Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] so guess who gets *all* of the MU 2003budget cut

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Michael Procter wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 05:19:39PM -0600, Mike Miller wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Jonathan King wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >The computing services arm of the University of Missouri-Columbia will
> > > >absorb a $2.12 million state appropriation withholding.
> > 
> > Are you only getting hit for $2.12 million?  We're talking about $185
> > million up here, but spread over about 5 years.
> 
> Really, we almost seem to be ahead of this curve.  It seems like we've
> already taken the cuts that others are just now facing.  

Well, higher ed was the *first* thing that got cut here, but remember that
the $2 million was just the one campus; I think the total was $14 million
for all of UM.  And the 2004 budget is going to be a complete blood feast.
Really, they basically haven't gotten started on it yet, and when the 
Moody Report figures turn out to be closer to reality than what they're 
working with, it could get completely ugly.

> The legislature is being surprisingly supportive of higher education.  
> Surprising for Missouri, anyway.

Well, they faced a serious problem, namely that they'd cut higher ed here
more than almost any other state in the past two years and it really, 
really looked pretty bad.  Doing it again this year would probably have 
been politically very risky.  I'm trying to be an optimistic guy, but I 
have no faith that the 2004 budget will turn out to be anything but 
completely brutal.  Brrr...

jking


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