April 24, 2012. “The president has a house and a car and makes so and so millions of dollars. Where’s her cut?” –FAU student Monique Paramore.
(aired April 23, 2012)
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Budget cuts at Florida Atlantic University. For weeks teachers and faculty have protested after they found out FAU needed to cut $24.7 million. Those cuts will include satellite campuses, and some summer classes. Monday FAU’s Senior VP of Finance laid out what would be chopped.
The forum first kicking off with the Vice President of FAU’s Finance Department Dennis Crudele, revealing the budget numbers.
“We’ve gone from $181 million to $92 million and you can’t take that kind of reduction without having to really look at and assess your core values,” said Crudele.
After that, going over the budget plan that if approved, would eliminate campuses in Port St. Lucie and Fort Lauderdale.
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