FSP tells it like it is: where there is nothing for money, and the lads are expensive
pay cuts, btw, are globally a bad idea, even if they are tempting locally
they are massively deflationary, because the cut generally all goes to discretionary spending, - a university doing cross-the-board pay cuts of faculty and staff will trash the economy of most college towns
More like this
Thanks to Panda's Thumb and Biochemical Soul I've been informed of some sneaky senatorial crap going down in DC. Here's the info:
Science Getting the Shaft
The OMB has reported on the effects of sequestration that will be triggered Jan 2013 unless Congress proactively changes the law before then.
Ok - lets move beyond anonymous confessions.
Which universities have gone public with the problems, and what are the public facts.
I'll aggregate links below.
A lot of people have asked me to link to and comment on the SUNY Albany cuts and some of the reactions to it by some online academics...