UNIVERSITY BUDGET REFORMS DURING RECESSION
April 1st, 2009
BY LEAH GERMAIN
BROWN University, in Providence, Rhode Island, is expecting lower revenues across the board because of the recession, according to a communiqué from its central administration. After its annual winter meeting in February, the governing Corporation of Brown University (composed of its Board of Fellows and Board of Trustees) has decided to begin a series of budget cuts that anticipate a US$90 million decrease in overall spending by 2014.
Administration and staff positions will be the first to be cut within the next several months said the policy ...
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