Word: nye
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...Kennedy School of Government (KSG) plans to close its Washington office, restrict administrative budgets and decrease new faculty hirings in response to the recent economic downturn and the events of Sept. 11, KSG Dean Joseph S. Nye said in an interview yesterday...
...cost-cutting moves come as the KSG attempts to tighten its financial belt in order to balance its budget. At his annual “State of the School” speech at the ARCO Forum on Tuesday, Nye announced a projected $3 million operating budget deficit for the current fiscal year...
While the school has run planned deficits in recent years—to meet the needs of its extraordinary growth, Nye said—current events have forced a reassessment of its financial outlook...
...Nye devoted some attention to the fates of Kennedy School graduates, and emphasized the importance of public service to the institution...
Although the percentage of graduates entering the public sector since the 1980s has steadily declined, Nye expressed optimism that the trend was reversing in light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, citing a four-fold increase in applications to the Kennedy School relative to last year at this time and a surging national patriotism and interest in public service...