February 8, 2002

Drop in Conference Attendance Leads Business-Officers Group to Lay Off 8

National higher-education associations are seeing dropping attendance at conferences, causing at least one to cut its staff. The organizations blamed the decrease on cutbacks in state budgets and lingering travel fears in the wake of September 11.

Five major higher-education associations report that they have seen at least a 10-percent decline in conference attendance. Registration fees at conferences, along with membership dues, form a significant portion of the revenue for the

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