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AASU finds alternatives as USG budget cuts continue to hit

The state legislature notified the Georgia Board of Regents (BoR) on Feb. 25 that in order to make up for projected shortfalls in next year’s state budget, they must make cuts across the University System of Georgia (USG). For the fiscal year of 2011, Georgia is looking at a loss as large as $1. Full story

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“What would you do to solve the budget cuts at AASU?”

Dung Nguyen

“Fundraisers.”

Eric Cassell

“Cut some of the sports teams.”

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Education cuts necessary

Sometimes I think people just don’t get it.

In any budget, you have income, and you have expenses. For the states facing education cuts, the math is simple.

You’re getting screwed!

Why it matters

The Georgia legislature and the USG are going full-speed ahead on the plan to slash $300-400 million from the higher education budget for fiscal year 2011. As I wrote last week and as anyone not living under a rock knows, that is a gargantuan soul-crushing budget cut. It’s not so much a budget cut as it is a budget evisceration.

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