Cuts Being Made To Higher Education Institutions
23.12.09Filed Under: ECI News
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education said sate colleges and universities need to find new ways to be efficient – without new tuition hikes – to cope with spending cuts ordered by Gov. Mitch Daniels. Daniels ordered a $150 Million cut in state higher education spending over the remaining 18 months of the state’s two-year budget cycle because tax revenues are far below previous projections. Individual universities will decide what gets cut, but the commission made recommendation to the governor Tuesday on how much each state school should lose.
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