Proposed Budget Reduction Plan

Keilexandra
Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:59:37 +0000

Read here: [Smith College: Responding to the Financial Environment](http://www.smith.edu/president/financial/proposedplan/index.php)

As a prospie, I am particularly concerned about the increase in student-faculty ratio; 9->10:1 doesn’t sound so bad, but it involves eliminating 30 faculty positions in the next 2 years. I’m also sad about the elimination of Interterm, which was an interesting aspect of Smith not found at many other colleges.

How does Smith plan to cut $30 million from the budget, given the huge uproar over Amherst painfully cutting $18 million? Does anyone have information newer than the proposed plan?