Fortune Mag on college costs - focus on Middlebury

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<p>As I understand it, Williams is increasing it’s class size over the next four years, much the same as Midd. And from their own budget release posted on Monday (maybe the ephblog about Midd was posted on the same day as a distraction?) the point remains: All of these schools are pretty much saying the exact same thing. If Williams had a language school or a program the quality of Midd’s environmental sciences or ANY program that stood out with the same kind of reputation, they’d be pushing it to big time to increase their income stream as well. </p>

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Among the many steps taken to reduce spending next year, we’ve frozen all faculty and staff salaries, reduced the number of faculty and staff positions through attrition, delayed major capital projects, lowered spending on building renewal, and cut managers’ budgets by 15%. These changes, while painful, have protected the College’s highest priorities of maintaining our financial aid program, avoiding layoffs, and continuing the high standard of our academic program.

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