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Summertime Budget Cuts Threaten Faculty Retirement Funds

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May 28, 2009

Around the country, public and private colleges and universities are facing the need to reduce staff, delay capital improvements and otherwise reckon with the implications of the economic crisis at the gates of the ivory tower. For colleges and universities, making these cuts is a balance between remaining competitive for prospective students and faculty members and remaining afloat as the economy threatens the viability of the university.

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