall in July. Many of the protesters believe the constant increase in fees over the past decade is endangering the university's mission as a public university that offers students an outstanding education at a cost that middle- and working-class families...
...their memberships, Gibson elucidated that the purpose of the website was for “catching information for classes and making sure that they aren’t overbooked.” The reduced budget, however, has affected the open hours of many facilities in as part of the cutback on operation costs. “We’re closing some of our facilities for more hours than in the past but no additional charges,” Henry said. “We had to make significant reduction in our department and we took it very seriously...
Geoff Carens, a Harvard librarian and a member of the Harvard Union for Clerical and Technical Workers, used a loudspeaker to lead the protestors in chants that included "The people, united, will never be defeated" and "They say cutback, we say fightback; They say lay off, we say back...
...cutback has already had an effect. Pam Moffat, who has proctored exams at Harvard for the past five years, said she had always attended a three-hour training session at the beginning of each exam week. But this time, proctors said, Harvard did not offer returning Proctors training...
More on the IOP's culinary cutback, after the jump...