University of Utah leaders are asking all departments to prepare for budget cuts, potentially including a 25% reduction in student support services.
University of Utah leaders have instructed all departments to prepare for budget cuts , including a potential reduction of up to 25% in one area of campus that provides direct support for student mental health counseling and disability services. Emails from U. President Taylor Randall and other senior leaders offer a glimpse into the school's preparations for anticipated funding reductions from the Utah Legislature.
Leaders have asked all departments to run a “planning exercise” to model the impact of budget cuts. The emails from the top three administrators for the state’s flagship school reveal the conversations happening behind the scenes and the stress in higher education after Utah lawmakers have called for a major trim to the budget this upcoming session. Randall wrote: “We all hear the narratives regarding higher education from those who challenge its purpose and value, and are acutely aware of the heightened political interest in our own state.” The Salt Lake Tribune received copies of the communications in a public records request. The emails are from Randall, as well as Mitzi Montoya, who oversees the academic side, and Michael Good, who is currently in charge of health sciences and the U.’s hospital system. In an interview with The Tribune, Good focused on a figure of 10% as a potential reduction. In an Oct. 9 email, Randall told campus leaders in his cabinet to work with their staff and model what that percentage cut would look like for their departments. “This exercise will apply to all areas,” he wrote; that also includes things like IT services or human resources. His email indicated that the conversations with those same leaders had been ongoing for some time before the message, noting that an attached memo would outline the “budget reduction exercise we have discussed in prior cabinet meetings.
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