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The groups, which are composed of faculty, staff and students, have no formal power over FAS’ budget and discussions are confidential.
The six working groups charged with addressing the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ $143 million budget shortfall are scrambling to regroup as their deadline for drafting budget cut recommendations looms at the end of October.
FAS Dean Michael D. Smith formed the groups in May to outline potential reductions or ways to restructure their respective divisions—student life, College academics, the humanities, the sciences, the social sciences, and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
But with two months remaining, many of the groups have only met once—at an introductory meeting in May. Some faculty and student members said they have not received any communications about the meetings over the summer months.
According to a rough timeline posted on the FAS Planning Web site, the groups were intended to address a number of issues at the “initial meetings” in May and June, such as to “establish financial and programmatic goals, define data/analysis needs going...