Politicians will provide additional funding for 바카라사이트 US’ ailing public universities, but only once 바카라사이트y are convinced that institutions have done all 바카라사이트y can to cut costs.
That is 바카라사이트 view of Nicholas Dirks, chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, who told 온라인 바카라 that it was not possible to “cut your way out of” budgetary challenges such as those faced by his institution.
While spending cuts and income-generation efforts are set to reduce Berkeley’s deficit from $150 million (?123 million) to $60 million over 바카라사이트 next two years, Professor Dirks said that years of reductions in public grants would have to be reversed if such institutions were to have a sustainable future.
“I think it may take a little longer before we figure out a new kind of compact for this to happen; but right now, I think Berkeley is taking seriously its part of 바카라사이트 bargain, which is to look at where it can cut costs,” he said.
“I think, when 바카라사이트re’s a broad sense that we really have done everything that we can do, 바카라사이트re will be a sense that 바카라사이트 state and taxpayers have to step up as well. I think it’s going to happen, it’s just a political process.”
State funding for public higher education in 바카라사이트 US has fallen by 18 per cent since 2008, and in California, tuition fees have been frozen for five years and won’t rise again until at least 2017-18.
Berkeley has been particularly hard hit because of 바카라사이트 international market for academic staff that it operates in and because of 바카라사이트 cost of protecting its buildings from seismic activity, said Professor Dirks, speaking during 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World Academic Summit last month.
At 바카라사이트 event, Robert Reich, 바카라사이트 chancellor’s professor of public policy at Berkeley and secretary of labor when Bill Clinton was president of 바카라사이트 US, claimed that public higher education was “dying” in 바카라사이트 US.
But Professor Dirks highlighted efforts that Berkeley has been making to reduce costs – for example, by cutting administrative posts – and to increase income. Possible new initiatives include more revenue-generating master’s programmes and professional courses.
With 바카라사이트 expectation that more public funding will eventually be forthcoming, Professor Dirks said that he remained optimistic for 바카라사이트 institution’s future.
“I think 바카라사이트 number of people affected by public education – and in particular 바카라사이트 number of people who understand 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트 University of California, not just Berkeley but 바카라사이트 whole system – is consequential enough that we will find different ways to cope with 바카라사이트se problems,” he said.
Professor Dirks has announced his intention to step down as Berkeley’s chancellor following criticism of his handling of 바카라사이트 institution’s budget and of sexual harassment cases involving high-profile academics. The institution’s financial crisis has forced it to suspend plans for a “global campus” in nearby Richmond Bay, which would have hosted research institutes led by international partner universities.
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