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President Neil L. Rudenstine said in an interview last week that he has narrowed his list of provost candidates to less than a dozen names...
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...provost will be the second-highest rankingUniversity-wide administrator after the President
Among the financially weakest colleges, however, intelligent cutting will not suffice. "Some colleges will either have to consolidate or shut down," says Sara Melendez, who until recently served as vice provost and dean of arts and humanities at Connecticut's University of Bridgeport. The school, hard hit by the deterioration of its hometown, has been struggling to stave off its own demise. Late last year it began negotiations for an emergency loan of $2 million to $3 million in order to keep operating. Administrators now believe that the school can survive only by merging with nearby Sacred Heart University, though...
...There's no question that taking money out of the endowment for operating expenses is disastrous," says Long. Spending endowment funds for facility maintenance and capital improvements is somewhat less dangerous, but the Yale deputy provost warns against that also...