In Move Seen as Harbinger, Small Nebraska College Suspends Retirement Contributions

By Katherine Mangan

Two years after budget pressures prompted Dana College to eliminate some academic programs and lay off tenured faculty members, the struggling Nebraska institution is trying a different tactic amid worsening economic conditions: ending its retirement contributions for all employees.

The decision by regents at Dana College, a private liberal-arts institution of 550 students in Blair, Neb., is uncommon, but one that other colleges are expected to consider as a way to stave off