In my email today, I received a message stating that the University of Regina will [hallelujah!] a have balanced budget this year. In part the message said,
The 2013-14 Saskatchewan provincial budget provided a base operating grant increase to our University of 1.9 per cent plus funding for the third year of the Nursing program. Even with this investment, the University had to find savings to maintain a balanced budget. As a result, budget reductions of 3 per cent, totaling $3.5 million, have been requested of, and achieved by, all academic and administrative units.
Funny, the university is receiving more money but has made all units take budget reductions. What??
- They must have some massive deficits from the past to work off, and/or
- They're still adding far too much to the adminstrative overhead.
Either way, this doesn't sound like much to be happy about.
And to get those reductions? They have eliminated twenty posiions. I have no idea how many (if any!) administrative positions have been cut; my guess is that they came from the teaching faculty. 8-(