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Board of Regents approves UNL budget reductions, eliminating and realigning several programs
Summary
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted Dec. 5 to approve a package of budget reductions at UNL that eliminates or reorganizes multiple academic departments as part of a plan to close a structural deficit. Dozens of faculty, students and alumni had urged the board to pause and reconsider.
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Dec. 5 approved a package of budget reductions at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln designed to close a recurring structural deficit. The actions include eliminating the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, the Department of Educational Administration, the Department of Statistics and the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design and approving a set of reorganizations within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the board said.
Regent motions and roll-call votes were taken after more than six hours of public comment. Chancellor Rodney Bennett told the board the recommended cuts were the result of a prescribed campus metrics process and said the university is “burning through our cash…
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