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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
Most Colleges Avoid Risk Management, Report Says
Jill Biden Shines a Global Spotlight on American Community Colleges
Speaking at a Unesco conference in Paris, the vice president’s wife stressed the importance of two-year institutions to the nation’s educational goals.
Connecticut Public Colleges Lose 200 Professors to Early Retirement
Administrators are scrambling to plug holes in their course schedules for fall, with most expecting to do so by hiring more adjuncts or increasing class sizes.
U. of Georgia Paid 2 Fraternities $2.4-Million to Relocate, Contracts Show
The two were among five with houses on property where the university plans to build new academic facilities.
New Allegations in Admissions Controversy at U. of Illinois Suggest Ex-Provost Played a Role
Linda P.B. Katehi, the incoming chancellor of the University of California at Davis, has insisted she knew nothing of the admission of politically connected applicants at Illinois.
Sonoma State U. Foundation May Lose $350,000 on Loan to Former Board Member
The foundation will be forced to issue fewer scholarships in the 2010-11 academic year because of a diminished endowment, a university official said.
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December 1, 2008
State Leaders Ask Congress for Another Stimulus Package
Washington — The national associations of governors and state legislators called on Congress and the White House today to shore up their states’ sagging economies with an infusion of at least $126-billion.
The states are facing estimated budget shortfalls totaling at least $140-billion for the current and forthcoming fiscal years because of declining revenues from sales, income, and property taxes, said the National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures. At the same time, the states are likely to face increased demand for services like Medicaid, which provides health care for low-income residents.
State leaders are calling for a two-year increase in the percentage of federal matching funds for Medicaid to offset the increased numbers of people expected to be living in poverty by the end of the economic downturn.
The associations have also identified more than $57-billion worth of infrastructure repairs that could be started in short order, an effort that would provide new jobs for residents and an increase in income-tax and sales-tax dollars.
“These investments should include a broad array of infrastructure projects, including airports, bridges, highways, transit systems, ports, rails, clean water, sewers, and broadband,” said Gov. Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania, a Democrat, at a news conference near Capitol Hill. “We should target high-priority projects so funds can be obligated and invested so that we will see the effects quickly.”
State lawmakers are also calling for $3.5-billion increase in Pell Grant money. While only a small percentage of the proposed infusion of money would go directly to higher education, an improvement in state revenues could forestall some budget cuts that would fall on colleges and universities by the end of this fiscal year and the following year. —Eric Kelderman
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