When Talk Turns to Budgets, the Money Woes of Colleges Are Misunderstood

College presidents know to tread carefully when discussing layoffs, faculty workloads, or tuition increases. But when presidents go public on budgets, all the complexity is often boiled down to a single question: How much do you make?

Take Mark G. Yudof. The University of California president has been highly visible in an attempt to explain the response of the 10-campus system to the state's financial crisis. Perhaps the most high-profile of his many recent interviews was one with

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